I've had and have both male and female favorite persons. I'm a straight dude for context. Though I wouldn't mistake a male favorite person for a romantic interest, I can't help but feel that I'm deeply in love with any female friend that gives me a lot of attention or says "I love you" instead of goodbye or who feels comfortable touching me. Usually there's one at a time, but to be honest, even any woman who I don't know very well or at all that I happen to find attractive who goes out of her way to be nice to me or give me individual attention makes my heart flutter. In every case, including the two girlfriends I've had, it's basically the same feeling, and it's unbelievably intense and euphoric in a way that I can only attribute to love. It makes me worry because if this isn't romantic love and is really just FPing + sexual attraction, then I'm probably just simply not capable of falling in "real" love. What are your experiences with this, if any? Do you see things differently? How do you tell the difference? Are there steps I can take to address this problem?