what is it like for you?

what does it mean to fall in love? what does it mean to BE in love? how does it make you feel? how many times have you been in love? is falling in love really that rare?

i ask because i've never been in love. EVER. at least, it's never been more than infatuation or a case of serious lust. if i fell in love i probably wouldn't even know it. i'm a romantic at heart but really, it can't be like they write about in novels. that simply seems too unrealistic to me. all that stuff about heart palpitations and sweating and yearning and burning stuff is overly dramatic, isn't it? doesn't that stuff have more to do with lust than love?

someone help me out here. i need some damn clarity.