You can have a crush on someone right off the bat. You can want to jump their bones immediately. You could probably decide they were funny within an hour. But love? Forget it. Love takes history, shared adventures, drunk dials at 2 a.m., visits to the emergency room, a couple of road trips, high-fives after purchasing a couch and the resulting argument when you realize it won’t fit through the front door. Love, my poor stupid man, takes time.
—Jeanine Fritz, Colorado Daily