I agree journalmuse. Very well put. I don't ask if a person loves me or not. I just ask if the person has feelings of any sort, be it good or bad lol. I agree that everyone has their own definitions of what love is and how it should be or is shown. Every human wants something out of it, whether it is to "feel" loved, admired, respected, feel secure, feel comfortable etc. Sometimes a combination of things.
Like in my situation, I know this person is very attached to me, but I do not feel the energy of actual "love" and that may be because I have a certain idea as to how I should feel when loved because I've felt it before. I feel like more of a mother or a guide or a counselor type energy to where I am needed and wanted for certain purposed, but it is not the kind of feeling that I am seeking. Hence why I just feel the need to move on but be there as a friend for said person because I know how scary it is to lose that one person that was always there for you no matter what, especially when you've never had anyone there for you before like that..........which for me, was my dad, but he transitioned over in 2017. That was one of the scariest moments of my life.
I think the ways that we love need to match the ways that our partners love and if it doesn't, then either compromise and understanding is needed on both parts, or it just has to end because that is when it just becomes draining and toxic in my opinion.