catch feelings
Start liking someone
To catch feelings is to develop romantic or emotional attachment to someone, often unexpectedly or unwantedly.
The phrase implies the feelings arrived without permission, like catching a cold: We agreed to keep it casual, but I caught feelings.
Common in discussions of hookups or situationships that become complicated.
- fall forBe deceived by
- have a thingBe romantically interested in
- crush onRomantic fixation on
- have the hots forFeel intense attraction toward
- heart eyesAdoring emoji expression
affection · soft spot · infatuation · butterflies in stomach · connection · crush · flirtation · mixed signals · yearning · chemistry · longing · risk-taking · susceptibility · exposure · fragility · tenderness · adoration · sentiment
- datingmatch, profile, swipe left, hookup, breakup
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
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