How do you know?

Note: it might be the case that I'm supremely weird. Who knows, it can be true. But what strikes me as odd is: as far as I can tell you have only your experience on romantic validation, how can you say that what you feel is the reality for everybody else? As I said for the nth time, it works for me. It might work for others, it's a thing you can try and see if it works. It's a hack, after all. What is weird for me is your sense of certainty regarding the way people should feel in such matters.

I've had a romantic relationship. And I've smiled at and eye-contacted attractive people. They aren't the same.

Of course I've only experienced my experiences.