gooey love

Gooey love:  the state people sometimes slip into when they know someone new and only see their radiance. Gooey love is superficial but often 'gaga' "I'm in love" love. It's not bad. It's just shallow.

Gooey love ceases as soon as the object of the gooey love shows evidence of being human, which, per force, includes human imperfection. Another way of putting it:  gooey love ends when the person only capable of gooey love sees the other's shadow. Another way of putting it:  gooey love ends, inevitably, because the person who practices gooey love can't go beyond gooey love to real, committed, love-around-all-impediments love.

Gooey love. No thanks.