What does it mean when we say we like something or someone? Is it always going to be our liking? Why does it change? Why does it not?

Let's talk about liking ‘something’ first. Let it be a flower. A fragrant pink flower. If you say you like it, what does it mean? Is it because it's pink, or because it's fragrant or because it's just a flower or.. most importantly, is it the memory attached with it? Well, we have our reasons. But ultimately, the reason ends up being ‘how it made you feel'. It might have given you pleasure, happiness, warmth or any positive feeling and you just associate it with a thing, in this case, the flower. 

The reason we like something is because we like making ourselves happy. We like going back to the feeling it made us feel. We like us so we like something else. Does this not feel true?  

The same thing goes when liking a person too. You like a person not because they are a person. How you feel around them is what makes you like them. The comfort, the pleasant-ness. And you say you like them, when infact you are satisfying your own self. 

This, to a lot extent also explains why we dislike something or someone. Again, it's the memory which sums up to the feeling of negativeness. Now, it's hard for me to explain a feeling. Maybe it's something you only feel. Or if you can, explain feeling for me down in the comments.

This was all about why we like and dislike something or someone. It can be anything from a living creature to a non living object. It applies to everything.

Well then, why do we start disliking the things we once liked? I still struggle understanding this. All I can think of is maybe, if it is all about feelings, something else has made us feel positive better than what we felt before. But then, you just like something more. You don't dislike anything in that case. Dislike should involve negative feeling. 

This is the thing in relations. When a person that once liked you goes away - be it a family member, a friend or a romantic partner, it's all because someone else made them feel more special or they associated you with a negative feeling. This comes down to the thought that still remains a question - Is it possible to be someone's ‘person I like’ forever? I don't know. Do you think there's more to this? I leave this to you. Maybe sometime, think about it and let me know if you have to add or think otherwise.