Skinny Love

There are two ways to define 'Skinny Love', but both talk about romantic relationships.
The first is used to describe a type of relationship between two people that are very in love with each other, or are crushing big time on the other; but are far to embarrassed to express their feelings. The relationship is 'skinny' because they have yet to come out and explain their true feelings. There is no communication, there for it's not even really a 'relationship'.
The second is to describe a similar thing, but instead of no communication, the relationship lacks love. It is where two people are dating just for the sake of dating, the sake of being with someone. To fill that empty void, to give them something to do. They do not actually love each other.

The first attribute of skinny love and the first step towards its actualization is the lack of nourishment. In a song titled
“Skinny Love

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as first released by Bon Iver (originally Justin Vernon) in 2007, the term was used to describe a relationship between two lovers. According to Justin Vernon
, “You're in a relationship because you need help, but that's not n
ecessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that's skinny. It doesn't have weight. Skinny love doesn't have a chance because it's not nourished
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(Currin, 2011). As for the recent revival of singer Birdy, she interprets the song like it is about a break-
up from a love that didn‟t exist and so was
never true but needed to move on (Hub, 2013). While relationships were meant to establish the connection between two persons, it does not necessarily imply that all relationships work as it sometimes tend to fail due to lack of nourishment. Skinny love is unnourished because it feeds on anything but healthy

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be it lies, deceits, pretentions or hatred. The lack of nourishment impedes the growth of what once sustained it, love.

When two people love each other but are too shy to admit it but they show it anyway.

when two people love each other but are too shy to admit it but they still show it.

When two people really love/like each other, and both of them know it, but don't have a serious relationship.
This is generally because they are too shy to talk about it to each other.

Love that's too skinny to survive. It's not properly fleshed out, and is doomed to failure.

When you're in a relationship because you need to be, but that's not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that's skinny; it doesn't have weight. Skinny love doesn't have a chance because it's not nourished.