I'd be less embarrassed with it if I could just figure out the mechanisms of my love! I'm so rarely oblivious to my own motives; it's frustrating as hell for me. *g*

And yes, there is that sense of relief at the back of you mind when you watch the Really Good shows and think, "Thank God, I can still tell the difference! I'm not, like, *broken.*" For me, that show is Friday Night Lights, but the theory is the same.