skinny love

when two people love each other but are too shy to admit it but they still show it.
tina: gosh claudia! you are so in love with mark!
claudia: it’s more like skinny love when it comes to us.
love that’s too skinny to survive. it’s not properly fleshed out, and is doomed to failure.
guy 1: “you think bob and alice’s relationship will last the year?”
guy 2: “nah, that’s only skinny love holding them together”
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.
girl 1: josh and izzy are so cute together!
girl 2: yeah, they should def. move on from their skinny love…
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.
girl: dude you should break up with her its obvious you guys only have skinny love at this point!
guy: but i don’t know how to be single again!
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 embarr-ssed 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.
example ->

samatha: aw how sweet! jimmy and kira look so cute together. it must be true love!
kira’s friend: yeah, but they are always too shy to tell each other that they love them. it’s skinny love.
when two people love each other but are too shy to admit it but they show it anyway.
matt smith: “karen has harboured a huge crush on me over the past nine months.”
karen gillan: “matt has a m-ssive crush on me.”

‘who’s matt’s celebrity crush?’
karen: “i don’t really know.”
matt: “i’m going to say karen gillan.”

karen: “matt’s a superb kisser.”
matt: “i’d give karen a 9 or 10 for kissing.”

interviewer: (to karen) “but you’re so pretty!”
karen: “aw.”
matt: “thanks! thanks buddy!”

this ladies and gentlemen is a very good example of skinny love. as you can see, matt and karen are definitely in love with each other but they are not in a relationship.
a guy who is very skinny, kind of awkward, and yet oddly attractive. can be used as a description or nickname.
“i went home with a skinny love last night”
“oh whats he like?”
“scrawny and white…the usual”