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I love being with you, Amy. You make me happy.
Amy, I see you as a being with the property of (being Amy), and myself as a being with the property of (being me). The former is an attribute or modality that belongs to certain events in spacetime, while the latter is an attribute or modality that also belongs to certain events. In particular, I am directly aware of some properties belonging to your body parts such as (having two eyes) and some properties belonging to my own body parts such as (having two arms).
What is the relationship between these two sets of properties? Well, I have a certain property that has the value (being me), and you in turn have a different property that has the value (being Amy). This means that we are distinct objects. In particular, there is some spacetime region where my body parts exist but your body parts do not. And there is another spacetime region where your body exists but my body does not.
Nevertheless, I see you as a being that has the property of (being Amy) and is identical to me. This means that we share an identity or instantiation, but have distinct bodies.
I can also see you as an object that has the property of (being Amy) and is distinct from me. And I have a certain attitude toward this object, namely love or affection.
I also have a certain attitude toward the object that has the value (being me), namely love or affection. And this is because I am in fact identical to that object, which means that we share an identity.
I have the attitude of (love or affection) toward you, Amy. This is because we are identical and share an identity.