In this excerpt, the narrator expresses an intense and overwhelming experience of falling in love, describing it with exaggerated feelings of emotion, happiness, and longing. The sentiment suggests that the feelings are so powerful that they become almost unbearable or exhausting.
The narrator humorously notes the excessiveness by mentioning ice cream, implying that the overwhelming emotions are overwhelming to the point of making them wish to escape the intensity. Overall, the tone combines both vulnerability and humor in describing the highs and lows of romantic feelings.