How Do You Know When You Are "In Love"?

United States
July 10, 2008 9:51pm CST
I think we have all been "in love" before, but when is it exactly that you know you are "in love"? I have been in love and then fallen out of love so quickly that I can't even believe that I was ever in love with the person, if that makes any sense. I am not currently with anyone, but just curious for all of you who have been with your lovers for awhile, when was it that you knew that you were "in love"?
5 responses
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Certainly, a lot of people could very well relate to that question, I've been through relationships and this time I can say that I am in love simply because I could not explain why I love the person. I could not find the exact words to reason out why I am loving the person. All I care at this point in time is making that person happy. Being in love I think is being selfless. It's also like an investment, you invest in something without realizing whether you will earn or not. The important thing is you are in love and that you are happy beyond reasons.
• China
11 Jul 08
when you are in love, even though he is not perfect, you would not change a thing about him.
@halynn (1809)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I think u know when you're in luv when u can think of nothing else but that 1 person. You cant cook, work, think or anything w/o having a thought of this person. It like consumes you.
• United States
11 Jul 08
I knew I was in love the first time that I cried over my partner. We have been together 2 1/2 years and we were in a long distance relationship. I went to visit her and then when I was leaving it was the hardest thing I ever did. I had this overwhelming feeling of sadness of the thought of not seeing her for a while. Now that we have been together for a while, I still get happy when it's time to go home because I know that she will be home when I get there. I think it's just something you know. If you get a feeling of wanting to put them before yourself, and realizing that it isn't all about you, that's when you know you are in love.
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Your question is very interesting.Many people who do not express being in love simply say this and that but they do not really experience it and just base it to what they see. You know that you are in love if: (1)You do not care about what people will say about him/her. (2)You do not want to end the day,if you are together (3)You can spend the day without saying a word. (4)You just can't take your eyes looking at him/her (5)You text or call her/him without saying anything (6)You smile thinking about him (7)You see everything she/he does as specially even if they are only simple things (8)You will going crazy if you will not see or talk to him in one day (9)You observe him/her on silence (10)Your day is not complete without him For me, That's what i felt when i'm inlove actually i am super inlove with my husband