How to know if you still in love or just used to?

@yoniarnon (1079)
Israel
May 14, 2011 4:40am CST
Hi, i have a female friend that she has a boyfriend for like 5 years. They are living together more than a year and they are "fighting" once in a while on some stupid things... Any way she talked to me a bout it and ask me how could she know if she still love him, or if she just used to be with him.. What do you say about it?
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@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
14 May 11
I think she will be the only one to know if she still has love for his bf or only used to being together. Me and my bf is now on our 5th year of being bf and gf. But I can say that I still love him because my love seems to grow each day. We do fight like most of the time but we make up after we have talked about the fight or the misunderstanding. I think it's normal in a relationship to have petty fights and misunderstanding. Ask your friend to weigh her feeling so she will know what her true feelings are for his bf.
@yoniarnon (1079)
• Israel
14 May 11
She ain't sure, she said she love him but sometimes she ask her self why she is still with him.. It is great that your love is only grow, i feel the same with my GF too
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
15 May 11
Glad to know your love is also growing with your gf :) Your friend should have to find our her real feelings are for his bf so she won't be wasting her time if she really doesn't feel any love at all with the guy.
• United States
14 May 11
If she can envision life without him then I fear to say that she is no longer in love. Maybe perhaps they need a bit of a break to see if they still feel the same about one another. Sometimes distance can cause the heart to grow fonder and or may be the wise decision to realize that perhaps they no longer care for one another as before. The only way she will know is to have a heart to heart talk with her boyfriend to see how he feels as well. In that discussion she needs to carefully choose her words and determine if he is taking her serious that he loves her not that he just needs her around. Same with her she has delineate the same when he is speaking as well. Good luck to her and her relationship.
@yoniarnon (1079)
• Israel
15 May 11
I agree with you and this it what they done, they broke up and make up, they have a lot of history together and missed each other, i don't know if they are talking about that, but it is a good idea to talk.. Any way i guess they need to grow up and listen to each other more..
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
15 May 11
I think that only she will know the answer to that question. She will know in her heart and in her mind if she still loves him or not.
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
17 May 11
That's easy. Does she still cares as much for him? When one is in love with another, care and concern will always be there, and it won't diminish along with time. Feelings for him might be unsure, all it takes is bad experience to determine if the love is still there. There's no point in saying 'i love u', when they don't feel anything right? While for those who don't say it, doesn't mean there's no love. True lasting love doesn't lie on the surface, it's deep inside the heart. Let them have a heart to heart talk. They will find out for themselves.
@emzpeed (50)
14 May 11
no one knows best with her partner but her.. and no one knows best about her feelings towards her partner but her. she started to have doubts on her feelings to her partner when she asked you those questions.. if she is in doubt then she should give time to assess herself and her feelings and their relationship as friends,partner and lovers... Fighting is not good but in a relationship i guess it will naturally come sometimes considering that they are two unique individuals with different perception in life and different wants or needs.. to prevent it from happening they should know the cause of fighting, they should communicate and evaluate where will it lead if they will not stop from doing so.
@yoniarnon (1079)
• Israel
14 May 11
Nice thinking i will tell her to try doing with him the talk.. May be they need some vacation from real life and only to be together to see if they still in love