How do you know when you love someone?
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I would say the simplest explanation is you know you love someone when their happiness becomes as important to you (or more important) as your own.
Or your Diablo/Dark Souls/any-long-investment-RPG account.Lawrence Salcido said:
OT: Not the slightest clue. I'm going to assume I've never been 'in love' (I'd probably know if I was), but I think it is just a vague term people use when they have an intense emotional/physical/social attraction to someone, and it can manifest as selfishness (Jealousy, possessiveness), selflessness (putting them first), shared experience (you work together for whatever benefits 'the couple' the most), or some combination thereof.
Also sex, people seem to like having sex with people they care about.
But yeah, it seems to be somewhat vague, and even when the experience is the same, the responses it provokes are different between individuals and couples.
It's the ability to sacrifice and know that'll pan it out for you. It's a mutual understanding of each other and your problems. It's sitting down and her wanting to play sonic with you. It's heving your ex call at 2 in the morning bawling about some guy. It's then later letting your girlfriend know and have her think your so sweet. Love simply is being two people willing to share everything with each other, and understanding that you both need to bear some burdens alone. Love is being each others best friend and learinng to live with the other in the background. Love is going all in, no resentment.
For me, love is when you don't care how much you have sex anymore you're just happy to be with them.
Love is when you wake up look at that person and be perfectly satisfied waking up next to them for the rest of your life.
Love is when sleeping in your own bed alone is hard because that other person isn't there.
Love is when you say "i love you" and mean it. You aren't saying it to get laid or get what you want or get out of trouble, you are saying it because you deeply and truly feel that way.
---end serious part---
Love is when your signifcant other can walk into a room you are masturbating in not bat an eye, go get what they wanted out of the closet and walk out without a word. And you don't stop fapping... Oh wait is that just me?
Love is when you wake up look at that person and be perfectly satisfied waking up next to them for the rest of your life.
Love is when sleeping in your own bed alone is hard because that other person isn't there.
Love is when you say "i love you" and mean it. You aren't saying it to get laid or get what you want or get out of trouble, you are saying it because you deeply and truly feel that way.
---end serious part---
Love is when your signifcant other can walk into a room you are masturbating in not bat an eye, go get what they wanted out of the closet and walk out without a word. And you don't stop fapping... Oh wait is that just me?
I realized I love my girlfriend when I learned about Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love in one of my psychology courses and realized that my feelings for her matched all of the requirements for consummate love (intimacy, passion, commitment).
Here's the Wikipedia page for the theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternberg_Love_triangle
Here's the Wikipedia page for the theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternberg_Love_triangle
If you have a situation yourself, use this as a test:latenightapplepie said:
If you really want to call him/her to spend time with them, and feel like you want this more than anything else, don't call. Instead, jerk off.
Now ask yourself again if you want to call. Yes? Maybe it's love. No? Might just be physical attraction.