Here are some key signs that can help determine if you love someone:
- You feel comfortable being yourself around them without hiding flaws.
- You are willing to put effort into resolving conflicts and making the relationship work.
- Your focus is on them, with little interest in others romantically.
- You want to learn about their interests and enjoy their quirks.
- You prioritize their needs along with your own.
- Your feelings grow deeper and stronger over time.
- You are grateful and don't take them for granted.
- You want to introduce them to your family.
- You enjoy more than just their physical appearance, including emotional connection.
- Talking to them feels easy and natural.
- You feel proud of them and want to share their successes.
- You have fun doing even mundane activities together.
- You give them your undivided attention.
- You find it easy and natural to plan a future together.
- Disagreements do not shake your feelings or commitment.
Additionally, you think about them regularly, feel emotionally safe with them, feel excited to spend time together, and feel compassion for their well-being. Love often feels like a sense of rightness and certainty about the person and the relationship. Love differs from simple attraction or infatuation and involves a deeper emotional bond, effort, and mutual care for each other.
