How do you know when you love someone?

Question

i think it's when it makes You Happy,

that you are able to make Them Happy.

...or something like that.

idk....

Answer 1

Hush ninja! you in the wrong room! we hate each other here!

Answer 2

If there's no restraining order, it's not true love.

Answer 3

Love merely means "A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection".

So you know you are in love when you have those feelings. Yes...they are quite common.

As any emotions, love has levels of intensity. Also like other emotions, they can grow and fade over time...like a stock price. So you have to think long term with love. Don't sacrifice too much too fast when you are in love with someone less than a year...the following month you might not still have the same intensity.

Like the way you don't really change *how* you feel about your favorite shows, hobbies, games, sports, etc. You don't really change *why* you love someone...so if you love someone for WHO THEY REALLY ARE, then it is pretty easy to work at staying in love with the person. The 'work' isn't hard, just sacrifice. You have to sacrifice distractions...like sacrificing competing feelings for other people and other things.

The real trick is figuring out who someone really is. Many people marry someone...and then a couple years later, they find that their spouse is actually someone else. So, when courting, be yourself and insist that whoever you are dating be him/herself.

I deeply loved a person several years before getting married. Since, I have successfully stayed deeply in love with her. Did I fall in love with other people? Yes, but I ignored them to assure those feelings didn't grow to a serious level, and, thus, those loves faded away.

BTW: Most people underestimate the sacrifice of marriage. Marriage is a spiritual vow...like a monk taking a vow of silence. Like the mute monk, being married requires tremendous sacrifice in terms of individuality, sexual partners, fun with friends, money, time, etc. Also, like the mute monk, it takes a certain amount of daily effort. Once you give into it, it gets easiery, but it never becomes automatic.

Also, the benefits of marriage, like the benefits of taking a vow of silence, vary. I'd like to say that every marriage is worth the sacrifice, but for many, it isn't. There are many benefits of marriage of course, but not everyone value those benefits enough to justify the sacrifice. Love is often not enough.

BTW: This 'sacrifice/benefit' risk is true for every endeavor.

Answer 4

You know in your gut feeling that they are the one, it

doesn't matter  what time of day it is, you just can't do without them.

Answer 5

Try asking this question in the Psychology section of Yahoo! Answers. Thanks.

Answer 6

be careful falling in love with McCain , it might not last long...

(he might not die but he might forget you like Czechoslovakia)

Answer 7

you dont and you never will, that emotion can fade it and slip out in the instance of a breath. just dont think about it and if your happy, your happy; if not do something.