{"id":907,"date":"2018-10-18T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T18:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christian.bestsingledating.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:44:30","slug":"know-youre-really-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christian.bestsingledating.com\/index.php\/christian-dating\/907\/know-youre-really-love\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know If You\u2019re Really in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the toughest questions in life is, \u201cIs this love?\u201d How can you know for sure that you are really in love? When you were a kid, you might have thought you were deeply and madly in love with the girl who sat next to you in Biology.<\/p>\n<p>You thought about her all of the time and you figured you\u2019d grow up and marry her. Now that you\u2019re older, you probably realize that those were your pubescent and confusing hormones in action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-908\" src=\"http:\/\/christian.bestsingledating.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/hand-heart2.jpg\" alt=\"love\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The trouble is, your hormones can still make you think you\u2019re in love! So how do you know if it\u2019s love, lust, desperation or a crush? The incredibly heady feelings that precede real love leave us with pounding hearts and churning stomachs.<\/p>\n<p>These feelings can make you feel good, excited, foolish and like you could sprint five miles. They\u2019re all a part of love, or the beginnings. But before we look too closely at love, let\u2019s take a quick look at those feelings that can (sort of) mimic love:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lust \u2013 It\u2019s simple to identify because it\u2019s based on her sexuality. You aren\u2019t too interested in what she thinks or the names of her two cats. Lust doesn\u2019t often turn into love, but it\u2019s nice to be in love and feel lust for that person.<\/li>\n<li>Desperation &#8211; A sinking feeling of grasping. You feel like you really need her to like you and you can\u2019t stand to think of her with anyone else. You just want her to want you.<\/li>\n<li>A Crush \u2013 It\u2019s sort of like the beginnings of love. You feel all of those butterflies or bumble bees in your stomach when you see her. You think about her a lot. You grin when you think about her. A crush begins the same way as love, and sometimes turns into love over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But love, once the excited butterfly stage passes, grows into something that a crush itself does not, and desperation or lust can\u2019t. The signs you\u2019re in love are subtle, but you can recognize them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You still like (love) her after she\u2019s done something annoying. You might be ticked off at her if she\u2019s done something really bone-headed, but you still want to be with her. Not because you\u2019re desperate and you just want her to be the one, but because you still truly like her.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re willing to do things that you wouldn\u2019t have considered in the past. Not bad things, but things that are just weird for you \u2013 like going to the ballet with her because she loves it so much. You aren\u2019t doing this because she\u2019s guilted you into it, or because of some pathological need to please her, but because you sincerely want to do things with her that will give her pleasure.<\/li>\n<li>You begin to imagine the future with her in it. Not just next week, but the next year or decade or a lifetime. You think about growing into a life with her and it doesn\u2019t nauseate you or cause panic.<\/li>\n<li>You feel loyal to her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpbolvw.net\/click-1679273-13688016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find Deep, Meaningful Love. Join eharmony Today!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-1679273-13688016\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Knowing you\u2019re in love isn\u2019t about the excitement, although it\u2019s nice when you have an exciting relationship even after you\u2019ve been together for years. Love is about the comfort and the feeling of being able to share your life and yourself with her. When you start feeling like that, you can safely assume that you\u2019re well on your way to being in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the toughest questions in life is, \u201cIs this love?\u201d How can you know for sure that you are really in love? 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