How can you tell you are in love?

[LoveLessOne]

I've been hearing this question being thrown around a lot especially since I'm in highschool. My friends and others ask this a lot with their high school romances. I've seen relationships where the "love" is so strong you can see it then watch those fall apart. I've never been in love nor plan to be soon, but I'm curious as to how you think you know you are in love?

[Cognizant]

I've been in 4 "relationships", but I think I've only been in love once. The way I see love is when you've known them for a while and you don't ever want to loose them. You guys just click really well and know a lot about each other.

Again I reiterate, I do not believe in love at first sight. I see love as something that's a "step up" from romantic interest/crush that forms over time with being with them.

[Gray]

Well... It's a bit hard to describe but... If u feel your heart beating fast while thinking about or talking to that special someone and it makes u smile aling with u just can't describing anymore how much u rly like him/her then I guess that's love. If u haven't experienced it yet then don't worry, you'll know immediatley.

[Karkat]

Lol, I'll start out with the fact that you don't exactly choose to be in love...

A lot of what people think is love is actually totally just infatuation, and even if you care a lot about someone, you can easily get your feelings mixed up.

Love isn't like what's in fairytales, or movies, or books. Love tends to be more subtle, and kinda shockingly platonic. Like, movies make it seem like it's some deep emotion you'll only have for a romantic partner, but in all honesty, platonic love can be extremely strong as well...And that's closer to what being "in love" really is. I'm not kidding.

If you've ever had a really close friend who you would be terrified to live without, you probably have somewhat of an idea of the feeling already. It's also a little like how you might feel for family. It's just really intense, protective, loyal, caring. But this person might also sometimes give you butterflies like a crush, make your heart race from time to time, bring a smile to your face when you think about them.

Like, it's different for everyone, but honestly I think that's roughly the common consensus, especially of people who have been in loving, long-term relationships.

[LifeTakesYou]

I would say, you will know when you are in love. You will know who the one you love is, if you have to question it then you don't love them.

[CosmicNoodle]

I've been in 4 "relationships", but I think I've only been in love once. The way I see love is when you've known them for a while and you don't ever want to loose them. You guys just click really well and know a lot about each other.

Again I reiterate, I do not believe in love at first sight. I see love as something that's a "step up" from romantic interest/crush that forms over time with being with them.

Exactly^

Love is when someone can make you happy just by seeing you, when a person makes you feel happy just be existing, when you cant stand being away from them and think about them all day, love is when you deeply care about someone despite all there issues,no atter how fucked up in the head they may be, love is when youd jump infront of a bullet to save them.
But be carefull, people dont always love you back, and can walk away and leave you broken.

[Christen]

i guess its like this if you ask how you know you are in love you are not at the moment.

[ChrisTJ]

i guess its like this if you ask how you know you are in love you are not at the moment.

I agree, I think love is so difficult to describe but you know when you're there. I've heard it described as a feeling that the other person is your whole world and if they left your life your life would be severely damaged by it.