How do you know if your in love?

[bambibooboo]

How do you know if your in love?

Does love really exist? mean romantic love here by the way not love for your kids, friends, parents etc

[sarah_louise]

If you have to ask you are not !

[sophie_1003]

i think it depends on the individual to what being in love means, and i suppose it varies from relationship to relationship, for me it means i couldnt imagine what it would be like if me n my boyfriend were apart, i think about him everyday and a million things remind me of him (from love songs to the side of the bed he sleeps on whilst at my house) this makes whats going on between us very difficult at the moment (see my question titled confused from a couple of days ago)

[ummmm]

Have you changed your name?

Of course love exists. Most people do not bother to marry people who they are not in love with!

[mattie]

From my experience you act completely irrationally, but don't care. You can't eat, can't sleep, will sit by the phone for hours waiting for your loved one to call.
Your heart will seem to "jump" in your chest when you see them. You can't stop thinking about them.
I cycled for two hours just to see her, and then had to cycle back again, but that's the kind of thing you will do and not think it strange behaviour, even though everyone else does.

[bambibooboo]

ummmm lol yeah, its ok im not in love but its nearest ive got to it, so it might be love dunno never been in love, think i might be getting it mixed up with friendship

[sophie_1003]

mattie- i think some of those things are more lust than love, maybe its jst me, but although im still in love with my boyfriend i can eat and sleep perfectly well, its when we fight that i cant!

[sophie_1003]

whats the situation, bambibooboo?

[bambibooboo]

just a close male friend sophie

been friends for few years we talk everyday on the phone both single, i don't have trouble sleeping or eating over him and he's not perfect but im very fond of him and he is me.
dunno if its love tho'

[sophie_1003]

well sounds like a good start for love, nobody's perfect n i think part of love is loving the person, not in spite of their imperfections but because of them

[bambibooboo]

thanks sophie, yeh i guess and he knows my bad points too infact sometimes think he knows me better than i know myself, and me him. stupid question really, bored sorry.

[sophie_1003]

s'ok, i wudnt say its a stupid question! not compared to some of the stuff iv asked lol

[ummmm]

I deeply love one of my male friends. He is almost perfect. We've been best friends for about 20 years. He would make the ideal partner.

I just don't fancy him.....pity.

[pie+mash]

Look at it this way, ummmmmm

we won't be getting a bambiboobooboo (too many letters) LOL ;-)

Just had a thought - ouch

Maybe it's B00's baby, that has learnt to type!! Yo ;-)

(If you're reading this B00 - only joking ;o) )

[pie+mash]

Sorry, bambibooboo

Something inside tells you - you just know....

[Roughquest]

I know when I am in love, I cant eat or sleep as I am on such a high, and have endless energy, I feel nauseous when I see the person I love, my heart beats really fast, and general girly exuberance when with that special person, you just want to do anything for that person too. It is a truly unique feeling, and so fantastic.

[NH]

Well one of the best things about love isn't love at first sight; it's love at 73rd sight, seeing someone you previously admired as a beautiful and wonderful individual. And having realised it was something that needed the time.

Perhaps it's because my love life has been *****, but when I meet the right person it's more of an ache, a kind of desperate want to throw off any pretence of polite conversation and to just kiss them there and then. In some ways I don't really enjoy it as much as I should.