Not the butterflies in the stomach kind of love... the love that lasts until a 50th wedding anniversary. What is it like? What are the feelings you'll have for that person before/during your marriage?? Does it change from before you're married to after?
2006-08-23 05:09:53 · 11 answers · asked by whateva 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I'm no expert here, but as I've observed it seems to involve 1) a person that makes you feel like a better, stronger, more sexually vibrant, more human human being than you would be otherwise; and 2) a person you can live with comfortably and boringly. And then both those things have to go both ways. Pretty rare thing.
2006-08-23 05:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by valerie h 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True love is known by only a few. With true love there is a gradual change that draws the participants together ever closer. It begins before marriage when they find each other and continues to grow and grow until they are no longer on this earth together. It IS butterflies in the stomach- every time you look at your true love you get that feeling and it NEVER goes away or diminishes through all the trials, all the troubles or sickness. True love is never growing tired of the others' company. It is the willingness to do what you have to to keep your partner happy without complaining or drawing attention that you did something beyond the call of duty- your true love will recognize it. True love is the willingness to selflessly make sacrifices necessary to keep the relationship together without whining about it. True love is putting up with annoying little habits and never criticizing the other for having those habits. True love is never looking at another man or woman because your current relationship means more to you than life itself.
It's the best thing in the world- true love, but it is harder than heck to find.
Have a great day!!!
2006-08-23 12:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by Coo coo achoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you care about that person as a person. When you want them to be happy, outside of yourself. But they're also a confident and a friend, someone you enjoy talking to and spending time with, it's acceptance...accepting that person for who are, and it's compromise. It's also simply acknowledging that you're in this for the long haul and being willing to work out whatever problems crop up. For my husband and I, divorce is not even an option. We're stuck together, and from what I saw of my grandparents marriage (they were together for almost 35 years until my grandpa died ten years ago) they felt the same way. They bickered on occassion, sure, who doesn't, but they adored each other and divorce wasn't an option for them either. Does it change from before? Yeah, I think it does. You develop a deeper kind of love for that person that just goes way beyond that butterflies-in-the-stomach of being IN love with someone.
2006-08-23 12:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by I'm just me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is a lot of things... To love and to be IN love are two different things as well. True love is when you keep dancing long after the song is finished. It isn't about forgiving, it's about forgetting. It's not what you see but what you feel. It isn't about listening so much as understanding. True love, is when you find that person you can't live without. The one person that knows your heart inside out. The one who can make you smile at the sound of her name. Don't be fooled, because love isn't a fairy tale... it's not like the movies... True love, is being there for each other, through better or worse... Thick and thin... It's knowing that you have someone to double all your successes with and divide all your sorrows. True love to me, is knowing that each morning I get to wake up next to the one woman that makes me happy, and go to sleep every night holding her. It's knowing that, when I think about my future, I see her... she's the woman I want to be with forever... fall in love with all over again each and every day... Have a family with. True love for her and I, is knowing that some day, it will only be her and I, sitting on our front porch, holding hands and even more in love than the day we met.
2006-08-23 12:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by WhyNotMe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time i saw my husband i knew that i was going to end up with him and i did ..
For me true love is what my husband and i have for each other
Everytime he walks in a room i just can't help but smiling like a little girl with a silly crush and he's the same way with me , every time i'm in pain he's right there by my side, we always kiss before going to bed and tell each other I Love you been together for 10 years married for 2 and still going strong ..
You just know when you have found your true love â¥
2006-08-23 12:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by ELEN G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my case, "true love" is something that goes without saying, and the fact that my wife may not be the ideal of perfection, she is so perfect to me that basically ALL other women on the planet seem less desirable.
For example, although there are many beautiful women on this earth, none of them seem to attract me away from my wife.
I have absolutly no hint of wanting to cheat on my wife whatsoever. The thought of putting my relationship in danger doesn't even come to mind. SO I guess basically I can say that all women are just eye candy, with no real desire from me towards any other woman except my wife.
I can also see myself growing to a withered old man with her.
Love is so open to interpretation that trying to pinpoint what are the ingredients to "true love" is next to impossible. It's beyond words and explanable feelings. It is a feeling, an emotion, and more often than not, it is difficult to explain at best.
In fact, I found myself sounding absolutly ridiculous when trying to explain this to my wife, who says she needs no explanation when it comes to the love I have for her.
Oh and it goes both ways too...
2006-08-23 12:16:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True love is loving someone unconditionally, and knowing for sure that you will be there for them through anything. It is crying when you think of how much you love them and it is falling to your knees when they are in pain or suffering.
Sounds corny - but believe me, it is how it is.
2006-08-23 12:19:49 · answer #7 · answered by teh_uber__pugseh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just this special feeling that you can't describe when you're with the person. when you meet the person you just know he or she is the one.
2006-08-23 12:11:39 · answer #8 · answered by superboredom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is somethinq so special that two people share it is the best feelinq in the world .
2006-08-23 12:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by beLla Raqazza 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's being devoted to one another, faithful, honest, being able to talk to one another
2006-08-23 12:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋