How do you know what true love is?

Question

Is it always thinking about that special someone? Always missing them, when there not around? or thinking they are the only one for you?

Answer 1

all of what you just mentioned pretty much summed up what true love is, except i'd change one thing with the last question, where you said "thinking they are the only one for you", i would change the word thinking to "knowing". True love in my opinion also means that your feelings are so strong for that special someone that you know that you'd die for them and that they love you so much that they'd die for you. True love without a doubt in my mind, is the strongest emotion a person can ever feel, it makes the world go round. I just hope and pray that those who have not found true love yet will get that opportunity to find and fall in love with that special someone someday. =)

Answer 2

True love is a lot of things.The spiritual connection, affection, laughter and understanding of the others soul..... Love matures with time and means so much more than the physical part which is the icing on the cake......Yes, there's the missing part, the longing for the companionship that true love brings....Go into a relationship as a whole person..this crap about your love being your better half is rediculous. Two whole persons in a loving and sincere relationship is the ideal......
It's also true that true love allows space for the couple to grow in their own lives....true love doesn't smother the beloved but honors the other with the opportunity to grow singularly but not ignoring the relationship...true love also compliments the beloved in thought ,word and deed.......most of all there is a mutual admiration of the other that grows as time goes by....
seperation is difficult but the reunions are always wonderful in the most memorable ways.....I'd also like to say that it's the little things that count like remembering a favorite snack or running a bath for your loved one . These considerations are like cement to the relationship.......
last but never least is the physical love that comes with true love.Making love to the person you truly love is beyond earthly discription and joins the two in the most incredible ways..I hope you find this love in your lifetime.true love is hard to find but the love and respect that belongs with it is worth more than all the money in the world............

Answer 3

What you're talking about is the emotional side, which can cause you to make some really irrational decisions. Love is much deeper than that. True love is when two people respect and have high expectations of each other and for each other. Not wanting to harm or manipulate each other. One not wanting to coerce the other into doing things that they don't want to do, or are not ready for. When someone is always kind and concerned about you, and your concerns. Someone who wants to help you reach your goals; and gives you their undivided attention. When your love doesn't fade but grows stronger, no matter how much adversity comes, that not even illness will turn them away. I think that's the type of love everyone searches for, but is afraid to expect and we end up settling for much less.

Answer 4

The realization of what true love is, well, that I think is in the heart of the one who experiences. In other words, what one thinks is true love may be, but is not. I have had one-sided love things so know first hand.
To me the truest love is walking in the door and being met by two excited, happy to see me lab mixes… Oh yes! That is appreciation.
With females, maybe I am not old enough to know when true love hits. Infatuation, lust, and so on, but not true love. Sorry I can’t be of more help.
But I can say when a woman licks my hand and is always happy to see me, it is true love!

Answer 5

I used to think that true love was like in the movies. Couples falling in love, facing crises, finally kissing as the credits roll. But the end of the film is just the beginning, in life.

I think true love is more banal, and more special, than that.
It's long term, day by day, boring stuff.

I've been married now for nearly nine years, and every day I love my husband more than I did before. I know that sounds kinda uncool: and it's not perfect - we argue, sometimes he's annoying, most times he doesn't do his share of the dishes.

He's my favourite person on this earth.

I would rather hang around with him, even just sitting around reading, than go out and party. Sometimes we do go out and party, but the exciting times aren't the best times.

Every morning when I wake up in bed with him is a good morning, in my book.

I'm interested in talking about my day, because I value his perspective on things that have happened. Sometimes he's very wise, sometimes he's not so wise, but I love sharing my day with him. I think he feels the same way. I feel respected when he listens to my opinions on things.

When I ask him how I look after spending two hours getting ready, he says "Fine... nice." When I wake up in the morning in old pajamas and bed hair, he tells me I look beautiful. And I wasn't asking.

When he goes to the DVD store, he tries to get something I will like, even if he's not really into it. Not always, but lots of times.

If I've had a hard day, he brings me icecream.

He always listens. He makes a mean cup of tea. He doesn't complain about my messiness when I'm too tired to clean up after myself.

He's the brightest person I know. When I'm depressed, he makes me feel better. When I'm happy, he makes me feel better.

I can't imagine my life without him in it. But I hope that if I died, he'd go on and meet someone else and be happy. I miss him when he's not around, sure, but I'm happy by myself knowing that he's coming back.

We're not perfect people, and our relationship isn't perfect. But this imperfect lovely thing is the closest thing to true love that I know.

Kinda boring, but really... not at all.

Answer 6

That is the seeds of love starting to grow. True love is sacrificing your own desires for the other person. It is seeing the person at his/her absolute worst and seeing beauty. It is making unbearable pain bearable because you are going through them experience together. it is being a soft place to fall for one another. It is beleiving the best about a person even when it seems that the evidence points in the other direction. It is so much more than the intial excitement that you describe.

Answer 7

I'm young and inexpirienced so my advice probably doesn't help but I'd have to say that true love is that moment in which time seems to stop and words couldn't describe the height of ecstasy you'd feel, though it does seem stange the way I put it. It will be the one that all questions all doubts all ...fears and sent out the window and your will just know. It may not be instant and it may be slow but whenit finds you you will know.

Answer 8

Love is when you miss the person and they have not even left yet when you could listen to the person talk all night and never get tired of hearing there voice and when you hear the sound of there name and it sends chills down your spine and you see that persons smile the second you close your eyes.

Answer 9

True love is when you and a person like each other very much.
But if the person just met you then there only supposed to like you.
but buy them stuff show them you love them.You know.

Answer 10

How do you know what true anything is....

However the more you think of someone the more you will love them....