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It’s different for everyone. And that’s why when you (and hopefully the other person) get that feeling, you gotta hang on tight and enjoy it while it lasts.
I’m talking about falling in love, my friends. And when you have that realization in your head about a special someone, it is absolutely glorious.
People on AskReddit talked about when they know they’re in love with someone.
Let’s get all lovey-dovey!
1. Happiness.
“Wanting their happiness so much, that if the right choice for them takes them away from me, I somehow want them to take it.”
2. I feel your pain.
“Seeing/hearing her cry physically pains my entire body.
No matter what emotion im feeling at the time, my entire body and mind flings itself into “must stop the crying” mode.”
3. Taking care of you.
“I’m diabetic so any time she gets my insulin ready for me.
I never ask her to, but just her doing it gives me a very heart warming feeling.”
4. Nerd love!
“He’s a big old nerd.
When I first saw his eyes light up as he babbled about one of his hobbies, I knew I was going to love this man forever.”
5. Can’t help smiling.
“When she laughs and I can’t hold back my own smile. When she tells me she’s thinking about me and I want to pull her close to me.
When I think about making long term decisions and and I try to think about how she would feel about it.
When I have the day planned to be with her and suddenly find myself with all the energy I could ever need.”
6. Your band sucks.
“It’s weird but I knew I was in love with my wife when she told me my band sucked.
Instead of just telling me what I wanted to hear to make me happy, she told me what I didn’t want to hear so I could move on and do something more worthwhile with my time.”
7. That’s a good sign.
“I had a hard time breathing when I first met my wife and whenever she walked in the room.”
8. The only one.
“I always prefer to be alone… except for this person.
I would rather do everything with them.”
9. A keeper!
“I grew up in Texas before moving to Canada. There were a few foods that I had in Texas that I could never find here.
When I started dating my wife, she had me over for dinner one night. She made me burritos with green salsa on them. Green salsa was one of my favorite sauces growing up and I had never been able to find a good version of it here.
I was telling her how delicious the sauce was and how it was my favorite as a kid. I asked her where she bought it. She said ‘I didn’t buy it I made it from scratch.’
That was the moment I decided we were going to get married.”
10. Safe.
“Knowing I’m the safest I’ve ever been around him. We comfort each other. We both know we can be 100% ourselves around each other. It feels like home.
For me, it’s also the fact he turns the most mundane activities into the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. He could be washing dishes and all I can think is about how he’s the most wonderful person I’ve ever met.
I could stare at that gentle face forever. He’s magic. And even long after the honeymoon phase, he still gives me butterflies.
11. All good stuff.
“I’m always glad to hear from them.
Their words carry weight apart from others, and I believe them before I believe my own negativity.”
12. A perfect match.
“Honestly so many different things…
But last night I’d gone to bed a bit earlier than him cuz I’d been dosing off while watching a YouTube video. When he came to bed, I woke up to chat with him for a bit in that half asleep silly nonsensical chat you do when you’ve been asleep.
He pulled me close and told me I was the best thing that’s ever happened to him. If I wasn’t half asleep I’d have cried haha.
He never lets me worry too much, never makes me feel bad about myself. Never makes me feel like I’m annoying or too much. I don’t feel like I’m burdening him by expecting a message. He is literally my perfect match.
We’ve been together nearly two years now and I’ve never met someone who completes me more like him. I feel so sad if I haven’t gotten to see him much in the day.
Sometimes we work shifts where I get home at 10 and he goes to work at 9:50, so I don’t get to see him and I feel so sad. But I always get to wake up in the morning with him crawling into bed to pull me close.
If he asked me to marry him, I’d do it in an instant. I have never loved anyone so deeply.”
13. Hang on to this one.
“I have been searching for my first professional position outside of university and had an interview last week at a firm about a 50 min bus ride away from me.
My bf lives a lot closer so I asked if I could commute from his place after staying the night. He said he’d drive me/pick me up. I get to his place and silly me forgot to buy proper shoes to go w/ my new outfit. BF takes me shoe shopping for like an hour.
The morning of, bf tells me about a professor he had in university who had once said to do power poses before interviews to beat nerves and boost confidence. BF shows me his go to power pose and encourages me to join him.
The interview itself went well, I haven’t heard back from them yet, but knowing that i have a partner who wants to see me succeed professionally and is supportive of my goals is incredible.
He always told me that I was capable of so much and having him by my side to see it is rewarding for us both. I love him like crazy.”
14. Two halves of a whole.
“My wife understands me, like really gets me, and I understand her too.
I’ve always felt like an outsider, in any situation, and I have a hard time understanding people, as well. She listens to me and embraces all my weird quirks. Meeting her was like being an alien species and then suddenly finding out there’s another alien of the same species, on this foreign planet with you.
That might be a weird way to put it but when I met her I was like this is it! This is the one! She gets my humor, gets my feelings, we share dreams, aspirations; she’s the other half of my heart and brain, you could say.
“We’re two halves of a whole idiot” as Cosmo would say.”
How about you?
When do you know you’re in love with someone?
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