Your experience goes beyond your feelings Be honest: do you like talking to your sweetheart? If you weren’t sweethearts, would you be friends? Can you see yourself accepting his or her foibles and weaknesses just as they are right now, in 10 or 20 years? Infatuation is defined by obsessive feelings and how you feel; true love is about how you act towards your sweetheart, and how he or she acts towards you. It’s not about feelings – if you’re in love, it’s about your actions. You have similar life goals If your life goals include living in Africa and your sweetheart’s goals involve staying put, building a home, and raising a family…then you might have to have a conversation about the future. I’m reluctant to say this, but it’s a myth that “love conquers all.†Infatuation is about short-term desires; true love is about long-term life goals and plans. One way to tell if it could be true love is if you’re both willing to compromise so you can both achieve your life goals. A reader recently asked about declaring his love to someone who is moving away. If you’re in a similar boat, read Starting a Relationship With Someone Who is Leaving the Country. You have the same core life values Do you have similar spiritual, moral, or ethical beliefs? Relationships in which one partner is, for instance, Jewish and the other is, say, Muslim, make it difficult to forge a strong life together. Of course, if you both have lukewarm spiritual beliefs, then it may not matter if they’re in opposition…but if you follow your faith faithfully, you’ll need to address it sooner or later. Infatuation and love addiction ignores spiritual differences; true love makes your spirituality stronger. You feel accepted and good about yourself Do you feel good about who you are and where you’re going in life when you’re with your sweetheart? When you’re not with him or her, do you feel secure, confident, and happy with your relationship? Infatuation often involves feeling insecure, self-conscious, or unhappy about who you are; true love is about feeling supported and accepted. One sign of true love is whether you can disagree without feeling unloved. Am I Infatuated or in True Love? Rebound love isn’t an issue in true love Sometimes people fall into relationships because they feel insecure or sad about a previous relationship breakup. If you’ve recently broken up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, read 5 Tips for Avoiding Rebound Love. Infatuation is about attraction for the wrong reasons; true love involves accepting and loving your sweetheart because of who he or she is. You may also find 80 Ways to Say I Love You (not I’m addicted to you!) helpful.
True love lead to any thing. True love (love is a true then why again we should use "true" before love). However, i believe in Mom's love, Dad's love, brother/sister love and also love (life partner), but we should understand each other before taking life decisions.
Love is every thing for a true lover. but its difficult to be a true lover of someone by depth of heart.
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.....