Do you know how I know I am in love?

Apr 09, 2007 00:15

I am no expert on love or relationships. But from what i have learned from my current relationship is that there are many steps involved in loving someone. The first step is initial attraction. That feeling that you just "know" that this person clicks. Chemistry. Its true. Its there. The second step is the time period when you can't keep away from each other. You need to spend all the time you can with this other person in order to feel secure in your relationship. The 3rd step is trust. Once you trust someone, you can give them your heart, and allow yourself to slowly fall deeper and deeper for this person. The 4th step is recognizing that this is love. Love is not something that just appears and stays constant throughout its duration. It grows and grows. Which leads to the 5th step, which is deep, true love.

I am in love with Andrew.

So many things he does irritates me. Irritates me to the point of becoming crabby. But through it all i secretly love it. I love all the dumb nicknames he gives me, even though they cause me to snap at him sometimes.

I feel his feelings. its like ET and elliot. When he is happy, i truely feel happy with him. When he is sad, I feel his pain. I hate knowing that he is not content where he lives, and i am saddened by the fact that he doesn't know whether or not he wants to live with me this year. but i'm patient. why not.

i love his determination.

i love the fact that he doesn't tell me to start losing weight now that i've gained some extra poundage from school.

He is considerate of my mental health and my future. Most importantly, he may be a little slow at catching on to what things he should and shouldn't do/say around/to me, but he truely does care about my feelings.

If anyone fucks with me, he's there to make sure they get put in their place.

He doesn't let me control him. He knows that he is young, and we aren't in a point in our lives where we need to start thinking about things such as marriage. Without this quality in him, i would be rushing through my life faster than need be. To me, loving him means spending time with him, showing him attention, and truely feeling happy with him there. But to him, it is simply the fact that we are together (in spirit or in reality) that is enough for him. I admire his independence and courage.

He is my best friend. I can do anything, tell him anything, be anything, and he will still be there for me. I have put him through so many hard times and brought him into so many rough situations, but there he is. He still loves me.

I love him so much it hurts inside. That is how i know.
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