How Do You Know When You Love Someone? 10 Signs To Tell

For any relationship that lasts long enough, there comes the point in time when we start to wonder: Do I love him? We know we feel something for him – we get butterflies when his name pops up on our phone, we miss him the moment we leave him, and he’s always the first person we want to call when something crazy/incredible/difficult happens.

But is it love? Or are we just getting swept up with the idea of being in love – caught up in a concoction of emotions and in the throes of the honeymoon phase? How do we know the difference between really liking someone, and truly loving them? What are the signs?

If you’ve been asking yourself these questions, read on to find out. 

You Prioritize Him

We’re selfish beings. We’d always rather have exactly what we want, when we want it. Thinking about anyone but ourselves isn’t natural to us, but as soon as we start thinking about someone else as much as we think of (or even more than we think of) ourselves… We’re probably in love, which helps us become more selfless, considerate, and attentive. Being in love with someone causes us to prioritize them, to care about them, their needs, and their desires more than our own.

You Don’t Like To Think about Life without Him

On the thread of being selfish, we also like having a life of our own. It’s simpler not to have to fully meld our life with someone else, and while we might’ve liked our ex, when it came time to think about life without him, somehow, we weren’t that broken up.

But if we’re in love with someone, we won’t like to think about doing life without him. His presence in our life is positive, and the thought of losing him isn’t something we want to entertain.