How do you know that you're in love? I suppose most people feel love in their own way. It would be unreasonable to assume that everyone feels love in the same way.
If biologists are to be believed, "love" is little more than a chemical reaction within our bodies. When we are near a person we "love", our body releases pheromones that makes you more appealing to your mate and endorphines to give us a natural high (that "feelgood, lovey-dovey" feeling).
I'm not saying the scientists are wrong. Whenever i'm near an attractive woman, i don't doubt that my body does all those things. But to be in love is something different; it involves an emotional, psychological shift. A change in our mentality and the way we view the person.
For me, i know i'm in love when i feel guilty even thinking or looking at other women in a manner beyond friendship. That's my benchmark. Which does cause some potential problems, if you think about it: i have to look at another woman to know whether i'm in love with the first. *sigh* Sometimes life is like that, isn't it?
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