How do you know you love your partner?

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Was recently told ‘I love you’ but I don’t think I could recognise love if I felt it. Do people say it just because it’s time to?? I don’t want that

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  1. Mauve_Jellyfish Avatar

    Thinking about him makes me feel good. I get pleasure doing things that will make him happy. When he pays attention to me, it feels nice.

  2. BlackBoxMerlotBitch Avatar

    It took me longer than him which is normal and he was fine with that. Basically one day I was looking at him and suddenly got the urge to hug him which is the way I’ve always been able to tell someone is important to me or I trust them. I was that way with my father as a little girl. Always just got the urge to hug him mid conversation. Anyways, I felt that eventually while dating my partner and remember a huge smile swept across my face. I didn’t tell him because we’d already been saying “I love you” but it was such a cool moment for me cause I was like wait, this is real. I realized it wasn’t just a fake love but that something was happening in my brain that made me feel safe. Does that make sense?