How Do I Know I'm In Love?

I love you- English: Miluji tě - Czech Republic:Unë të dua - Albania,Обичам те - Bulgaria, 我愛你 - Chinese, Volim te - Croatian, Jeg elsker dig - Danish, Ik hou van jou - Dutch - Ma armastan sind - Estonian, Mahal kita - Filipino, Minä rakastan sinua - Finnish - Je t'aime - French, Ich liebe dich - German, मैं आपसे प्यार करता / करती हूँ - Hindi, Ég elska þig - Iceland, 愛しています - Japanese, 당신을 사랑합니다 - Korean, Es mīlu Tevi, Latvian, Inħobbok - Maltese, Jeg elsker deg - Norweigen, Eu te amo - Portuguese, Я тебя люблю - Russian, Te amo - Spanish, Ninakupenda - Swahili, ฉัน รัก เธอ - Thai, Я тебе люблю - Ukranian, Tôi yêu bạn - Vietnamese, Rwyf wrth fy modd i chi - Welsh.

No matter where you are from or which language that you speak these three little words are the most powerful words that everyone longs to hear, I love you when said to you personally means the earth the moon and the stars to you especially if it is the right person that says them to you.

When you hear the words I love you, your heart skips a beat, you feel like you are walking on air and all the troubles in your life vanish for that brief moment in time.

Before we can find out the true definition of love we have to try to understand that there are different types of love,

A mothers love for her child is different to the love she feels for her partner.

Sisters and brothers share love.

We love our friends

We love our Pets

We even love certain innanimate objects.

Love is only a four lettered word but it is a word with infinite meaning, because love has a different meaning to every one who experiences it.

if you look in a dictionary for the meaning of the word love this is what you will find:

1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.3. sexual passion or desire.4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love? 6. a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.7. sexual intercourse; copulation.8. (initial capital letter) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.9. affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor. 10. strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books. 11. the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love. 12. the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.13. Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.14. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.–verb (used with object) 15. to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her. 16. to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).17. to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music. 18. to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight. 19. to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.20. to have sexual intercourse with. –verb (used without object) 21. to have love or affection for another person; be in love.

—Verb phrase

22. love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets. —Idioms 23. for love, a. out of affection or liking; for pleasure.b. without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love. 24. for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise. 25. in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love. 26. in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work. 27. make love, a. to embrace and kiss as lovers.b. to engage in sexual activity.28. no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers. Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE lufu, c. OFris luve, OHG luba, Goth lubō; (v.) ME lov(i)en, OE lufian; c. OFris luvia, OHG lubōn to love, L lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief
Synonyms:
1. tenderness, fondness, predilection, warmth, passion, adoration. 1, 2. Love, affection, devotion all mean a deep and enduring emotional regard, usually for another person. Love may apply to various kinds of regard: the charity of the Creator, reverent adoration toward God or toward a person, the relation of parent and child, the regard of friends for each other, romantic feelings for another person, etc. Affection is a fondness for others that is enduring and tender, but calm. Devotion is an intense love and steadfast, enduring loyalty to a person; it may also imply consecration to a cause. 2. liking, inclination, regard, friendliness. 15. like. 16. adore, adulate, worship.

(courtesy of Dictionary.com)

Although the dictionary definition of the word Love is quite expansive, it is also rather dry and does not really explain the range of emotions that you go through when love knocks on your door.

I have met this girl and I like her a lot but I don't know if I love her, How do I Know if it is love?

Most People would answer this question in the same way if you dont know if you are in love then you probably are not because when you fall in love you will know all about it.

I tend to disagree with this outlook because quite simply Love can grow over time, you might just like this girl at the moment but who knows how you will feel about her in a week, a month or even a year from now.

some people are good friends for years before one day they suddenly realise that they are head over heels in love with each other, the movie When Harry met Sally is a perfect example of this.

Love can be an instant attraction we have all heard of couples who claim that it was love at first sight, the very minute they set eyes on their partner they new that they were meant for each other. others would argue that this was Lust for each other rather than love and that initial lust led to love.

Everyone experiences love differently so if you ask me, Am I in Love with him/her?

The answer that I will give to you is simply only you know the answer to that question.

Almost every time that you switch on the radio there is a love song playing, in almost every book including the bible there are love stories, in most movies the hero or heroine has a romantic liason, open a newspaper there is an agony aunt giving advice on love, in the street you see lovers young and old walking hand in hand, in school or at work you gossip every day about who loves who.

Love is all around us we cannot escape it although sometimes we wonder when love is going to come for us.