The difference between being in love and loving someone?

I think it is two different thing. Being in love doesn't necessarily mean that you are very into it. I mean, when you are in love, I think, it accompany a little amount of desire to a certain person. It can also denote of, that the person love you also. On the other hand, loving someone, means giving the love to a certain person without anticipating something in return. For me, being in love is the reason why you love someone. Being in love is the reason while lovinbg someone is the manifestation of the reason.

I think the one we are in love with, for example, my husband. If I dedicate my love to him then I won't have time to even think about someone else. To be in love is to want to be with that person all you can and just love thinking about him (or her, whichever the case.) To love someone like friends, kids, family, parents, we have so much love to spread around and the more extended our family comes the more love we have to spread around. It keeps growing in a different way. Our love for our husbands (spouses) keeps growing and growing but stronger and stronger.

I think you can love someone and not be in love with them even if they are your husband or wife or bf or gf. I loved my husband before I was in love with him. I actually didn't fall in love with him I think until after we got married. I knew I loved him and I knew he was the one but it seems like since we have gotten married I have opened up so much to him and he did the same to me. We were both hurt really bad in previous relationship so I think the opening up like we did took marriage. We both knew that we loved each other more than anything but when he came home on leave it was like I really fall in love with him more than ever.