How did you know when you were in love?

in love - my husband and I on New Years Eve. Very happily in love!
United States
February 6, 2007 7:32pm CST
People often say that there are different ways to know when you are in love. How did you know when you finally fell? Was it the way your heart raced? Did your stomach get the "butterflies?" What made you realize you were in love? Did it happen over a period of time, or did it just hit you all of a sudden?
4 responses
@mnksmommy (301)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I knew that I was in love by the way I felt sad when I had to be apart from my hubby when we were dating. After several weeks--yes weeks of dating I knew we were in love by the way we looked at each other and how he made me feel inside. I knew it was love when I realized that I never thought about any other guys but him.
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• United States
7 Feb 07
Great point... I knew when everyone else kind of faded away and other men no longer mattered at all, among other things.
@oleinoleo (389)
• Malaysia
7 Feb 07
always thinking of him. i cant get him out from my mind. i feel something in my heart.. owh..it was so pain.. i cant sleep, when sleep, keep dream about him..but, when i knew he feel the same thing, i am very happy...
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• United States
7 Feb 07
Yup, that's about how it goes... although there is more or less in some cases. Glad you are happy. Thanks for the response.
@erique (464)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 07
yeah, sometimes i still don't know how is feel to be fall in love. but i ussually feel miss someone after that girl leave me and go the other place or have the other, i think that's a love. but no way, because i feel that feeling just for one two days, and i back normal and found my self. i really don't know what is kind of fall in love.
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• United States
7 Feb 07
I hope that someday you figure it out! It can be many different things, and I believe that it is individual for each person. When you are in love, you will know. Thanks for your response.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
7 Feb 07
I knew it when I met my husband online. We met in Yahoo Chat room. He was a frequent traveller and interested in foreign cultures, so he went from one chat room to another for chatting. I liked him at first, then we kept extensive communications, e-mails, photos, calls etc I would be worried and upset if I didn't see his e-mails or heard from him in 2 days. That's when I know that I fell in love. I was 24 and never had this feeling before with anyone else. We got married a year later and have been married for 6 yrs now. No, no butterflies and no racing.
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• United States
7 Feb 07
Congratulations on staying married. And your "meeting" was quite interesting. Thanks for your response.