what is the difference bewtween loving someone and being in love with them?
536141
loving someone is getting to know them and truly caring about them.  being in love with someone puts a shield over you and u feel like life is perfect, but sometimes are in for a rude awakening.
103981
Loveing someone is a lot different than being in love with someone. loveing someone is like you care about them and would never hurt them. but being in love with someone makes you have a sparkle in your eye when you look at them and when they look at you and wanting to be with them all the time. but dont confuse that with infatuation. people who have been marries 50 years can love eachother a lot but they cant always be in love with eachother. Its takes a lot to stay in love with someone for such a long time but you'll love them unconditionally.
200420
well there's love and there's infatuation but i suppose there's similarities between them.  love is not just smiling to yourself when you think about the person and it's also not just wanting to spend more time with the person...it's deeper.  love is when you want to be with that person forever and you care about that person so much that you would die for them.  it is when they cry, you feel like crying and when they laugh, you join in.  love is when you can tell the person everything and trust them and depend on them for everything.
1039416
To be in love with someone implies that both of you have the same feelings for each other, so why dont you find out if you actually are in love or if yours is unrequited.  If she feels the same way about you, go back to her.  Life isnt about money.\n\n"Love the lord your God with all your heat, sould and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself, on this all the law and the prophets hang"\n\nBasically what that passage is saying is no matter what you do, if you do it out of love, you're doing the right thing.  So go love, screw fame and fortune.
535205
i dotn think you know. its just something you feel for a person youve never felt before. you have a different caring for that person. youll know when you know. remember theres a differnece in beng in love then crushing hard on someone to liking someone.
1007879
Both!  when you are in love and dont know if the other person loves you back, we are blithering idiots I think.  When the knowledge is there that we are loved back, it is enlightenment, \n(at least it was for me!)
308802
Infatuation is instant desire. it is one set of glands calling to other. Love is friendship that has caught fire. it takes root and grows-one day at a time\ninfatuation is marked by feeling of insecurity. You r excited and eager but not genuinely happy. there r nagging questions, little bits and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely.it might spoil the dream\nlove is quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection.it is real.it gives u streanth n grows beyond you-to bolster ur beloved.u r warmed by his/her presence,even when he/she is away.miles do no seprate u.you want him/her nearer.but near or far,u know he/she is urs n u can wait.\ninfatuation says,'we must get married right away.I can't risk loosing him/her'.\nLove says 'be patient. dont panic.plan ur future with confidence'.\ninfatuation has an element of sexual excitement.if u r honest u will admit itis difficult to be in one anothers company unless u r sure it will end in intimacy.love is maturation of friendship.u must be frnds before u can be lovers.\nInfatuation lacks confidence.when he/she is away u wonder if he/she is cheating.sometimes u check.\nlove means trust.u r calm,secure and unthreatened.he/she feels that trust,and it makes him/her even more trustworthy.\nInfatuation might lead u to do things u'll regret later,but love never will.\nlove is upper.it makes u look up,it makes u think up,it makes u a better person than u were before.
249374
you know you love somebody when you can't think of anything or anyone else. you know you are IN LOVE with someone when you know you can't survive without their love. i hope it works out for you. good luck.
325031
Love doesn't have an age limit, but don't be confused with liking someone a lot with loving them. There is a big difference.
615023
both are equally as good, but definitely to feel like someone loves you even though you may not love them, is the best feeling in the world. that's just my personal opinion though.
1148850
Infatuation is something that fades very easily. Its there one minute and gone the next. That person does something that irritates you and the connection is gone. That's infatuation.\n\nLove on the other hand is something deeper. You have to really know a person to love them. You need to be able deal with all the things that you don't like about them and still want to spend every waking moment with them. You are sad when they are sad and happy when they are happy. You have connection on many levels. Sexually, intellectually, socially, and more.  \n\nYou might say what about love at first sight. Well sure there is love at first sight. You think when you meet someone that omg i want to spend the rest of my life with that person. The lucky chance is that you do have all these things in common and you do have the connections. What was infatuation turns into love and you never realize the transition and guess what that was love at first sight... doesn't happen much but its wonderful when it does.\n\nhope this helps
804689
Love is the feeling of attachment to a person whom to want to make happy with you and also you happy with him.. Also willing to endure life as long as you are together... Love accepts me as what I am.
865554
It's not really a feeling you can describe, it just sort of happens. And love is different for everybody. You'll know when it happens. You wont know why or how, you'll just know that you love the person. And that's all there is to it.
996928
♥=The most spectacular,indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone. \n\nLove is an incredibly powerful word. When you're in love, you always want to be together, and when you're not, you're thinking about being together because you need that person and without them your life is incomplete.\n\nThis love is unconditional affection with no limits or conditions: completely loving someone. It's when you trust the other with your life and when you would do anything for each other. When you love someone you want nothing more than for them to be truly happy no matter what it takes because that's how much you care about them and because their needs come before your own. You hide nothing of yourself and can tell the other anything because you know they accept you just the way you are and vice versa.\n\nIt's when they're the last thing you think about before you go to sleep and when they're the first thing you think of when you wake up, the feeling that warms your heart and leaves you overcome by a feeling of serenity. Love involves wanting to show your affection and/or devotion to each other. It's the smile on your face you get when you're thinking about them and miss them.\n\nLove can make you do anything and sacrifice for what will be better in the end. Love is intense,and passionate. Everything seems brighter, happier and more wonderful when you're in love. If you find it, don't let it go.\n\nOne word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: \n\nThat word is love.\n\n♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥An inexplainable yet incredibly strong feeling for someone...Most people use the word "love" to get into someone else's pants. Love is overused in today's world, people say they love someone because of the way they look or their body. That isn't love. Love is when you can't do anything without thinking about that person, you always want to be with them. It's not that you want to have sex with them, you just want to spend time with them and you just want to hold them and never let go. Love can be fooling, you can think you're in love and it can lead to the most horrible feeling in the world. Also you can wait so long for someone, loving them, and waiting for them to love you back, but they don't return it for a long time and you spend years thinking and thinking and it tears you up inside but when that person realizes that they love you back it's miraculous. Love is a very strong word, don't overuse it.
1123029
Wow, this is a hard one! Love is putting that persons needs ahead of yours! Love is feeling something so deep in your heart, that you are about to burst! Love is missing a smell, a look , a touch and never being able to replace it. Love is holding your grandchild for the first time. Love is crying when your child goes to school the first day and leaves you.Love is your cat sitting on your lap and purring so contently. Love is opening your heart to all the possibilities of another human being touching your life in even the smallest way. Love is giving with no expectations. Love is painful and lonely. Love is full of laughter and joy! Love is life and without it, nothing is worth living!
473297
Yes, but the love is small and grows.  The feeling is usually infatuation.  Love is commitment and sacrifice.
1006700
Well  for me Love is something that makes you who you are,\nLove is being happy for the other person when they are happy, \nbeing sad for the other person when they are sad, \nbeing together in bad times and good times...\nLove is being honest with yourself at all times,\ntelling, listening, and never pretending...\nLove is an understanding that is so complete \nthat you feel as if you are a part of the other person,\naccepting the other person just the way they are, \nand not try to change them to be something else...\nLove is freedom to pursue your own desires, \nwhile showing your experiences with the other person...\nLove is the excitement of planning things togeather...\nLove is the fury of the storm, the calm in the rainbow...\nLove is the source of passion...\nlove is seen yourself in the eyes of the person that shares your heart.