Often, people who have met each other for some time have doubts about which of the feelings makes them be together: love or sympathy. And how to distinguish one from the other?
Instructions
Step 1
Think about whether you want only the very best for this person, even though he may not at all treat you with the same warmth. Perhaps this is one of the signs of love. But it is also a sign of sympathy.
Step 2
Will you continue to experience the same light attitude towards this person if he prefers another partner to you, and rejects you, not even giving up hope of the opportunity to be with him? If the answer is yes, then this can also be considered one of the signs of the feeling that people call love.
Step 3
Does your heart skip on the fact that this person is looking at you, smiling at you. Do you feel at the same time in "seventh heaven". If yes, then you are probably in love. If the answer is no - apparently, this is just sympathy, albeit a strong one.
Step 4
If you answer positively for yourself to the question that you are ready to do anything, just to know that the person you are dreaming about is alive, healthy and happy (even if it is a huge number of kilometers away from you), then you can confidently say that this is one of the signs of love.
Step 5
Are you ready, together with the person who is dear to you, to live a long life together, to share hardships and joys together in half, to give all of yourself, all your strength in order to make this person's life the happiest. And at the same time do not demand anything in return. If yes, then congratulate yourself - you love. Sympathy is not as overpowering and powerful as love.
Step 6
Are you interested in being with him, no matter what the circumstances, whether you want to be with him always, all your life. An affirmative answer brings you closer to the answer that the feeling you are experiencing is love.
Step 7
Are you attracted to this person as a person and a member of the opposite sex at the same time? If so, then it is probably love.
Step 8
Do you want with all your heart to have children in common with the person you are thinking about, when deciding the issue, you feel sympathy or love for him. And will it be joyful for you to find the traits of this person in common children, rejoicing and at the same time experiencing a feeling of tenderness and pride. If you are sure that it will be so, you probably love.
Step 9
If you have ceased to be interested in all other representatives of the opposite sex as sexual objects, having turned into "creatures of the neuter genus", then, probably, we can already talk not about sympathy, but about love.
