How do you know if you're in love?

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Answered by: Thomas Antunez

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I struggled with this question for years.

And then I had children.

You know you love someone when you are willing to make sacrifices for them.I’m including all forms of love: romantic love, parental love, family love, friendship, etc.

The ultimate expression of love is sacrifice. When you decide to love someone romantically, you “sacrifice” access to other people romantically, etc. When you love a child or a friend or a family member, you can envision yourself making sacrifices for them to keep them safe (giving your life for them, as an example). Even the love of hobbies can be expressed as a sacrifice (sacrificing your time in exchange for doing the hobby).

Play this out in your life. Love requires sacrifice.

And that’s a beautiful thing.