How would you know if you really, genuinely love someone?

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When you are ready to give it your all, even without any assurance of getting something in return.

[goldrush]

when you miss her..

[Dylan♧]

if you get hurt and you really miss that person everyday

[@Migz]

Must be love, if you can't stop thinking about her.

[wilde_imagination]

You are willing to give it all eventhough it will affect so many things

[Seta Sinestro]

Hmm, in relation to the question:

 

how would someone know if someone genuinely loves them? The receiving end, i mean?

iba kasi pag halimbawa, parent-children. "it goes without asking" ika nga.

on the other hand...

Edited September 5, 2016 by Seta Sinestro

[jelly bean]

been going through the posts here and it looks like people are confusing love with a lot of different things and emotions... (or i just think they are)

 

love is love, whoever it is for. You know it is real because you'd never have to question it. this time, you know and feel at the same time.

[TheRedHood]

para sa akin if you feel and see a spark between the two of you, can't explain much but that's how it is for me

[Seta Sinestro]

been going through the posts here and it looks like people are confusing love with a lot of different things and emotions... (or i just think they are)

 

love is love, whoever it is for. You know it is real because you'd never have to question it. this time, you know and feel at the same time.

It's weird because people also keep saying "you already know"

 

and yet keep on asking... so there must be some sort of disconnect? do people really know it, or just believe in the feeling?

[jelly bean]

.. so there must be some sort of disconnect? do people really know it, or just believe in the feeling?

like what you've previously mentioned,'it goes without asking.' love is love, unless you want to categorize it further: parental, romantic, friendship etc.

 

but, what do I know? I'm not an expert on genuine love

[w3pa]

Love is hard to define. If wala nang ibang babae na kumukuha ng attention mo, kahit mas maganda, matalino, mabait, etc. sa kanya, mahal mo na ba? If you're almost physically hurting just waiting for her to respond to you or give you her attention, is that love?

[Seta Sinestro]

Love is hard to define. If wala nang ibang babae na kumukuha ng attention mo, kahit mas maganda, matalino, mabait, etc. sa kanya, mahal mo na ba? If you're almost physically hurting just waiting for her to respond to you or give you her attention, is that love?

 

maybe it's when you can't say that there is any other truth than what you believe in about it.

na you can face the person as yourself

 

no alter names

no alter egos

 

but may point ka, it's hard to define hehe

[w3pa]

 

maybe it's when you can't say that there is any other truth than what you believe in about it.

na you can face the person as yourself

 

no alter names

no alter egos

 

but may point ka, it's hard to define hehe

 

When you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not with the person, is that what you're saying? Then again that can apply to friends as well.

[Seta Sinestro]

 

When you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not with the person, is that what you're saying? Then again that can apply to friends as well.

Yep, and even everywhere - but then again, if the topic is love, it applies to anything that love can be applied to, doesn't it?

 

the weird thing about it is that it's so hard to define, yet it is so definite, in a metaphysical sense. It is as real as it is intangible, a solid concept, yet in the same manner, can be abstract!

 

it can be hidden, but one can't lie about it; it will always show through.

[w3pa]

Yep, and even everywhere - but then again, if the topic is love, it applies to anything that love can be applied to, doesn't it?

 

the weird thing about it is that it's so hard to define, yet it is so definite, in a metaphysical sense. It is as real as it is intangible, a solid concept, yet in the same manner, can be abstract!

 

it can be hidden, but one can't lie about it; it will always show through.

 

True, however the topic is "loving someone." You got a way with words Seta. Everything we feel is real and intangible, the whole spectrum of emotions. The problem is really differentiating love with such emotions as jealousy, lust, and such.