Love Is...?

An interesting question was posed by in a newsletter I subscribe to. It was: "How do I know I'm in love?" On first read, it seems a simple enough question. But on further thought, a hell of a lot more complicated, no? And then last night I went out for supper (to the DIVINE Jewel of India) with the girls from work and we ended up bonding over whisky sours and popadoms. And I listened intently to each person's way of speaking about what being in love means to them, trying to see if they felt the same as I do. There were some very interesting responses, and these are the ones I can remember *blush* (mine are mixed in there too)

1. cooking meat when you're vegetarian
2. wanting to drop all the plans you ever had to have 10 minutes with the person you love
3. passionately wanting that someone to consume you, and to consume them
4. Accepting every flaw and thinking its wonderful that this individual chose you, above anyone else
5. moving cities on the off chance that this person is imperfectly perfect for you
6. leaving sunflowers on someone's car because they're her favourite, and then never letting on that it was you
7. you're in love with a boer but you're a redneck
8. you want to touch/kiss/pause/engage the very essence of their being
9. you want them to be free to just be
10. they're the first person you want to tell any news, the first person you want to share anything with, and the last thing you think about at night
11. you want to kiss them. all over. Often.
12. you do things you never would - laundry/ washing up/picking up dog poo - just to make their lives that little bit easier
13. commitment is planting a tree together and being there years later to nurture it and watch it grow
14. getting up 5 minutes earlier to make tea for your beloved so that they may ease into the day
15. when that certain smile is for you, when theirs lights up the room like champagne bubbles

Ag, there are so many more. And although some of these may not be your idea of how you know you're in love, when you ARE in love, you believe anything's possible, and that's kind the point. Hope and love go hand in hand. Cliche! But no ja, it is what it is. And at the moment, I have both and I'm so so grateful.

How do you know when you're in love?

Yours in warm gooey love
A.