How do you know it’s love?

[CeorgeGlooney]

Age old question I know. Man I started talking to about 6 months ago I really liked. We didn’t continue in terms of seeing each other for other reasons but we would kiss when we saw each other occasionally, still were good friends and I knew I had feelings for him. Now we are giving it a go. In reality it’s early days but it’s been 6 months of conversations, being good friends, comforting each other and being there for one another at times. I was sad because I knew I had feelings but didn’t think we’d get to a place we could give it a chance.

because of pre existing feelings I feel like I’m falling for him already now that sex and other intimacy has been involved and he’s a lot more open emotionally as am I.

When did you know you loved someone? I don’t think I love him yet, but I feel like I am very much on the way to it but don’t want to fall prematurely.

When I realised his happiness was more important to me than mine. There is nothing I wouldn't do for him. I wake up sometimes with an overwhelming urge to keep him safe. I wouldn't ever do anything to hurt him.

I've never felt that way about anyone before. In fact, I've often felt quite the opposite!

Fortunately, he feels the same way about me.

You fall, when you fall, it's individual. But, it's wise to wait before declaring. Talking and meeting up occasionally is not the same as relationship time spent, so although you've known him for 6months, you can't count that in the same way. Its the physical time spent together where you get to know each other.
As you've been longing for it, that's likely why you now feel so intense about it. But without the knowledge of who someone truly is day to day, its more the early wave of infatuation, lust and excitement of the new - a heady mix, but not love really, that comes later, when this feeling subsides and you see them for who they really are, warts and all, and still like them. Meantime, go with it, don't analyse it and don't declare it - until he does 😉