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Old 05-23-2013, 05:20 PM
 
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how can you tell if you're in love, or is just pure lust?
tell me your personal experience please & thank you..
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Old 05-23-2013, 05:25 PM
 
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It takes time to really know you love that person or not. When you "lust", you want to take that person, you want to own her/him. When you love them, you take time to know them, want to make them happy, and care what happen to them. You think about their needs before your own. Sometimes these two feelings can go together, and you need to give yourself and that person time to figure what your feelings are. It depend on what your goal is, but if you want a long-term relationship, perhaps wait awhile till you guys get physical.
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Old 05-23-2013, 05:29 PM
 
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You give yourself plenty of time to get to know them first. Love develops more gradually than lust. Lust can obscure a person's faults, so you don't notice them until it's too late and you're already overly involved, emotionally and physically.
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Old 05-23-2013, 05:47 PM
 
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lust is eating the dessert first

love is the meal even with veggies you dont like...because its best for both of you
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Old 05-23-2013, 05:52 PM
 
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"how do I know if it's love", the answer to that is extremely complex... There's a reason 90% of songs are about love or the lack thereof... There are lots of people who are in love, but how exactly to describe it? I can tell you one thing about my gf I know if the **** hits the fan, there is no one in the world I would rather be around to have my back than her. I know that when push comes to shove, it's me and her against the world if needs be. I guess that's how I know I love her, is that I would put her needs over my own.
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Old 05-23-2013, 06:18 PM
 
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There's is a pretty good comparison between love and lust at this link:

Love vs Lust - Difference and Comparison | Diffen
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Old 05-23-2013, 06:41 PM
 
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Would you still want to marry them if they could never have sex again? That one is love.
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Old 05-23-2013, 07:13 PM
 
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love is like oxygen, you get too much you get too high-not enough and you're gonna die
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Old 05-23-2013, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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You can only tell the difference after you've had sex with them because people rarely lust for what they already have.
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Old 05-23-2013, 10:47 PM
 
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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It's not always love OR lust. Try them together.
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