If you try to Google “how to know you’re in love,” you’re gonna have a bad time
Because it’s mostly shit advice.
Here’s a small sampling:
“They’re always on your mind”
This is infatuation.
If someone’s “always” on your mind, you’re not focused on other Really Important Things. And that’s a problem.
Real love fits into real life, rather than usurping it. It’s calm, not overwhelming.
“You crave them” or “can’t get enough of them”
See above.
“They’re your ‘everything’”
Ditto.
“You see them in your future”
“When I imagined my future job/location/adopted dog, they were always in the background of my imagination helping me out with whatever I was doing. My future just didn’t really make sense without them around.”
Well, I mean, damn. You fantasize long and hard enough, you can see anything in your future — like I could imagine moving to…
