How Do You Know You're in Love?
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2012/02/24 14:00:00
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When it comes to love, they say you "just know." But YourTango.com reports that there are actually five key signs to look for when you think you may be in love: You can't stop staring at them, you feel high, you can't stop touching them, you can't stop thinking about them and you want to be exclusive. Sound about right?
1. You can't stop staring at him/her: Dr. Lucy Brown, neuroscientist and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, tells YourTango that when you fall in love, you can't stop staring at the object of your affection. Just be sure not to creep him/her out!
2. You feel high: There's a reason why you're so blissful when you're in love -- the brain produces more feel-good dopamine, as well as norepinephrine, which makes you feel nervous (e.g. the racing heart sensation).
3. You can't stop touching him/her: Dr. Bianca Acevedo, Visiting Scientist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, tells YourTango that your body will subconsciously lean toward your love object's body, mainly because you want to feel emotionally closer to him or her.
4. You can't stop thinking about him/her: Shockingly, people think about their love object about 85 percent of the day.
5. You want to be "exclusive": If you're really in love, you don't want to be with anyone else ... and you want the relationship to be long-lasting, Dr. Brown tells YourTango.
Do you think these five signs stick? How do you know when you're really in love, as opposed to in lust or in like?
Top Opinion
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Sister Jean 2012/02/24 21:22:56
I've met many women, and this one was a certifiable NUTCASE, the worst of them all, even worse than some of the drug addicts I've known. At least the druggies knew what they were doing, and understood the reality of it.
It's also not my fault that my band mates and I were handsome, dashing, debonair and carefree musicians that had groupies flocking to see us. I guess we had a couple hundred oxytocin addicts every time we performed. I wonder if their oxytocin kicked in as they were getting dressed up in those super short mini skirts, fishnet or spandex leggings, ripped up shirts and hair poofed out a mile high. Do you really think they showed up at our gigs just for the music? If one of those didn't have the maturity to control her emotions, in the environment she put herself in, is that my fault? I doubt it.
It's not my fault women are so ignorant about the science of men's brains either.
This joke, and all it's variations, is the perfect example:
Her Diary:
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I...
I've met many women, and this one was a certifiable NUTCASE, the worst of them all, even worse than some of the drug addicts I've known. At least the druggies knew what they were doing, and understood the reality of it.
It's also not my fault that my band mates and I were handsome, dashing, debonair and carefree musicians that had groupies flocking to see us. I guess we had a couple hundred oxytocin addicts every time we performed. I wonder if their oxytocin kicked in as they were getting dressed up in those super short mini skirts, fishnet or spandex leggings, ripped up shirts and hair poofed out a mile high. Do you really think they showed up at our gigs just for the music? If one of those didn't have the maturity to control her emotions, in the environment she put herself in, is that my fault? I doubt it.
It's not my fault women are so ignorant about the science of men's brains either.
This joke, and all it's variations, is the perfect example:
Her Diary:
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn’t flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn’t say much. I asked him what was wrong; He said, ‘Nothing’. I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn’t upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can’t explain his behavior I don’t know why he didn’t say, ‘I love you, too. ‘When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. To my surprise, he responded to my caress, and we made love. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep – I cried. I don’t know what to do. I’m almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else…My life is a disaster!
His Diary:
How on earth did I miss that putt! I can’t figure it out, but at least I got laid.
You make it sound like no man has ever been taken advantage of by a woman, as if we have absolutely no emotions, no sense of pain or caring. I've been dumped by more than a few women. I guess they just ran out of oxytocin, or I ran out of money...one of the two.
Like I told Ama.. I never had any relationship with them, but dang if that mattered to them. If they so deem it, then it is.
Once you have a sense of self respect everything else seems so much clearer.
Yes physically defending yourself is taught. But if taught correctly it is purely self defense and not barbaric slaughter.
You can twist it all you want. There is more to self defense than physical violence.
Go take a physical defense class and see.
It prepares the body and mind. When you can control your mind, all that other stuff goes away. Sorta like yoga.
Good day to you.
You ever know what life is going to throw you in the way of the people you meet as potential dates/ partners. You just have to be prepared to discern the fine border between infatuation and insanity. LoL .. Anyone in their right mind would never do the things this woman did. They'd have to have emotional problems.
As I said, good you got rid of her and you were not in danger. LoL ..
We live, we learn. :))
Love is this feeling that drives me insane because I know noting about it can be perfect, Why does everything have to be complicated. Yeah I'm talking about you love!!!
you'll feel so HIGH
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"When you don't have to ask when you're in love. You just know you are."