8 Ways to Know if it is Love or Lust

5.It is lust if you are casually dating

If you have set out to date a girl thinking that it’s just a casual short term thing, and don’t intend to commit to her but have asked her out only because you want to satisfy your physical needs, then it’s obviously not love.

6.It is love if you envision your future with your partner

Love is a lasting feeling while lust is a short term self fulfillment feeling. When you are in love, you feel like being with that person forever and foresee a future with them.

7.It is lust if you get bored with your partner after the initial courtship period is over

Do you feel like the initial spark vanishing after you both have gotten intimate a few times? Do you feel like moving on to a new girl who has started to interest you, albeit physically? Do you not feel like continuing with your girl and making efforts to reinvent the chemistry? If your answer to all of these questions was yes, then it was never love.

8.It is love if the feelings that you had before, persist even after a long time

There’s no doubt of you being in love if you feel the same romantic feelings of loyalty, care, tenderness and trust with which you started dating her, even after a substantial period of time.