This realization allows you to know that you fully love someone and that it is beyond infatuation. "When you truly care about someone deep enough that you are ready to sacrifice your feelings, time, situation...without expectation for anything in return, then you know they are the one for you," relationship consultant Andrea Adams-Miller, MS, CHES tells Bustle. "Likewise, if you find out that they feel that way about you, then you have a keeper. This is the type of relationship where the other is willing to love you unconditionally as you are with no expectations for you to be something else or someone you are not."
If you happen to see these signs early on in the relationship, it could mean that you've found someone who's right for you. If you find it's worth digging a bit deeper, feel it out and see how it progresses. It might turn out to be forever.
Sources:
Heidi Krantz, OTR, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, certified dating and relationship coach
Dr. Dana McNeil, PsyD, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist
Shlomo Zalman Bregman, rabbi and matchmaker
Kimberly Hershenson, LMSW, therapist
David Bennett, relationship counselor
Rachel Gabrielle, MA, LMHC, therapist
Caleb Backe, health & wellness expert, Maple Holistics
Andrea Adams-Miller, relationships consultant
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