I've known one man since I was a kid. he was always nice and decent to me. And the real kicker was... he stayed my friend for over 20 years. I figured out I only wanted him in my life about 18 years ago. Still working on that...

mm is relative and depends on two

I have as well...it was friends at first, then the love for each other came later. You just can't get that person out of your head. Love is when each person want to do some sacrificing for the other. ~Woar

There is mad passionate lust and there is love, when you first meet you can be extremely fond of someone, once you get to know them and love can build, then it can be true love, you also have to know that the other party feels the same, I once had a mate that I loved, but he was more in Lust than love.
he was a nice older Papabear, passed away in 2003 from diabetes complications.
He had such a Baloo Bear personality, I hope someday to meet another mate with the same personality.

Unfortunately, I've never been in love, so I cannot say.

love takes time and patience and has diferent stages, is like the stage of being boyfriends, start to meet that person, and you know since the first dates that that person is right for you, and when you meet that person better then love starts to grow.. or fade... depends of that you find in his heart.

ive been in love many times but right when i thought i trully knew them they tore out my heart..........and the anser is that love takes time and trust......