âTrue love doesn’t happen right away; it’s an ever-growing process. It develops after you’ve gone through many ups and downs, when you’ve suffered together, cried together, laughed together.â â Ricardo Montalban
Throughout life, we go through many different romantic relationships in an effort to find the person that is going to be with us forever. While some people are lucky enough to marry their high school sweethearts and still be in love 40 years later, some of us have to search a little harder. And thatâs okay!
True love, what is it exactly?
âThere are many kinds of love. Passionate, romantic love is very important, but long-term couples also engage in deliberate acts of love that nurture their partner and their overall couple relationship,â says licensed marriage and family therapist Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist Yana Dubinsky, Psy.D, however, states that true love goes beyond feelings! According to her true love is âan act of will and judgment, intention and promise.â
Finding someone that you know is going to love you forever is worth the time and effort it takes. When you find that special person, you may not know it right away. Thatâs why there are signs that you should look out for to let you know that youâve found someone who is going to love you for life.
Here Are 4 Signs Youâve Found Love For Life
1. You have good communication
Communication is always important, in any kind of relationship! Whether itâs romantic or platonic, being able to effectively communicate will make any relationship strong. One of the biggest signs that youâve found someone who will love you for life is to see how well you communicate together.
Marriage coach Eric Hunt says, âMany individuals find themselves in relationships where they have ‘fun together,’ but are unable to openly communicate their feelings, desires and wishes⌠Often this leads to further issues in the relationship and is usually the root cause of most major disputesâŚâ
Therefore, are you able to talk about things that are difficult while still maintaining an open flow of communication? Are you able to settle disputes or arguments without it blowing up in your face? Do you tell each other how youâre feeling? These are all signs of good and honest communication, which are some of the most important things in a relationship for life.
2. You have amazing compatibility
Not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually, too. Physical compatibility is important when thinking about someone who will love you for life. You need to be able to be intimate with one another and have it be fulfilling for both parties. But not only that, being emotionally and spiritually compatible will bring so much warmth and happiness into your lives.
What does being emotionally and spiritually entail? Well, itâs much like being on someoneâs same wavelength. You understand each otherâs emotions and can tell when theyâre feeling happy or sad just by being near them. When you have someone who can practically predict your mood, then youâll know that youâve found a love for life.
3. You are looking towards the future
A sure sign that youâve found a love for life is suddenly finding yourself excited and eager for what the future holds. When you think of your life, youâre now thinking a few years down the line and that person is always going to be in it with you. Before, maybe you never thought beyond the next few months.
Now, you might find yourself thinking about what kind of house youâll want to buy and the kind of schools you want to put your children into, if youâre considering having children at all. Whatever you imagine your future to hold, youâre no longer afraid to look into it. In fact, youâre more excited than ever to see what the future will bring, as long as you have your partner by your side.
4. The rest of your relationships are improving
The thing about finding a love for life is that this relationship will actually help improve the rest of your relationships as well. When you find a love that is so empowering and energizing, you may find that your friendships and your relationships with your family also benefit from all of that love youâre feeling.
Taoist Master Shunya Barton says, âWhatever we align our vibration and frequency with, that is the vibration and frequency we become. When we speak beautiful and positive words, we become beautiful and positive.”
Therefore, when you have a great source of compassion, kindness and positivity in your life, then youâll be better able to extend that same positivity onto the other relationships in your life. The same way that bad relationships tend to suck the life out of the other relationships in your life, good and fulfilling relationships do the exact opposite. Take a look around at the other relationships you have with people in your life, and youâll find that theyâve grown stronger and more positive.
Final thoughts
Throughout our lives, we can go through many different relationships – some good, some bad, some neither. We may look back on our relationships fondly, while still knowing that they werenât the person who was going to love us forever. These are some tried and true signs that youâve met the person who is going to love you for life.
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