• Slide 1 of 21: Love is a complex emotion that comes from building trust, comfort, and compatibility with someone. But knowing when you're in love versus simply having a crush on someone is quite difficult. Here are 20 scientifically-backed signs that show you're falling head over heels.

  • Slide 2 of 21: Being able to have fun with someone, even when stuff hits the fan, is a surefire sign you're more than just lusting after them. Having fun is a vital part of building a close and trusting relationship, so if you can't laugh and play together, something might be amiss.

  • Slide 3 of 21: Everyone gives and receives love differently—some value gifts while others focus on quality time spent together. If you are eager to learn more about your partner and what brings them joy, it's a definite sign your feelings for them are deepening.

  • Slide 4 of 21: It's absolutely necessary to feel safe in a relationship—emotionally, physically, and sexually. Knowing you can be yourself around your mate without fear or judgment is a clear indication that feelings in the partnership run deeper than a fling. If you don't feel at ease with a person, they most likely aren't

  • Slide 5 of 21: When you start to prioritize and anticipate your partner's feelings, you're probably subconsciously starting to see them as someone you can attach to for longer than a few dates. This, of course, doesn't mean you start putting their needs before yours; it means you do nice things for them just because. That could be anything from making the bed when you normally wouldn't or picking up a coffee for them from your local barista.

  • Slide 6 of 21: A loving relationship is full of support, with each partner pushing the other to accomplish the goals they set for themselves. If you find that you are your mate's biggest cheerleader—and that you encourage them when things don't go their way—you may be head over heels.

  • Slide 7 of 21: There is a grain of truth to those memes that joke about a trip to IKEA undoing a relationship; shopping with someone is hard! Venturing into any store is less about buying items together than it is about supporting each person's likes and dislikes and figuring out how to keep each other happy. So if you enjoy purchasing anything from groceries to furniture with your partner, he or she is probably a keeper.

  • Slide 8 of 21: Maybe you spend your afternoons looking back fondly on the weekend you spent with them, or you plan ahead for the next time you're set to meet; either way, if you devote a few minutes of your daily life to daydreaming about your mate, it's likely a sign you're more than a little loved up.

  • Slide 9 of 21: When a person is in love, their body experiences a rush of hormones that make them feel energized and almost tingly all over. Those hormones are also what makes it feel like you can't get enough of a person when you see them. In short, everything feels a little more sensational when you're in love.

  • Slide 10 of 21: Jealousy is often looked upon as being a bad emotion, but more often than not it's what you do with the feeling that matters. If you fixate on the person and worry about them leaving you, that's likely a hint your relationship isn't meant to be. But, if you trust them and your pangs of jealousy are more about missing them and passively wondering what they're up to, that may be a sign you're more into them than you think.

  • Slide 11 of 21: No one is perfect, and when you start to come to terms with the traits that make your mate less desirable, that's a likely sign you're starting to fall for them.

  • Slide 12 of 21: Hitting the sheets with a partner is a fun and necessary part of a healthy relationship, but any lasting partnership should involve more than lust. If your heart skips a beat at the mere thought of cuddling with your guy or gal, relationship experts agree, you're likely settling into a loving, long-term relationship.

  • Slide 13 of 21: You have an ex? Oh right, most people do. If you find your mind focusing more on future moments with your partner than on past predicaments with a love interest who came before, it's a sign you've moved on and are looking for love in all the right places.

  • Slide 14 of 21: It's natural for long-term couples to reorder some of their daily priorities and values to suit their mate—science actually shows this happens in most loving relationships. If you find yourself changing some (not all—you can't lose yourself!) of your interests and habits to better align with your guy or gal, it's likely they are also your beloved.

  • Slide 15 of 21: Think about how you feel when your partner loses out on a job offer or gets hurt in an accident; if your gut reaction is pain and a sense of empathy, you're likely head over heels for them. Science shows partners in healthy relationships want what's best for their mates; they're also willing to sacrifice some of their own comfort to make them happy.

  • Slide 16 of 21: Honesty makes the heart grow fonder—literally. If you feel you can be authentic and open with your mate about practically anything, from your past relationships to your current fears and pet peeves, it's a sign he or she could be

  • Slide 17 of 21: In the early days of courtship, couples tend to put their all into looking good for one another, but as relationships roll on, comfort sets in. If you find yourself craving quality time with your guy or gal regardless of what they're wearing, it's a surefire sign you're head over heels.

  • Slide 18 of 21: Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands once found that sexual feelings about a mate can blind a person to the grosser aspects of pairing up (especially when it comes to activities that take place in the bedroom). If you don't get grossed out by things that would normally make you gag, simply because they involve your partner, that's a scientifically-backed sign you're falling in love.

  • Slide 19 of 21: It's great to want to be closer to your mate, but knowing they deserve space and that you trust them to take some time away and hone their own interests (in a non-judgmental way) is a key sign you support and love them.

  • Slide 20 of 21: Harvard researchers found that couples who are deeply in love look at each other 75% of the time while talking, whereas those who aren't only glance at each other 30% to 60% of the time. Basically, if you stare into your mate's eyes, you're likely nuts about them.

  • Slide 21 of 21: Lust doesn't last forever. Eventually, if you are in a long-term relationship, those fiery, first-date feelings will turn into something more lasting and comfortable. Those feelings are love. That doesn't mean, of course, you don't get excited to see your mate; it simply means your relationship has evolved into something more mature.

How to tell if you love someone

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You accept fun together

Being able to accept fun with someone, even when stuff hits the fan, is a surefire sign you lot're more than just lusting after them. Having fun is a vital part of building a shut and trusting relationship, and then if you can't laugh and play together, something might be amiss.

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You adapt to their beloved language

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You experience safe with them

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Yous practice nice things for them

When you first to prioritize and conceptualize your partner's feelings, you're probably subconsciously starting to see them every bit someone you can attach to for longer than a few dates. This, of course, doesn't hateful you outset putting their needs before yours; it means you lot exercise nice things for them just because. That could be annihilation from making the bed when you normally wouldn't or picking up a java for them from your local barista.

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You back up their goals

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Y'all retrieve of them regularly

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You feel excited

When a person is in love, their trunk experiences a blitz of hormones that make them feel energized and well-nigh tingly all over. Those hormones are also what makes it feel like you tin't get enough of a person when you come across them. In short, everything feels a little more sensational when you're in love.

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Y'all're a little bit jealous

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You run into and accept their flaws

No i is perfect, and when y'all showtime to come to terms with the traits that make your mate less desirable, that's a likely sign you're starting to fall for them.

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Y'all're nigh more sex

Striking the sheets with a partner is a fun and necessary role of a good for you relationship, merely any lasting partnership should involve more than lust. If your heart skips a beat at the mere thought of cuddling with your guy or gal, relationship experts hold, you're likely settling into a loving, long-term relationship.

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You no longer obsess over your ex

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You align interests

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Y'all have feelings of empathy

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You are honest with them

Honesty makes the heart grow fonder—literally. If you experience yous can be authentic and open with your mate about practically anything, from your past relationships to your electric current fears and pet peeves, it's a sign he or she could be "The One."

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You don't heed when they vesture sweatpants

In the early on days of courtship, couples tend to put their all into looking good for i another, but as relationships roll on, condolement sets in. If you find yourself craving quality fourth dimension with your guy or gal regardless of what they're wearing, it'due south a surefire sign you're caput over heels.

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Yous don't mind when they practise something unattractive

Researchers at the University of Groningen in the netherlands in one case plant that sexual feelings about a mate can blind a person to the grosser aspects of pairing up (peculiarly when it comes to activities that take place in the sleeping room). If yous don't become grossed out by things that would unremarkably brand you gag, merely considering they involve your partner, that's a scientifically-backed sign y'all're falling in honey.

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Y'all give them infinite

Information technology'southward great to desire to be closer to your mate, but knowing they deserve space and that you trust them to take some fourth dimension abroad and hone their own interests (in a non-judgmental fashion) is a key sign y'all support and love them.

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You look at them… a lot

Harvard researchers found that couples who are deeply in love look at each other 75% of the time while talking, whereas those who aren't only glance at each other 30% to 60% of the time. Basically, if you stare into your mate's eyes, you lot're probable nuts about them.

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You're comfortable

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