Thought I found it once. But turns out what I felt was some lesser form. So I don't really know. I loved her To some extent and it didn't end well But I believe do it exists.

good question, i thought i loved a girl coz i had aknot in my stomach, turned out just to be bad wind... which in turn led her to dump me. sigh... i dont think true love is like what you see in the films, nothing is that perfect. but i do think it would take a lot of hard work in a relationship to get to that level where you can say you truly love some one, it would not happen over night. sure you can look at some one and be really smitten to the point where you could think you love them, but i think to have "real" love, you would be prepared to die for that person. and i dont think you would want to die for some one you have just met coz they are easy on the eyes. wow what an essey!!! lol

Real love. If it isn't real.. then it isn't love. There is only real love.

Real love is when you can't that person out of your head for all the positive reasons. Not to be confused with sexual attraction.

------------ it does make you feel better than any thing and it can hurt more than any thing ever did i have ben with my wife for over 20years now and it was love at first stie and we went on 1 date and she never went back home [were she was liveing at]and that was when we were 46years oldand we are 56yo now and i dont know what i do with out her by the way we have a love were we had people try to brake use up try to get me to have sex with me her friend did that because people we know what a love like what we have

It's what I lost, the most important possession one can have! Without it we are but an empty shell.

real love feels from heart, it's also connected to relationship with each other, understading, thought .it's not about just sex. if u r in love , u can feel it in ur heart.

My mother is in the hospital with Alz., a broken hip, and, after originally being in a hospital, then about a month in one nursing home, getting over a massive UTI. My father spends most of every day beside her, so 1) he can translate and explain to the doctors and new (seemingly daily) nurses that come in, paying attention to the meds they give her, so if they've already tried one, they don't again; making sure they don't draw blood or take her BP on her LEFT side, where her arm is edemic since she had a radical mastectomy and they removed so may lymph nodes a few years ago; making sure she gets SOMETHING to eat - Usually a little Boost - she hasn't really had much more than 500 calories in three weeks or so, but he keeps trying; basically being her advocate; 2) he can be there for HER - She gets hysterical, at times, and wants to go home; She prays constantly, "Dear Heavenly Father, Please... Please... Please..."; She is extremely upset when he's NOT there, and really wants him to hold her hand almost constantly - and would probably prefer than he lay in the bed with her - he can't - and hold her (that's why he thinks she wants to go home, to lay in HER/Their bed, so he can hold her); He gets 5-1/2-6 hours of sleep every night, IF she has a decent day and goes to sleep by 9PM or so - he goes home, grabs something to eat, does some bookwork on their finances, and usually calls me, then goes to sleep, waking at about 5:30AM, taking a shower, getting some breakfast and whatever he MAY be able to work on if she sleeps while he's there, and is there before she wakes up, so she won't be upset; 3) He's trying to make decisions that will help her the most, but not getting the info he needs from the doctors... From another comment thread back in mid-October - "We had my father and uncle's "family" "birthday bash" this past weekend. My sister stayed with Mom, so Dad could come for the dinner and cake, then he was right back with Mom. (At least he got a couple of hours away, NOT doing banking, etc., which he does over lunch through the week.) He's the one that sat with his mother a couple of years ago when she was dying in a nursing home, so his mind may go there, too. But, HE gave the prayer before we ate, and could barely get it out. That reminded me of when he recorded a song he used to sing in church rather than sing it live at my grandmother's funeral, because he didn't think he'd make it. He was very teared up then, too." I think THAT'S real love. Dad's 76, Mom's 77. They've been married for 56 years last May. Real love is NOT an illusion.

You've never fallen in love before Catherine?? You need to get out of the house more often, like a true Aquarian! Lol. It is a wonderful feeling. All of a sudden, you see the world in a different light. You feel like you're walking on air, you smell blossoms even though it's the dead of winter, nothing seems to faze you, you feel empowered....that's real love. Of course, one can feel like that too if they're a little deranged or stoned, but that's how real love feels like. Lol.

I had it once and lost it a long time ago and it was my fault. I live a great life, want for nothing, have a tremendously positive attitude, three beautiful Daughter's and I'm thankful for all I have. The one thing that's missing - well it's doubtful I'll ever find it again. +5 Cat Best, Jonathan

It's not illusion. The thing is that it's really hard to find but when you do you know it's real. When I met the love of my life I felt it right away, when I first looked into his eyes I knew we are meant to be together. My face was shining (people around noticed that all the time). I couldn't think about anything but him. I noticed all his looks, words. I terribly missed him when he was not around. And I knew he was the same way. It's love...

Once a sage asked the same question to Krsna. Krsna asked the sage to elucidate his own answer. First he said that love for the child is the best but then it is restricted to children and parents,then he recounted the love between brothers, then servants, friends and finally he said between husband and wife. Krsna said that it is with conditions since to get out of marriage there has to be legal recourse which means marriage is nothing but a binding contract and a contractual obligation.Finally, the sage answered the love between Radha and Krsna is the ultimate. He said that even after Krsna left Radha, she never felt that He was gone since she saw Him in everything round her. That love which is without any expectation is called true love. Right Catherine? I always have that for one and all!No, it is not an illusion!

You know you love somebody when you can truly say you would do anything for them