7. This person feels like home.
With him or her, you can be yourself. You can say what you want to say and laugh at what you want. You get to take off the mask you put on for the rest of the world to see and just be yourself.
Everyone needs a home — or rather, to feel like he or she has a home. Many times our actual abode doesn’t feel like our home. Often, we find the city or even the country we’re living in doesn’t feel like home.
Finding a home that feels like home is difficult. If you find a person who feels like home, hold onto him or her. When it comes to homes, we often don’t realize how much we need them until we lose them.
8. You value this person’s opinion and trust his or her advice.
Some people believe opposites attract, while others will argue just the opposite. The truth is it doesn’t matter whether or not you have the same hobbies, listen to the same music or like the same sorts of movies.
All that really matters when it comes to finding a life partner is how much you value his or her opinion. It’s those we can look to for advice, those whom we trust to know the solution to our problems or the best way to approach our problems, we value most. And rightfully so.
9. On occasion, when this person doesn’t get back to you fast enough, you feel a bit jealous.
What could he or she possibly be doing that’s more important than texting you back?! Well, there’s a million different possible reasons, like… he or she’s busy.
You know you’re just being silly and the last thing you plan on doing is letting him or her know how this is making you feel, but still… you can’t help it.
10. When this person is in potentially dangerous situations, you genuinely worry about his or her safety.
This one is a bit more obvious than the rest, but many times it isn’t enough to allow us to admit to ourselves we’re in love.
It is, however, usually enough for us to allow ourselves to admit we care about this individual. Caring is step one of loving. You could say as the level of caring increases, it becomes love.
11. You enjoy waking up next to this person and smile as he or she lies next to you, still asleep.
There’s no feeling in the world worse than waking up next to someone you don’t want to be waking up next to, but there’s none better than waking up next to someone you truly want to wake up next to.
Sure, if he or she knew it might creep him or her out a bit, but you like watching him or her sleep. Not for hours… just for a minute before you hop out of bed.
Most of what makes relationships magical happens in bed. This is one of those moments.
By Paul Hudson
This post originally appeared at Elite Daily. Reprinted with permission.
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A young writer, philosopher, and entrepreneur, Paul Hudson (@MrPaulHudson) has been writing for Elite Daily nearly since the start. He primarily addresses the successes and downfalls of love and life.
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Photo: Flickr/Mo Riza
I used to feel this way about a certain person… until he started being mean to me on a fairly regular basis. I don’t smile anymore when I think of him, but I do still love him – from a very large distance. I hope that goes away someday, so I can be free again. Spot on, though. These are all exquisitely delightful little signs, indeed.