What is love and how do you know when a man hoestly loves you?

Here's the situation. I have not had the best examples or demonstrations of what looks like, feels like, should be like. I only know the love that I have for my children and what that is like but when it comes to relationships between to adults I can't honestly say I can assoiciate it with one feeling or the other. I can characterize how I feel and "think" its love and I am good at expressing,demonstrating, giving, and feeling of being in love Honestly, from my experiences, I can not say, that I have ever felt truly loved by a man. I don't know what it is like. Since my past consist of a dysfunctional type of love an unhealthy love, I seem to continue in those type of relationships because I have no comparison to what the real thing feels like. I am trying to break a cycle but would like some quidance on what I should recognize as real love. As you quessed I didn't have much of a family structure nor father to help with this, so Im searching to figure things.

What is love and how do you know when a man hoestly loves you?
Real love, when a man really loves you he is gentle with you. Kind, supportive, caring. He listens to you and understands you. For the most part he is non judgemental. He wants to make you happy, make you feel safe and cared for. He will tell you his dreams, his fears and listen to yours. You can tell he really listens and he loves you. Also you 2 will understand eachothers sense of humor and share a bond. He will respect you and make you feel accepted.
Reply:Love is kind, patient, giving, and loyal. If you are not used to feeling it, you can still practice living it. Love is a verb, not just an emotion. That means that by observing, you may be able to discern if someone loves you. The best advice I can give is to watch what someone does more than listen to what they tell you. It takes practice and you might not appreciate or recognize it at first, but when you truly love yourself enough to treat yourself well, you will choose people who love you. Good luck! If you can't decide if you are being loved, think of how you would like your children to be loved. Don't settle for anything less for yourself.
Reply:god is love. to human, it is a feeling hard to describe. when the time you give someone care, good attention, affection that's some wayy of showing love.but love is when you cannot identify that kind of feeling ..it is a feeling that comes from your heart, not from your mind.


you will know a man honestly loves you, when your instinct says it.
Reply:I had a great family relationship growing up. We went to church everytime the doors opened pratically. When I met my husband I had never even dated before and I was scared to death! When he kissed me it was alright. Which I really didn't have anything to compare it to.My married life was the flip side of having a good relationship and i am not saying it hasn't been good because it has. OK to answer your question and for me I knew I was in Love with my husband when i saw a movie. I don't know your age but the movie was A Star Is Born with Kris Christofferson and Barbara Striesand. I didn't know what hit me was a deep down feeling of wanting someone just to cherish me like he did in that movie to her. That's about as good as i can explain it. I can't say that my 28 years of marrige has been great all the time but that's what love is forgiving and having faith. and remember that God Loves You Too!!!!