Infatuation

Love

• Your primary interest is the person's physical appearance.

• Your interest in the person goes beyond physical appearance, but also the person's personality and life. 

• The things that attract you are very few.

• Many of the qualities of the person attract you.

• Tends to start quickly.  The concept of love at first sight is misleading.  It is not possible to fall in love with someone that you have just met.

• It starts slowly and takes time to develop.

• Interest in the person comes and goes.

• There is consistent interest in the person.

• It can affect your mood and may prevent you from doing other things because you are constantly thinking about the person.

• It has a constructive effect on your personality.  It results in greater self-realization and brings out the best in you.

• It ends quickly and abruptly.

• If it ends, it happens slowly, just like it started.

• It will fade and die with distance between you and the person....out of sight, out of mind!

• Love survives separation and may even grow...absence makes the heart grow fonder!

• You live in your own world and neglect everyone else around you. You are satisfied as long as you're with this one person.

• You include this person and relationship to your other relationships.

• Jealousy is frequent and severe, because your concern is you and not the other person.

• Jealousy if it occurs, is less frequent and less severe.  Love is trusting, respectful, patient and accepting.

• Your overall attitude is one of taking from the relationship.  The other person is seen as a means to gratify your needs.

• You want to share with and give to this person.