1. A friend.
2. One who needs a friend.
3. A lover.
4. Someone with whom you can discuss anything from menstrual periods to bathroom talk to sexual preferences to life and death to philosophy to science and back.
5. A confidant.
6. They aren't a supermodel, yet they are the most beautiful creature that you have ever laid eyes upon, even after twenty years.
7. Someone who occasionally reminds you uncannily of your parents at times although in different forms.
8. A shoulder to cry on.
9. Someone who needs a shoulder to cry on.
10. Your image of heaven includes this person rather profusely.
11. You can look back on the history that you created together and both cry and laugh, hopefully at different parts.
12. You are not the same person, instead two seperate entities that can combine into a supreme being.
13. You plan names for your kids.
14. When this other person is asleep, you can't help it if you have a twenty page paper do the next morning, you just want to put the universe on hold and watch them.
15. You find yourself thanking God that S/He allowed you to stumble accross this other person. 16. They can help you see things about yourself that you haven't seen before.
17. You help them see things about themselves that they haven't seen before.
18. You feel this uncanny sense of completeness whenever you are around this person.
19. Each of your seperate concerns and victories become a shared concern and victory.
20. You love them more than anything else in this entire world.
21. When you look down at your hands intertwined, you get a rush.
22. When you talk to this person, even on the phone, you feel butterflies. Especially after several years of knowing this person.
23. You are happy when your partner is happy.
24. When you hold your partner, it reminds you of something special you held as a child - ie a stuffed animal, a pillow.
25. Your love for this person grows daily.
26. You've seen your partner at their worst times and the best times.
27. They've seen you at your worst times and best times.
28. You ask yourself, "How did I survive without this person before now?"
29. You desire to be with this person the rest of your life (not necessarily marriage).
30. Your heart tells you it's right.
31. True love is patient.
32. True love is classified as delusional.
33. True love is addictive.
34. True love waits, (how long, I do NOT know!).
35. Your true love can define or destroy your world.
36. Your true love will not change for you.
37. You will not have to change for your true love.
38. The eyes of the other is what make it worthwhile, for in them you can see the boundless love kept just under the surface.
39. The little voice in the back of your head will quiet its shouting and dire portents, for it will recognize that he/she is your true love.
40. Your true love knows what to say, how to say it, when to say it, and when not to, to help you along.
41. Your true love won't leave you.
42. When you can hold hands and skip together in public and not give a damn about who sees you and what they say.
43. You smile when you look at their picture.
44. It feels natural to both of you.
45. You get used to having this other person around very quickly.
46. You miss this person constantly.
47. Your true love will buy you a cat just because you said they were cute.
Life is a journey from one point to another. You know where you will end up, but you don't know what route will get you there. The journey itself is what makes life and love worthwhile, not the outcome.
posted by naddz @ 7:01 PM
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