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Getting into a new relationship often brings about feelings of intense happiness and joy. However, those first few months are often infatuation, and not actual true love. If you recognize that you’re infatuated or obsessed with your partner, it’s okay! There are ways you can turn your relationship into a deeper one and fall in love with each other over time.
Steps
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- Does your partner bring out the best in you? And on the flip side, do you bring out the best in your partner? If you two don’t get along well or you tend to argue over the small stuff, your infatuation might never turn into love. Try to look objectively at your relationship, and pick out any red flags you might have missed at the beginning.[12]
- Infatuation tends to blind us to any negative traits our partner might have. As your infatuation starts to fade, you might notice more things about them that you didn’t before.
- When you have infatuation, you have a lot of feelings for someone without having much information about them.[13]
- 2Your feelings can change very quickly. If the person does not respond to you the way you want, you may start hating them.
- But when you love someone, you build positive feelings towards them over time.[14]
- You might realize that you and your partner just aren’t meant for each other, and that’s okay. If that’s the case, talk to them about it and consider ending the relationship.
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Tips
- Your friends and family can offer an outside opinion if you aren’t sure whether you’re in love or still just infatuated.Thanks
References
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-practice/201911/how-accept-your-partners-flaws
- ↑ https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/love/is-teen-love-real-can-it-last/
- ↑ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/relationship-help.htm
- ↑ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/relationship-help.htm
- ↑ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/scientists-find-a-few-surprises-in-their-study-of-love/
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201207/the-deceptive-power-loves-first-moments
- ↑ https://psychcentral.com/lib/love-versus-infatuation#4
- ↑ https://psychcentral.com/lib/love-versus-infatuation#6
- ↑ https://psychcentral.com/lib/love-versus-infatuation#4
- ↑ https://psychcentral.com/lib/love-versus-infatuation#5
- ↑ https://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships-communication/relationship-help.htm
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/resolution-not-conflict/201207/the-deceptive-power-loves-first-moments
- ↑ https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/is-it-love-or-infatuation-how-to-know-when-youre-infatuated/
- ↑ https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/is-it-love-or-infatuation-how-to-know-when-youre-infatuated/
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