# How Do you know if you're in Love

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-if-youre-in-love/29213>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-if-youre-in-love/29213 "2000-08-13T21:12:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-if-youre-in-love/29213/41 "2000-08-15T17:20:12Z")

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When you think about what’s best for the other person, before you think of what’s best for you. And if it’s love, the other person is doing the same thing. Humans tend to be self-centered people, when that goes away becaues of feelings for another human, it’s pretty much love.

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