# How Do You Know?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know/108606>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know/108606 "2002-05-12T06:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know/108606/1 "2002-05-12T06:48:57Z")

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How do you know when someone loves you?  
I’m talking about when someone is “in love” with you rather than “loves” you.  
The only criteria that I have, and it’s not very good, is if she does more to express her love to me than I have then she is in love with me.

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know/108606/2 "2002-05-12T07:45:59Z")

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When they are willing to put up with all of your bad habits, ill manners, and other unpleasantries and _still_ take care of you.