From what I've read about romances (trust me, I've read alot), love is like this:
For guys:
Do you fell as if you can never get enought of her/him? Do you want to love her/him so much that the ache never quite leaves your gut? Do you want to protect her/him, giver her/him everything in the world? Are you content just being with her/him, listening to her/him, touching her/his hand? When you break up or divorce or leave each other, do you feel like someone tore out your heart, that there is a giant hole inside of you? Do you feel jealous when you find her/him talking, laughing, and smiling to other guys? It might be hard for you to admit, but love is love. If this isn't it, it may just be a crush or a "like" moment. It will disappear but love never dies, it is the soft ache you feel everytime you feel love, it's like a heartburn, but it's love.
For girls:
Do you ever feel that he/she is your world, that he/she is something that never leaves your mind? When somebody asks you'who do you like', do you automatically think of him/her? Do feel like he/she drives you crazy and you can't help but want to smile at them? Do you feel heart broken when he/she talks about their crush (It may be you!)? Do you want to be with him/her forever and want to protect them? Don't you love getting into fights with him/her or find him/her attractive? We are emotional, sometimes our emotions get the best of us or hides us behind a wall of pain. When someone confesses, our emotions get the better of us and we think we like them. That's just flattery from a major confession. Love is a feeling that never leaves our heart. We would feel it everytime we see our love or imagine him/her in our heads.
Love is beautiful, but only if you can trust one another. This is a feeling that can change who we are, inside and out. We, as humans, are smart and we learn from our mistakes, but love is something that becomes an instinct, an instinct that all have. We try to find companions, but who's to know if that is truly the one we love. Ask yourself, do you truly love them? Or is this another phase to pass in years? Take a risk and go with your heart. Because your mind is the only thing that stands in the way of love.