I like to write short romantic stories, some of them in English.

How do I understand love?
A perfect person is a projection of our own ego ideal. Real people have uncertainties, indecision, weakness, vulnerabilities and fragility. And also pain, fear, pride, anger... Real people commit mistakes, cry, lie, live and die... But real people also know how to comfort, hug, to accept, to help, to listen, to advice, to give a hand, to give a coin, to give a bread, to forgive, to forget and go forward. That is a human condition with all its  "Beauty and Beast" aspects. The reason why life is such an amazing thing and deserve to be lived very well.
When two people realize they are synthonized  in the same frequency, mental and spiritual, toward their beliefs, values, attitudes, wishes and dreams, this empathy creates a powerful attraction between them -love-. This is what builds solid foundations for a relationship. After this love flows, regardless of images or fantasies or suppositions and other "should be" aspects that may had been minded before, such as appearance or belongings.
We know exactly when this person appears in our path. This "special" person sings a song that only we can hear. We will love this person not only for who this person is but mainly for who we are when we are with. Her/his happiness for us, seems to be more important than ours. Yes, love is humble, among other things. Its objective is to bring out the best of us, giving sense and full meaning to our existence. 
I will end with:
A woman what I wish for will have flaws which I will love more than her virtues!
domatrios