How do you distinguish between love and lust?

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Love lasts.

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Love is caring about the person. Where they are, what they're doing, hoping they're okay.

Lust is using a partner for sexual stimulation, but think that's what love is. It's not.

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Lust is what you feel when you intially see and become attracted to a person. It's partly a biological stimulation, a release of chemicals that affects your sensitivity and causes physical arousal. Humans (and all mammals and insects) release different kinds of pheromones, chemicals that can affect a reproduction response in others of the same species. Part of it is a mental way of sorting out the arousal the the chemical rush via fantasies, daydreams. Lust tends to thrive on "newness" and is prominent early on in a relationship, which is why people fool themselves into believing such myths as "love at first sight" or perceive they have can love or understand someone they've only known a few weeks or months.

Love is defined differently by people; people tend to love in various ways and don't love with the same intensity. True love is a rigid ideal; love tends to change, grow or decrease with time. Relationship love is a bond that is formed after a long term knowledge, acceptance, and respect of a person for who they are, a sincere concern for their welfare. You still feel a sexual attraction to the person, but you are not overwhelmed by this everytime you are in their presence, there is a big aspect of friendship in long term love, rather than any stuff about "soulmates"

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Love is when you truly care about someone, and lust is when you just want sex, lots of it, and in every position.

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Lust:

• "Daymnn he/she's fineee, gotta tap that" AKA physical attraction
• Don't know person's personality, interests, etc very well
• Doesn't think of person that much
• Can't really see, or tell if you'd like to spend your life with that person...neither is that really a concern
• Goes away faster than love
  

Love:

• Absolute trust and security in relationship.
• Accept and respect their personality, interests, lifestyle, opinions, and whatever. You feel like you can live with their qualities, good and bad.
• It's unconditional. You care about their happiness above your own feelings
• You can't imagine yourself without them. It's hard to remember what things were like before you met them.

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