| 1. |
A friend. |
| 2. |
One who needs a friend. |
| 3. |
A lover. |
| 4. |
Someone with whom you can discuss anything from menstrual periods to bathroom talk to sexual preferences to life and death to philosophy to science and back. |
| 5. |
A confidant. |
| 6. |
They aren't a supermodel, yet they are the most beautiful creature that you have ever laid eyes upon, even after twenty years. |
| 7. |
Someone who occasionally reminds you uncannily of your parents at times although in different forms. |
| 8. |
A shoulder to cry on. |
| 9. |
Someone who needs a shoulder to cry on. |
| 10. |
Your image of heaven includes this person rather profusely. |
| 11. |
You can look back on the history that you created together and both cry and laugh, hopefully at different parts. |
| 12. |
You are not the same person, instead two seperate entities that can combine into a supreme being. |
| 13. |
You plan names for your kids. |
| 14. |
Someone with whom you can discuss anything from menstrual periods to bathroom talk to sexual preferences to life and death to philosophy to science and back. |
| 15. |
When this other person is asleep, you can't help it if you have a twenty page paper do the next morning, you just want to put the universe on hold and watch them. |
| 16. |
They aren't a supermodel, yet they are the most beautiful creature that you have ever laid eyes upon, even after twenty years. |
| 17. |
You find yourself thanking God that S/He allowed you to stumble accross this other person. |
| 18. |
They can help you see things about yourself that you haven't seen before. |
| 19. |
You help them see things about themselves that they haven't seen before. |
| 20. |
You feel this uncanny sense of completeness whenever you are around this person. |
| 21. |
Each of your seperate concerns and victories become a shared concern and victory. |
| 22. |
You love them more than anything else in this entire world. |
| 23. |
When you look down at your hands intertwined, you get a rush. |
| 24. |
When you talk to this person, even on the phone, you feel butterflies. Especially after several years of knowing this person. |
| 25. |
You are happy when your partner is happy. |
| 26. |
When you hold your partner, it reminds you of something special you held as a child - ie a stuffed animal, a pillow. |
| 27. |
Your love for this person grows daily. |
| 28. |
You've seen your partner at their worst times and the best times. |
| 29. |
They've seen you at your worst times and best times. |
| 30. |
You ask yourself, "How did I survive without this person before now?" |
| 31. |
You desire to be with this person the rest of your life (not necessarily marriage). |
| 32. |
Your heart tells you it's right. |
| 33. |
True love is patient. |
| 34. |
True love is classified as delusional. |
| 35. |
True love is addictive. |
| 36. |
True love waits, (how long, I do NOT know!). |
| 37. |
Your true love can define or destroy your world. |
| 38. |
Your true love will not change for you. |
| 39. |
You will not have to change for your true love. |
| 40. |
The eyes of the other is what make it worthwhile, for in them you can see the boundless love kept just under the surface. |
| 41. |
The little voice in the back of your head will quiet its shouting and dire portents, for it will recognize that he/she is your true love. |
| 42. |
Your true love knows what to say, how to say it, when to say it, and when not to, to help you along. |
| 43. |
Your true love won't leave you. |
| 44. |
When you can hold hands and skip together in public and not give a damn about who sees you and what they say (Thanks to Olaf Carlsen and Kristen). |
| 45. |
You smile when you look at their picture. |
| 46. |
It feels natural to both of you. |
| 47. |
You get used to having this other person around very quickly. |
| 48. |
You miss this person constantly. |
| 49. |
Your true love will buy you a cat just because you said they were cute. |
