From a very young age we are taught in a broad sense what love should look like. In every movie we see relationships that we start to form our own ideals around. The Notebook, Titanic, and any Nicholas Sparks movie to date are perfect examples of the expectations we create when it comes to falling in love. From a young age we already hold high standards of what the perfect relationship should entail. What we aren’t taught and what we aren’t prepared for is the way that falling in love changes who you are, and it changes what you expected.
Falling in love is the scariest, most incredible feeling in the whole world. Whether it observably hits you, or takes time to develop, knowing you are in love, and getting to share that feeling with your best friend is so special. From endless conversations and laughter to the butterflies and "I love you"s, realizing you have your person is a feeling you should be taken back by each day.
Here are some signs you have found the one…
1) No matter how many times you see this person, you still get the same butterflies you got the first time you saw them.
2)Everything reminds you of him or her, so you are constantly tagging each other in several memes a day.
3)Staying mad is simply impossible, no matter how much you irritate one another
...10 minutes later
4)You know exactly what the other person orders at restaurants cause food is definitely a necessity in the relationship
5)You love the imperfections and the weirdness, there is nothing that is off limits between you two
6)On your worst days they are the one who is willing to do anything to see you smile
7)You know them better than they know themselves, there is nothing they can keep from you
8)They are your best friend, your confidant, together there is nothing you can’t work at
9)Showing each other off is the most rewarding feeling
10) They make you a better you, by forcing you to challenge who are you and to work at your best
Most importantly, you will never get tired of falling in love with this person. They are your better half and the person who made the wait worth it. So yes the movies we have all seen teach us what love looks like, but go out and find the person who will never fail to make you feel it. Go find true love, that love at first sight. Don't forget that love conquers all and that in the hardest of times you have someone by your side to fight your battles with you. There will be arguments, and hard days, days that things will feel too difficult to handle alone. But finding the person who is willing to fight beside you, and knowing that person loves you back, makes life just a little easier.
