NEVER SETTLE: ARE THEY YOUR PARTNER FOR LIFE?
Oh yeah, they're your partner for life

...and your best friend. You're one of the lucky ones. People like you two rarely find each other. When they're in the house, you light up. You feel more confident around them. You two build each other up and your bonds get tighter and deeper every day.

Are you in LOVE or LUST?
Clint Eastwood expressed it best when he said: "This kind of certainty comes, but once in a lifetime."

Ah, yes Clint, we know what you mean.

You're in love, and you love being in love and really, you don't have time to think about anything else. Certain people might be put off by your single-mindedness (or a bit jealous at your good fortune) but you don't let that bother you. You are in the honeymoon stage of total infatuation/love: it sure feels good, doesn't it?

There's nothing more rewarding than the feelings you have now, but take some preemptive measures to make sure they last. Relationships always start out strong. It takes work to make them last. What you have now is great: You trust your partner, are considerate of his needs and appreciate their good qualities as well as their flaws. The next step is to make sure you don't start to take that special someone for granted, or let the spark of romance and lust die down prematurely.

Oh, and one other thing: are friends and family feeling resentful? Could this be, perhaps, because you've fallen off the face of the earth since falling in love? Although you understandably want to spend the majority of your time with your paramour, be sure not to let Mom or the old buddies feel too left out in the cold. Give them a call once in awhile. Spread the cheer you feel at being in love to all your loved ones.