What is love? What is infatuation? Are they not both the same? I think love and infatuation are totally different feelings.

Love…
Love is friendship that has caught fire. It takes root and grows, one day at a time.
For love, the physical attraction is only one aspect of the feelings you share.
Love teaches you to be patient and to plan your future with confidence.
Love is the quiet understanding and mature acceptance of imperfection.
Love is when both partners are allowed to be themselves and feel at ease with the other.
Love involves honesty, respect and trust in each other.
Love means trust. You are calm, secure and unthreatened.
Love gives you strength and grows beyond you.
Love is mutual giving and receiving.
Love means a feeling of commitment to the other.
Love is when you are warmed by their presence, even when they are miles away from you.
Love has a balanced interest in other areas of life besides the relationship.
Love means both people can handle high and lows in the relationship.
Love is when you both enjoy your time together.

Infatuation…
Infatuation is an instant desire which fades away with time.
Infatuation has an element of physical attraction.
Infatuation lacks confidence about yourself and your partner.
Infatuation is the feeling of getting married right away due to the fear of losing the partner.
Infatuation brings the feeling of jealousy and distrust.
Infatuation is having an idealized image of each other with wonderful pictures replaying in head.
Infatuation is marked by a feeling of insecurity with a high level of losing the other.
Infatuation makes you impatient of the imperfection of the other.
Infatuation may bring violence into the relationship.
Infatuation might lead you to do things you will regret.
Infatuation stimulates and you are thrilled but not really happy.
Infatuation makes you miserable when they are physically absent.

(* I just got this article in a book… do you agree? Do you think it’s accurate? *)