In my mind, there are three types of love: Family Love, Friendship Love, and LOVELOVELOVE (thanks to Moo for that!) I don't know anything about family love, 'cause I've never felt it. Friendship love is about respect and reciprocation. It's also about sacrifices, and not letting excuses get in the way of the relationship. As for lovelovelove, I don't really know. For me, it's a best friend that you're also attracted to. Once that attraction is reciprocated, I guess you have a relationship, but I don't know much about that.

And how do I know when I love in any of these ways? There's a pain in my belly, a sense of longing when I'm a way, a desire to share a specific aspect of me (or all of me) with this person, and a comfort in knowing this person is near in one way or another.

Brief enough?