It is very important to be able to tell the difference
between love and lust. You have to define your
own priorities first in order to judge your
partners intentions. Love is profound, deep and
infinite. Lust on the other hand is a temporary
longing, a shallow feeling and one-dimensional
craving.
Relationships based entirely on lust are often very
short-lived. Physical attraction is also the basis of
love, so telling them apart sometimes becomes
difficult. Love is defined as an emotion which
drives you to sacrifice everything you have for
the person you love. You can test your partner
by placing him/her in a compromising situation
and seeing their reaction.
Love is based on complete trust and mutual
understanding. If the two of you argue a lot and
then do not make any conscious efforts of
making up afterwards, then chances are your
relationship was merely based on lust and there
was no love involved. Love has a positive effect
on a relationship and even after fights your
relationship strengthens because you come
closer in making apologies and doing everything
in your control to make each other
happy.Because a relationship based on lust is
temporary, both partners will eventually start
looking for other people to satisfy their needs.
Lustful relationship could be fulfilling for a short
time but they are disastrous in the long run.
There are fights to no end, arguments over
nothing and no respect for each other.
Another noticeable difference between a loving
relationship and a lustful relationship is that the
latter starts with a much more passion. There are
phone calls and dates that last all day long and in
the beginning it seems as if there is nothing
separating this couple. However, as time passes
this passion dies down and their supposed love
for each other gets forgotten and they start
having fights and eventually break up.
People who are truly in love base their
relationships on respect for each other,
compromising behavior and selfless attitude.
They are ready to sacrifice anything for their
partner. Lustful relationship brings two people
close only to have fun and both of them are
selfish in their demands. They do not have any
respect for their partner and do not have any
commitment plans in their minds.
In order to save yourself from getting hurt you
have to understand your partners real intentions
behind going out with you and showering you
with gifts. Make sure you two have good plans
for your future life together and that both of you
stick with those plans in order to realize them.