Differences Between Friendship And Love

At what point does a mere friendship diverge from a romantic one? How is love different from friendship? How can you know what used to be a friendship for you is slowly becoming more than just that? What are the signs to look out for? There is a thin line and there is a chance you might miss it.

Many of us confuse a very deep friendship with love and that's where all the problem starts. So how do you know whether it's just friendship or more than that? Let's see.

. The strength of the emotion:

Love is like a force of nature. Wars have even being started because of it. Really. Most often than not, it creeps up on you. You do not see it happening until you are totally captivated. In a friendship, you find it easy to turn off and on your emotions. The person you are in love is always on your mind. This cannot be said of someone who is just a friend. You do not stay up at night thinking on friends like you do the person you are in love with.

. Friends with all, in love with one:

Friends can be myriad. Can even be collected. classified into function or use like best friend, SOS friend etc. However, you don't fall in love with a myriad of people. You fall for one person. The one person who just seems to always get your heart going pitter-patter. Most times you think you are in love with more than one person, you usually are just being selfish.

. Love always hurts, friendship rarely does:

When love ends for whatever reason, it hurts. It causes a pain akin to losing a loved one. Even when it  has not ended, fights hurt way more than a yelling match with friends. It's a fact that people who matter to us have the power to hurt us the most.

. The compromise line:

All relationships have limits. All. However, limits differ. The point however differ per relationship. You can go to almost any length for that one person, lengths you would not go for friends and vice versa. How far you can go is determined by the love.

. Love can be one-sided while friendship is mutual:

You can love someone and it's not necessary for the other person to love you back. But a friendship is always mutual, and if you are falling in love with your best friend then beware because you might get your heart broken. The thing is when you are in love, even the slightest of gestures fool you to think that the other person is also in love but that might not be true so before ruining your friendship make sure you are completely aware of the other person's feeling.

. Love demands effort friendship never does:

Many people say that love is difficult. Why? Because it takes effort, you have to sacrifice, compromise, respect the other person to keep a relationship working but friendship is effortless.

The expectations from friends are minimal or none. You have your own life, your friends have their own but the lives of two people in love are entwined, anything significant you do will have an effect on your love life.