Men: Signs That You Are Falling In Love

As a man, am sure you've dated your fair share of women. But you may have realised lately that there's this one woman that has you wondering whether or not she's 'the one'. She has your mind preferring the idea of spending the night with her other than with your boys. The moment you start to want to be with a woman more than you want your space is usually a pretty good sign that you're falling in love.
But that's just one of many subtle signs you're in for hanging up your lucky boxers. Here are the other things you're probably doing right now that are pointing to the fact that it's time to face the reality. You may be in love


You've Forgotten Your Ex
More often than not, a breakup is followed by a significant amount of time spent thinking about her and wondering whether or not you guys made the right decision in going your separate ways. Depending on how long the two of you were together, these doubts probably resurface again and again, even after you're sure you're finally over her.
If ever since you met the new her, however, the thought of getting back together with your ex is the furthest thing from your mind, you're probably on the path down to love-ville. You probably barely recall what you found so great about your ex in the first place; now that you've met the new her, you can't imagine ever thinking any other girl was this awesome. If you do ever think about your ex, it's about how she pales in comparison.

You Can't Stop Thinking About Her
This is a good sign you're falling in love, if not there already. She pops into your head for no apparent reason, and you wonder if she thinks of you half as much as you think of her. You wonder what she's up to and even consider calling her (but refrain from doing so for fear of looking overeager).
But then you're out with your friends and you see something in a shop window and think about how much she would like that particular item, how good it would look on her. Or you notice a poster for a show that she would love, but normally wouldn't even have looked twice at it.
If she's what's on your mind before you go to sleep and when you wake up -- and you've even dreamed of her on a couple of occasions -- then you don't really even need to read on to know if you're in love (but you should anyway, just to be sure).

You Care About What She Wants
There's a reason why you don't really want to know too much about the chick you had a one-night stand with: you don't care if she wants you to stick around for breakfast of if she wishes you'd ask her more about herself. When you're in love (or falling in love) with a woman, you care about what she wants. Whether it's going kayaking on the weekends or a promotion at work, you want to be able to participate in it. You want to know what makes her laugh or what she takes in her coffee, because you want to be the one making her laugh and getting her coffee.

You Find Her Quirks Charming
The fact that she carries her passport with her everywhere she goes -- just in case -- and that, when she's eating, she can't help but construct every forkful, so that it's the perfect blend of ingredients, fills you with an inexplicable feeling of happiness.
She does and says things that make her different, and you like it. You can't quite put your finger on why, but it doesn't even matter. You like her just the way she is.

You Pale In Comparison To Her
When she makes you feel smarter and more attractive than everyone else, but you still think you pale in comparison to her, that's not just admiration, my friend. That's pure love. You've obviously got rose-coloured glasses when it comes to her and everything she does and thinks -- and if you're feeling on top of the world when you're with her, that's just another sign you're falling. Hard.

You Don't Notice Other Women As Much
Although you can't help noticing a beautiful woman when one walks by, a lot of them tend to slip under the radar (you're friends ask if you saw that girl and you didn't), while others just pale in comparison to her. Furthermore, you don't seem to be flirting half as much as you used to. She is always the most beautiful woman in the room, and you're slowly realising that she's often the only woman in the room that matters.

You Love Spending Time With Her
This one is pretty obvious, but important nonetheless. You look forward to seeing her, and don't care much about what the two of you will be doing as long as you're together. Lately, just going for a walk or hanging out at the park with her sounds like the best way you could possibly spend a Saturday afternoon and watching a movie next to her sounds like the best option for Saturday night. When you're not together, you miss her and think about how much she'd love whatever it is that you're doing (and how much more fun you'd be having if she were there).

You Find Yourself Making Compromises

When you are with someone you really want to be with, and they ask  you to be flexible on something very simple and you decide you aren't interested, you are not in love. You still find yourself attached to the notion that only things you need to do are to be done. When you find yourself beginning to really embrace her happiness as your own, regardless of how insane you find it, her happiness and preferences become as important as yours. This is a very good sign that you're falling in love.

Your Other Priorities Can be Put on Hold
You used to train religiously, but lately, if she's free for dinner, you don't mind missing a workout. Not only that, but your tendency to bring home your work on weekends to get ahead seems a bit excessive to you as of late, when you could be taking more time for yourself (relaxing... with her).
Your ever-important to-do list seems quite stagnant these days, since being with her always manages to render your other plans and obligations obsolete. What was it that you absolutely had to do by 7pm again?


You Start Thinking About The Future -- And She's In It
Thinking about the "future" with her doesn't freak you out -- nor does it mean your date on Saturday night. With this woman, the future is infinite. Not only do you plan to see her this weekend, but you want to see her a year from now, as well. When daydreaming about your next vacation, she's in it, and when you get an invitation to a wedding three months from now you assume she'll be your date, without thinking that it's too far away to tell if you'll still be together.