My parents have been married 45 years, and not only love each other, but genuinely like one another too.
Loving someone and being in love with someone are two different things. The butterflies and such are part of being in love, that might fade, it might not, I'm not sure. Loving someone to the, gawd I sound like a Hallmark card, to the bottom of your soul, doesn't fade. You know it's right.
There's an 80s "Power Ballad" that has always pretty much summed up my feelings about whether I was in love with someone. From the song, Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse.
Quote:
With you I never wonder - will you be there for me
With you I never wonder - you're the right one for me
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If you are wondering, it's not right. When it's right, you just know.