First, English isn't great to have this conversation in, as all we have is "love." Other languages differentiate between the love and obligation of family, the love and camaraderie of colleagues, and the love and infatuation of romance.
Second, Love <> Attraction <> Sex <> Relationship.
What exactly do you think of love as? Can you stop loving someone? Do you love someone despite their faults, or for them? Does trust come automatically with love? Can love be unreciprocated? These and more are all very important questions that are seldom agreed on, and without knowing a stance on them, any answer to your question is gonna to be basically meaningless.
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