Love is an individual thing, like all emotions. Is my love the same as your love? Is my happy the same as your happy? Is my angry the same as your angry? Without being able to get inside your head and see, there's no way to know if we're really talking about the same thing. Therefore, what the ultimate expression of love is going to be will depend on the individual. I suppose you've just got to hope that whoever you love sees your ultimate expression in a favourable light. I dont know why people do what they do, but any kind of love is special. And I truly believe that those that you love: you should tell them and show them, parents, friends, pets, gf,spouse, etc. I agree with Birkhey dai when he said after a certain time love starts to fade away....and this is cause people start to take us as granted. To keep the spark alive one needs to express their affection. You cannot take the other person for granted or give him less importance. Our immature crazy love becomes a mature love. We care in a different way. But sometimes when two people get too comfortable with each other, they either start taking each other lightly or don't give so much importance as before. We can feel something isn't right. Something is missing. But can't figure out what. That is our love which is fading away. It takes quite some time for love to fade away. But if we give up it will definitely fade. I believe little things keep the relationship alive. And one need to do it even after years. Otherwise you will feel there is no bond between you two. The connection is going away. You should be able to express it even if u feel you are too matured. I think that love has no age bars. Sometimes we think we love the person but do we even know if its love ? Not an easy thing to answer. I have listed few things that popped on my mind read and make up your own mind. ;) If you wake up, and your first thought is of her, you probably love her. If you think of her, and your first response is a smile and a warm feeling around your heart, you probably love her. If you stop noticing other women, and she is the only woman in your fantasies and dreams, you probably love her. If you are with her, and no matter how close you hold her, its just not close enough, you probably love her. If you are away from her for more than an hour, and your number one desire is to see her again, you probably love her. If a beautiful woman tries to flirt with you and you ignore her because you think your girl is more beautiful, you probably love her. If you feel guilty for hanging out with the guys intead of a quiet night with her, you probably love her. If you can imagine yourself looking in her eyes and honestly saying, "I Love You", then my best guess is...You're probably in love with her. You dont need to agree in here cause i know that love is something which really cant be defined but its something we feel somewhere deep in us. We need to know what we are and what we want so that it will help someone else easier to understand us. And again i go a good communication is the key to success. Talk talk talk. ;))