It seems very hard to distinguish between love and lust. More often, there is the tendency for people to consider the attachment as lust. It may be noted though when a person falls in love, the body automatically starts producing chemicals. This is also the case with your brain and these act as natural aphrodisiac and are painkillers. This probably explains why most couples spend most of their initial time between the sheets.

Apparently, at the beginning love and lust seem to co exist. However, there are some questions which if you ask yourself would definitely let you know whether your relationship is based on love or lust. You may need to know if you want to spend the rest of your life with the person you are with. You may also ask yourself how long you would be able to hold yourself without making love with this person and how would you react if the other person has some physical or emotional problem.

The love drugs that are present initially among every couple may fade away very soon but when you know that you do not need it to make your relationship special, it’s only then you realize that it must be love. A loving relationship is one which is based on selflessness and thoughtfulness unlike a lustful relationship which is marked by selfishness and thoughtlessness. A relationship based on love stands the taste of time. There is a possibility that lust exist in a loving relationship, the opposite though is not quite possible.