How can you tell if a guy honestly straight up is in love with you?

I think that any person can be in love with someone at any time, but that it takes a lot more than a month or two to truly love and appreciate someone for who they really are. Most people are only just learning about their partner at 1-2 months and don’t know any deep details about them, so I think it’s a little early to be throwing words like that around?

Love obviously starts with feeling loved, not just thinking that you are. I think the feelings expand to how your partner makes you feel, how they are when they’re around you, who they are around you, etc. If your partner respects you, treats you well, trusts you, encourages you to do well, supports you, listens to you, makes you happy and is always themselves around you, then that’s a great start. If they know about you, where you’re from, what you’ve done, all of your good and bad points, but still is crazy about you - that’s even better. If they work through hurdles with you and don’t run away when it gets tough in addition to all that - wonderful. I guess one could say that if love is tested, but doesn’t fail or fall apart, then you know it’s really there.

Now.. with your friend. How should she know if her boyfriend really loves her and doesn’t just want sex? This would be where my respect point comes in. If he loves her, he will respect her enough to wait until she’s ready. He won’t make a huge fuss or go off on how she should or any nonsense. Sex will not be the most important thing on his mind - she will.