Caroline Sofie Gavelfalt

How do you know you're in love?
So what is the difference between really liking someone and being in love with someone?
 
I didn't really know my sexuallity before, I honeslty don't know now either, I had Girlfriends but didn't really know what to do or how to act. I didn't have a boyfriend until last year and I didn't lose my virginity until I was 20 years old.
 
Today i am 22, I have just broken up with my boyfriend a few weeks and I am already seeing someone. 
 
Some people would call it a rebound, but is it? Even tho we were friends before everything happened and even tho we hang out just because we like the company and not just to have sex. Is it still just a rebound when you hang out together, have drinks, have dinner and watch films? Sure we flirt, but we tell each other things that we have never told anyone before. We trust each other in a way that says that we're going to stay friends for a long time and not just two people that see each other for the sex and comfort. 
 
How do you know when you have stepped over the trechold from being just friends with benafits to being two friends in love?
 
I know my emotions are a bit messy at the moment and I don't want to make the same mistake i did before by rushing into something just because I feel lonely. 
 
But this guy makes me fel specal. Like I can do so much more that I make myself belive. He makes me like myself a lot more then I have in a very long time. For about 10 years I have felt like I am not good enough. Like I have something wrong with me that I need to change. That I should do so much more with my life then I am doing. 
 
Then he comes along making me feel proud of myself, making me feel like I have done so much more with my life then a lot of 22 year olds out there. 
 
He makes me smile every time he looks at me, every time he holds my hand or hug me. 
 
I want to talk to him about this as I think that he is a bit toen about this as well. But I am scared of los