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We have all read those MySpace bulletins with subject lines that sound kind of like this:

"10 Ways to tell a guy is in love wit you!!11!"

And it goes on to say things like "He'll put his arm around you", or "He'll give you his jacket when you're cold".

Is this seriously what society is calling love? I can honestly say that I have never been in love, and don't have any personal expierience of it. In fact, I still debate in my mind whether love is just human, or if it is a real existing thing. And although I am inexperienced, I believe that I at least know enough to know that those bulletins that people post have nothing to do with love. Those have more to do with infatuation.

Now, please don't get on my case saying "Omg Tiffany, I've seen people in love with their arms around each other." It is true that these are things that people may choose to do with the one that they love, but they also happen quite frequently with those not in love.

In fact, I can say that it has twice happened where a guy gave me his jacket when I was cold, and our relationship was nothing more than friendship. It was chivalrous sure, but it did not mean that he was in love with me.

So please girls, don't make yourselves look pathetic.

Thanks in advance.