Does Your Partner Love You Unconditionally?

[caption id="attachment_835264" align="alignleft" width="1068"] Bigstockphoto.com/Happy couple spending time together in the morning at home in the bedroom[/caption] The only love that can last a lifetime is unconditional love. That may seem dramatic, but it makes sense if you give a little more thought to those words—unconditional love. Life is full of conditions and those conditions change all of the time. When you first fall in love, you may both be in good health, be attractive, be thriving in your jobs, be in good mental health, and be putting forward your best self. But that is impossible to sustain forever. You cannot control what will happen to your health or the company at which you work. You cannot control tragedy that could destroy your mental wellbeing for some time. If your partner does not love you unconditionally, the relationship will end fast. To love someone unconditionally is to know who they are, at their essence, stripped of things like good health or success. Here are signs your partner loves you unconditionally.   [caption id="attachment_716116" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He would move for you

For your partner, you are the point. You are irreplaceable and he knows that everything else is replaceable. For that reason, he would move for you if he really had to. To him, life would make no sense without you. Even if he had the job he loved and his friends around him, if you left and he didn’t go with you, he would no longer be able to enjoy those other things.             [caption id="attachment_620944" align="alignleft" width="500"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He delays his celebration if you’re sad

If your partner has had an amazing day—say he got a promotion—but he comes home to find something awful happened to you, he delays his happiness. How could he not? He can’t possibly feel happy when you’re sad. He can’t just celebrate in your face. And he wouldn’t want to celebrate something until you were in the state of mind to enjoy that with him.     [caption id="attachment_703766" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He puts up with people he doesn’t like

He tolerates your family members who insult him or often sound ignorant. He deals with your friends who, honestly, can be a little tough on him. He bites his tongue. He endures the verbal abuse. He does it because he has the willpower to, and if he can prevent an argument that would upset you, he will.           [caption id="attachment_715040" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He’ll do things he deems feminine for you

He’ll walk your dog who wears a bright pink harness and bright pink bows in her hair. He’ll hold your purse. He’ll pick up tampons for you. He’ll wait in the changing room at the store and give you input on a dress. He’d rather make you happy than uphold some image of masculinity.           [caption id="attachment_702818" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He can go a long time without sex

If you’re going through something—whether it’s a health issue, depression, or a very busy time—and you cannot have sex for a while, he doesn’t complain. He doesn’t make you feel bad about it. He acts (even if it isn’t true) like it’s absolutely no problem, so he doesn’t add guilt to all of the issues on your plate.             [caption id="attachment_612606" align="alignleft" width="378"] Corbis Images[/caption]

He is kind, even when you’re being nasty

Even when you’re in a nasty mood, and you aren’t giving him much by way of affection, he still gives you affection. He doesn’t let his pride get in the way of wanting to show you love. He’ll love you through your bad mood.             [caption id="attachment_717875" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He is affectionate, no matter who is there

He is never self-conscious about loving you. He will be affectionate towards you in front of people who will tease him for it. He’d rather endure being teased than ever make you feel less-than-loved.               [caption id="attachment_702361" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He’d put work second if you asked

If you truly needed your partner by your side, he’d be there, even if it affected his work. If your parent were in the hospital after a major medical event, your partner would cancel an important work event to be there. He understands that you don’t get a second chance at those life moments, but work can wait.             [caption id="attachment_701208" align="alignleft" width="420"] Shutterstock[/caption]

He stays home when you’re down

Even if your partner has an event he’s been looking forward to going to, he won’t go if you’re going through something. He can’t go out and have fun when you’re sitting at home, sad. It just doesn’t sit right with him.               [caption id="attachment_717489" align="alignleft" width="500"] Credit: Shutterstock[/caption]

He carries the weight when you can’t

If you’re going through a particularly trying time, your partner does your chores, tidies up, and makes dinners for both of you. He doesn’t care about whose turn it is to do what around the house when you’re having a tough time. And he doesn’t expect you to make up for it later, when you’re in a better place. He is honored to help hard times be a little easier for you.             [caption id="attachment_705348" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He’ll do things that bore him if you love them

He’ll at least pretend to take an interest in things you care about, simply because you care about them. He’ll go with you to events and museums that totally bore him, just to be with you and feel connected to you.             [caption id="attachment_704630" align="alignleft" width="420"] Image Source: Shutterstock[/caption]

He’s seen you be jealous, manipulative and immature

He’s seen your uglier sides. He’s seen you be impatient, immature, selfish, manipulative, jealous, lazy and dishonest. But he still saw the good in you through that.               [caption id="attachment_621135" align="alignleft" width="422"] Corbis Images[/caption]

He sees you as successful, no matter what

You could be a barista at a coffee shop or own your own Fortune 500 company—your partner would feel the same way about you. His feelings for you have nothing to do with external circumstances.             [caption id="attachment_618712" align="alignleft" width="630"] Corbis Images[/caption]

No fight could take your relationship down

You feel, in your gut, that there is no fight the two of you couldn’t survive. And that’s because you know your partner will love you under any condition.       [caption id="attachment_607642" align="alignleft" width="420"] Corbis[/caption]

He puts you over his vices

If you asked your partner to quit smoking, drinking, doing drugs, eating fast food, or hanging out with destructive friends for you, he would do it. Vices are strong but his love for you is stronger.

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