09
Jun
When a partner declares that he or she loves you, it is common to feel anxious and unsure of your ability to contain your emotions. Once you've exchanged a heartfelt "I love you," the next step is deciding how to act with love in the future. This is the real work of love. It takes more than just saying "I love you," however. It requires a commitment and loving actions to make a relationship work. People adapt language patterns for emotional reasons, and using a phrase that sounds the same as "I love you" does not necessarily mean that the…