When I was 17 a girlfriend of mine told me that true love and truly being in love isn't defined by mad emotional or sexual passion. It's a sense of being and a level of deep friendship that just feels as if you want to be nowhere else with no one else; that you are safe with your partner with whatever he or she wants to do; that you are a unit, one and able to trust each other completely to be honest, and worthy of each other's trust.. it isn't a sense of perfection, but a sense of 'we can work ...