Since people have many different ideas of what love is, sometimes it's difficult to know. Knowing the difference between infatuation and true love can help, however. You may be so wrapped up in the other person that you can't think of anything else and you don't see any of his or her faults. You don't have to know someone very well or for very long to become infatuated. True love, on the other hand, is more of a genuine concern for and caring about the other person.
Infatuation can, and often does, turn into true love.
Therefore, you really can't tell them apart in the early stages of a relationship. You only know you're truly in love when you come to the point where you can look back and see how your relationship has grown and how you've come to really know and care about the other person. In other words, true love takes time to grow. When two young people meet, they start in the upper right-hand segment of the wheel which is titled rapport. Rapport means the two people feel at ease with each other.