A confession of love from a boyfriend or girlfriend triggers your mind to think back to the moment you realized you had fallen in love with them too.

Now that you have this confession, you are relieved.

Thankfully, you know that your counterpart shares the same feelings.

You weren’t entirely certain about how your counterpart felt about you.

Having realized that you love them a while back, you didn’t tell them.

This was out of a fear that this was too presumptuous.

In telling your counterpart, you would be making yourself vulnerable, and you didn’t want this.

In the end, you decided to stay quiet about it, at least for a little while longer.

Now you have found out that they feel the same way about you, and there is a sense of relief.

You now know where your boyfriend or girlfriend stands in terms of their emotions for you, and it feels as though a big weight has been lifted off your shoulders.

You can now exhale a lot more easily.

Finally, you have the latitude to think about what the ramifications are of all of this.

You are permitted to envision a real future with this partner.

This confession is a relief, and you are elated.

A big weight has been lifted off your shoulders, and now, you feel as though you are empowered to move this relationship forward into the future, with your boyfriend or girlfriend as an equal partner.

On the flip side, if you don’t love your boyfriend or girlfriend, you are going to be thinking a lot differently about this confession.

You are fond of your partner and have a lot in common with them, but you have not yet fallen in love with said partner.

It’s not that you think it impossible to fall in love with this partner, but more so that you are yet to experience it.

This confession has rattled you, causing uncertainty and fear.

You like and care for your partner, but aren’t in love.

This confession has you fearful that in letting your boyfriend or girlfriend know that you aren’t in love, you end up hurting them.

The thought that this would jeopardize your relationship is at the forefront of your thoughts.

You don’t want to hurt your partner, or jeopardize the relationship, so you decide to lie by saying that you love them too.

This is ill-advised, as a lie like this could trigger a chain of events that leads to the premature end of your relationship.

Having lied about your feelings, it’s only a matter of time before your boyfriend or girlfriend uncovers that you did, leading to their desire to end the relationship.

Never lie about something this monumental.

Even though you aren’t in love with your partner, your partner deserves to hear the truth.

A true confession doesn’t mark the end of your relationship.

All it does is let your partner know where you stand emotionally, at this current time.