How do I know if I love him?

[Been There]

Love is NOT:
- telling stuff that you don't tell others
- feeling really close
- being happy because of him
- butterflies
- heart pounding
- everything stops when you kiss.

Sweetheart, that is infatuation. A brain chemistry that never lasts more than 2 years. It literally makes you "high" and the chemistry of it creates your physical symptoms (butterflies, heart pounding, etc).

And it has nothing to do with love. Love is totally different .. and it takes about 2 years of being with the person pretty-much every day before it even starts to grow.

For that matter, he doesn't love you. He is infatuated.

Better google "infatuation" and "mature companionate love" and "the marriage map". You might be 16 but you don't have a clue what love is, or isn't. The odds at at least 50% or greater that 2 years from now you won't be able to stand him.