There is a very fine layer in between love and like. The
easy to figure it out is to monitor how feeling growing with time.
If you want anything more and more. Then it’s love. It never
dies. If, after having some you are feeling full, don’t want it more, then it was
your liking.
Let me give you some examples. A kid wants a toy very much. They
are asking the toy for months. They are so desperate to have it. After having
it, within 3 days, they don’t feel any interest in it. It’s liking.
Some kids like their soft toys very much. They hold it every
night before going to sleep. It continues, this is love.
In a relationship, I have seen this in many couples. At the beginning
they are so happy to have each other, then they lost all interest with each
other. Maybe they liked each other very much, but they didn’t love their
partner. So, it ended in a very short time.
For some, without making much effort the feeling continues. Yes, it’s love. They might face many ups and downs in life, but the feeling continues.