@teni I would say that throughout the process love is mistaken for other forms of infatuation. For instance when a guy sees a woman he is either "interested", "attracted" to physically or mentally or he is curious. As the relationship evolves and he learns more about the woman I believe that is when "love" is present. Love is seeing the imperfect, perfectly and not wanting to change it. I do think that it gets confusing because we have lust, fear and other ulterior motives but overall I belive "true love" can see perfectly.
Love is used as a blanket statement for everything else. Great post !!