I used to think that love was all about romance and what not when I was younger.
Now I think love in a long-term relationship is more of a serious best friend. Someone you can confide in, someone you can tell absolutely anything too. It's someone who you don't have to hide your money from. Someone who when if you saw a beer in their hand you know it would be their ONLY beer. That you could say something back to them without worry of persecution. It's someone that you can trust to be able to drive your children anywhere at any time. Love is someone who doesn't make your gut turn into a bundle of knots when you know they took a day off from work when you're home.(meaning you have to spend an entire day with them). It's someone that if they do the dishes for you that you won't have to worry about it being brought up later as ammo against you.
I could go on and on and on with this I think.