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10 Signs You are in Love with Your Enemy"

Anger and love are both such passionate emotions; it's easy to find
yourself in the surprising predicament of falling in love with the
person you once thought you hated. Here are some of the signs that
what you're feeling is closer to desire than disgust.

1. You Can't Stop Talking About Them – Over dinner or at a party
with friends, you're dominating the conversation, and every single
word is about your "enemy." When the subject changes, you can't help
but bring it back around to your new favorite subject. If you can't
squelch the urge to make everything about them, you might be edging
into dangerous territory.
2. They're All You Think About – Your house is a wreck and your
inbox is full, because all you can think about is this person that you
hate. You're consumed by thoughts of your enemy that there's no room
for anything else in your head. Obsessing at this level is usually an
indicator of attraction, whether you're ready to admit it or not.
3. You Feel The Urge to Look Your Best – Sure, a snappy comeback
has more of a bite when it comes from someone who's dressed to
impress. Still, if you've added time to your morning routine or funds
to your clothing budget, you're probably more concerned with the
"impressing" part than the "snappy comeback."
4. You Analyze Every Conversation – Remember when you went on that
first date with a new person, and you spent the next day picking apart
every sentence? If you're treating every conversation like an
opportunity for psychoanalysis, then you're worrying about what
they're thinking far more than you would if they were someone you
didn't care about.
5. A Pounding Heart and Sweaty Palms – That rush of adrenaline that
you feel when your enemy approaches can cause your pulse to race and
your palms to sweat, but so can the release of dopamine and
norepinephrine; the chemicals that your brain is flooded with when
you're in the presence of someone you're attracted to.
6. You've Become a Cyber-Stalker – If your daily routine consists
of Googling every variation of your enemy's name and creeping their
Facebook page, you're in big trouble. The desire to gather dirt on
someone you don't like is fairly short-lived; you find something juicy
and then you move on. When you can't ask someone for details about
themselves because you're supposed to hate them, you're not able to
satisfy that "I want to know everything about you" urge through
conversation. Instead, you're hitting the search engine like an
addict.
7. You Read Every Email At Least Three Times – Emails and texts
from your enemy are usually read once and then discarded. Holding on
to them and pondering the placement of every punctuation mark
definitely points to attraction, not acrimony.
8. Every Encounter is Carefully Planned – Spending your commute
strategically planning every interaction and scripting any possible
exchanges might be a sign that you're more invested in this person's
opinion of you than you're aware of.
9. Concentrating is Impossible – Asking the people around you to
repeat themselves or having to read the same paper twice to make sense
of it is a sign that you're preoccupied; if the object of this
preoccupation is the opposition, it's a sure sign of burgeoning
attraction.
10. Your Friends Make Fun of You – Friends usually know what's going
on in your head long before you do. If they're starting to make jokes
about your "crush" or giving you a hard time because you're focusing
so much of your energy on an attraction dressed in a conflict's
clothing, they might be onto something.

Coming to terms with a romantic interest in someone that you don't get
along with can be difficult, but it can lead to a spirited
relationship if you can both learn to keep your temper. If you get the
feeling that your affections are returned, it might be a good idea to
bury the hatchet and see where the passion between you leads.

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