20 Telltale Signs That A Lebanese Person Is In Love

If you’ve noticed a recent change in your best friend’s usual negative, cynical, and erratic behavior, it could be that they’re either over everything in life or they have finally found love. If you’re wondering why your friend won’t join you for happy hour drinks in Badaro on a Tuesday anymore, or why your cousin stopped showing up to family lunches, or why your friend who’s usually on their phone 24/7 hasn’t replied to your pointless WhatsApp message in over an hour – it just might be that they’ve fallen in love.

Love works in mysterious ways, and Lebanese love even more so. Here are some telltale signs that a Lebanese person is in love.

1. They’ll start changing their WhatsApp picture several times a week

Ain’t no clearer sign that someone is in love than in their constant changing of their WhatsApp profile picture. They’re just trying to show that special someone that they’re (hopefully) attractive in every angle.

2. They joined a gym

Your friend who’s never been to the gym their whole life suddenly starts telling you that they are looking into gym memberships. Yup. They’re in love.

3. They want a new wardrobe

4. They’ve suddenly stopped complaining about anything and everything

Electricity cut? No problem. Corrupt government? No problem. Car stopped working? No problem. Everything is going to be okay.

5. They have no more road rage

They’ve stopped honking at everyone on the street and screaming profanities at old men who drive slow and taxi drivers who cut them off.

6. They start researching weekend getaways and romantic Airbnbs

Because they still live with their parents and they need to get their sleepover fix.

7. They’ll stop partying as much

Who needs late nights at The Garten when you’ve got early nights of Netflix and chill?

8. They’ll start talking about finding their ‘zen’

Saying things like, “L2eet hale bi hadan tene. Shreek hayetik biseer menik w fikke, hek btertehe wa2ta tle2e nossik el tene.

9. They’ll stop eating garlic

10. They’ll start posting abstract artistic pictures on their Instagram stories

They’ll start posting obscure pictures of colorful Beirut stairways and wild flowers growing on the streets, because ain’t no better artistic eye than that of a person in love.

11. They start planning elaborate vacations

Time for that long awaited trip to Fiji.

12. They always prefer to be out during the day and not at night

Self-inflicted curfews are a thing now.

13. You’ll notice a drastic shift in their taste in music

They’ve gone from gangster rap to Fairouz on repeat.

14. They’ll develop a sweet tooth

Your friend who never ate anything sweet starts indulging in after-dinner decadence? Yep, probably in love.

15. They’ll start giving out free relationship advice that no one asked them for

“Lezem da7e, fi akhed w 3ate bil hayet. Hal marra ente, tene marra howe.“

16. They’ll start being generous with beggars on the streets of Mar Mikhael

17. They won’t care when you introduce them to new people, like your work colleagues

‘Hi, howareyou, you’re good?”

18. They’ll start taking a lot better care of themselves

Getting manicures on the weekly and their hair did on the daily.

19. They’ll start only going out with couples

Because single life is just the pursuit of the happiness they’ve finally found.

20. When they go to your house, they’d rather talk to your parents than to you

To get deeper insight than what you can provide them with into like, the really important things in life.