I picked the second option. Yes, I think they're in love, but "love of your life" just doesn't seem to apply to them. I think they're content being with each other, but it's not a "If I don't have him/her I'll die, this is the only person I'll ever have feelings for".
That just seems to extreme for GSR.
i agree. Grissom hardly resembles Werter in his behavior.
most of the fanfics contain a lot of Werter-y confessions, like "*crying* Sara, you're the love of my life, I'd die without you, MARRY ME" etc, and it's not in character at all. what i think he did is that he turned into action things that could have been said. i actually believe their first hook up was more in a LHB way. he gave her a hint of what he wants to do about her/feels orally, but nothing like "I LOVE YOU TO DEATH!" was plainly said.
and when we talk of Grissom and the "love of his life" it's not that simple. first we need to ask the most important question: does Grissom himself consider Sara love of his life? i don't know that. i don't even know if Grissom knows the answer. i think in the early stages of their committment his attitude towards Sara was very similar to LH in LHB. calm, passionate, horny, but not madly in love like Werter or Romeo. so in the poll i marked no.2, although i think they ARE each others soul mates.
maybe is my view but after Butterflied (when Grissom spoke for the first time)i always think in soul mates...need each other..they match....
oh good you pointed out Butterflied,
IloveBilly. i think Grissom's confession there didn't mean he was in love with her. i'm not saying he wasn't, cuz who knows what sits in his head, but what he SAID didn't imply his feelings, only the opportunity - "someone you COULD care about". so IMO he just didn't allow himself to feel anything, or to know her better or whatever. besides, if she was the one and only, he wouldn't flirt and date other women just in front of her ignoring her advances all these years. so, it's really hard to say. but she may
become the love of his life if they stay together long enough.
another thing is Sara's POV. and here i truly believe she is very much in love with him. is he the love of her life? probably.
I chose that they are soul mates, and without eachother, they're not going to be completely happy. I mean, this is the end all, be all for Gil. He knew that entering a relationship with Sara would be permanent, not some fling, not a silly affair, but a life-commitment.
i agree, but wasn't his relationship with LH the same risky, or even more? he didn't know her almost at all, she was a murder suspect and he slept with her. and she was definitely his soul mate as well.
but the thing with LH is that if they ended it, he knew he didn't have to deal with her every day, and after the case, the only thing he would have to do is close the file. if they stayed together, they wouldn't have to hide for long. he didn't really try to hide it at a time to be honest. Brass knew very well what was going on.
with Sara, yeah, it's not that easy, b/c they work together and even though he risks his job also, it's something that'll hang over their heads for years.
so we can argue at this point. i'd like to see more shippy moments b/c right now it's extremely hard to determine without a proper, long and meaningful GSR scene where Grissom is very boyfriendy and they're not at work.
ETA:
adzix really sweet your avie ^_^ i want this for the gsr
thank you
Sid 
we'll hopefully see the real one soon!
