true love ?

[ashton_blaze]

In a friend's LJ he posted this "open to questions, and anyone can answer" type of meme thing. My response to one of the questions got too big for a comment, so posting a reply here.

feel free to comment here, but i'm going to abstain from posting a link to the original post. I think i spammed up his LJ enough. :)

1. why is love so cliche? why

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eeeenteresting....

[fatefox]

This seems like a pretty sad point of view. It's true though; rare are the individuals who put their true selves out there to be stomped on

[sora_vandel]

I've found, being a completely honest person myself (apart from the exaggerations and what have you, I don't intentionally lie to most people), there are so few people who can reach that level.

I mean, I have found a blunt and honest person; we dated before we were friends, and then we were in a relationship, and now we no longer label ourselves. the fact is that, yes, at first, the dating is almost like the getting-to-know-you stage; and then, the reason we broke up was because the honest truth was that neither of us wanted to date and finally said so.

it is complicated, but "true love" is just a term that baffles me because ironically, the only ones who use that term are the fairy tales. true love doesn't happen in a matter of days, much less seconds, and their idea of true love isn't mine. loving someone unconditionally, loving their flaws, loving them wholly, and not in slices, that is true love.

and as your friend states, it is definitely a more painful route, but it's worth it in the end.

[ashton_blaze]

i'm sort of working on a reply, it's in the back of my brain, i just need to get it in writing.

in the meantime, something to tide you over.. :D

http://www.somethingpositive.net/filler003.shtml