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_pinkbutterfly_ March 8 2009, 01:29:08 UTC
Hmmm...I also think that romantic love is a choice. However, I believe that once you have been romantically in love with someone for a long time or even for a brief, yet intense time, there will eternally be a place in your heart for that person. So in that sense, that aspect of your love would be unconditional.

I also think that people love in different kinds of ways depending on their beliefs, past influences, and personalities.

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mendedbutterfly March 8 2009, 13:10:38 UTC
Hmmm... It's hard to put into words ( ... )

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samari76 March 8 2009, 13:55:00 UTC
You can't control who you fall in love with, but you can control how you react to it. I was married before, and I wasn't really in love with him. I didn't know anything or wasn't thinking then. I kept telling myself that I should be in love with him, but unfortunately, it just didn't happen. So I learned that I couldn't meet someone and say, "Hmmm I'm going to fall in love with this person, because I think I should be." I've also loved people in the past that I knew it would be impractical for me to be in love with for one reason or another. As much as I loved One person, who I lived with for four years, I had to leave, because he had too many anger issues and had said things that hurt me very much. I knew that staying with him would eventually affect my health both emotionally and spiritually. So you can love someone even though you know you shouldn't or don't want to. I think that's why some people stay in relationships that are harmful to them. They aren't strong enough to realize that there is life after leaving that person that ( ... )

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esquizofrenica March 9 2009, 17:47:31 UTC
I don't think it's a choice... simply because you can't tell your heart whom to love or when to stop loving them.

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vivid_child March 11 2009, 08:47:16 UTC
I started typing only to realise I couldn't possibly put this into words and if I tried to it would need to be hundreds of pages.

To summarise: I feel that love, for anyone on any level, is complex and not always what it seems.

How very vague :/

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