What is Love?

[poppetawoppet]

I'm not afraid to love and lose

Comments

[rayaso]

This is such a revealing, honest entry. It must have been difficult to write.

[eternal_ot]

Ah! Yes. I have asked these questions to myself as well. And somewhere my idea of love is very ideal and bookish which makes it difficult to find.

[halfshellvenus]

This is very honest, and sad because many of us have been there and know how hard that is.

I thought my future looked much the same until I met my husband, when everything was all so unexpectedly simple after all of the missteps before.

It's important to have friends that you love, even if romantic love does not find you. I expect it has a better chance, though, if you do have good friendships. Good friends that you love tend to persuade you of the parts of yourself that are lovable, and it all slowly works toward a better place. Plus, the process itself is worth it.

Here's hoping that helps a little.

[my_name_is_jenn]

I can relate to so much of this. I'm not a military kid, but I moved around a lot and went to six different schools by the time I was 14. I learned to make surface-relationships very quickly, because those were easy to make and also easy to lose. Anything deeper terrified me.

Well done with the prompt.