Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?

I agree, i think that to have never loved is a great shame. I understand that there is a lot of pain when love is lost but the experience makes you stronger. And i think that you should experience everything you can as we only live once and that is for a very short time in the grand scale of things.

I agree with that totally. What we have makes us stronger what we lose makes us wiser.

Yes I agree as well, even though we can have really painful breakups, I cannot imagine being in a world where I was never loved. Life would just not be worth the living.

Yes dude, thats really a nice feeling.

Yes, Alfred Lord Tennyson was bang on target there. There are many things in life that can be learned by experience alone, and love is one of them. There are things that can be learned by hearing about other people's experiences or by reading about it, but love is one thing that one will have to experience to find out what it is all about. I have many friends of mine who are too afraid to get into relationships are they are uncertain about the outcome, but I tell them that whether the outcome is positive or otherwise, what they learn is something invaluable. Everyone wishes his/her relationships to come out rosy but it is not always possible, but no matter how bad the relationship was, there will be several positives to take home from it.

For me, i think so too... If not, how would u noe u have or have not before? But once is enough... Once bitten twice shy... too many a times, will and might make u lose faith in love... like what im facing now... too many liars i have met... too many baddies... makes me lose confidence in my love life...

Well, that might be the case for alot of people, but I prefer that I have never known what love is at all. It is the most beautiful and painful thing in the world all at the same time. I always enjoyed being alone and not having anyone to love me or love them back. I have enjoyed that alot because no one would hurt me at all. But, I felt in love too many times and got my hurt broken alot and now I question if what I have for others is even love at all.

I disagree completely...that expression implys that one MUST know intimate love at least once in their lives whether it a good experience or a bad one and thats just not true.....Many Buddist monks for example live full, wonderful lives without ever falling in love....same with ministers, pastors, nuns and so on...so no I dont agree with that expression at all...

I agree to this very much

I would say that all depends as to weather you learned anything about yourself in the lost relationship. I didn't learn until it was way to late and I had given up the idea of ever having a partner again, because the same thing kept happening over and over again to me, I thought I attracted abusive men, and guess what I did. I did not understand what I was doing but in looking back i can clearly see all the stupid things i did and all the brilliant things I did not do , so I loved and lost again and again, Now I have to much respect for myself to put myself in that situation again.

the feeling of being loved and loving someone is undescribable... I can't explain the beauty... some relationships were hurtful in the end but if I could do it again I surly will

I agree, i think that to have never loved is a great shame. I understand that there is a lot of pain when love is lost but the experience makes you stronger. And i think that you should experience everything you can as we only live once and that is for a very short time in the grand scale of things.

i agree with you very much...i believe the saying don't cry cause it's over smile cause it happened. any relationship good or bad teaches you and makes you grow as a person.