Love is the biggest risk in your life you will take.

United States
January 27, 2008 6:32pm CST
Giving someone your heart is the biggest risk in life that we take in my opinion because we never know if we'll get to keep our heart in one piece or if it will be shattered to a bloody pulp and come out in pieces. Have you ever had a relationship that was so toxic that no matter what you always hurt . what did you do to get out of it? And if you got out when you look back at it what do you think? Do you remember the good times only? And What do you consider a toxic relationship?
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@janet_mv (33)
• Philippines
28 Jan 08
For me to be loved is a gift and to love is a very crucial thing to do..They say, if u love someone do it 50-50 bases. Do not give all the 100% to the one u love, because there might be a possibility that in the end u will regret.But for me..i am very happy to express how i feel. Ill give all my life to prove that i love him..if hes deserving for my love.When i sense that his cheating on me thats another story..
• United States
28 Jan 08
Thank you for that perspective I appreciate it. Unfortunately with me it all 100% of nothing.LOL!! I have always thought if you can't take the risk for love then what do you take it for? Thank you and have a nice day.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
28 Jan 08
you are absolutely right. It is the biggest risk. i have experienced taht you can face this risk in friendship too. You believe someone and help that person to thick and thin. But one point comes when he forgets all the advantage he has taken of you, just dump you and behaves nbadly with you. its always good to be cautious.
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• United States
28 Jan 08
yes caution can be the better point of valor and I also agree that friendship is a risk a lesser one than love but none the less a risk Ihave had my friendship taken advantage of more than once.
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
28 Jan 08
I'm glad i'm not the only nosey one *wink wink* I think my first relationship was rather toxic.. The first year it was rather sweet and sometimes bitter, and then the more time we spent together, the more time we wanted to spend strangling eachother.. lol. We really loved eachother a lot, but we were both young and stupid, therefore stubbern.. We fought a lot, we loved a lot, and we drank a lot. I remember a lot of the good times, like the time we drank an entire pot of expresso at his parents house because we thought it was normal coffee and we laid a floor down in his barn in a few hours and lifted a bed up there, and then.. tee hee.. tee hee.. Or the times we drank together and just had long long talks about life and what we wanted. . Or the time we did tee hee in the field in the rain.. that was pretty amazing, not just good.. I consider a toxic relationship a relationship in which you can't get along, and you spend more time fighting then loving. . Or if one person stops loving the other, but they try to keep hanging on cause its a safe place for them.. That becomes pretty toxic. . I think now that i look back, i've had a FEW toxic relationships. Even the one that i was in before i got with hubbytons... That was pretty toxic, He was always bitter in the end, but wanted me to do tee hee with him. . WHY on earth would i wanna tee hee, with someone who is always angry at me! lol Idiot!
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• United States
28 Jan 08
Sissygrl I have always been a bit on the nosey side.LOL!! Sometimes I swear the saying Curiosity killed the cat was for me. LOL!! I have a curious nature. But I agree with you definition of toxic relationship. I remember when me and my ex-husband were first together we were in separable and always talk about things with deep meaning..It's nice that you can still see that even though you have a toxic relationship that there was something nice about it before. I also agree that why would you want to tee hee with someone who is alway angry with ya. LOL!! sometimes men just don't get it ..LOL!!!
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@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
28 Jan 08
LOL that last sentence works on more then one level doesnt it! hahah!
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• United States
28 Jan 08
yes that does.LOL!!! funny tihng is I wasn't thinking about that until you pointed it out to me. LOL!!!
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
28 Jan 08
I've been in my share of bad relationships. I have learned alot and mostly learned alot about myself. I used to get crushed when things went bad. Now I just go into a relationship not expecting "forever" but rather enjoying it while it lasts. I think the key is to know when to end it. When things become unworkable, just move on and be grateful for the good times. Move on before you are hating each other.
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• United States
28 Jan 08
Thank you for your view. I agree sometimes we just need to know when to end it and move on before it gets to the point where you can't even be civil.
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@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
2 Feb 08
My current relationship/marriage has had definite times when we were toxic for one another. It has been a long hard process and there has been pain but there has also been lots of love and laughs. We have both learned not only a lot about each other but also about ourselves during these times. We have both made it a point to figure out our own faults and work on ourselves, not only that we are getting outside help. We definitely do not want to be toxic to each other anymore.
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• United States
2 Feb 08
thank you for your response and have a nice night.
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
30 Jan 08
Giving someone your heart totally is completely terrifying because it leaves you vulnerable- a feeling that scares just about everyone but you learn over time that there is someone out there- you can trust to give it to. Toxic relationships I would say are abusive- thankfully I haven't had those. Bad relationships are lessons and learning experiences- turning a failure around in your next one until you come across the one that gives you hope, the one you live for, the one that completely captivates you and suddenly all those bad relationships are a thing of the past because you have realized that they weren't for real (even though they seemed to be at the time) and suddenly the hurt you went through then, is really a thing of the past and the good times stick around. You have also learned hopefully what to do and what not to...all a part of life.
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• United States
30 Jan 08
I oculdn't have said it any better. LOL!!! I have had so many bad ones and a toxic one I'm still kicking and taking chances. If you don't take a chance for love then what do you take it for?
• United States
30 Jan 08
again well said. It's truly a good match when what happens to your heart actually happens to the others heart. LOL!!! I have a best friend we are like that with eachother.
• United States
30 Jan 08
Until now-bad was my story- really bad. But you know the right one- it's when you have no fear of a broken heart because you truly know that said person would never do it because they would be breaking theirs as well. Quite peaceful really! I do have to say- it's about time! :)
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