Love:are we fooling ourselves sometimes?

Lithuania
April 1, 2009 10:29am CST
Everyone's talking about a true and endless love, but what I see in real life could hardly be called that kind of love.I see so called happy couples, but I notice one thing in their relationship:one of them(usually woman)is doing everything to please the partner and is ready to pay any price just to make him stay.What do we get in return in this case?Illusion of so called "happy couple life".I've heard men talking in the bar:"I don't love her, but she's a good mother to my son, you know".I love my job, I love my life, I love my children, but I don't love you, woman.I'm sorry.That's how it is.I could give a bunch of these examples. Happy life is based on lies?
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14 responses
@subha12 (18441)
• India
2 Apr 09
It is true. In real life there are very less things that we can say are true love. At many times we say it is true. May be we are too emotional or too devoted.
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
1 Apr 09
True love has it's foundation in trust and friendship. Many people believe that 'true love' is based on passion. It's not, but reversely passion is a part of true love. When you're with some one for a long period of time, I really think that you are constantly falling in and out of love - with the same person. It's the trust and friendship underlying it all, that is the glue that keeps the 'true' in the 'love'.
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@catdla1 (6005)
• United States
1 Apr 09
Hahaha...you scared me when you said 'optional'. Was just thinking of a response when I saw the second reply.
• Lithuania
1 Apr 09
Very well, you mentioned the important components:trust which is 100% optional and passion too(sometimes strong, sometimes weak, but it can't disappear in real love).
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• Lithuania
1 Apr 09
I mean obligatory.
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@Jezebella (1446)
• United States
1 Apr 09
I am starting to believe that I am fooling myself in thinkin that there could be someone out tere that would love me the way I want to be loved, but I also do not want to settle for less than what I deserve.
• Lithuania
1 Apr 09
Don't give up until you'll find the right one.Many people loose the patience and grab the first one seen on their way.
@sonusd (1547)
• India
1 Apr 09
I am not agree where is no love sp there should not be argue of true love or false love, there is no false love, love is always true and who are using it in which ways it depends upon on the behaviour of person
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• China
2 Apr 09
just like the gold is always the gold,even in the fire. however the false one may be melted down being burned.
• Philippines
2 Apr 09
Well, I can't say all lies. Maybe they don't want any choice. Some guy try to find happiness to other woman. That's there comes the word "third party". Some divorse and some just keep the relationship. It's all about choice. Every yes or no has result and every one of us are making it everyday.
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• United States
1 Apr 09
I agree with you to a certain extent however, there are alot of cases when people just end up coming to the conclusion that they are better off to stay with a person for the better of the family. When there are children involved, it's better to have both parents present than to be separated. Even though it would seem as if they are living a lie, ultimately both people are still quite happy based on the fact that the children. If it's a situation where there aren't any children involved, still there are times when people settle with someone because they have issues with rejection, and they figure if this one person fully execepts them no matter what, then why bother looking for someone else...even if their feelings aren't really that strong.
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• Lithuania
1 Apr 09
They say feelings become weaker with time.Those can't be the real ones.When a woman loves a child, it's far more true than the love between men and women.Sad truth of life.
• China
2 Apr 09
it may be the human's nature that after marriaged for some time ,as the life become calm and regulatory which aslo means unchangable, the feeling for the other half will become weaker,so the problems are coming. in this situation,the wise couples should commmunicate with each other openly in order to find the key for their problems which is helpful to refresh the feelings. as you say ,if they have a child the things may be better, because they have the common expection and goal,so there are no extra energy for them to consider the real feeling between them . although this is a lie for the love,but we can aslo argue that their love has been transfered to their baby.
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
2 Apr 09
i agree with you.. that kind of love though is one way... i believe many of us are in love and just shows our love in different ways.. the man in your example may seem to be cold and is always receiving the love, but i think it can also be put in another way like he loves the lady and is working for them, etc.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
2 Apr 09
I think sometimes we are fooling around ourselves. Most times people falling in love doesn't agree with everything. Love means not to agree everything another person says and say I am happy with whatever the other person say or does. I think most people really do love their partners and children. It is a common to say amount the men that they don't love their wife or their girlfriend, but most of them doesn't really mean it. No men can think about leaving their wife or girlfriend when they are saying I don't love my girlfriend. I think most of them are happy, but doesn't show it.
• Philippines
2 Apr 09
I think this is sometimes true but not all, this is a reality but some is also not a lie.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
2 Apr 09
it is really hard to find true love. people who were so madly in love and get to have some children will end divorced or separated after some years. it is really alarming how people will just forsake their partner. what seems to be an inseparable couple will just one day decide to separate ways. seems to be some problems just build up or adds up over time.
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@PrarieStyle (2486)
• United States
2 Apr 09
"It's better to have love and lost than never loved at all." What many people don't understand is that love is a choice.
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@fan2009 (121)
• China
2 Apr 09
love means sacrifice.if we want to make a happy couple,we must learn to tolorate,what is true love?every one of us have our own minds.there is not almost the same.so true love is only ideal.sometimes in order to make a family or something else,we live together with a partner.life is life.don't be too serious.right?
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• India
2 Apr 09
its very hard to define wats true love... its endless...deepest n hrdest emotion of hearts..
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@wzdream (13)
• China
2 Apr 09
Happy life is learning to love what you have and how to get what you need, i think. I think we can do some things to get on well with our partners, but sometimes we can't do anything for a kind of feeling, the feeling of love.but maybe there are diffirents kinds of love. Some time, it depend on youself, what is your need, or what kind of life or love is your need. Sometimes people only love the face of love, can we see the deep of love?