How much love do you need to feel happy? Much love, medium or you don t need?

i need the necesary to be happy with my children

Yes, I think that love can make us dependent of another perosn , and I'm sure a betraid or broken heart can hurt very much, but I don't think it would kill a person (unless you're a Shakespeare character or something). I only need the love of my Family to be happy.

Oh, Icesmile! Those murders are not committed out of love. They're obsessions, and the emotion is resentment for the "loved one" moving on. Those who do this are sick! Dependence on others isn't quite sane, either. Love isn't about pain or hurting anyone. If a person isn't getting the love they feel they need, maybe they need to give more love. It's one of hose things that we can't run out of. But love is to be given freely, with no expectations of getting anything in return. If it is reciprocated -- great! If not, well, it's out there somewhere for everyone. It's hard to express this without seeming terribly critical, but I've been in an abusive relationship and the opposite, the wonderful relationship my husband and I share freely and equally. It's sort of like I know what I mean, but I find it difficult to express it.

We need love, i can say that we need much love, but normal, simple and clean love. Not obssesion, if we love somebody strongly, and feel that he or she is only one, is ok, but if she or he don t want us, don t love us, we must give up, to force somebody love you is a big mistake. I know that is very hard to love somebody very much, and he don t return your love, but if you love him to much let him go...is the best decision..you will suffer, but mean that he or she don t deserve your love

In my case, it's not so much about the quantity or intensity as it is the quality. I can do okay by myself, I'm an only child and an orphan without any extended family, but I do want to be loved and understood and to have that love that's missing filled by others. I've created an artificial family with my two closest friends and my boyfriend, they're always there for me when I need them. Even so, sometimes I still feel like I have an empty void inside of me that I desperately want to fill. It can be hard balancing the space that everyone needs with the overwhelming ache for unconditional love. I think it's easier to be wholly independent when you know that you always have at least one person to fall back on who will catch you, no matter what. Living life without that kind of feels like walking a tightrope without a net. Love can spill over into obsession, which is the sort of thing that leads to murders and excessive jealousy and feelings of ownership (rather than partnership). In those cases I wouldn't so much consider it love's doing as much as the person responsible being mentally unstable to some degree.

I think most people need some amount of love to be truly happy. Love is nice, but what makes me thrive even more than love is respect and admiration. I like to feel important and admired because of things I've accomplished, because I'm a very motivated person. I don't agree that too much love in ALL cases can kill someone or make someone dependent. My husband and I have never been with another person and I would literally do anything for him. We love each other to the point that many people actually doubt our love is what we say it is. I have a very strong personality--out of our marriage, I tend to be the person you talk to if you speak to us, I am the one that is the bread winner because of my business, I am the social one, etc., but because I love my husband so much I don't hold that over his head. I give him respect because he admires me and that's what I need most. The largest amounts of love don't lead to the most dependent people. In some cases, sure...but not all. People whom are both in love and can understand it and deal with it in the best ways--use that love to make the relationship stronger, not to get an advantage over the other person. I think it is entirely possible to be happy without love at all. I believe it depends on your outlook...if you are pessimistic and say things aren't possible, of course they aren't, because you'll never try to achieve them. I wouldn't die without my husband. He's the biggest part of my life that truly matters and makes me who I am. But there is still joy to be had in life without others at all. It's just up to the person to find it.

hello. thanks for the information! yup, i think you had a point there. love can kill and makes someone become dependent to other. i'll not explain further about love can kill because you already show it to us by your example in this topic. anyway, love can make us dependent to other because when we are inlove, we believe that he/she completes us and believe that we can't live without them which i think is wrong. i already fall inlove. and i also felt the same way like what i've said but i suddenly realized that thinking that way is wrong. we can live without them, we already live before without them so we can still do it if the time comes that our loved one had to leave us. they're only a part of our lives and not our whole life. we are already complete even without them. and i think the right thing to stick in our mind is that we love them and we want to share to them our being complete. nobody wants to live alone. and for the answer to your question, answer is just halfway,not much, not less, of course his world doesn't revolve only in me. i'm contented that i had a part on his heart and knew that i'm being loved. but if he becomes my husband, then that's another matter.:) happy mylotting to you.