loving two people at the same time?
By oindy54
@oindy54 (3445)
India
July 17, 2009 11:04am CST
Love is a beautiful emotion that stirs the deepest emotions in us. I once believed in my teens that I loved two guys equally. May be I was wrong. But that time I cried a lot as I was in a dilemma. However,I got over it later.
Do you believe that a person can be in love with two people at the same time? Have you ever felt strongly about two different persons at the same time? Is it at all possible to love two people at the same time or it is that it cannot be labelled as love at all but an infatuation?
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13 responses
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
18 Jul 09
I have been in love with two different men but for different reasons. One I was dating and the other I was just friends with. The guy I was dating was my first love and we had plans to get engage and all the rest. The other male friend I feel in love with was because he became my father figure! My father is a jerk and my friend treated me better then my dad ever did! I knew I was in love with both men but didn't realize for a long time there was a difference! I didn't want to believe my boyfriend when he tried to explain why and what kind of love I developed for with my freind! I did realize it after my boyfriend dumped me after 6 months of living together! I went through heck with those feeelings for those two and getting over them! It isn't anything I would wish on anyone!
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I have not found the love of my life and looks like it will never happen! Men just don't want to get me a chance and I'm sick of looking! Not looking doesn't work either! I have been taken advantage by men in the past,too! I can't trust alot of men and it isn't worth trying!
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
18 Jul 09
I can understand the trauma you have been through.I just hope you have found the love of your life now and are leading a happy life.It is really very difficult to understand people and their motives.Moreover,if you are an emotional person like me as it seems,you need a long time to get over it.It was lovely to hear from you.Take care... :-)
@kaykaygee (117)
• United States
18 Jul 09
Ah, I've been in that situation before. I used to try to tell myself that it wasn't possible to be IN love with more than one person at a time, even if you do just LOVE both. It's a very different thing.
Sometimes, if you feel you're in love with two (or more, I guess, haha) people, that's when the brain gets to add its input. When you follow your heart, and it gets you stuck, it's usually a good idea to go with the smarter choice. For example, if you're equally "in love" with two very different guys, but one is not so successful, or one has a bad past, you can take those into consideration.
But I think the word "infatuation" describes it well. I think if you truly were IN love with someone, you would only need them. Otherwise, they aren't completely what you need if you're stuck on someone else as well.
Loving more than one person at a time is probably a solution for replacing qualities that each is missing, y'know?
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
18 Jul 09
Awesome reply.I love the way you have put it.Yes loving more than one could be a way to replace missing qualities and having fun.But it isn't right after all! ;-) How did you solve the problem at last? I actually forgot about both of them.I was rather emotional in my teens.Now I have grown up! :-P
@kaykaygee (117)
• United States
18 Jul 09
I just tried to look at it from someone else's perspective and thought out which would be the smarter choice in the long run. Also, I thought about how I really felt about both of the guys and realized that I wasn't actually in love with one of them, I just wanted him to love me because my self esteem was suffering. Hahaha. It's kind of a long story.
Sometimes you just have to be smarter than yourself, if that makes sense. What may seem like one emotion could be nothing at all.
@cmnavarro (251)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
I think it is possible. You are attracted to both persons. It is like, there is something with lover#1 that lover#2 doesn't have. There are just people who are born real "players," haha... Loving both person is easy. But there are some consequences, we don't want to end up hurting both parties. For me, if you really love that someone--don't do anything that might hurt them and push them away from you.
@tamsuder610 (157)
• Jamaica
17 Jul 09
You can love two persons at the same time and I can attest to that. The thing with loving two persons is that you tend to get confused with names and many times we seem to compare in our mind. At the end of the day I have realized that there comes preference/comparison. John kiss me this way while kurt kissed me and I was in heaven. Its not infatuation to me is mere confusion. Something I wouldn't want to encounter again.
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
17 Jul 09
I started a similar thread recently.Nice to find another,thanks.
Each one has their own views on love. I mean the definition on love varies from person to person.
many say if you are able to love two, then it is not love. that is their perspective.
I think loving more than a person at a time is quite possible, it depends on the situations and the persons involved.
@nk2009 (105)
• India
17 Jul 09
Yeah.I feel that we can be loving two people at the same time,many a times this happens with most of us and if we were to choose one,it is very difficult for us to select the one we really love and then we are in dilemma what to do.
Still this is human life and we are not gods ,so I clearly agree with your point and think the same to be possible
hAPPY mylotting
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
17 Jul 09
I appreciate the fact that you consider my view possible.As you have so nicely pointed out that after all we are human beings and we cannot really judge like God.It is very difficult to choose between two people whom we feel for the same way.But then a choice has to be made finally.Take care and Happy mylotting. :-)
@John4Christ (1597)
• India
17 Jul 09
No not really, If you feel that you LOVE more than one person then you don't really love any of them.....love is unconditional and should not be multi-directional.....that shows that it is not really LOVE it is just infatuation, sometimes we tend to like the other person just for his/her behavior or certain things that we like his/her wit, humor, attitude, looks, etc......
But what really matters to me is DO I REALLY LOVE HER ????
one can easily make out if you love that person or not, its an inbuilt instinct given to us by god......if you really LOVE someone you will not even think about any other person, trust me its that divine......it may defer from person to person, but this works for me !!!!
Have a nice day !!!!
@colydf (913)
• China
17 Jul 09
I do believe that a person can be in love with two people at the same time, because that is what I experienced before, it is so hard for me to make a choice. And finally, I pick the one who I thought could being together with me for a longer time, because another boy will study in another city. However, I do not think we could love two guys equally. Afer all,love is incomparable.
@yudi_bae (30)
• Indonesia
18 Jul 09
Loving two people at the same time is possible.
but how much we love each of them will be different.
sometimes we it was love, but actually we just admire of the person.
Feel with your heart whether the person is really we love.
sometimes whenever we were together with a person, we felt comfortable.
that feeling can be because of love or something else.