is love really blind?

September 23, 2009 9:06pm CST
i have a friend whom unfortunately became blinded with love. she met her boyfriend in the hospital during our intership. her relationship with him brought her life to misery. in the first place their relationship was already wrong. the guy had a girlfriend already and he asked her if it is okay with her to be a mistress. sad to say my friend agreed. at first she was so happy butlater on she started to feel jealous and she end up crying almost everyday. the guy lied to her that he and his girlfriend already broke up but a news spilled out that the guy's girlfriend was pregnant. worst among the worst her so called boyfriend asked help from her on how to abort the baby. she even bought the pregnancy kit for them. the guy promised to her that if the other woman is not pregnant he will leave the woman and be serious with her.month after my friend failed and was transferred to another school away from the guy's place. when she made a surprise visit to the guy the guy did not show up. he even hide so that they will not meet. but my martyr friend did not stop there, she went to the guy's house and then learned that the guy already have a new girlfriend. the guy's reason of leaving her was that he doesn't like long distance relationship.he even told my friend that she is not worth trusting for. how cruel of him.
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@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
love was never blind; it sees but it doesn't mind...
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@vandana7 (100254)
• India
24 Sep 09
Hi eLsMarie, I second ur opinion. :) But I wish they'd also said hate is deaf. Hatred truly emerges because one of the parties is unwilling to listen to reason. Isn't it? I dont really know if foregoing a right point to hold on to love is right or wrong. I have tried both ways, and been dissatisfied with both. So to me whether turning a blined eye as u suggest is wise remains questionable. :( I guess, whoever said Love is blind, believed only fools fall in love. But I believe it requires a lot of intelligence. Only truly intelligent people can find solutions around various problems that crop up subsequently. Rest just give up.
@vandana7 (100254)
• India
24 Sep 09
Therefore, knowing and understanding the prolem or flaw is important! U said that. Deosnt mind... bit of ur answer - as I mentioned before, I am not too sure.
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@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
hi cute, oh your friend is a really martyr one, but we can't blame her.. she is just loving, but in a wrong guy.. and that is the most saddest part of her life i bet, well there are many girls who also experienced like that, indeed i believe that love is really blind.. but in the end the girl is the one who suffers everything, the girl cries for the ache she got with the wrong guy.. i hope now she learned from it and will never give the guy a chance to make her cry again.. just tell her that it's not the end of the world, there are plenty of boys outside, who can love her even more and can treat her very well.. i am so lucky because i have a good boy, he loves me so much.. he really shows it to me, but i am still hoping that he will not change when we will get married.. because usually boys will fade when they will get married, do you agree or not?? hugs and kisses, janebeth.
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@janebeth (2032)
• Philippines
25 Sep 09
oh i also believe on that, GOD really knows everything, without HIM we are really nothing.. we also lift our relationship to the Lord.. we serve and praise HIM all the time..
25 Sep 09
love can exists if you lift it all to God. a couple should really find time learning God's message to make their relationship healthy.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Sep 09
hi cutepink yes it does look like love can be blind, and that is sad as the person to get hurt is the one who usually does all the loving. the idiot she trusted was not worth the powder and lead it would take to blow him up.
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25 Sep 09
that guy did not get his karma yet. until now my friend is still hoping the guy would change and go back to her.
• Malaysia
25 Sep 09
Hi, cutepink! Love seems to be blind because the people who are in love sometimes just follow their hearts and what they desire, but not their heads. When you were talking about the guy was asking if it was okay for her to be his 'mistress', what were your friend thinking? She accepted it knowingly that the guy has an existing girlfriend and she knew the consequences and the pain she has to bear. I do not blame your friend, she might be fragile and this guy just took advantage of her, but I hope that she would be strong and learn from her mistake.
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• India
24 Sep 09
Your story really proves that love is indeed blind but we should also keep in mind that we should not trust and love anyone.Let me tell you one thing what is the use if a hen trusts and loves a butcher? Will he stop killing it because it loves him so much? no not at all.The same goes with hunter and prey.Your friend did the mistake of agreeing to his proposal of being his mistress and the second mistake she did was to love him blindly and trusting and believing his lies completely.That made that person take your friend as granted.Anyway your friend came to know about his real character so its time to get away from him and in this matter God showed her the way by transferring her to another place. Make her forget the past I know its difficult because I was also through that phase but its possible and time heals everything Send my best wishes to your friend on my behalf...
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25 Sep 09
i agree with you but is there really true love?
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
24 Sep 09
not always but sometimes it is blind.. when you loved...someone wuthout get any information...of herself..so i can say..love is blind..
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@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Sometimes people blinded by love so they don't listen to their brain. Their relationship is wrong in the first place I think it is the girl's fault on pursuing there relationship even if she found out tha the guy has a girlfriend.
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@Tantrums (945)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Well, with that story of yours, it clearly shows that love is blind. We all know that love knows no boundaries.
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@taztheone (1721)
• India
24 Sep 09
It's very much true that Love is Blind. When we are into a sincere relation, we always thinks from our heart & not from our brain. Since out heart id filled with love, we can't think of anything else. People are ready to leave all the relation, even that of the parents, for love. So Love is blind if you are serious with the relation. Happy Lotting
• China
24 Sep 09
hi cutepink, Love is not blind,I think.It is a wrong start to your friend to accept that guy.love is not just to love someone else but to love yourself first.It always said that the people who can love themseleves would really understand love.when finding the boy is not the Mr Right,for the sake of families and friends around, it is time to decide to leave that boy.
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@kid221 (150)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Hiya Cutepink.. Love is blind? Nah.. If you're really in love, you will see everything your partner has. We always seems to assume that we are blinded by all the good natured characteristics of our loved ones. We already seen their negative sides but we tend to ignore these because we are too engrossed by the attention given to us. I might say love will be blind if you will always neglect your loved ones insincerity to you. We should tolerate this kind of attitude to avoid problems that cutepink's friend encountered. If we will only see the beauty and the real personality of our loved ones, then that is what i call mesmerized by love (with eyes open wide)..
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• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Actually Love is not Blind, Do you know cupid? I mean actually know that angel with arrow? He is a Goddess, the real cupid is having a scarf on his eyes and pointing the arrow towards the peoples, If a certain person In loves at the first site, I definitely tell you that's not LOVE I assure you its infatuation(love is blind), Infatuation is a word which describes to a certain person falling in love to another person for the first time, because of what?????? the appearance exactly, don't tell me its the heart that beats, No i will make debate for it. When a certain person in love for the first time they have meet which means he/ she only love his/her physical appearance without knowing what is the real background of that certain person. I will tell you what is the real meaning of love my friend, LOVE COMES FROM GOD, LOVE IS NOT TODAY BUT IT'S TOMORROW, LOVE KNOWS WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESS OF THERE PARTNER, LOVE REALLY TAKES TIME, LOVE DEALS WITH PAIN AND SORROW WITHOUT BREAKING, LOVE IS EVER LASTING. So how do you define your love? Is Love is blind? I hope we had a lesson for those people. Remember this my friend, To select a partner you must know what his/her qualities, rate him/her, put in a piece of paper of what the positive and negative movements or actions that he/she made, go for a date and make use of your time talking to each other about your favorites and dislikes, Then in the future you can decide whether he or she is the right guy/girl for you. Good day cutepink. Take care always.
• United States
24 Sep 09
I dont know if its love itself that is blind or the reaction the people have to it that can be deemed as "blind" some people can love and still be down to earth. I had a friend who ws in love with her man, but she also left him the moment she found out he was fooling around with some other girl. But I on the other hand am one of those people that once I love someone I have a hard time believing that theey would do things that purposly hurt me. So I really think that it depends on the person that falls in love and their reaction to it.
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@feodda (579)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Basically, love is never blind unless you really didn't see. But sometimes, when we deeply and madly in love we tend to be blind and deaf. Like my experience, i feel that my boyfriend is hiding something to me but never into my mind that he will cheat on me because we've been almost for 4 years. Even though, there were hints that he was now being unfaithful to me. I tried so hard to reach out to him. And things are getting worst and hurts deeply penetrates into pain. I tend to be blind and deaf because I love him, to the point I been so martyr of the situation. He has many lies and alibi's. Unfortunately, guys are like that especially Filipino men. But it is a sign already that the guy doesn't love you anymore. And the other woman involve, also pretend to be blind and deaf. She already knew that the guy has a girlfriend. She fight for the guy because she love him. Loving a wrong person, in a wrong time and in a wrong place, you can ruin a life or even your own life. Because of the blindness of LOVE, my life was ruin and destroyed even my dignity as a person. Now, slowly and surely waiting for the right time, right place and Mr. Right Person to come along my LIFE.
• United States
24 Sep 09
Yes i do believe is blind to certain extend, but with your friend here, there could be an exception, I dont think is was blindness that lead her to continued with the relationship, it looks to me that it was more of an obsession, to the point that, i am sure, she knew it wasnt going to work out, but she was going more like is the principle, he say all this things and he isnt doing anything it was more of her stubborness getting to her. and then after she was transfered, it looks to me that she wanted to just see him and proved to herself, that this guy was in fact an a**hole.
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@peace001 (726)
• China
24 Sep 09
love is something we all need.there are lots of love stories in the long history river,some of them have a good end,but others not.it is mysterious when someone falls into others.but not all of love are blind,it is important to be yourself first.
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• Malaysia
24 Sep 09
i think it is kind of irresponsibility for the guy to dump the girl after the girl is pregnant. Love is not blind, unless the person choose to be so. My personal view is man tend to think logical than girl.
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• Indonesia
24 Sep 09
Not always love blind. I my opinion, love is responsibility. Love is not blind, the people having love is blind them hearth
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@l33tgirl (288)
• New Zealand
24 Sep 09
I don't think in this instance love is blind, she must have some indication what sort of person the guy was when she started dating him. She knew he was cheating on someone else and lying to her. I think she saw what was happening and chose to ignore it because of how much she wanted the guy.
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@mikeowl (200)
• Malaysia
24 Sep 09
If you ask me whether i believe in love is blind. I would answer yes. I am pity about your friend's story. But there is nothing you could do about it. Love is just too complicated. There is none who can realy describe out how it happens. When it happens, no one could stop it.
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• Philippines
24 Sep 09
I think love is blind, because in essence love is felt and can't be seen. People don't fall in love just because of its physical appearance. It is a feeling that we could not predict when it will come to us. We don't really choose who to love, love chooses for us who we will love.