Can you be in love with two people at the same time ?
By cajimenez
@cajimenez (452)
Philippines
August 12, 2010 7:30pm CST
We've been hearing stories about falling in love with two people at the same time.
It happens to me once . I'd been torn between two person . I was in a relationship
with somebody whom I was learning to love. Then came my ex , whom I still have
feelings for. I know I was being unfair with my present love , but I still love
my ex . Am I being selfish ?
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21 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
13 Aug 10
It is unresolved issues still lingering. If you do not get your emotions straight then it is cheating.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
13 Aug 10
You have to try really hard to delineate the pros and the cons as you do not want to ruin perhaps a great relationship with the current person you are with. Or perhaps weigh out if the current person at least to earn your total 100 percent attention or not.
@LingXX0103 (151)
• China
13 Aug 10
I'm so curious that how you deal with two persons at the same time.
You dont worry about it.
You will forget your ex with time,but the hypothesis is that you love your present.
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
Others call it madness .... Obsession , probably .. Whatever it is ,
it drives people crazy...
@maylaine (441)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
whoa that hard....actually i think it really happen especially when you are not completely moved on with your past relationship...do you think you really love your present love? or you are just trying to fill up some emptiness within you...it is really unfair to your present relationship what you feel right now but i think what important is you have to learn to love her/him completely without sharing your love to any man/woman...
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
Maybe you're right . But , I did learn to love my present except that I still have feelings for my ex . I just can't help it .
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
i don't know cajimenez,
The question here is, does your ex Love you? and how you were able to love this women and accept you? how can you learn to love a women when she's already in a relationship with you?
because if you're just learning to love this woman then you don't Love her. if you're ex doesn't love you, then let her go, try spending more time with this one and forget the ex. it's selfish if you resumed you're relationship with your ex. that would be unfair for the two women, you can only choose one.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
If you don't Love you're EX, hurt her now, before it becomes complicated, taking this longer would eventually hurt your present, most specially if you still love you're ex. that way she could find some one else if you go back to your ex.
one way or the other some ones gonna get hurt, you can't keep them both choose one.
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
My ex wants me back . But , I don't want to hurt my present. If I choose to stay in my present, it would mean hurting my ex too.
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
This never happened to me..thank goodness. But my friend experienced this just recently..and no matter how we advice to think things out and weigh which love is more stronger, she still can't decide. Maybe she has to get hurt really badly by the other guy so she can realize which one she truly loves. You're not being selfish I think, but hey, think things out and you know what's better for you. Have a good day :)
@Renhard (3471)
• Jamaica
13 Aug 10
I would have to say when you are in the root of the problem, it is one hell of a decision to make. Its one of the hardest decision to make. But if i could go back in time i would choose my ex, cause that person is true love, and you ain't going to realize that until you make the WRONG decision.
@bokal2703 (802)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
I don't think you really love the person you are with now, because if you do, you won't give your ex a second look. If you feel that your ex deserves a second chance, then you should go to him because you will be just more unfair to your present love and to yourself if you are loving someone else behind his back. It will be more liberating and peaceful to all of you if you will choose now so that you'll live in harmony. Besides, I don't think that one can love two persons at the same level at the same time. So examine your heart and choose the one who outweighs.
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
I have to agree with you . But, unfortunately , I made the wrong move .
I let go of my ex and stick with my present. Because I know it's the
right thing to do . But now , I regret it...
@Renhard (3471)
• Jamaica
13 Aug 10
The thing about it is you could love your present to an extent but more than likely its that you like your ex more. Maybe your ex was the perfect one. With my problem ii also regret letting go of my girl, cause now i would be happy if i could get her back.
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
It may sound harsh, but I think that could easily happen. Love is a decision, and with that decision you put yourself in the line of risk. Risk of falling for someone wrong, or for hurting yourself and the people involved in the end.
People have different personalities. Nobody is wholly perfect. There are some qualities that you like that is in a person but there are qualities as well in that person that you don't like. Perhaps those things that are lacking to the first person is present inthe second one, then you find yourself confused on who you'd give your heart to.
In the end, because of our lack of self control and lack of decision we tend to just get lazy and fall in love with both. Only to realize in the end that we have hurt two people who are really the 'best' in their own right.
Yes, it is possible. But we all know that people would always want exclusivity when it comes to love.
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
18 Aug 10
your situation was understandable. i hope by now, you were able to determine or choose who it is that you love more.
it is not selfish to feel what you felt. you had your relationship with the ex and it is not your fault to feel something still. it would be a different scenario to be in love with two people simultaneously. i think it's more a definition of selfishness in this scenario.
@joyce318 (139)
• China
17 Aug 10
I never think about the question of falling in love with two people at the sam time. For me, it is easy to have a feeling with two people at the same time, but difficult to love. I believe that true love will not appear for one than more people.
You are not selfish, but you should understand the different feeling to present and ex. Maybe you just memeory the dates that stay along with ex boyfriend. Deal with it correctly, otherwise you will hurt the feeling of both.
@ap0calyptic (921)
• Slovenia
13 Aug 10
love is a broad term. there may be physichal attraction and a crush, but to love someone is a broader term to put it in between two men, if you ask me.
so yes, a crush you can have on more than one person at a time, but being in love, hardly.
@Segerer (53)
• Argentina
13 Aug 10
Just choose the one you love more. If you calmly think about it theres always one of them that you love more even if its a minuscule detail you still do.
Now...if you loved your ex more than your present you would be better off going with him...since its unfair for both, you and your actual boy friend. Since you regret not being with your ex and hes together with a woman who doesnt fully love him.
@malasorte7 (10)
•
13 Aug 10
Hell yeah ..and i'm livin that. It's pretty hard ..you know? Because you are caught up in tho situations and you don't know what to do .. You wanna cheat and dissapoit someone, or just to forget? That's happen, on my opinion, just that times you don't are ready to start a new thing because you are not cut up with your past. When you are cut up is less chances for somebody to take you back there.
@fherfher (259)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
I suggest that study your real feeling for both of them. If you think that you love your ex more than your present. Try to tell him/her. I know its really hard to do it, knowing you'll hurt a person. You will be unfair to your present partner for keeping him/her to a relationship, while loving someone in the past.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
13 Aug 10
This whole thing is familiar to me hehehe.. i'm going out with this man and it's as if we're already lovers. we just need some confirmation that we are. it's just that, he has a girlfriend. and i wanted to ask the same question actually. can he possibly love two people at a time? well i once asked him, why are you/we doing this. he explain and explain most of the time that he feel out of love with his girlfriend. but it's not that easy to just ditch her because she didnt do anything wrong. I UNDERSTAND. hehehe..
if it's in my case. i can love two people at a time but there's this some sort of level of love or attention that you can give to each of 'em. but it's not healthy to keep both at a time. you have to let go one of them.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
13 Aug 10
It happens to us, but the thing is that you can't keep it that way for long. You can't cheat on one of them. You need to reconsider your ex carefully and choose wisely. As for me, i have never suffered break ups so i don't want to talk about ex's. And i don't want to get into that stage either. All the best to you.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
13 Aug 10
Love can be complicated. If we are torn between two lovers, then we are not really committed to either person. A relationship with one would leave us pining for another. We have to make a choice . I don't think this is an unselfish feeling. The heart is just unsure.
@mallow0805 (16)
•
13 Aug 10
no you're not selfish your just being yourself.sometimes in your life we we're heading into situations wherein we need to choose from the two.but just take it slowly and easy in making such decision.