Unrequited Love

By Toni
@toniganzon (72533)
Philippines
December 7, 2010 5:18am CST
When the person you love don't love you in the same way or doesn't reciprocate that love at all, will you still continue loving that person? When i was in college i fell in love with a friend. It was an unrequited love but nonetheless I never stopped loving him for four years or more. It was only when I found my husband that I stopped loving him. I think that was my first love although it was unanswered. It wasn't selfish, and that love didn't expect anything at all. How about you, would you continue loving someone who doesn't love you in return?
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12 responses
8 Dec 10
It depend upon the situation, but as long as you feel that love and no one will be hurt continue to love that person and your not hurting as well..I know that being in love with a person who does not love you is so painful and a heartbreaking experience but that's part of our life, learn to love and to be loved.
• Indonesia
7 Dec 10
Love has nothing to do with love-in-return. If it is about pure love, so you won't expect for that. Love requires nothing but honesty and loyalty. So, I'm on that boat. Now I love somebody who doesn't love me in return. But that is fine for me. I am happy just by loving her. That's the art of loving. If maybe one day she loves me, I am lucky then. Though that's hard to come to happen.
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@lil_32072 (114)
• Philippines
7 Dec 10
depends on the situation. two decade years ago after i was in love my with one true love. Declared quit, set him free already but the fact my feeling has not change either until now. Sometimes i glanced some photos of him in fb, i feel love hopes, wait and can change the world. it could be happen as long as its God's will. Don't know how he feel toward me this present, love doesn't expect whatsoever returns.
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@sender621 (14893)
• United States
7 Dec 10
Unrequited love is one of the most painful loves that we can experience. it is love that we have for someone that is not returned to us. Coping with unrequited love is not always something easy for us to deal with. it can lead us to wrong choices and feelings we can not take back. We can't make someone love us. All we can do is love who comes to our heart.
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
7 Dec 10
As long as you are happy in doing so would i agree with that premise. To love someone unselfishly is divine, without expecting anything in return, enduring pain and frustration.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
7 Dec 10
Hi Toni, That depends on the persons' need in my life. I know it is quite difficult to leave the past and move on if this is your first love affair/even crush. The sweet memories of those days (irrespective of the fact whether your proposal got accepted or not) will continue to be in your memories no matter what you say or no matter what you believe... They just would never go. Cheers, theSids.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
9 Apr 12
Love is indeed a strange feeling that comes and goes without us controlling it. I don't know about other people, but I think love is the worst thing a person can be unfortunate to feel rejected of. The worst time would be when you fall in love with a person with all your heart, mind, and soul and it is unrequited. I think it's easier to bear unrequited love when it's just love for a friend or a crush. But what's really hurtful here is when you are deeply in love with your partner (husband or wife) then that person suddenly loses all his/her love for you. I think it is unfair but a lot of people have gone through this sort of deal. To imagine that someone you married falling out of love for you is just unbearable and I don't think that anyone should experience that feeling. But still, regardless how many times the person shows you that he/she no longer loves you, you cannot let go because not being able to talk or be with the person just takes your breath away and the pain is so much that it's better to be hurt seeing the person instead of being away from the person. I know it's martyrdom, but doe we really have a choice? It's sad really, and my sister-in-law is going through it. Worst, there's nothing we can do about it. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!
• Philippines
8 Dec 10
Maybe...maybe not. It would depend really on the situation and the person. Only one thing is certain, our heart cannot be taught whom to love nor we can stop it from loving someone. Only time can tell how long we can have the feeling for one person.
• Philippines
2 Jan 11
as they say, it takes two to tango. in a relationship, it's not love if it's not returned. this is just my opinion though.
• China
9 Dec 10
My answer is NO.I fall in love with somebody who doesn't love me in the same way and it is so painful.This situation has continued a long time.I don't know how long i can continue to bear it.I just want he can love me as i love him.
@Freezole (246)
• Malaysia
7 Dec 10
No...and just forget it. It happen many times to me..till now i got no girlfriend..so sad..
@shibham (16977)
• India
7 Dec 10
I feel this loneliness too.
7 Dec 10
I guess for a time I would until I get to find that somebody who'll love me in return, someone more deserving. I don't think it should be an obsessive kind of love since it will only hurt you more. Its great that you found your one true love already.