Love without friendship

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@xxj3ffxx (501)
Australia
January 25, 2011 8:51pm CST
Everyone knows that every love relationship starts with friendship. The fact that people prefer friendship so as to know each other.. But nowadays people do things express way.. skip the friendship and go for love relationship.. whats your opinion?
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22 responses
@zenki08 (700)
• Philippines
27 Jan 11
There is no rule when it comes to love. It is not science or math it has no specific pattern. If people start at friendship, it's there choice. If they go on a serious relationship and it works out then all are happy. You cannot compare situations because they are different. One cannot say a long standing friendship is better than a relationship that was built a day or two. There are relationships that long that don't work out and their are relationships with short courtships that work out and vise versa.
@khalida (1126)
• India
28 Jan 11
yes, i agree. that is more or less what i tried to explain in my comment earlier but you have given a more refined and clear picture to it :) at the end of the day, it depends on the two people and how they consider their relationship
@khalida (1126)
• India
29 Jan 11
ha ha ha :) too much of love stories can have an effect on you i guess it depends on the situation each person is suited with. i learnt something from this discussion today
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
29 Jan 11
All that i can do is to agree... different people has different situation.. it's starting to make all sense now. Am watching too many love movies that i spaced out of the reality of things... Thank you guys for your explanation.
26 Jan 11
i have done both. i am single at the moment but i definatly prefer some form of friendship first.
28 Jan 11
if you become friends with someone before you date them then you have got to know that person and know little things and know what your getting yourself into. if you dont know them first then it means your getting to know the little things/habits, which could be fun.
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
28 Jan 11
Yes... its more like an adventurer thing you are talking about.. but this method is 80percent risky... the 20percent is for the lucky person who found the right person in a gambling way...
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
27 Jan 11
you have done both? having done both.. you may share a bit with us whats good and bad about the two ways of relationship... if you dont mind
• Philippines
27 Jan 11
Love and friendship go hand in hand in every relationship. So it is impossible if you just fall in love with the person and not making friends with her/him at the same time.
@khalida (1126)
• India
28 Jan 11
well i believe that the bonding is more important than merely calling it friendship right!? lovers can be like friends to enjoy each others company but the bonding matters more than anything :)
@reneezoso (392)
• India
27 Jan 11
Starting with friendship is always been a trend.. u wanna do something different go ahead.. im with you.... WIth friendship u kno all about the other person , his likes/dislikes..ablah blah... but Without friendship..its like love at first sight.. for most of the cases it may be good for about 2-3 weeks.. and then your relationship might fade off... so i strongly suggest get in freinsdhip and then fall in love.. :) :) :)
@khalida (1126)
• India
28 Jan 11
when its friendship you can get to know the likes and dislikes of your partner but when it comes to love and a life partner you need to be way too close and almost nothing hid between them. so liking and knowing alone doesn't matter cause that can change. right!?
• Philippines
29 Jan 11
Well, I think it's okay if you start out as lovers and then you end being bestfriends on the long run. I would say the same for myself. My partner and I started out as lovers right away not knowing the flaws and bad personality of each other. Then later as our relationship deepened, we became comfortable with each other's presence and we became the best of friends. Well, it depends on how the relationship would go for some.
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
29 Jan 11
I see.. I wonder if the man in the relationship attractive? I believed that for a girl to accept such relationship to start as lovers, there is at least one spark that make the girl flashed to the guy. And the things goes also for the girl who is surely attractive too..
@Selline (22)
• New Zealand
26 Jan 11
Start with friendship are always the best way. Since if you skip the friendship you will never know your love one well and you both will have many problem together.
• India
26 Jan 11
one cannot consider a close friend as a lover .. it is a true fact
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
27 Jan 11
I think close friend is best lover that everybody can get as a close friend knows your strength and weakness. if the friend decides to be your lover, i think he/she will accept them as a matter and true love can exist
• India
26 Jan 11
I strongly believe that any relation starts with good friends. Good friendship once understood well can lead to a good relation. I totally agree with you nowadays that every relation is getting express way and by the time people wink all relations are finished.
• Philippines
28 Jan 11
for me friendship is still the best foundation in a relationship. its where you get to know each other to develop respect and trust with each other.
• Philippines
26 Jan 11
Yeah, sometimes you just fall so fast that you just don't wanna be friends anymore. These was this chic from school who was introduced to me cya friend. When I saw her I just fell go love right then and there. And when she smiled, the sun seemed to have shined its brightest. I courted her after a couple of days and when she said she wanted to be friends, I misinterpreted her, I thought she didn't like me so I just quit courting her. After a while, her friend called me a coward. I asked why and she said it's because I stopped courting her. She also said that her friend, the one I courted, actually liked me but wanted to be friends at first. It was wrong move, big time.
@khalida (1126)
• India
26 Jan 11
well, if two people are friends first and then get into the relationship probably they might be problems. i will tell you why. the expectations as a friend and a lover are two very different things, this change might give rise to misunderstanding too. If they move as an express and straight away start a relationship, this shows that they don't want to fool each other saying friendship and they can understand each other better right? either way, one must be clear of the fact that they like or love the other person. that is all that matters.any other problems can be solved if they have the willingness to. people think you can get to know your partner well by spending few years with them or probably live-in but at the end of the day, nobody can give the gaurantee they will remain the same after marriage! right!? i guess that was too long than i expected to answer! LOL :D :P
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
27 Jan 11
no.. its alright.. its the first comment i got which is completely different opinion.. and yea.. as a matter of fact... i kinda of disagree about "loving someone straight away is better as they dont want to fool each other" As my opinion.. its all the contrary. it does mean that they both want to fool around and curious what will happen next. Am i right?
• India
26 Jan 11
Love without friendship = vodka without RedBull ! No taste,No Kick,No Enjoyment = waste of time and money !
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
27 Jan 11
haha.. i really like your statement.. you probably been in this kind of relationship.. dont you?
• China
26 Jan 11
friendship is the base of love,especially if the two want to be married.being friends means you two may have a lot in common:same interests,same hobbies,and many other things. so when troules come,you two may have great courage to face them.and your love maybe the sweetest in the world.
@xxj3ffxx (501)
• Australia
27 Jan 11
hmm.. i may disagree a bit about the statement that same interest, same hobbies and same other things. Same of many things are very bad.. cause you will never learn more extra things about the other person and you will find yourself more or less equal to him/her. Well.. this is my opinion
• Pakistan
26 Jan 11
yes i like this.
@murtaza45 (173)
• India
26 Jan 11
i am see for other time for friendship for love for girls to your girlsfriends to see for one time love me.your friendship for lover to everyone to can for love our desire for ourself.
• United States
26 Jan 11
With my ex , we weren't true friends. We skipped that step and went straight to passion. Well it didn't last. It fizzled out . We weren't truly connected! But with my guy, we were good friends for months before he told me he loved me , And soon after I told him I loved him back. We Are connected! I now know you Have to be friends first. That way if the passion frizzles, you are Still connected.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
26 Jan 11
I think that that thing also happened ago. It only depends on how people met and how they want the relationship start. Not all my relationship started as friendship and neither i know the guy. So, most of my previous relationship didn't last long, often end up with a wrong guy so i have to end up the relationship as soon as possible.
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 11
Well, you can build a friendship during a love relationship, too. It does not really matter whether to become friends first or lovers first. But yes, ideally you have to become friends first to be able to love someone better.
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
26 Jan 11
Well, you can build a friendship during a love relationship, too. It does not really matter whether to become friends first or lovers first. But yes, ideally you have to become friends first to be able to love someone better.
@Sphinx30 (286)
• Philippines
26 Jan 11
Well my opinion, at first we could not feel Love to the person we like, we might feel infatuation...but as we go along with that person and know about him/her somehow Love emerge. In that way, Friendship relationship may help to feel such Love.
• Philippines
26 Jan 11
in my opinion, a love relationship will last longer if it the lovers have a strong friendship as foundation. during the friendship stage, we can learn a lot of things about our potential partners that can be useful for maintaining a successful and long-lasting love affair.