Love More than Like
By timetravel
@timetravel (1425)
United States
November 21, 2011 9:10am CST
Is there anyone in your life who you love a lot, but don't always like? Do you think it's possible to love someone deeply but not like him or her as a person? Perhaps a mother who loves her son because he's her son, but doesn't "like" him because he's a criminal, thief, murderer....Is it possible? Have you ever loved someone for a long time but disliked them, too?
3 responses
@ElicBxn (63642)
• United States
22 Nov 11
My roommate says she loves her brother but doesn't like him much.
I have to say that is more than I do. I don't like my brother much, but he is my brother and it was a lot easier to love him when he was a few hundred miles away... now that he's in town... well... I suppose I still love him, maybe, but I sure don't like him very much.
Oh, its not so much because he's a bad guy, just that we have totally different ways of looking at things...
@timetravel (1425)
• United States
22 Nov 11
that's sort of what I was talking about - you love someone because he or she is your sibling or parent or child but if you weren't related - would you voluntarily choose that person as your friend?
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@starlight_starbright (810)
• Philippines
21 Nov 11
Hi timetravel,
It is quite a question you have there. I have one example for that. Mostly our parents are so strict that we may tend to hate them in a way but we love them no matter what. Liking someone without loving is possible but I don't think it would be possible to love someone without liking that someone? Hmmmm...Well...that is how I see it. Let's here from other! 
@timetravel (1425)
• United States
21 Nov 11
I don't mean not liking them always, unless that is the case. Like, I love my husband but sometimes don't like him when I'm doing something and he interrupts me time and again. Maybe it's his behavior I shouldn't like, but I end up, for the moment, not liking him much.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
21 Nov 11
Love does not mean you never dislike that person.
So many people do love their partner but also can dislike their partner for a long time or periods.
Parents are not different if it comes to that. They are also not blind for what their kid is doing.
But the thing about love is you are able or willing to still see the person and not only the (bad) deed or behaviour.
What I want to say is: you can love a person but you can still hate or dislike what this person is doing.
I never loved someone I also disliked for a long time. At the moment I really started to dislike that person my love was over already for a long time.
@timetravel (1425)
• United States
21 Nov 11
that makes sense - w here you love the person but dislike the behavior - completely different than disliking a person while loving him or her.
