How can you be blind with love?

@gaea23 (252)
Philippines
December 12, 2011 3:04am CST
I always hear the saying that goes like this: "Love is blind". How will you explain this quotation? It is a broad topic when you say love. But it should not be taken for granted the real essence of it. We love people because,if, it should not be like this. We should start with acceptance and then we can love unconditionally. A lot of young men & women always denoted with this saying. Is it because they are blinded with what they feel? Should we decide for our young ones who should they go with and who they should fall? It is really a sad thing that love is being characterized with wealth. There was a time I heard that a parents chose the man for their daughter because the man is wealthy and they think of their daughters future. But the daughter refused because she doesn't feel any love to that man and her parents got angry to her causes her to elope with her current boyfriend. In this kind of situation, who has failed? What do you think mylotters?
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@taura2p (349)
• Romania
15 Dec 11
I think that love can really blind you. Let me explain myself. There are some things you would never accept in a person, but when you fall in love they do not matter anymore. You can accept many horrible things, without thinking, even when you know they are not good for you. I think that people should put in balance the good and the bad things and they should draw a line and count them. Then to make a decision.
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
13 Dec 11
It's a phrase one says to someone who loves blindly. Usually when the other is older or physically not good for others. Some says one is blind if one fell in love with someone who's already married and never think about the other people who may be stepped on if they continue their relationship. For me, I do think that love is not blind. It sees even when you are literally blind. I think our hearts has eyes So we know and feel that we love someone.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
12 Dec 11
I think love can cover a multitude of flaws, but we should not idolize the loved one! Thjey say there is three stages to love.. infatuation, disillusionment, and acceptance (they too have flaws just like we our self does!) Many do not make it through stage two, but stage three is said to be the best one.. Relationships go through the three stages many times throughout the love..
@julianmac (396)
• Malaysia
13 Dec 11
I'd say love turns blind when one embraces the flaw of the other. Accepting someone just the way they are and not trying to change them to fit into ones own life is the sign of true love. When true love exists, love turns blind. From another angle, love is blind too when one of the partner willingly becomes a floor mat for the other. Sometimes there are even people who are willing to sacrifice anything including their own lives in the name of love. No one in their right mind would do things like these. Eloping is no big deal but what comes next is the real issue. Together the couple must struggle to come up in life without any kind of help from anyone. Only true and blind or unconditional love should I say will stick them together for better and worse.
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@megamatt (14291)
• United States
12 Dec 11
There are many times where people do tend to overlook the obvious bad things because of the fact that they think that they are in love. Could be a good thing, as they are seeing some good that others are not going to see. However, it could be a bad thing, as they are trapped in a bad relationship, because they are unable to really see the very glaring and obvious flaws. There are a lot of times where love can be a rather twisted thing. People have done crazy things, perhaps foolish things. There are times where your heart will lead you right, but there are times where you need to listen to your brain. There are a lot of times where both are wrong. Love is strange. I doubt that we'll ever be able to fully understand it, if we live to be a thousand years old.
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@hnaboro (113)
• Uganda
12 Dec 11
Love is only blind when you are still in the relationship, the moment you get out of that relationship, you begin to SEE! You begin to wonder why it took you so long to leave the relationship. why you did not move in a different direction et cetera. Yes, Love is blind when you are still in the cocoon!
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
12 Dec 11
I don't believe in in arranged marriages, I believe love has to find two people. The feeling of love is the most beautiful feeling it is not something that can be arranged, maybe sometimes it might be a lucky strike but I believe each person is given one life, one journey to travel and it is the inner voice within that person to guide them through that journer and that no one else should interfere with that journey.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
20 Dec 11
hi gaea I think people spread this a lot whem two people really have unconditional love for one another. they do not realize that when you put conditons on a love its not a true love like telling the girl oh I love you if you will lose ten pounds or to the guy oh I love you but I wont marry you until you grow some hair on t that bald spot. lol thats not read love. in unconditional love I loved my husband with all of his good and bad traits. I did not want to remake him into something else. to me others may see this as us turning blind eyes to one another's faults. it is just not true. we are not blind to each others faults. we just accept them as part of the person we love. It is that simple. As for arranged marriages how can yo u make someone love someone when they do not even know them . the couple have to live with each other to know each other but e even then you can like someons and not love them. love is not given to everyone and it cannot be forced.If the daughter did not love him you could not force her to. either one loves someone with all their heart or they do not. simple as that. Let the daughter find here own love.Herein the United States of America we do nit force our children to love someone we pick out. we let them find their own mates and almost all the time it does work out. - ui
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
12 Dec 11
i believe love is not blind it sees but it doesn't mind..i see that my partner is not perfect but i don't mind about it.. He is not super handsome but i still do love him..Sometimes i see his bad attitude but i accept everything about him..i feel so much inlove on him..
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• Philippines
12 Dec 11
exactly when we say "Love is blind" what it really means is that our emotion takes over our mind to rationally think what we are doing that is why we do something stupid when we are in love. Love is a broad word to explain and its too abstract for people who haven't felt what love and to be loved back.We have a notion to follow and literally understand some quotations about love when they are far more deeper than that when we really try to understand them. I sometimes wish there is a branch of science that would deal with love...hahaha...to explain everything about love and theories that govern why people fall in love, that would be very funny... as for the parents and daughter issue, well I don't know.For me i guess the parents are just looking forward for their daughters future and for her to have a stable life, that is why they choose a person who is wealth but the girl does love (If it was me if the guy is rich,handsome,tall goo goo goo ha! just joking). ohh well that is all i can say ... have a great day gaea23
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