Do you still believe in love?

It took me a while to find love but when I stopped looking so hard for it i met my husband. We have been together 12 years, married for 11 years. Love is real, sometimes we just get in our own way of finding it. I'm sure you will find your soulmate at the perfect time.

I have not been successful at it, but that doesn't mean it does not exist as I see some that find it and are happily in love.

Love is different at different stages of life. As a teenager even a like, a cuddle, a hug, a kiss is considered as love, as you mature it moves more towards care. After 11 years of marraige I have known that when you genuinely care for a person that love. You need not show every now and then but yes once a while is good. Being there when you are required the most is love. Love for husband, kids, parents and boils down to care.

You have to love yourself first before you can truly love another person. Somebody very wise once said that you cant share what you dont have. So if you dont have love for yourself then how can you give love to sombody else?

Love definitely exists. It has 4 types that I know of, the Agape - the unconditional love; Phileo - friendship, fondness; Eros - lustful love; and Storge - family love. The problem is, when we say we fall in love with a person we are attracted to, we forget to transfer Eros and Phileo love into the best kind of love which is Agape. Sure, at first things might be alright and fun, but if we dwell on Phileo love and Eros love alone, a relationship may not last if it is not converted to the Agape kind of love. So basically, it all starts with 'falling in love', but as time goes by and as we get to know our partner better, it becomes a 'love in' or Agape kind of love that lasts for all eternity. Kudos~!

love is great in fairytales in real life it doesn't exist, yes you can choose to spend your lifetime with someone but is it love to me the closest you can get to love is someone who u would die for, the only people I truly love are my kids relationships imo aren't anywhere near that imo as they get less intense with time and priorities change would u jump in front of a bus to save ya wife or ya kids, to me kids win everytime

That's a part of the game to find the right person. At this point of time, I don't believe it, since I haven't seen the person who will make me feel so in love and will make my world upside down.

Love is certainly not an easy concept. Some people believe that love exists, others think that love is impossible. But from what I saw, everybody has a different definition of it. And most of the times, in discussions, I notice that when we talk about love, we understand different things. I feel that there is no point in talking about love without first asking what we mean when we use the word. Is it the feeling that you will die for somebody else, or a commitment that you will be nearby forever, or the idea that your children will be happy? Is it similarity or the attachment no matter how big are the differences? And now somebody can answer that you will never know until you find it. But still... so many thinkers that approach the subject, not necessary philosophers, we can look also to the multitude of blogs that talk about love, give so various definitions, some of them in complete opposition.

I don't know about others, but I think love is true. All people have many hopes about love. Love makes all hard hearts gentle, but you know Where there is no trust, there is no love.