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arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 12:11 AM
Is there anyone else out there who believes in true love? Sometimes I feel very alone and it'd be nice to hear some supportive voices.

I don't know why I still believe in true love. I guess it must be my destiny, or I'm crazy, but somehow, I still do.... even after, well... even now.

Teresa
October 9th, 2004, 12:15 AM
I believe !! _cloud9_ Even after marrying the wrong person I still believed.When I stopped looking for it was when it came to me.It happened slowly but we both just knew from that first introduction that there was something special that we were attracted to about the other.It blossomed and has grown to be a wonderful relationship like I always dreamed of having. _pounce_

-Ember
October 9th, 2004, 12:16 AM
It is a hope. I don't know what exactly you mean when you say "true love", but I believe in solid, lasting, intense love (gotta have a dream ;).)

semi
October 9th, 2004, 12:19 AM
I'm not sure what True Love means. I don't even know what the words I Love You mean anymore. Don't worry about true love. If somebody likes you, wants to be with you, just let it be, without definitions. If there's no one in your life like that right now, there will be. Consider yourself warned. But have fun.

Tsuchimaru
October 9th, 2004, 12:25 AM
I don't know anymore....

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 12:29 AM
It is a hope. I don't know what exactly you mean when you say "true love", but I believe in solid, lasting, intense love (gotta have a dream)

I guess everyone has their own definition of true love. Solid, lasting, intense love is a great definition, and I like that definition. I'd also add that it's the sort of love that brings a commitment that you never regret, ever, for the rest of your life. It's as unconditional as it gets, and every day you can make your lover happy is the greatest day in the world.

But I've already experienced that. I really do still believe in true love, but I have to wonder: how could anything be more true than that? Did I screw up on true love? In any case, I believe in it. I just don't know whether it'll be in my future, or if it was just in my past.


I believe !! _cloud9_ Even after marrying the wrong person I still believed.When I stopped looking for it was when it came to me.It happened slowly but we both just knew from that first introduction that there was something special that we were attracted to about the other.It blossomed and has grown to be a wonderful relationship like I always dreamed of having. _pounce_

Same for me. As soon as I stopped looking, I found her...

That's wonderful, though -- cherish it always!

Mab
October 9th, 2004, 12:30 AM
in a word: totally.

Chibi-Fallon
October 9th, 2004, 12:35 AM
Yeah. :bigredblu

Aowyn
October 9th, 2004, 12:35 AM
I beleive because i have it so don't despair!!!

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 12:39 AM
And how many of you have been hurt... really utterly heartbroken... and still believe?

Boogins
October 9th, 2004, 12:41 AM
Utterly, totally, completely... and yes, I've been broken in half previously.

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 12:44 AM
Utterly, totally, completely... and yes, I've been broken in half previously.

Is that because you've found your true love? If not, I have to ask you: How do you find the strength to believe in something so noble when it all seems so hopeless? I believe... but I lack the optimism. :)

Teresa
October 9th, 2004, 01:08 AM
I was crushed and I still believed !!! My first marriage was a domestic violence situation and it took a few years after that before I was even comfortable around my friends.I have grown in many ways.That process made me who I am today and the person that my SO loves.

Boogins
October 9th, 2004, 01:21 AM
Is that because you've found your true love? If not, I have to ask you: How do you find the strength to believe in something so noble when it all seems so hopeless? I believe... but I lack the optimism. :)
I've found him, yes. :) I knew that within 72 hours of meeting him, and so did he. It's a wonderful feeling that feeds the soul.

TheTempestuous1
October 9th, 2004, 01:33 AM
Yes of course! People who don't just haven't found it yet :) I knew within a month that I loved him, and without a doubt by 6 that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. :) I am too young to get married yet (19) but we are planning on it when I graduate with the bachelors (then go onto masters and phd though.) He's 26 and his name is Jason. He's just the most wonderful person I've ever known and truly my best friend. We could never be without eachother. We've been together for 2 years and one month now. :hearteyes :loveduv: :smoochypo

Celtique
October 9th, 2004, 01:35 AM
I don't think it's impossible. I believe true love exists. I just don't count on it, because if I do, it won't happen.

DixieWitch
October 9th, 2004, 01:37 AM
Yes I do! Very much so! It took me a few failed attempts at it before I found my *real* true love though!

Serendipity
October 9th, 2004, 01:37 AM
I believe in love. I don't believe that we only have one person that is our "true love". I believe the heart can love deeply, one times, a few times, many times.

I deeply, feverishly love my husband with all of my heart, but I've had love like this in my past, too.

AuroraSilvermist
October 9th, 2004, 01:45 AM
Of course I believe--I married my true love. :)

This probably sounds arrogant, but I see so many people in relationships--friends, family, acquaintances--where they don't really KNOW the other person. Sure, they know their partner's likes and dislikes, family history, and habits, but they don't actually seem to know that person's heart and spirit.

I believe that true love means you understand your lover's desires and fears, and you love them in spite of, or perhaps even because of, the things they choose to keep inside...the things that only you can see.

Smiley Girl
October 9th, 2004, 11:49 AM
I believe it :D I've found it and couldn't be happier. :smile:

soilsigh aingeal
October 9th, 2004, 12:00 PM
I have been hurt, completely heart broken. I won't go into details because it is a personal issue for me. After that, I was in a horrible relationship with someone whom I had to force myself to believe he loved me. And it ended terribly (this time my heart wasn't broken). Now that I've been single for a little while, I've been wondering the same thing, just from being down, I guess. But if it does or not, deep down, I know that it does.

semi
October 9th, 2004, 01:03 PM
In answer to the second question, about being hurt and still believing, I would have to say no, I don't believe anymore. I was with a woman for 6 years then my heart was ripped out, used as a toilet, and thrown in the trash. All by this woman who said she loved me and would love me forever. So these days, no, I don't believe. But I would like to.

Jeleia
October 9th, 2004, 02:10 PM
I used to believe in true love. I don't anymore. Probably has something to do with being hurt in the recent past...

misschief
October 9th, 2004, 02:14 PM
i don't believe in it in an eternal kinda way. but true love happens all the time. it can last for one minute, or a hundred years, you never know.

Pol
October 9th, 2004, 02:17 PM
I believe it :D I've found it and couldn't be happier. :smile:

Indeed :)

I believe in true love, I just think a lot of people never find it..

Dove
October 9th, 2004, 02:19 PM
I believe in “True Love” with all my being!!
I believe, because every time I’ve ever been in love,
It was as True as “true” can be!!!

When I love …
I love with every fiber of my being!!!

Now …
The question of “True Love” also being something that lasts for all time.
Or that “true love” is always mutual ….
Hmmmmm …
Those are things I “DON’T” believe in.

-Ember
October 9th, 2004, 02:30 PM
Regarding the second question (have I had my heart broken) yes. Not by anyone in particular. Just a long series of experiences that had me convinced for a long time that I wasn't just unloved, or even just unloveable, but unlikeable.

To add to my earlier definition of true love: Love in itself isn't too hard. Caring strongly for someone despite all their flaws isn't too hard (putting up with them being an entirely different matter... you can love someone and not be able to stand them.) True love, being able to care deeply for someone despite/through your own wounds and flaws, that is a little harder. But I am optimistic enough to think the human spirit is capable of it.

RogueSpirit
October 9th, 2004, 02:34 PM
I had true love... it lasted six years. I feel very lucky. It broke my heart in little bitty pieces when it ended. I was depressed, felt constantly sick to my stomach for months, couldn't eat, lost a ton of weight and was altogether miserable for several months. I became very self destructive in more ways than one when it ended. It isn't that we don't love each other, we just grew apart... that happens. We're still friends and I still love him... considering the risk he takes in emailing me every few months, I'm guessing he feels the same. But something is irrevocably changed about that love because we'ver tried over the years to get back together and something was missing between us.

Since then, I haven't found it again with anyone. It's not that I haven't loved anyone, I just haven't been in love with anyone. Not like that. And I have been severely hurt, even abused, since then and I haven't given up on love or relationships or men or myself.

sandra_the_green
October 9th, 2004, 02:36 PM
I believe in “True Love” with all my being!!
I believe, because every time I’ve ever been in love,
It was as True as “true” can be!!!

When I love …
I love with every fiber of my being!!!

Now …
The question of “True Love” also being something that lasts for all time.
Or that “true love” is always mutual ….
Hmmmmm …
Those are things I “DON’T” believe in.

thats exactly how i feel.

Aedrais
October 9th, 2004, 02:39 PM
Yes, I believe in true love, and even a little bit of destiny. I believe that some people have more than one 'true love' in their lifetime. I believe that some people have several. I also believe that some people only have one, because they only need one true love to grow and learn all they need to.

I believe in a love so strong that it can save your life, and others. A love that overcomes adversities- the tiny and the huge. I haven't found it yet- at 16, I wouldn't expect to have- and you know, I also believe that some people never will find a true love in this lifetime. If I don't that's alright. ;) But I sure as hell believe that it exists. Both the "romantic" true love and the "friendship/soulmate" true love. :bigredblu

MockingbirdOxygen
October 9th, 2004, 03:38 PM
_inlove_ I do totally believe in true love, because it found me. I just don't think that it comes until you are truly ready for it to happen. Sometimes you have to go through all these other relationships, even the bad ones, especially the bad ones; if you didn't, you would not realize what a gift you've been given when you found the right one. I think that some people don't ever find true love, but it isn't because it's not out there, it's because you are looking for what you think is your true love. And then you might miss something right before your eyes. All you have to do is let go of your preconceived ideas, and then be open to whatever the universe sends you. I had a friend who told me about doing a soul mate call -- she had read a book about it- she just said be careful, because if you're not really ready, you will love each other, but you will have more problems. So I invented a sort of chant, and cast it out over the ocean while on vacation. And my timing was probably off because I was still (very unhappily, but for the kids' sake) legally married to someone at the time. The funny thing is, I had this other person in mind when I did it. I meditated and prayed for very specific signs...and received them...from the guy who was my best friend at the time..and I tried to ignore it, because not only was I getting ready to go through a divorce with my first husband, a close friend of mine was in love with the best friend, too! It was hard to lose them. But I felt better after watching the movie "Kissing a Fool", when the guy gave some quote about "true love cannot be created where it does not exist, nor can it be hidden where it truely exists" Don't get me wrong, I don't think a totally blissful relationship really can exist on this earth, and I'm not naive enough to think that since I am married to my true love that means nothing could ever go wrong with us. What it means is, this is the person who put the final missing pieces in place for me, when I finally let him, and I did the same for him, and we hope it will last forever, but we do still live in an imperfect place, and stuff happens. But we both know that if it ever falls apart, we will both walk away better people, we will always love each other, and we will take a part of each other with us. To me, that has to be true love! :hugz:

Memory's Flame
October 9th, 2004, 04:00 PM
I believe in true love! I am one of the lucky ones, I get to share my life with mine :D

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 07:48 PM
I get really depressed whenever I think about the possibility of a love that doesn't last forever. I can't imagine loving someone for 5 or 10 years and then growing apart...

I've never felt, and I highly doubt I could ever feel more deeply in love than I felt with her. We were so connected that I had many psychic experiences relating to her (and I'm not that psychic). That's not my point, though. My point is just that, if that's not true love, then I don't think I could ever feel enough to truly experience it. Life itself hardly makes sense if that wasn't true love.

Could someone kindly answer this question for me? Is it possible that someone might come into our lives for a reason, then leave and cause heartbreak and anguish when that reason is over... and we learn a lesson from that pain and searching that comes at that time... and when that lesson is learned, that person comes back into our lives, ready to teach us a new lesson? I don't want to have too much hope... but I want to believe that there's always hope... and it's impossible to imagine that I could ever feel so deeply about anyone else ever again.

I don't want her back now (Pavlovian reaction to the pain..). But I want to believe that, if we build a new relationship, there's a possibility that we'll both rekindle those feelings. I just want the future to be open. Since we broke up, I've often felt that the future/fate is out to get me. I believe there's something that says it *can't* happen... and I want to be open to the mentality that *anything* can happen. Anyone following me? Anyone felt similarly or have anything to offer?... (I'm a little out of it right now, so I hope I'm making sense...)

Sometimes, thinking about this stuff, it's hard to believe I'm not suicidal. Actually, at brief intervals, I am (at least in theory), but it passes.

semi
October 9th, 2004, 09:02 PM
I unquestionably believe that everyone comes into your life for a reason. Everyone provides and opportunity to learn something about yourself and existence. Unfortunately, the lessons can be very painful sometimes. But I don't think growth can occur without pain. If it can, I have never experienced that way of growing, or at least aren't aware that it happened.

I read somewhere a long time ago that the single most painful experience in the animal kingdom is probably the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly. While it is in the cocoon every cell of its body is ripping itself apart and reforming into another being. When I feel like life is beating the crap of me with painful lessons I think of the caterpillar in the movie "Bugs" (Bugz?) who says the greatest line ever: "Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly. Then everything will be all better." I love that. I keep telling myself that. It helps if you tell yourself out loud using the German accent of the caterpillar in the movie. It'll help you laugh.

Xander67
October 9th, 2004, 09:05 PM
I believe in it.

I've seen it happen to wonderful people here in this community.

Serendipity
October 9th, 2004, 09:11 PM
I unquestionably believe that everyone comes into your life for a reason. Everyone provides and opportunity to learn something about yourself and existence. Unfortunately, the lessons can be very painful sometimes. But I don't think growth can occur without pain. If it can, I have never experienced that way of growing, or at least aren't aware that it happened.

I agree with that 150%

Flaire-FireStar
October 9th, 2004, 09:20 PM
Do I believe in it?
Nope.

For the most part, I'm cold and bitter about that subject.

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 11:09 PM
I know with all my heart that the most amazing things can happen if only you believe they're possible. If you don't believe, sadly, you'll probably never get to experience the beauty that has been given to the most innocent and naive of us. (I see all my geek friends in love, and I *know* why it's great to be a geek. Of course, we can also feel the greatest pain...)

People who don't believe in love never find it. People who believe in it passionately and deeply may well find a passionate and deep love.

I don't know what my future holds. I try to believe that the universe isn't totally against me... that just because I may want something, doesn't mean it won't happen (although it doesn't mean it will, either). It's getting a lot better. But it's been really hard!

Flaire-FireStar
October 9th, 2004, 11:20 PM
Oh, I believe in love. Just not true love.

Linx
October 9th, 2004, 11:40 PM
I believe in true love. I also believe I have met mine.

He seems not only to be my true love, but as they say my other half. The pair to my own spirit & soul. He is like an extension of myself. There will never be anyone else like him. I know this for a fact. He is the true match for me. It is even written in the stars.

Yes, I know all sappy and all. But I believe it, and it is true :)

arctic splash
October 9th, 2004, 11:45 PM
I believe in true love. I also believe I have met mine.

He seems not only to be my true love, but as they say my other half. The pair to my own spirit & soul. He is like an extension of myself. There will never be anyone else like him. I know this for a fact. He is the true match for me. It is even written in the stars.

Yes, I know all sappy and all. But I believe it, and it is true :)

I don't think it's at all sappy. I know how that feels, and it's simply beautiful. :)

I read a lot of these posts, but I just can't relate to the idea of falling out of love with someone. Even my friends, who I lost contact with over time, I still love just as much as I ever did. Maybe I'm different, or maybe there's something wrong with me for feeling this way, but I never knew real love to end. It can change... it can really change... but when you love a person's soul, you love something that, in essence, is the same as it always was and will be. Maybe it's just me... or maybe I haven't had experiences to teach me otherwise... but when I love, it doesn't end.

GreenAurora
October 10th, 2004, 12:11 AM
I do believe in true love.

I was the kind of young person who never dated. I was not kissed until I was 20, and all of my crushes were unrequited love, which was such a heartbreaking feeling.

I mistakenly married someone I was not compatible with, when I was 25. By 28 I was miserable; I could not even stand to look at him. In the last year of our marriage my husband played on a softball team, meeting a new friend, Phil. At first I thought nothing of Phil excpet that he was a little cocky, which I did not appreciate; I actually thought he would be a bad influence on my already idiotic husband!

After a few months (my husband and I had started marital counseling until he stopped going) of Phil being around, like a bolt of lightning one night, it hit me. It was really weird... like he suddently totally changed in my eyes. I was hit by the sledgehammer of love *l*

Phil was at our house often, but between him and I was just friendship. It was a difficult and odd time in my life.

Finally, I left my husband. It is horrible to say, but all I hoped at the time was that Phil felt for me as I did him. I got up the most nerve I ever used (I'm shy) and told him how I felt. I was afraid I would ruin our friendship, but I just had to know how he felt. He said he felt the same way but, of course, could not do anything about it, so for months he simply "loved me from afar."

So, now we have been together for 2 years and will be married (God willing) in the spring. There are no words to explain how much I love him. I believe in true love because he and I are the perfect fit.

Dallin
October 10th, 2004, 01:46 AM
Sometimes...

soilsigh aingeal
October 10th, 2004, 11:06 AM
i don't believe in it in an eternal kinda way. but true love happens all the time. it can last for one minute, or a hundred years, you never know.
Exactly

Old Witch
October 10th, 2004, 11:08 AM
Been married almost 32 years.....You could say I believe in it....

Klucky
October 10th, 2004, 12:07 PM
Do I believe in it?
Nope.

For the most part, I'm cold and bitter about that subject.

I second that.

-Klucky

Phoenix Blue
October 10th, 2004, 12:28 PM
I second that.

-Klucky
I thought that said "old and bitter" at first, to which I would have replied, "You're not old enough to be old, nevermind old and bitter!"

Klucky
October 10th, 2004, 04:34 PM
I thought that said "old and bitter" at first, to which I would have replied, "You're not old enough to be old, nevermind old and bitter!"

Darn all these punk teenagers with their hippity hop music...

-Klucky

Charise
October 10th, 2004, 04:37 PM
I guess I'll believe it when I feel it..

but I wont hold my breath for it.... I've learned to settled with being content...rather then being in love.

cyber_fairie_king
October 10th, 2004, 06:17 PM
I don't believe in true love because you can love someone with all your heart, and if they break it, and you find someone else, you're always saying to yourself "I never loved him/her as much as I do this person." Or maybe it's just me being biased from my past. If only we could conjure a spell to make couples last _wiz_

Yasmine Galenorn
October 10th, 2004, 06:32 PM
Is there anyone else out there who believes in true love? Sometimes I feel very alone and it'd be nice to hear some supportive voices.

I don't know why I still believe in true love. I guess it must be my destiny, or I'm crazy, but somehow, I still do.... even after, well... even now.

Yes, I do believe in love, I don't think I'd call it 'true'...I believe in deep, abiding love, passionate love, love that can last a lifetime. However, I don't believe that there's only one person out of the multi-billion people on this planet for each of us...I think we can find that love with a number of folks....and sometimes, it's the person you least suspect it would be with. I never dreamed that I'd fall in love with someone like my husband Samwise. We're so much alike in some ways, and yet so very different in others.

As far as falling out of love...you can have the love beat out of you. There's nothing romantic about loving someone who uses you for a punching bag, whether verbally or physically....or both. I know that side of love too, from my ex.

Yasmine

Dextra
October 10th, 2004, 06:40 PM
I believe in love. I believe that some love is stronger than others. But I don't know if I could ever believe in "true" love. And I've been kicked around, broken in two, and left on the side of the road of despair by love. But I still believe. And I think that a real strong love between two people can never die. It just might slip into a coma on occasion, but not die. ;)

arctic splash
October 10th, 2004, 09:40 PM
I don't believe in true love because you can love someone with all your heart, and if they break it, and you find someone else, you're always saying to yourself "I never loved him/her as much as I do this person." Or maybe it's just me being biased from my past. If only we could conjure a spell to make couples last _wiz_

I think the key is to do that when you're together. :) Perform all the spells you want, get all the advice you can get from every source you trust, and just basically work every day to help your love grow. If two people really believe in staying together -- really, really believe in it -- there's nothing stopping them.

arctic splash
October 10th, 2004, 09:43 PM
I believe in love. I believe that some love is stronger than others. But I don't know if I could ever believe in "true" love. And I've been kicked around, broken in two, and left on the side of the road of despair by love. But I still believe. And I think that a real strong love between two people can never die. It just might slip into a coma on occasion, but not die. ;)

I must definitely send some karma your way. :) That was the most encouraging post I've read on this thread. (And thanks to everyone else, too, who's also been encouraging!) I like the coma metaphor...

OKmagnolia
October 10th, 2004, 09:51 PM
I believe in true love. If my husband has stood by my side through all my bull, then it has to be true love. I know that he is the love of my life, and know that he feels the exact same way about me. My mother always told me to dream big, and this time I have gotten that dream to come true. So if I can true love then any one can.

mucgwyrt
October 11th, 2004, 07:04 AM
And how many of you have been hurt... really utterly heartbroken... and still believe?
Yes. Definately.

Cielamara
October 11th, 2004, 08:21 AM
I believe in true love, and I've had my heart utterly shattered, multiple times, over a period of years. I simply refuse to give up hoping, dreaming and believing. I believe that heartbreak and those relationships that just aren't the best for you are there to help you appreciate the truly beautiful moments of true love that come along. I was pretty battered and hurt after I left my ex, but then I met my dreamy little Cancer...and it was all worth it. He's like sunlight to me, and I love him with everything in my existence. True love--believing in it, and feeling it, and sharing it--makes a better person out of every last one of us, I think. So, yes, I believe in it, I believe I'm experiencing it, and even when my life goes to hell on occasion, simply having him in my life makes me almost ridiculously happy. :)

willow_pheonix
October 11th, 2004, 09:16 AM
I used to be very much the love sceptic, i lived with a guy for 8 years and had a wonderful son, but i never loved him i cared a lot for him but never loved. I used to be able to shut the steel door on my heart to keep out all the bad stuff that causes hurt, i don't know why, but i think it was because i refused to be walked on well isn't that what happens when your in love, you do whatever you are asked well no. I have now met the person who changed all that Shirus, we were friends at first but the chemistry between us is so strong, people used to think we were a couple before we got together, we are pretty much into the same stuff but still remain individuals, he knows i am a free spirit and by tying me down i will fly, and i am the same with him, the only problem is i don't actually say to him that i love him but i do i tell him in other ways, so yes i do believe in true love now, the kind you would do anything for the other person and know that we would never put each other in danger, to be totally honest with each other, and above all to be there with a hug when things go wrong. There is someone out there for everyone, when the time is right you will find them, and it's usually who or when you least expect, so don't give up just stop looking and enjoy the present, when it does happen you will know, it may take a while months or even years but it will, heck i'm almost 30 and feel like a teenager at times well it is the first time i have loved someone

Garnet
October 11th, 2004, 02:42 PM
I used to. Several jerks got me over the idea.

Spera
April 1st, 2005, 07:34 PM
And how many of you have been hurt... really utterly heartbroken... and still believe?

I do

Rowan Darkmoon
April 1st, 2005, 07:36 PM
I used to not believe, but now I do. :heartthro

memnoch
April 1st, 2005, 07:38 PM
I fully believe in it, despite the pain and heartache in my past

Philbo
April 1st, 2005, 09:57 PM
I believe it exists, but I don't believe everyone finds true love.

Bigboper123
April 2nd, 2005, 12:43 AM
Sorry I am not a supportive voice. I used to believe, but when you spill black dye on white cloth, no matter how many time you wash it it will still have the black in it. My heart was the white cloth and my past the black dye. However instead of washing my heart I just say to hell with it I like black better anyway.

sarabethv
April 2nd, 2005, 01:31 AM
Yes, I believe. I have even seen what those who have posted seem to regard it as. Love between two people who reciprocate. However, I believe that there are other types of "true" love as well. I do not believe that there is a partner out there with whom I will experience this type of true love. I have loved and truly. I have never been truly loved (well except my son and my dufus dog :)) I say this with both a tear and a smile. The tear for the loss of the love that I have never had, and the smile for the love that I do have.

Æon Flux
April 2nd, 2005, 02:56 AM
haha... sure I believe in true love. But true love is something only a preveleged few get to experience "happily" I just know the downside of it. The ****ing pain when you lay awake at night and hurt constantly and cry...

SilentDreams
April 2nd, 2005, 04:49 AM
I believe in it. I believe though that we have the ability to truly love many people at different times in our lives. Its not always that we didnt' really love the person its that we did but now as we've grown we've also grown out of that love.

Lunadria
April 2nd, 2005, 06:09 AM
I believe, but I'm not sure we're all lucky enough to find it.

It depends how one defines true love. Is it loving someone and them loving you back, or is it companionship? If you care about another person so deeply that it makes your heart ache to be apart, but know that person doesn't return your feelings and maybe never will... is it true love?

Infinite Grey
April 2nd, 2005, 07:56 AM
I think it's out there, just that I'm not able to have it. That is due to flaws within my self.

trippingdaisy
April 2nd, 2005, 08:03 AM
While I believe that true love is rare, I do not think that it is impossible, nor do I think that you only get one chance at it. when people say they have lost the love of their life after a break up, its because they are hurting tremendously. Its because they have lost something that had felt so beautiful, and is now gone, and you trick yourself into thinking that that was the only chance you had of happiness. I know that kind of hurt is unbearable at times, and the emotions you experience- whether it be guilt, anger, bitterness, despair etc- often leave wounds, and you find yourself constantly picking at the scabs instead of allowing them to heal. Yes it'll leave scars, but you cant live your life without getting a few of those- unless you want to die of boredom- and sometimes you have to take risks.
I've hurt so bad that I've thought my soul had actually died, so do I still believe in true love? Of course I do! ok, so at the moment I feel like maybe I havent fully experienced it, but the way I see it is, I cant see air either, and I know that exists. And I agree fully that it wont happen unless you believe that it is really possible. Just dont worry about when it will happen. I think it always finds us at just the right time. :) :hugz:

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But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life. We always face a brand new situation. Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.

You do not win any prizes for guessing what book thats from;)... I really have to stop quoting it so much :D

Pandoras
April 4th, 2005, 03:30 AM
I don't know about 'true' but yes, I belive in love. I'm a hopeless romantic despite having been hurt once or twice. I belive love might come once, it might come many times, or perhaps not at all if a person is not open to it. But I don't define love the way many people do. I don't think love is unconditional, perfect, easy, or unchanging. Real love and real relationships take work, compromise, communication, and much more.

Sothis*Crowfeather
April 4th, 2005, 03:42 AM
Well I belive in love, but I think that it's very rare that one actully finds it. I don't however belive in true love...it's a nice idea, and makes for a great story, but I just don't think it works out that way in reality.

BlackMagicalCat
April 4th, 2005, 04:15 AM
I believe in true love,sometimes love is not easy,it can lead you down roads you would rather not travel.To me love is what you do,not just say,,,,,,,,,,,,,,love needs to be affirmed by how you treat the one you claim to love.,,the bible says love is patient and kind,not easily provoked,does not lift itself up,,,,,,seeks not its own(but the betterment of others)is not haughty or proud,,,,,,,,,,,,God is love.And love that comes from God is pure.(now Lord if you could just send me my true love ill be happy)

Aelfoak
April 4th, 2005, 04:36 AM
Is there anyone else out there who believes in true love? Sometimes I feel very alone and it'd be nice to hear some supportive voices.

I don't know why I still believe in true love. I guess it must be my destiny, or I'm crazy, but somehow, I still do.... even after, well... even now.
I've karmad you because i know how you feel, i do feel lonley myself at times and to be honest my love life has been a disaster of late, mainly becuase i feel that i have met too many bad apples and i tend to just dive in and not think first, my heart rules my head at times, but i know that there is someone for all of us out there and we will meet that someone special when we least expect it, keep believing!

Catiana
April 4th, 2005, 02:42 PM
Nope I don't.