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July 23, 2005, 3:10 pm PDT

don't mean to be judgemental

I do believe in true love, I do believe in love at first site - however I also know that it is possible to love someone so completely, and have nothing returned. Especially when its someone you have to see and speak to every day.

I have been in abusive relationships or relationships where I was respected as a person for my own opinions or I felt that I was only liked for the physical. Even from strangers or aquaintances I get hit on for the physical and it is frustrating. I didn't grow up with love and acceptance from either parent and I was also neglected at points and it made me realize that I have been loving guys who don't love me for the right reasons to fill that void my parents left me. I realized at least for myself that I don't know what true love is because like you said 'love someone so completely, and have nothing returned.' How is it possible to love someone that doesn't love us back. I have been showing love or caring I believe (besides the fact that that is the type of person I am-caring/doing the right thing), however I do it to those that don't give back because that is all I know (same as my relationship with my parents) and I am trying to reach out for them to understand me/for them to give back. I have also learned that generally those people that don't give back/don't know how to love were also hurt or neglected as children. It is similar with depression-there are people that turn to food to deal with their depression and there are people that starve themselves. I hope I helped you and others to think about all of this. Hang in there. Life can be good, but it doesn't have to be based on someone accepting us or not. We have to feel good that we are good people and if one person doesn't like us (truly like/love us) there is someone out there that does/will, but in the meantime we like ourselves.
 
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March 28, 2008, 10:41 pm PDT

Love At First Sight

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I do believe in true love, I do believe in love at first site - however I also know that it is possible to love someone so completely, and have nothing returned. Especially when its someone you have to see and speak to every day.

 

 

   I most definitely believe in love at first sight. It's a very special gift that our Heavenly Father God gives us, by grace, to share a piece of his abundant love for us. When we are blessed with this moment, our eyes and hearts are miraculously opened to a new divine understanding of the word Love. Your eyes will meet with his or hers and you will feel an intense attraction so much more than the regular physical attraction that was most likely only ever experienced until this point. All of a sudden you will be hit with another confirmation of the Love when that person says their first words to you. Their voice will resonate through your entire being with perfect harmony and the only way to describe it will be amazing. This was my personal experience of Love at first sight when I met my wife-to-be, Lizanne. 

 
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July 30, 2008, 7:28 pm PDT

Can this actually be True Love?

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I do believe in true love, I do believe in love at first site - however I also know that it is possible to love someone so completely, and have nothing returned. Especially when its someone you have to see and speak to every day.

 

 

I know there is such a thing as love at first sight but I'm not sure about true love if there is nothing being returned.  I met someone four years ago and I thought he was someone that I could fall in love with.  We acknowledged the attraction we had but we only got together a couple of times and were not completely intimate. He is a 52 year old bachelor.  After each time together, he would have a change of heart the next day and he never gave me an explanation as to why.  This happened a couple of times.  He works in the same building as I do, so I see him on a regular basis.   I have even aksed him straight out  what I did to make him change his mind and that was just about  six months ago but he just put me off, and I was totally humiliated.   I will never approach him again.  There has not been a day go by that I have not thought of him.  I know he does not want to have anything to do with me but it still does not stop me from thinking about him.  Is this love or infatuation?  Can infatuation last for four years?  I have been out with a few other men since my divorce because I know I have to move on, but I can't seem to get past this.  I think the only way I'm going to stop thinking about him is if I meet someone else.  Obviously, he is just not that into me.   True love is not one sided, so this cannot be true love.    I'm hoping I will find true love with someone that actually loves me back.  Life is too short to settle for less.

 


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