unconditional love

Philippines
July 20, 2007 10:47am CST
Can you love your partner unconditionally? I mean, can you accept your partner as she is despite her mistakes committed against you?
4 responses
• Philippines
21 Jul 07
In a relationship,loving someone unconditionally is a very hard thing to do. Since love must be accompanied with trust. When your partner has committed some mistakes against you, you may now have doubts in mind. To accept what your partner has done should not be the first thing you need to do. You must first of all learn to forgive him or her. Forgiving on the other hand may mean to forget or to accept but I suggest that you must not. Since mistake has already been done, the least you can do is to take that as a lesson as you and your partner will go on to your relationship. This would stop the two of you from making the same mistakes over and over again. True to tell that trust is very hard to gain especially when mistakes have already been made. But with love, forgiveness can retrieved that trust...
• Philippines
5 Aug 07
I hope that it is that easy. The problem is that sometimes emotions are just difficult to overcome especially if the past keeps coming back...
• Malaysia
21 Jul 07
love - nothing rules love and love rules all things
yes. when you truly love someone, it is possible for you to accept one's flaw and still love them no matter how much hurt they've caused you. that's all part of love anyway, to accept someone as who they are, and to forgive. love makes us do crazy things after all. however, if the situation is really bad then it might be best to let go of it.
@Sushicook (690)
• Sweden
20 Jul 07
I think it depends on the severity of the mistakes. I can love my fianceƩ unconditionally, with all his flaws and any things he would do that could hurt me. But if he would do something outrageous like kill our cat or sell our apartment without talking to me first, then I'm not so sure. I think you can love someone unconditionally as long as nothing extraordinary happens. Then it might be a bit more difficult, but still possible.
@madrush (22)
• Philippines
20 Jul 07
The question is a doubtful entry, why ask "can you love your partner unconditionally" wherein you shouldn't ask at all. If there's a small bit of existence of doubt, you already have this subconscious condition living beneath your heart. Never doubt to love unconditionally. Now of course, it takes two to tango, if she's willing to change and love you unconditionally in return that's good. If not, take reference of Weird Al Yankovic's song "you don't love me anymore"... =)