Does love really exist?

United States
August 28, 2007 3:25pm CST
I know a lot of people that seem to think love is a made-up human emotion. They have no hope of finding that "one true love", nor hope of everlasting compainionship. I wonder to myself about these people "How do they ever find happiness?" To actually think, love is made-up and bogus... that's just sad. To be someone of this nature, you would have to had parents that never loved you, no friends, never had a girlfriend. How sad it would be. What is your opinion on this topic? Do you think love exist, or is it just a word? Is it a feeling, or just another way the mind coops with the sad reality of life? What would life be like without the love of a compainion?
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17 responses
• United States
28 Aug 07
Love DOES exist BUT not all people are capable of loving. And that's the truth. In order for someone to be truly loved, that person needs to love him/herself first. If you don't love yourself first, you CANNOT love anyone else.
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• United States
11 Sep 07
not at all.
• United States
28 Aug 07
Isn't that the horrible truth. I do love myself, and believe in love. I was just curious what everone else thought. Seems I got some silly answers in return, from the last 2 people :P I don't think it's a silly question do you?
@josdevos (26)
• Belgium
29 Aug 07
Love excists, it is as simple as that !
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• United States
31 Aug 07
Guess I can't argue that huh?? lol.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
29 Aug 07
Love really does exist. Some people show it better than others do.
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• United States
31 Aug 07
That goes with personality. I have only cried maybe 5 times in my whole life. Then, I know some people, even men, that cry daily. Does that mean I have no love? Of course not, I still love as much as the next man. Good point, thank you :)
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
29 Aug 07
For someone to think love is made up, makes me think they have never felt it in their life, which is sad. But I must admit, I never felt it as a child, but I do now that I am married. I am sure i'll feel it more if I have my own kids. I know I love my friends and my husband. I know I love my pets. I also know that it takes work to make a relationship work. You do have to work at a marriage, it isn't something that thrives on its own.
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• United States
31 Aug 07
lol. Could you imagine a relationship where two people just "let it happen"? That would be interesting to watch :) Very good point and thank you.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
29 Aug 07
Hi LordGregoroftheSith! I believe that love exists. Why? Because I am living with a husband who have loved me unconditionally, all of my flawas and faults. Our marriage is not perfect but I know that the love we have is the kind that is true and that will last til we grow old. Yes, it is sad when people sometimes get cynical about love, I can't blame them because they might have experienced so much pain because of it. However, we have experienced sadness and pain too when we get hurt because of love but that didn't stop some of us to look and find our true love. I just hope that whatever the reasons are, people will somehow see love one way or the other because without love, we will never be completely happy. And love can come in all forms, from a companion, from a family or from a friend. Just my thoughts. Take care and have a nice day!
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• United States
31 Aug 07
I am glad to hear you have a good relationship. It is sad nowadays to see people with poor relationships. I agree with you 100%, and nothing is perfect. If you said your relationship did not have faults, I would laugh at you :)
@maheksaj (117)
29 Aug 07
no i think love does not exists........cos i am a person who thought tht there are still ppl living in this world with love...........but all are bloody hypocrates...selfish who only think abt their happiness and satisfaction.......they lay their own rules and live on.....there is no love in the place where i am connected but i do hear still ppl telling tht they have fallen in love....................poor chaps......
• United States
31 Aug 07
I guess we have all seen our own side of "the story". Story being that of life. I have seen people with no love in their life that is true. Yet, I have seen people with love. I guess it depends on the person maybe?
@lesnan (537)
• United States
28 Aug 07
Love really does exist. I saw it on the shelf in the fertilizer section at Target yesterday. :-)
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• United States
31 Aug 07
That is some good fertilizer ;)
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
29 Aug 07
This is subjective depending on one's view of their life experiences.For some, it is just a word and it does not exist and what only exist for them is the "love" for one's self.it is kind of selfish but that's how they survive in this world. but for most , it does exist because we feel it and we have experienced it in our peer groups.but love is not just about feelings, it is just an initial reaction but true love means, trust,care,understanding and giving where Love is unconditional and not limiting.
• United States
31 Aug 07
Indeed, love for oneself is very selfish. Yet, it is necessary. If you can't love yourself who can you love?
• Pakistan
28 Aug 07
No, I dont think true love exist.
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• United States
31 Aug 07
True love maybe not, but what about just love itself?
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
29 Aug 07
Love really does exist, but not in the form that many people expect it, so in that sense, it could be viewed as a made-up emotion. That starts to get very philosophical, though. Like the expression about the sound in the forest, whether if there were nobody there to hear it, would it exist. It could easily become a question of whether we dominate love or love dominates us...the answer is neither, of course. That is why we shouldn't try to dominate each other.
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• United States
29 Aug 07
Very well put :). Anything I say will just be repeating you so I will not say it.
@gesell03 (173)
• Philippines
29 Aug 07
if love never really existed our whole existence is pointless, its like saying there is a truth then saying there is no truth, you see it does not necessarily mean that if you dont know love that love is not there. what you need to have is an oopen mind. life is sad, life , existence actually could mean there is no meaning at all to everything, the good thing here is you can create your own meaning and find love in your own context.
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• United States
31 Aug 07
Yeah, could you imagine a life without love? I mean for anything? I love movies, I love video games, I love my family, I love a good tasty meal. I mean SOMETHING lol. Someone askes you if you like to eat. "NO!! I HATE FOOD IT'S NASTY!!!" That would be sad, wouldn't it?
• United States
29 Aug 07
Of course love exists, but it isn't just in a relationship sense. Even if were aren't capable of loving another person, or capable of being loved ourselves, it still exists. We all love something, everyone of us. Whether it be a hobby, living, eating, breathing, pets, people; there is something we all love. It is not made up, I find it very hard to love people. Probably because human beings are one of the nastiest creatures on earth. Their crappy personalities, the fact they think the world should revolve around them, their impatience, their inability to be kind and helpful, their attitudes etc. Most people disgust me, and it is hard to love something you are disgusted by. I love other things. It is the same feeling transferred to something else, just not most people. I love my family, but I have raised them to be the human beings that all of us should be. I love writing, I love flowers, I love snails, turtles, I love the internet, etc. Because of my love for these things, I am dedicated to them. I get the same feeling seeing a turtle swim or cross the road as I get watching my kids walk for the first time or say their first words, or get an A+ at school. Love is a feeling and a rush of adrenaline you get, and does not have to be directed to just people. You can still have and you still need companionship, but that doesn't mean you have to be in love with that person. It just means you have to enjoy their company. When they leave, you go back to the things you love doing or being around.
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• United States
31 Aug 07
You are more than right on this subject, and I truely do believe in love itself. I just wanted to see if anyone believed in it, or even, knew what real love is. :) Thank you, you saved me the trouble of explaining it. Does that make me a mean person? :P
@dymezse3 (58)
29 Aug 07
yeah when you really like someone and you want to spend the rest of your live with dem that is probably love.:)
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• United States
31 Aug 07
It might be... then again, I know married people are married and hate each other lol.
• China
29 Aug 07
Yes, love does exist, though it may not so romantic as the film or the tale depict,prince and princess,happy ending, things like that, but it exist. I believe it and hope everyone will get their true loves. ^^
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• United States
31 Aug 07
Isn't it sad that you are right? Or is it? The love movies speak of, is nothing more than the inablility to live without someone. What is even worse, is people have given into this and now believe they can NOT live without someone else. I think we need that ability to depend on ones self. It pushes us, drives us to love ourself. And THAT is the love you need.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
16 May 08
I think love exists at some point. The way everyone shows it is where it makes a difference. The ones that can't bear to love at all, truly never felt how it feels to love someone. The ones that can't love anymore because of previous heart breaks isn't their fault at all. It is hard for me to feel love as good as I felt it the first time I felt in love because I have had many heart breaks. Guys would love me and then leave me. It is hard to get back in the swing of things when the people that tell you they love you, leave you in the end. I don't think anyone would like this kind of thing happening to them at all. Love stinks at some point and not everyone welcomes it as easily because of the price that one has to pay if they dare try to love anyone.
@xiuluoelly (1224)
• China
31 Aug 07
Of course, love really exists, so much praise on the love of poetry to prove that love is thinking of the other side, want to sacrifice everything for each other's feelings, sometimes people always miss the love, but also some people in the right position and give up nothing, in any case, it is all there.
• Philippines
31 Aug 07
Yes of course it is existing, long before the world is created by God.I believe that we are all created by God with LOVE(great love)