Do you believe that as relationship count years LOVE started to fade away???

blooms but fades - Is this really love will be
Philippines
September 30, 2007 9:38pm CST
Counting years in a relationship was really a happy thing as time goes by you discover a lot of things through him/her. But does LOVE really fades while it counts,a lot of my friends tell me that they started to get used to it, and they intend to find something new. which is really a hurtful feeling for a person.How about you??maybe you could share something about this???
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
1 Oct 07
I think it really depends on the people involved. Love at the beginning of a relationship and early on is definitely different to years-in. Different chemicals are released to our brain and we may not experience the infatuation that we first felt. I don't think that the love fades, but it matures and changes with age. Familiarity means that we're not always out to impress our partner any more, we may be content just to sit in silence, or some such. I think that the intimacy and friendship are what count as a relationship matures.
• India
1 Oct 07
its nice to see that someone else too shares my concept about love anyway your view is cool and matured
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@Malyck (3425)
• Australia
1 Oct 07
Thank you very much =D Have a wonderful day!
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@michecu (637)
• Philippines
1 Oct 07
I don't think that love fades as the years grow. It's just that there are more things we give priority to and love becomes more of a commitment. As the relationship grows stronger, you are both able to focus on other things that's necessary to keep the relationship going like trust, building support for each other, encouraging each other, and helping each other grow. The feeling when you are "in love" somewhat fades but you know that it will not threaten the relationship anymore, as a seed has grown into a tree and has grown roots and branches.
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• China
1 Oct 07
What you say is very reasonable.
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• India
1 Oct 07
i think a relationship gets enhanced as years pass by because with years you understand each other you tend to know each others short comings and would more cope up with that so according to me as time passes by the bond of relationship gets strengthened
@weehihi (132)
• Philippines
1 Oct 07
well it really depends on both parties..if their love is true and strong enough, it wouldnt just fade..if you want to find something new in life, something interesting and exciting, tell your partner..do it with your partner..not change your partner! hehe
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@sithlord (167)
• India
1 Oct 07
some people when they have a relationship are very happy because they can stop searchin for the right one..and relax and be happy..of course after some time you may get bored...but you'll should find new ways to make your relationship more interesting..only then does counting years become a good thing to do....if one continues in the same routine life will be very boring..so a little change once in a while aint bad..so SPICE IT UP...:):D:P
@2babita (1072)
• India
1 Oct 07
Well,I think as the years count the love become more.As the years passed by more and more come to know each other and I think love become more powerful and strong.I don't think it fade away.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
2 Oct 07
ALthough I don't dismiss the idea that it can happen, I really don't believe it has to. People don't have to "get used to" - there's always something new to discover within ourselves and our partners as long as we don't just stay still within the relationship. Life is complicated. Life with another person is even more so. Responsibilities, duties, jobs, children.. it's easy to forget the small things, it's easy to forget conversation - not just what the kids do, how bad the day at work was, bills, etc - real conversation, like when we first met, where we get to really know each other. People don't stay the same, goals change, likes, dislikes, interests .. and sometimes lives are so full and complicated that it's easy to forget to stay in tune with those changes. TO grow together. Of course things are not always like they are at the beginning. THey couldn't be. That first phase based on hormones and lots of curiosity is actually a short phase which is good because it's base not on the real people we are but what we want that special person to be, what we expect, what we dream about. WE don't see or show faults , we're at our best behavior :) It's the first phase and if love is to last, people really couldn't stay in that stage long. IT wouldn't work. I studied this a long time ago but I think the stages - according to some - go something like that : attraction - romance - passion - intimacy - commitment. HOwever people sometimes reach the intimacy or commitment phase and think " that's it" "it's done" I don't have to do anything else now.but it is never done. It's an ongoing thing right? :) In the end after the all is great you're so perfect phase, and the darn you have some things you didn't show before ( entering reality ) , and the Ok you're not perfect, no one is, but I do love you and it's good to know the real you, then the real thing starts. And for the real thing to continue it needs to be anything but stagnate. Remember the small things that count,find new things in each other, discover new interests together, enjoy old interests together, remember to have alone time, feel free to change sometimes if you wish- visual, choices, interests - and then rediscover each other all over again :) It's supposed to be a fun ride, what that takes you by the seat and makes you want to go on allover again- not a ride around the block in tricycle :) 4. Exit
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
18 Oct 07
I dont think so... maybe if you let the flame of love goes away, then it will fade. But if you just keep on showing love each day of your days together, the love that you feel for each other would grow and grow and grow more and more. Never take for granted your special one just because you know that she will always be there.
@vogelvrij (196)
• Netherlands
1 Oct 07
I think, the longer I am with my husband, the more I appreciate what he is all doing for me. How he can make me feel better on a terrible day, knows exactly how to comfort me and make me more relaxed etc. etc. Real Love doesnt fade away. The bond together grows stronger and stronger. First you say I am dating ...., after marriage you say I am married to .... and finally after x counting years (for everyone a different stage) you say I have found my true soulmate and I love him deeply.
• United States
1 Oct 07
True love doesn't fade. Love isn't just the good thing, bad times and bad things are in the package. You cannot see a perfect person. Everyone has a flaws and warts in their own character.True love on the other hand will accept what a person may have or haven't. You don't have to count anything in terms of love. A real love is something you will give selflessly. It is a kind of love that even somebody will hurt you again and again, the feelings and emotion are still there. You cannot find a perfect person in this world. When you love, you're willing to give and to received. Your willingness to care even if someone can't return what you can offer.
@alamode (3071)
• United States
1 Oct 07
If it is really love, it doesn't fade away... it grows stronger! I think that maybe your friends have never been in true love. I have been with my husband for 44 years, and we still find ourselves happy in each others company. Infatuation fades when the novelty wears off... love gets better and better!
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
1 Oct 07
yes right.u fight then,u make up and then u fight,then u hug up these are all bound to happen to anybody.it fades away only when u r on a holiday maybe where u feel close to each other.there is no time for love now.u getused to it all the time and it s hapeening!
• China
1 Oct 07
Two personal demands of love each others continuously explore commom intrest and maintain the hair Zhang that two people's relation hold out for long time.
• United States
2 Oct 07
i think that love just changes as you count it. i mean one day you just wake up and realize what made you fall in love with that person is not who they are today. everyone changes in relationships there is nothing you can do about it, its just life. the things you love today may not even be there tomorrow. cherish what you have bc it may be gone by morning.