Is love worth it?

South Africa
July 31, 2009 9:28am CST
Just a simple question for all of you out there. Do you think love is really worth it? I mean when you think about all the troubles, the fights, misunderstandings and broken hearts due to love and relationships.what are your feelings about love? Most women in a relationship would sacrifice their careers for their family, and men have been complaining for years about their freedom being lost to their life in a couple. So, look at your life and tell me. Is love worth it?
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@grace118224 (1038)
• China
1 Aug 09
Yeah at least now we feel satisfied with each other. We have been married for two years and had a baby a few months ago. We feel happy indeed . Luckily i don't have to sacrifice my careers and my husband seldom makes any complaints . We take our baby out happily for a walk every day and he is happy too.
@amit2506 (233)
• India
1 Aug 09
This is a very complicated question. I will try to answer Love can we worth it or else it can be very dangerous. If both the partners are understanding in nature then they can make it worth or else they will make it worst.
@Polly289 (269)
• New Zealand
1 Aug 09
Hey, I'm a big sop when it comes to this subject. Yes, love is definitely worth it. If you find that one true person. The one that makes you feel good about yourself and everything around you, it is worth it. Haven't felt like that for a very long time but would be nice to have those feelings again. Life without knowing love is no life at all. That's what I say, anyway.
@angelajoy (1825)
• Philippines
1 Aug 09
Yes, it definitely is. Well, at least for me it is because my boyfriend is really great. I could feel that he really loves me. If one day everything changes I still won't regret it. Of course, I would not hold on to a relationship when a guy so obviously mistreats me, but right now I do everything to make our relationship last because the way my boyfriend treats me makes me work hard to please him.
• United States
31 Jul 09
I've always thought about that question as well and till this day, I still don't really know how I feel about it. I never had a boyfriend before and I know that some may think that I'm already at an age where I should have gone out with a few different boyfriends or at least one. However, I've fallen into crushes and maybe a few times actually thought I was in love with a certain person. But now that I reflect back, I think those were just infatuations on my part. I'm kind of glad though because since I haven't really fallen in love yet, I often think to myself whether it really is worth it. I see my friends falling in love but then all the trouble comes with it. The fighting and broken hearts. I wonder if that's what I want. Yet, I also think about not having the chance to fall in love at all and think that would just be too tragic. Although I don't want to fall in love just to be heartbroken by it. I do want to lose my chance of finding that one special person that I can live with for the rest of my life. I think the fighting, misunderstandings, and heartbreak are all part of love and I don't want to be able to miss life's greatest thing: love, just because I don't want some of the negative things that comes with it. That's what life is about...if I want to find love, I'll have to be brave enough to endure the heartbreak as well. I heard a quote somewhere that really stuck to me, "If you never had heartbreak, then how do you know you loved?"
@phobeea (52)
• Indonesia
1 Aug 09
It really worth it. all troubles, the fights, misunderstandings are just some barriers in your growing relationships, in the end i found that i love my partner even more. I was the one who was afraid of losing freedom, careers, friends, and so on.. I even delayed my marital plan until 1 year. but guess what? I do live happier after our marriage. And.... I'm not losing freedom, career, friends, etc.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
31 Jul 09
I suppose it depends how much you love a person really. I can't imagine risking a career for my partner, but my family i probably would, i guess it just depends what the problem is and why its obscuring the way of a simple relationship/career. Overall i think love is worth it, because love and compassion gives not only people the will to live, but happiness, no matter how many hurtful times there are. It's all about finding that 'one'.
• Brunei Darussalam
31 Jul 09
If you talk about love to Dad Mum Siblings Son Daugther..Yes Love cost priceless... But Worth a love to our partner, I would say No. We can live without their love, can afford to laugh..I guess Love is no more important.
• United States
31 Jul 09
I think some love is worth it. If you are in a relationship where you are always fighting, havng problems and have more stress than comfort, no it's not worth it. Love is supposed to be a splendid thing, something that you look forward to, that makes you happy. Love should be patient, kind, not angry or hurtful. sometimes couples have fights, but are the issues resolved and changed or do you argue about the same things all the tme? sometimes there are problems that are totally different than what you are arguing about. sometimes you need you need the advise of a third person to help, sometmes you need to talk about the real issues and disappointments. My love with my husband is worth it. but not all 'love' is.