A relationship with given terms, is that a real love?

United States
July 18, 2010 11:02am CST
A friend of mine just got married, I certainly congratulate him. But the unheard story about it is that he was given terms by his wife in advance, so she married him. I knew he wanted to marry this girl so bad, but marriage with a condition to get married, would you call it love? The girl only married him unless he move out his parents house and buy his own house. To satisfy her given term, he took out a home loan and use most of his saving to buy a house near his in - laws house, but far from his parents house. I just wonder would you call it a love?
8 responses
@kittenclaus (1393)
• United States
18 Jul 10
True love is give and take! I have been with Steve for 20 years and we have gone through some of the worst times and some of the best times together. If you really love someone you are willing to compromise, the girl you friend married sounds sadly like she is more out for herself then her new husband. he sounds like a wonderful guy and hopefully she will soon see that. There are not alot of good one's left. Would I call it love? Sorry to say No I wouldn't, I would call it greed on her part and I hope he is very careful with what all he is willing to give into.
• Belgium
18 Jul 10
you are right :) Love is to take and give i think people are changing their minds and maybe this girl will understand what a guy she have :) Hope sooner not too late !!
• United States
18 Jul 10
That is a truth. So, if he doesn't have a house, she won't wait for him or something like that? Or she would rather pick someone else for whoever own the house? That is the main point here.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
15 Aug 10
Love is a pure and true feeling which gives life a beautiful meaning and i expressed and won it
@pinky31ps (187)
• India
18 Jul 10
well i agree with u... love never raises conditions.. it is conidtionless... she doesnt love him.. she is just making him dance to his tunes like a puppet... she doesnt deserve him... he can do better than that that... try to make him relise that otherwise one day he will realise that but it will be too late...
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
19 Jul 10
For me not because they married for the reason that they must take the responsibility.
@poingly (605)
• United States
19 Jul 10
That seems like perfectly reasonable request before getting married. Having a certain amount of financial security and independence is one of those things that's just sort of required to make it work. I think not living with one's parents is a reasonable request of a would-be spouse; it shows you are ready and grown up enough to take on the responsibility of a marriage.
• Malaysia
19 Jul 10
marriage with terms, are common in most traditional marriage custom in asia. somehow, it might involve love in the first place until the marriage conducted with customs and traditions. anyway, in the modern world, there are not necessary that terms or conditions are made towards marriage. but some still sticking towards tradition, so this matter, sort of in between, love or just following traditions. can't judge the situation unless, this is really a circumstances where forced marriage by certain accidental incidents.
@Suggar (3606)
• Bulgaria
18 Jul 10
I can understand that very well. When u get married u have your own family, u have person who take care about u and u take care about him. Unfortunately most of the men in all the world listen their moms too much ... It's good when all we take advices of our moms, but if we are adult, we have to take our own way to walk in ... I admire my bf parents, but need to have more personal space with him, there is no need to take their opinions for everything, we are not children. This is why we rented place to live. Every woman in the world love to have her own kitchen, to make her own decisions for her place. May be your friend's wife would feel like a guest in his parents home and this is why she wants to have her own. I hope that she will help your friend to pay the loan, and they will have same rights to do what they want to do. All we have parents and love them, but there is no need to share every moment with them. :)
• Belgium
18 Jul 10
Its not a big deal i think, if those are given terms to get married to this girl its ok.Any woman will want to be secured by his man,to have a comfort of life,to be loved,to be satisfied,and more important is to live separated from his/her parents,in home where they can build their own family life.Any woman maybe will give you her terms to be married,like the great singer Gloria Estefan sings in her song that the love is a "strange" word :)