if you love someone let them go, if hey come back they were always yours...

Philippines
February 28, 2013 6:28am CST
I am sort of confused. what is the real meaning of this? Should i finally let go of him? what if he never came back? i am really confused... I guess I am just scared. I just don't want to be alone in my life. :/
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@blackrusty (3519)
• Mexico
28 Feb 13
I would dont let it go as it may just not come back and then you loose every thing in your life that you love the most. this is a very old saying and i no they say it alot in the united states but I wont be taking any risks in i had a person in my life
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
8 Mar 13
But what if the person wanted to go somewhere, to see the world, or find a new job, or go away to work or go somewhere far away for family reasons The idea is...if you truly love someone, you wont hold them back, you won't hang onto them and not let go. If the person loves you, they will return. If they do not come back, they did not ever love you and you are better off to know this. Besides, holding on is selfish and love is not selfish. If you truly love someone their happiness is your first priority. If they are happier away from you, if they are happier with another then it is your happiness to give them their freedom and therefore their happiness.
• Mexico
8 Mar 13
well i guess I am still bitter as my now ex is a cheater a thief a pun an a butt hole i have the right to think what I will and i will stay my voice or words to it men are pigs
@cmania (207)
• Portugal
28 Feb 13
This means. If you really love someone and you knwo that someone needs to go way needs ot be free to be happy than you should let them go ..even if that would make you feel a great heart pain but it´s better let them go than one day they go and you didn´t want or didn´t accept it. If they come back they are always yours. If after they have their freedon and their happiness they start to think they need you ot compelte that happiness and coem to you even if it´s just 100 years after you let them go it means you are important ot thema nd they need you, they were always yours they just needed something
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Feb 13
allof you seem to me to be missint the point.Just because you are married does not mean you cannot have girlfriends and he cannot have men friends nor that yhou cannot enjoy an evening with your girlfriends or he must not have an evening out with some male friends. WE stifle the person we love if we demand that they never have anything to do with anyone but just you.I do not mean cheating at all but men have men friends and women have woem friends too so we shujld still be abvle t o havethese frienmdships
@machatago (385)
• Philippines
28 Feb 13
If he loves you and you love him why would the two of you let go? That's insane! This saying is for those people who just as confused of how they feel and wants to back out. Like for example, you love him and he doesn't love you, so let him go. Maybe in time he will realize that he loves you this whole time then he will be back. I guess what it truly means is that don't be selfish when it comes to loving a person, if the other one doesn't love you, respect that and let go.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Feb 13
hi machatago I have seen that saying defined much differently it just means you and your mate must let each other have some freedom so you can go out occasionally with girl friends and your man with hhis male friends, simple as that. some people stifle each other and do not let tne other m have anyone but them and thats just cutting off freedom and making one other ask for permissionl it should not be that way at all.
@tiffnkeat (1673)
• Singapore
28 Feb 13
If he wants to go, how can it be he love you? If he comes back, it may not also mean he loves you, but that you are the back-up. Consider carefully. Don't you deserve better? There are so many people in the world, why worry? In a room of a million people, a person who cannot accept him/herself will still feel lonely. In an empty room, a person confident of him/herself will not feel lonely. Alone yes, never lonely. Furthermore, you have myLot to keep you occupied.
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@neelia27 (896)
• Philippines
28 Feb 13
Just take a moment and think before you do or decide., I really believe that if you love someone set him free,. And if he is meant for you he will come back.. no matter how long it will take if you are destined to be together it will in Gods time.. and before you love someone love your self first and know your worth and everything will follow..
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• India
28 Feb 13
I have also heard this so many times but actually do not believe because you love someone truly then you cannot live without him and if he goes then you cannot spend even a single day without him. So please do not test your love on this saying and do not let go the person you love truly. Its so painful.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Feb 13
hi nobody is getting the real meaning. It means do not hold the loved one down so he cannot even have a night out with friends as we all like to be free,It is not about someone going w ay off someplace but daily life.Do not stop one other from having an evening out with a male friend or a girl friend as marriage does not mean stifling one others freedom .
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
8 Mar 13
It's not confusing at all. Why would you want to be with someone who does not want to be with you?? This makes me think that you are in love with the idea of being in love. That is just immature and selfish. If you truly love you want that person to be happy above all else. If that means letting go, then you let go.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Feb 13
hi nhailojaye to me all that means is if you hold on too tightly to the one you love you can stifle them as we all like to feel free so if you just ease up a you to begin with he will come back to you as he never left in the first place.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Feb 13
this skipped a sentence if you just ease up a bit to begin with he will come back etc. I had edited out a and you but somehow it did not t ake.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
28 Feb 13
This means that if you really love someone and they want to leave let them go. If they return then it was meant to be. If not, it wasn't to be. You can't make someone love you if they don't and you really don't want to be with someone who doesn't love you. Do you? Being alone is not the end of the world. One day Mr. Right will come along when you least except it. Then you will see that what happened to you in the past relationship was meant to happen.
• China
1 Mar 13
hello . my enghlish is so poor,mybe i cont't say clear ,but i always say . i am a boy , l like a girl ,and he like me too ,but we can't speak " i like you " to other ,for a long time past. now i am very regret .so yestaday i speak to her "i like you", she is very angry ,complain me speak too late .
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Mar 13
Are the two of you having problems in your relationship? Is that the reason that you feel like you need to let him go? I really think that if this was always something that was meant to be taken literally then I would have actually left my husband by now and I would be back with my ex has he has become a part of my life again, but not in the sense that we were in back when we were dating. I really think that the true meaning of this saying is that we need to give those people that we love some space so that they are able to make their own decisions as for as the future. If he doesn't come back to you, it will be okay because as they also say, there are plenty of fish in the sea.
@Angelpink (4035)
• Philippines
28 Feb 13
Hello ! if one is meant for the other , it will really find way to go back and be reunited. It won't mind how big would be the blocks along the way ! Love will find its way.
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@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
3 Mar 13
I guess you should face your fear, to let him go. It is not good to stay in a relationship that is just a one sided. I mean, only one cares and holding on just to save that relationship. Relationship is a cooperative effort and it will survive if the two of you are brave to face the challenges together. I believe in that say. If he will be yours then let him go and find his own way back to you.
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
We're not given the license to own a person. The saddest part there is, we have to accept the fact that sooner or later they might decide to leave. If they do, then let them go, just as much as we wanted to be free and leave anytime we want. If they'll realize that their hearts really belongs to you, then you'll find them coming back to you. But, you have to continue living without them, because there's no guarantee that they'll come back. All we can do is hope and pray that they're really meant for us from the start.
• India
28 Feb 13
we are losing things that we have fear of losing them. I have heared life is like that but, if you really love him and he loves you too then what is wrong to leave him go? why can not stay with him? if love is just from one side and not other one, then it is better first try to do things he fall in love for you, otherwise better is let him go. sometimes it is that 2 love each other but for some misunderstanding they get apart and in that kind of case, it is good to give some gap and believe that if that is true love then difinitly will be back to you and will understand your value much more than before.
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@andy77e (5156)
• United States
2 Mar 13
What it means is, if you let him go, and he doesn't come back.... then he never loved you anyway. You have not lost anything. If you hold on to someone, you actually cheapen yourself. You make yourself to be a free girl. Free girls, are never respected or loved.
• United States
2 Mar 13
It's funny, I used to think about this quote often when I was in an unhealthy relationship. I was stress over it, fear it. Because deep down.. I knew if I let him go, he probably wouldn't come back. And then, I used to think it was ME and that I was unlovable.. and the only way to not be a lone was to cling onto that relationship and not let go. But I was so afraid of being a lone and obsessing about whether or not he thought I was worth it.. that I didn't really understand that by holding on, I was drowning. Now, I'm not sure if you can relate to that at all.. but now that I am in a healthy, loving relationship.. I have another perspective on this quote. "if you love someone let them go, if they come back, they were always yours" To be quite frank, if that person is the one.. they wouldn't go if you 'let' them. Because they wouldn't WANT to go. The thought of leaving wouldn't even be something they considered-- unless they thought it would make you happy. If you love someone.. and they in turn loved you.. than this nonsense of letting each other go to see if they returned wouldn't even be an option. Real love isn't easy, its fighting through the hard times to keep on loving each other. Its unconditional.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
2 Mar 13
If things are not going great between the two of you now, then the best would be to let go and let yourselves find the true love that you want. You should never be scared of being alone coz you never will be. You have your friends and family with you who will always give you support. And in time, the right person will come knocking your door.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
2 Mar 13
First of all: you are not alone, unless you are not able to accept yourself and to be with yourself. If you don't love yourself nobody will love you or find you interesting enough to be with you for long. People being afraid to be alone will express/ventilate that to the outside world as well. They can choke friends/partners with their behaviour. What the saying means? Nothing. There are things/people/situations worth fighting for so if you are not willing to do so, you shouldn't be surprised if you don't get what you want. BTW keep in mind that you are born alone and will die alone, so work on yourself and start taking care of yourself and make yourself happy!
@Aja103654 (5646)
• Philippines
2 Mar 13
You have to learn to stand alone in your life and be independent. It is wrong to force someone to be with us when they actually want to be free. I say, learn to let people go and be strong.
@Nursefrai06 (2498)
• Penrith, Australia
3 Mar 13
No, if they come back, it means nobody wanted them