Has anyone else my age never been in love?
By Tesa
@xphile777 (426)
United States
6 responses
@96vidalias (344)
• United States
7 Jan 07
Do you think it is better to have loved and lost? A friend once said, "At least you have BEEN married." As if being divorced were some kind of an accomplishment. But I guess that's grounds for a separate discussion...Hmmm.
BTW, I think people assumed you were a man because of your "actual photo." It doesn't do you justice.
@96vidalias (344)
• United States
9 Jan 07
This is off the subject, but isn't it funny how they highlight certain words in the text to make a link? It makes it read as if I had said, I had a "FRIEND" who said...
And there was a link for women but not men in your response.
Back to the subject. If you stop to think whether someone is right for you then, no, you will never fall in love. The men who I thought were right for me were either uninterested, or uninteresting.
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@xphile777 (426)
• United States
20 Jan 07
96 Vidalias said:
"If you stop to think whether someone is right for you then, no, you will never fall in love. The men who I thought were right for me were either uninterested, or uninteresting."
If you can't tell whose right for you then you haven't known them long enough or well enough. And by "knowing them" I also mean getting that spark of attraction. If they're not right for me, I'm not attracted to them. And if I'm not attracted to them, nothing is going to happen, whether I want it to or not.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
20 Jan 07
Is that possible? To many questions to ask. Maybe you were not aware that you are in love?
Love is like an ilusion, many people don't see it.
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@xphile777 (426)
• United States
20 Jan 07
It certainly is possible, because I'm living proof.
You have to be at least dating someone to be at the stage of knowing or not knowing that you're in love. I've only "dated" four men in my life and of those three:
I went out with two of them one time each. I'll call it a "date" but I didn't consider it a date because they were interested in me, I wasn't interested in them;
One of them I went out three times with. He was nice but there were no sparks, partly because he is much younger than I am and we didn't have much in common. Age does make a difference for me because I don't have much in common with people 15 years younger than I am.
The other guy I dated was really the only guy I've*really* dated. He was my high school boyfriend. We dated for two years. I was attracted to him, but I wasn't in love.
And that's the total of my love life, if you can call it a "love life," which I really don't think you can. ;)
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@hockeygal4ever (10021)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I'm glad that I have been in love. Although I know there have been times I was in love with the moment as opposed to truly being in love. I cannot imagine my world without being in love at some point. I hope you do find someone to love with all your heart. Perhaps you are afraid of love? I know I, for about 2 years, wouldn't allow myself to fall in love simply out of fear of being hurt again. I just recently opened up my heart again, and while I'm very guarded... I am glad I allowed someone in. He's very special and even if we do not remain as lovers forever, we will hopefully remain as friends that long.
@misskatonic (3722)
• United States
6 Jan 07
My granddad - according to him - didn't fall in real love until he was 82 years old. I was at my granddad's wedding. He had a wife who'd passed away, a woman he was very compatible with and who's family had been friends with his since they were young, but he didn't find the love of his life until much later. And they were the sweetest and most devoted couple I ever saw.
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@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
1 Apr 07
I have been in love quite a few times. The last time it was quite unexpected - it came from out of nowhere really. I think "to love" is a conscious decision but to fall in love is not. It doesn't mean that everyone you fall in love with is a good partner for life though.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Feb 08
Hello dear xphile. I had my first love at the age of 21 after I graduated from college and started to work. I did not pay much attention during my stuty periods so that I could get concentrated on my study. Anyway, I hope that you are lucky enough to have got the very person that you love each other after one year of this post of yours. Good luck to you, my dear friend.






