Would you rather...

Switzerland
August 6, 2007 5:09pm CST
love and not be loved back or be loved and not love?
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9 responses
@derek_a (10873)
7 Aug 07
I once read a statement of just two words... "Love is" It was through those two simple words that I realised that I am responsible for love that I experience. Romantic love, which is exclusive brings its own problems with it. Most of us have been there, and can say it is a type of "insanity" which we don't want to experience for all eternity, or do we?
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
7 Aug 07
Oh this one is very easy. I would rather be loved and not love back. I have been in situations where I have loved and that love was not returned at that is extremely painful.
@habichuelo (3100)
• United States
6 Aug 07
NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR,,,,i need real love from***...
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• Malaysia
7 Aug 07
For me I think I would rather be loved and not love. My mother has always taught me that if we love somebody, it doesn't mean the person will love us back. If a person doesn't love us, he might not give us the best in life. However, if the person loves us, he will do whatever possible in this life to make us happy. It doesn't matter if we love him or not because as a woman we can always teach our heart to love somebody who cares. However I hope this thing wouldn't happen to me. Now I am living happily with a husband who really loves me.
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@taylorblue (1286)
• Canada
3 Sep 07
Both ways are so complicated...I think I can't decide because they are way too hurting both ways.
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@ninsensei (232)
7 Aug 07
Love and not be loved back. I'd prefer that someone be unfair to me than I be unfair to someone.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
3 Sep 07
I would rather be loved and not loved back. I think it is very important to me to know that I am loved and eventually with time, I will grow to love that person.
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• Canada
3 Sep 07
I could not handle either one. It would be like saying "would you rather walk on your left leg, or your right leg?" You can't walk on only one leg. Love is not any kind of love at all unless two people love eachother equally.
• Philippines
3 Sep 07
May sound selfish..But i choose the latter. I always wanted to be loved and treat special! (quite selfish) but of course, there's a belief in me that i could, at least love the person back. I'd rather feel loved by someone who's intentions are sincere that to love someone and live in a dream. Well, somehow there's always hope. To be loved is better for me since what I really wanted is emotional security. I'm more on the practical side anyways. I've experienced to chase a guy once because I really wanted and loved him. I felt too that he love me but sometimes i felt taken for granted, it just happen every now and then until I got tired (but still love him) I got stressed and sometimes sad because of that. Tried to open it up to him a lot of times and thank God now I'm feeling he loves me more.