Can you explain this???

@sd_abot (177)
Philippines
May 31, 2008 3:21am CST
Here the question: Do you love me because you need me??? Or do you need me because you love me??? What do you think is the meaning of this??? I'm puzzled about this. Would you kindly explain this question for me??? Or just tell me what you understand from this question??? I also like to ask you of a situation. What if your special or beloved someone ask you about this??? What will you say, if she/he ask you "Do you LOVE because you NEED me???Or do you NEED me because you LOVE me??? Please comment or respond.....................................
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23 responses
• Philippines
31 May 08
It's kinda simple: "Do you love me because you need me?" means that the only reason why you love the person is because you need her, you don't actually love him/her, you just want something from him/her be it, physical, emotional or psychological needs. "Do you need me because you love me?" means that the reason for needing this person is because you are in love with him/her. So basically, the second one is more preferable than the first(^^,)
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@sd_abot (177)
• Philippines
31 May 08
Is that so. Well, my really purpose is to test you all what you think about this question. If were the same or not. Thanks for your response. Have a nice day, too.
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• Philippines
1 Jun 08
Nice one.That's what I'm going to say too. :)
@sd_abot (177)
• Philippines
2 Jun 08
Haha...
@roanne05 (1290)
• Oman
31 May 08
it simple...if the answer you gave her is you love her because you need her...means that you don't rellay love her..you just need her, may it be physically, emotionaly or whatever... then if you answered her, you love her because you need her...means that you really love her because love is the thing you need from her.
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@repzkoopz (1895)
• Philippines
31 May 08
a childish heart would say: "I love you because I need you" a mature heart would say: "I need you because I love you" love because of need isn't real love, but rather, a deception. you love the person because he/she can give you what you need or want. but need because of love is something deep and intimate. you need the person because they are the other half of your heart.
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• China
31 May 08
I both love and need you ! Haa....
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• India
31 May 08
Its like this nobody loves anybody because they need somebody neither anybody needs somebody so they love because love happens love is blissful state of mood po a person where one person loves another.
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• Malaysia
31 May 08
I need you because I love you, I love you because I love you, that's the answer. If you love someone because you need someone, that's not actually love, that's because you want him/her.
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• United States
7 Jun 08
"Nether are true. I love you because of the way you make me feel and hopefully I make you feel good too. I need you because you fill the missing piece in my life. And all I can hope is that I do the same for you too."That is how I would answer both questions.Love is a need but need isn't love. You can need someone that you don't love.
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
1 Jun 08
Better to be loved than needed. If you are only loved do to need that need might end than the love might also. If you are loved first than need doesnt really matter.
@aero89 (422)
• United States
1 Jun 08
If it were my husband, I would say "I love AND need you, mostly love" There's nothing wrong with loving OR needing someone
@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
2 Jun 08
i think "do you love me because you need me" means the person wants you because they are needy and desperate and lonely. "do u need me because you love me" means that they are in love with you and they cant be away from you for a long time. they love you so much that they need to be with you to complete them. maybe this one is true love and the person you should be with.
• China
31 May 08
Actually, I want to say I both love you and need you most!
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• India
2 Jun 08
I say both are nothing but the same,once you love some one of you needs the other.This is nothing but,love creates need and need takes you to love.
@lieanat (1137)
• Malaysia
2 Jun 08
If I were in this situation, I'll just say I love her for who she is and she meets my dream girl criteria. Normally when girl ask such kind of question, is because they didn't feel secure to be with you. So, it's time to prove your love for her!
@raclie (1732)
• Singapore
31 May 08
wow... that is a really good question... i feel so as it really makes me think about love and if sh=omeone will love you because you are useful to him of that he love you because of your personality and dispite your bad points. do you love me because you need me is that you are looking out for your self and that you will not mind being with someone because he is rich or holds a high post in society and feel that "oh, he is useful to me and that is why i must be with this person no matter what."these people are selfish and thughtless for other's feelings and just uses them as someone who will advance their standard of living do you need me because you love me is "i love you and i cannot live without you, i cannot spend another minute without having you by my side and i will never be able to accept the fact if you leave me or be with another man.these are those who will not care if you live in a grand mansion or a one room flat, what matters is that he knows that he is yours forever. too bad i dont have a special someone yet, but if i am lucky enought to have one in my lifetime, i truly hope that he needs me because he loves me, because if he loves me because he needs me, i will be living a lie and that will so kill my faith in love and romance.
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
1 Jun 08
The first statement is conditional. It suggests that the only reason I need you is so you will love me back. The second is unconditional and is a little harder to explain. When a person reaches a higher state of consciousness it's usually because there is a loving of oneself, meaning there is no need to look to someone else in order to satisfy a feeling of lack. In the second statement there is no lack of love, it is totally sated within your own self. But in that state there is a wanting to give and in that wanting to give is a sense of needing another human being - I need you because I love you, I want to give love to you. It is however, unconditional. The need is primal, like the need of a Divine state. This second state of consciousness has to do with the merging of the Yin and Yang principles, Male and Female inside - becoming one within oneself. There is a 'possible' misconception that it is by marrying another person that you become whole, this is very very rare. (And it's why marriages don't work, because it's like seeking someone else to find the lost half that is within the self.)
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
1 Jun 08
I have lived through this, I am married to a man that is great now but took some doing to get him that way. In all the time we was going out not once did I realize that he could not read and write, until after was was married, he had been married before, and this is the 21th century everyone one can read and write, NOT! Seems his idea of having a wife, and his love for them, was his need for someone to do his business. When you ask him if he loved you it was oh yes I do, one day I ask him what love meant to him, he reply back to me was I love you because I need you to take care of the bills, makke my doctor and other appointments, or what ever need to be done. I said is this what love is for you and he said yes if he could do it by himself he wouldn't need a woman. I was totally devesatrated. I wanted to run off and not ever look back, but I knew there was more to his love than that, we had been together too long, so I decided it was time he took care of his own business, I started making him sign the papers needed signing, going in and paying the electric bill, etc. At first he faught me, see it wasn't that he couldn't it was that everyone had always done it for him, so why learn anything, these men are mostly off shore fisherman and been on the boats all their lives.Some one has always done it for them instead of trying to let them do for their selves, so his idea of finding love was to find someone who cared enough for him to run all his errands and do all his shitt*y work. I can say today he is a changed man when we go to the doctor he takes the paper to the desk and hands it to her, he may not of been able to write it all out, but he is responsible for getting it to them, so need me because you love me is what is in our home today, he found tht if I was willing to stick around and help him them I must love him for the right reason.
@joyangz32 (322)
• Netherlands
31 May 08
I prefer the second question. There's a deep meaning of it. If you really love somebody meaning you need him/her to be part of your life/for the rest of your life. Love is a complex thing.
@ahna09 (106)
• Philippines
1 Jun 08
do you love me because you need me...only means that the only reason that you love him/her is because you need him/her... and the "do you need me because you love me?.."means that you want to be with that person because you love him/her... well.,if my bf ask me that i will probably say... i need him because i love him...
@ayejay (3)
• Philippines
1 Jun 08
sometimes i myself get confused on which goes first. is it the loving or the needing. sometimes i think that when i need the person i tend to love him. and vise versa. Will someone kind enough to clear things up for me?
• China
1 Jun 08
I love my lover bcause merely i love it ,then i will need my lover.