Is love painful? or joyful?

India
November 21, 2009 2:12pm CST
Many people find love joyful, but it is painful for some. At the same time every one would have felt the pain of love at one point of time or another. Still we never stop loving. People sometimes commit suicides when their love fail. Love is fun for some people. What do you say?
12 responses
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
22 Nov 09
Hi vijayanth Love may be happy for some couple because they may be understanding each other. The other couple who are feeling pain, mey be because it may be a single sided love. Besides, love can not be made, it happens. So long as we are in love with each other, it is fun but if one partner cheats, it is painful for the other.
• India
25 Nov 09
Yes, vathsala,that is one point. I also think if the couple is very much understanding , when they are away it is so painful, right?
• India
26 Nov 09
Ofcourse yes. you are very correct. I agree
@eubilisa (211)
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
It's indeed true that love has two faces the sad one and the happy one but of course when you're inlove you always look at the positive side of love since you believe that you two will last long but like any other relationships there are still some instances wherein the relationship experience some challenges. It's painful if you know it that the love you're fighting for is not for you and it's fool of joy if the two of you are loyal with each other.
• India
25 Nov 09
Yes, eubilisa, I think love has both sides, joy and pain, thanks for the response.
@annierose (21977)
• United States
21 Nov 09
hi vijayanths, Love is both painful and joyful. You cannot love with full of pleasure and happiness only. And you also cannot love with full of pains and sufferings also. Love is a combination of both.We experience how it feels to be in heaven when we are together with the one we love. We experience how it feels to be contented in life knowing that we are loved also by those people we love. However, there is saying that "life is not a roller coaster". We have to experience the ups and downs in life for us to be a stronger person. Isn't it, life become more meaningful because of struggles. Because of that, we find more what is the real meaning of life. Love is just similar to that. We must feel pain also because pain make us human. Pain makes us stronger person. Real love must be tested. If it cannot survive with pains, then how can we prove that it is real? My boyfriend and I is both in this long distance relationship for 2 years now. It is difficult for both of us. However, we are just trying to be patient. We both love each other and it is true, pain is always in us whenever we are reminded of how far is our distance from each other. But because we love each other, we try to make the best out of everything we have. We continue on our communication, understand each other, and love each other truly. That is what makes our love still going on despite the distance.
• India
25 Nov 09
Yes, annie you are now experiencing them both. You know that love is both joyful and painful.thanks for the response.
@chriswolf (360)
• China
22 Nov 09
love is painful, as well as joyful. there is a word saying to be painful and to be joyful at the same time. it is very hard to explain. so i quit to make a judge.
• India
25 Nov 09
chriswolf, you are right, thanks for the response.
• United States
22 Nov 09
love will not always be joyful and perfect but it should not be painful if it is then it is noth the right kind of love for that person
• India
25 Nov 09
hi, peachmom, I think all love will have pains too.thanks for the response.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
22 Nov 09
Hello, there! Love is not painful, it feels incredible. The pain and hurt we feel doesn’t come from love, it mes from our doubts, fears, anxiety, perceived rejections, broken trusts, anger, jealousy, envy, etc. So why do we as a culture lump all those other feelings in with love? Perhaps its because we feel these uncomfortable emotions most often in association with our love relationships. Our primary relationships are important to us, so we assume these doubts and fears are all part of the loving experience. But is this really true? When we are fearful, angry, anxious, unhappy, or jealous, are we truly experiencing a state of love? They sure feel different, don't they? Love feels warm, open, joyous and filled with a deep sense of appreciation. Pain steps into a love relationship when you switch it from a "wanted relationship," into a "needed relationship."
• India
25 Nov 09
You made a lot of points there simon, thanks for the response.
• United States
22 Nov 09
it can be pain if you do not handle it the right way or if you expect it to be perfect no relationship will be perfect no matter how much you love someone you will disagree sometime or another and you will want to strangle the other person til they turn blue but you still love them there will be sad painful and joyful times but as long as you work through it all together love can be a great thing
@jugsjugs (12967)
21 Nov 09
It all depends as alot of people have only learnt that you can say the words i love you are so easy where as other people say the words as well as mean what they are saying.There are alot of people out there that say they love one person one minuite and then finsh the relationship the next day and say i love you to another person straight away.
• India
25 Nov 09
hi, jugsjugs,So, it all depends on the persons, right? thanks for the response.
• Malaysia
25 Nov 09
Hi, Vijay! Yes, I agree with you. Loving someone means we are happy to be in love, but under certain circumstances when things go wrong, there will be fights or quarrel or big misunderstandings and we will be hurt. It can be painful, but that pain would not stop us from loving someone. I think there are moments when the relationship does not work out and the other person is willing to let go or even sacrifice him/herself because of love even though his/her heart is broken.
@ced_cap (207)
• Philippines
23 Nov 09
i can say that love is the most wonderful gift from heaven. as long as we live, we should continue loving, and we should have so much love to give because it's what makes our life wonderful and worthliving. if there are times that love give us pain, that should not be the reason we should stop loving. it's the person we love who causes the pain not the love.
@EARLZHAN (934)
• Philippines
23 Nov 09
LOve is the greatest gift of all. I can say that love brings joy but sometimes becuase of love we get hurt. LOve is requires us to sacrifice the things that we we like to have. Life is not just having something, love is not just having something too.. That's why some people say if you really love a man/woman but he/she doesn't like you and he/she's not happy with you then let him/her go. Because if you really love someone what you have to do is to make him/her happy.
• India
25 Nov 09
If we think love is painful then its really a pain.One should understand each other then there is no pain at all. For