Why does love fades away fast in any relationship.

India
January 23, 2011 2:25am CST
Everybody in this world craves for love. Love in its very first phase is created out of attraction. It is sustained till that attraction is there and soon, when the attraction fades, love also starts disappearing. Thats what I have felt and saw in many relationships in my life and with others. So, what do you feel, is the reason of fading love in relationships? You can also share your secrets of sustaining that attraction and love in your life.
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19 responses
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
Hello! Most love comes from first impressions. At first, you like the person with good looks and good personality for the first time you saw this him/her. As times goes through in your relationship, you have learned that this person/partner does the things you don't like. That how the love with your partner fades.
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• India
23 Jan 11
You meant to say infatuation. I don't think that love at first sight does really works. You have to spend time with that person and don't just get impressed with external thinks like looks and personality. Long relationships cannot be build on such parameters.
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@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
Know that love is an emotion and just like other emotions, it is fleeting. But, being inlove with the same person all your life time is not just about 'feelings' but rather a decision to make. I am married and there were times that I thought I had fallen out of love with my husband because of the many unpleasant things he had put me through not to mention that I became more accustomed to him. The thrill and excitement no longer exist, and, God, I sometimes think that he is too boring. But, we are still together. We are trying our best to rediscover each other, making up for the lost times we spent thinking of other people and other things but not 'us'. We are going out together again, eating at the same time, starting to share thoughts and opinions, sleeping on the same bad, too.I'm getting interested about his job and some of his friends.I'm seeing him now in a different light. In short, we made a decision not to fall out of love so we are doing our best to be the best of who we are for each other and for our kids.:)
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• India
24 Jan 11
This is a really wise deceision you have made. We always accuse the other person for doing unpleasant things, but the actual problem lies within us. We keep on waiting for someone to start and if he does not start, we feel he is boring.Instead of waiting lets get started and accept and experience the other person. When we experience the person we do not judge him.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
24 Jan 11
Love will fade away quickly when we do nothing to hold on to it. Love doesn't just remain. it needs to be nurtured and comforted and protected. To make love last we have to show how much it means to us.
• India
26 Jan 11
Very realistic and precise. Love can only be nurtured when you know how important it is in your life
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
I think when love is based only on physical attraction, then it can easily fade away. Love survives through the years because it evolved into more high level of attraction. It's more than physical, it involves the whole being of both party, I think this is the reason why love last longer. When the level goes down, the signs of fading feelings of love is inevitable.
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• Philippines
23 Jan 11
hi there. it's so true that everybody craves for love and it's created out of attraction. but i don't think losing "attraction" with your partner is the main problem when people fall out of love. there could be a lot of reasons. most relationships fail because they lacked proper understanding, trust, and handling of problems. most of the time "breaking up" or "giving up" their relationship could be the solution for their simple problems. most people hate to sacrifice for the sake of their relationship to keep on going. the only secret is to stay strong, never lose hope, focus on your partner, never lose communication and romance, remember to keep a quality time, stay trustworthy, and never sleep until a problem isn't fixed. maybe you're also pertaining to people who lose their attention to their partner when they met somebody way more attractive? that's very common too. it actually depends if you really love your partner, you know how things should be. and learn how to control and avoid such circumstances. see you around!
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• India
23 Jan 11
Thats true dear. Now a days to fall in love has become very cheap term. People don't understand the word LOVE. If you are truly in love, you cannot just break up with that person. Commitment, communication and care is all you need to maintain any relationship.
@lizmik143 (137)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
Attraction sometimes is mostly the physical attributes or the superficial that you like in a person. I can say that you already love the person when you accepted her/him even with his faults. Nobody is perfect. Maybe for you beachlover, you have not met the person who can make you truly love not just make you attracted to that person.
• India
24 Jan 11
Hi, This discussion is in general and not particularly about me. I am happily married to the person who truly loves me. So, we were thinking that when we can make a happy couple, why can't others.
@amirev777 (4117)
• India
21 Mar 11
Hi I think possessiveness is the greatest factor which causes the love to fade fast. If there is more lust factor such as physical attraction, it is another reason that can cause fading since physical attraction does not last for long.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
There are reasons why love fade away fast. Some of these reasons are violence and disrespect...
@bird123 (10632)
• United States
23 Jan 11
THis answer is easy. You haven't found your true love. It doesn't fade with true love. Be patient!! True love has no timetable. Sometimes it won't show up until later in life. Always be open for love. True love tends to show up when you least expect it.
• China
21 Mar 11
but there is a problem how you prove that love is true or not
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
I think the best way to keep the love alive is to have a great communication and being great friends with your partner. I find it easy to love my boyfriend even if we are already together and we've known each other for a long long time. Communication and having great conversations are our thing. Also doing something new once in a while makes your relationship more exciting.
24 Jan 11
Love is a word that gets thrown around too much and is said way too often, especially in times when someone doesn't really feel that way. People seem to fall in "love" too quickly, even before they properly know the person they are with. It takes ages to get to know someone properly, then to spend plenty of time together and to live a life where you do many things together. With many people love is like a sprint, and very rarely does it end well for them, for those who go for the option of the long distance and take there time doing things and do them right it is more different, more effort is put in and when them words are said then it is said with plenty of meaning, with a big past to show that you feel that way. Then love truly does blossom.
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
ok, u know guys love has no reason and unconditional. if you gave love to a person because of the attraction, to tell you its not a REAL LOVE. in my experience you can have TRUE LOVE with a due process. Love may have strong foundation if it will undergo in the first step called FRIENDSHIP. A friendship because both of you are comfortable to each and both of you have something in common. not having a friendship because of the purpose. if you wish to have long term relationship.. then.. guys never escape the first step, everything will be follow. During that FRIENDSHIP has magic creates on it then..it might have a great chances to have a strong foundation of relationship. that what happen in my experience between me and my husband (he is my first and last boyfriend)
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
25 Jan 11
Because love is not a feeling. The feeling you get with love is 'addiction'---some chemicals that your brain manufacture in larger amounts when you & your partner are 'discovering' each other. When there's nothing new to discover, 'the thrill is gone' ... or your brain has gotten so used-to 'the thrill' (dopamine production, I think) that it doesn't 'excite' you anymore/
@koikei (206)
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
greetings! like everything else in life, nothing is permanent. i hope there's a formula for what you're asking, but it's all different for each and every one.
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
i think there are a lot of reasons why one starts to fall out of love, i think one of them is when there is lack or not enough communication between the two. i think another one reason is one loves too much and the other one doesn't. communication is always the best, because if you talk about the two of you and the relationship, i think, you can understand each other more and prevent further arguments because you know each other already and be just be more giving.
• India
23 Jan 11
Yes love start with infatuation in some case and with others its a late realization. Like if you are talking about loving your partner, it always starts with infatuation. But with your parents you never realize their love till you grow young. And once you realize that, you will start respecting them and loving them. And that love, i guess, never ceases. For other relationships, love initially increases and then when you get habituated of them, there will be a downfall for sure. For sustaining the attraction you should tell the person what you expect from them or how you want them to be. That can be a possible solution.
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
When two people love each other truly, they're bound to commit a lasting relationship with each other, setting for any limits that could give them both fair understanding to each other. Likewise, not all people that are in love fades instantly, thus, they are in the relationship of adjusting each other, I mean adjustment period. So, when one of you make a mistake, or one of you does not like what you've done to him/her, then, at this point in time, love fades out naturally. There must be a strong bond between you and your partner, spiritually, emotionally, physically, and both your beliefs in God. No one can separate both of you, if your souls in unison with what you're aiming in life. And, love is life, and life is family, and family is God, and God is eternity.
• China
23 Jan 11
hello
• Philippines
24 Jan 11
i don't agree with the idea that when the attraction fades, love also starts disappearing...when attraction fades, the same feeling remains...it's what we called "unconditional love". Can you imagine those couples who stays in love for 50 or more years. Do you think it's still attraction, No, it's not. Love fades away fast in any relationship if and only a person allows it to happen. One way of sustaining love in a relationship is to become friends at all times...