Falling in Love

India
April 17, 2011 12:22pm CST
Hey friends, its long since I joined you all in Mylot. Here I've a question for you all. Many of my friends fall in love in a few days from when they meet each other. I'm not able to feel the logic behind it. They are too fast in getting into a relationship and also in breaking it. I totally regret this. Thats because I'm not able to see a pair who got into a relationship soo soon and lasted for a long time. I wish you could give me a few suggestions on this topic. Is this right getting into a relationship soo soon or wrong. Please comment.
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7 responses
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
i think i've seen couples who have instantly felt that connection, gotten married, and stayed in the relationship happily, for a long time now, and are still together until now. but i've also seen the opposite happen to some. i think it's all about whether the initial attraction they felt were just physical attraction or infatuation and not love ( or what I call a special connection mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, etc..but you get the idea right? ). and for some people who took time to build the relationship, i think that's the wiser or the wisest thing to do....but if you get really lucky and you hit the jackpot right away you can just skip these steps altogether.
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
love rushes when there is no reason NOT to rush...for example if two people In love are still in college, well yeah, things just cannot be rushed because there are factors to consider. but if two people know they are truly in love and there are no other responsibilities that could hinder the marriage, i don't see a reason why not to marry right away. and slowing things down could only mean doubt, and when there is doubt, love cannot be called " true love" because it's partial... it hasn't come into fullness. while some people have to wait for love to fully blossom, some just don't. oh yeah, and i think it's natural for two lovers to want to secure each other (usually by marriage) to make sure nobody takes their lover away from them.
• India
17 Apr 11
Hey friend, you were right about saying it as initial attraction. Thus its just attraction not love. This attraction may become love at its future stage. But their are a million chances for the two being an odd couple. There are a million chances for the couple to never to be a couple. Then why to rush up?
@la_chique (1498)
17 Apr 11
Well the difficulty with that is the instant attraction that many people feel to a person. This is not there every time and friends do turn into lovers eventually, but that attraction will have already been there in some form. I dont think theres anything wrong with beginning a relationship too quickly, but I do know many people who try to advance their relationship far too quickly. Things like getting married within 6 months of knowing each other is just crazy. Why the rush? I also think it is unfair when people dont take proper contraception precautions and have children very early in their relationship. This is a recipe for disaster and often ends badly.
• India
17 Apr 11
Yep yep my friend. Sure a recipe for disaster. Many of my friends who rushed into a relationship got hatred towards love and also split for life having huge fights. They could've been good friends rather than messing up all my friend.
@la_chique (1498)
17 Apr 11
Those friends probably have difficulties distinguishing between romantic feelings and amicable feelings. I do know exactly what you mean.
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
18 Apr 11
This is the age of 'instant', so you have everything instant like instant noodles, instant food etc.Therefore it is not surprising that there is instant love too.This so called love is not true love but only infatuation. You meet a beautiful girl or a handsome hulk and fall in love instantly.After a few days you discover that your dream man or girl has more faults than the hair on your head.so you break up and start looking for another person.If the love were true you would not look at the body but accept your love with all the good and bad qualities.True love is unconditional and rises above all bodily attractions. In the olden days people did not give much importance to bodily attractions but accepted their partners wholeheartedly and made their married lives successful.It is only in this present modern era that you find relationships breaking up quickly and divorces taking place frequently.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
20 Apr 11
In the situation of my husband and I, I knew that I loved him before I had ever met him in person (we met through the internet nine years ago). The reason that I felt that way was because of the fact that he was so open and honest with a person that he had ever even met. With that said, I've seen friends of mine that fell in love fast and hard and then I saw them come out of a relationship broken down. I don't think that falling in love, fast, hard and frequently. But, on the other side of that coin, I do see where there are cases where love at first sight really does exist.
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
That's what we call Whirlwind Romance. They fall in love at first sight. We can't blame them that is their feelings for each other. We must be happy for them. If at the end they broke up then that should serve as a lesson for them.
@ivane07 (76)
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
For me, getting into a relationship too soon isn't such a good idea. Love takes time to blossom. Falling in love is a process wherein it has to undergo a lot of tests before developing into a serious relationship. In order for a relationship to last, it takes years and it should have been built on a strong foundation. But nowadays, people tend to fall in love so easily. Their emotions overpower their rationality; that's why when problems come along the way, they just give up on each other and won't even bother to reconsider their relationship. Sad, but true.
• India
17 Apr 11
Ya my friend. You are obsolutely right. These people don't even bother to reconsider their relationship. This is what that was worrying me. None of my friends hear to me in this issue until they break into pieces. Even then they get into another relationship before the memories of the previous are erased.
• United States
17 Apr 11
Love is kinda tough at young ages most young people are quick to get in a relationship but doesn't really know the meaning of it. Most of us just call it lust what they go thru, But as you go further down the road you will understand falling in love takes time. Once you fall in love you would be the happiest person there is.