how do you know? are people just fooling themselves?
2006-07-27 21:17:05 · 8 answers · asked by skybluezoo 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
I don't know about anyone else. I don't even know if I have true love myself. But I definately have infatuation, lust, and companionship with and for my husband. I love him and I am madly IN love with him. Even after 17 years.
2006-07-27 21:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Vonnie Dee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question. After 2 marriages, one failing after 10 years and one that has been successful for the last 22; the concept of true love vs. just plain old love still puzzles me. Certainly there was infatuation, lust and companionship involved in both of these relationships as well as hurt, pain and doubt. So what holds one together and not the other? Was one marriage just “love” while the other is “true love”? Not a chance. Age and maturity have certainly played a part. Another factor being the amount of emotional baggage that each individual carried into the relationship and the willingness of the other to help hold that load. Love is the easy part in any liaison. The difficulties lie with commitment, willingness to forgive and not taking each other for granted. If both are not on the same page in regard to the difficulties then all of the LOVE in the world will not save the relationship.
2006-07-28 00:14:25 · answer #2 · answered by JuneCleaver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that true love does exists. I have never been in true love though. But I believe that there is someone out there that will complete me, and when I met them, I will know because they offer something to me that the rest of the world can not. Infatuation is just believing that someone can offer that to you. Lust is just wanting something that you should not have and campanionship is something that we can find anywhere. So, no I do not believe that true love is just a mix of those. It is something pure and unending. However, love is also a choice. It is something that we must decide to do everyday. Just because you love somebody does not mean that you will always feel that love. You must decide to love them anyways. This is the reason that divorce is so high. Because people back out when times get to hard. They do not want to put in the effort of loving someone else.
2006-07-27 21:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How does one even define "true love"? Wouldn't true love be a mixture of infatuation, lust and companionship if it was really a true love?
Love is what you make of it I guess.
2006-07-27 21:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Melissa♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True love exists, i think, but its in the eyes of the beholder. yes, it is a mixture of those things, but also its knowing what you want in a significant other...the similarities the 2 share, the willingness to share and explore each others worlds.
2006-07-27 21:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by adam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True love does exist.
It is one of those feelings that drives your very soul.
Makes you see the world through the brightest colors and moves your very soul.
True love is not the fairytale but an unconditional feeling for someone else that drives you to the top of happiness and when you there you enjoy the view.
2006-07-27 22:04:54 · answer #6 · answered by ambidextrous25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true love does exist. im not going to try and explain it, but you will know when you've found it. its not just those things. its something deeper.
2006-07-27 21:21:22 · answer #7 · answered by nick398 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes ,they are. my friends always happy to help his girlfriend and also the parents love to their children are true love
2006-07-27 21:21:55 · answer #8 · answered by luke s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋