in your opinion, how has love changed compared to your parents or grandparents generations? Does true love still exist? All opinions are appreciated
2006-11-02 08:02:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I'm afraid this answer is going to come from a 60 year old man. I hope you don't mind, and I hope my answer doesn't bore you.. In my grandparents days, as in my parents days, I don't think that LOVE meant the same as it did in my days. The reason I use the past tense, is because my died at the early age of 49 in a car accident. Are marriage was like being on a Honey Moon every day. We were married for 33 years. We were not only lovers, but best friends, as my wife would put it, Bestest Buddies!!
To answer your question does True Love still exist, I would have to say given the rate of failed marriages today, it is rare, because values have changed so much.
2006-11-02 08:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by lariat_sonata 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True love does exist but most people don't want to hear the answer.
Love is more than just a emotion or feeling, it is a commitment. And when we are committed to something we are required to do some things that we don't want to do. I don't like to do dishes, but I do them because I am committed to my wife. Most people get a warm feeling about some one and think they are in love and when that warm feeling cools off they think they have fallen out of love. People are more selfish today than when your grandparents where young. No one wants to be inconvenienced today and they want everything right now, including love. Once the newness of sex wears off then does true love start. Love grows from becoming one with a person, learning who they are and having a desire to put them first in your life.
2006-11-02 16:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by David T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think people sought the traditional things in a marriage in our parents generation--the man worked and the woman kept the house and raised children. Now with women and men achieving economic equality and women are more "independent," in all aspects, we are looking for friendship--someone we can connect with emotionally and expect to have that intimacy with--not just fulfilling roles as men and women. As far as true love and whether that "exists," I don't see that an "entity" by itself, I see it as something we ourselves create by our own free will. It is not a "phenomena" that exists outside of our control--another words, we choose to love and be loved in return.
2006-11-02 16:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by hopscothchbunnies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe that true love still exists. The older generation had more style and endured more things I think we are quitters and give up because it is not so easy sticking together.
2006-11-02 16:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is something that never changes. You just have to know what you want and not settle for less. Men are now used to getting sex from the easies without any price or baggage so thats what they go for. Real men looking for real women look deeper and they know how to treat a woman with love. Real women know how to respond and appreciate.
2006-11-02 16:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by Carrie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Geedebb, it seems these days that if a partner makes a minor mistake or bores them, they are quick to throw out the "D" word. Seems this generation is too lazy to fix the problem. Guess the saying is true: Marriage takes work....at least it used to have meaning.
2006-11-02 16:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by metallicachic82 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
love has not changed. the way people think of it has. in my parents day it was you made your bed you lay in it. The 70s free love was in the air now days i have no idea what is going on i have been married for over 30 very long years
2006-11-02 16:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by cbrwyrn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its alot harder to find true love nowadays.People get in too much of a hurry and dont take the time to really know someone nowadays. We all want that instant gratification now and get impatient. Thats why there are so many divorces today.
2006-11-02 16:09:23 · answer #8 · answered by bundyal38 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think, in general, people are more selfish now. There are not many who truly consider their spouses feelings over their own. But yes, true love does exist....But I think it is much more rare then in past generations.
2006-11-02 16:30:22 · answer #9 · answered by TripleTattoo™ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's the love that has changed , but we seem to be living in a world where if something or some one doesn't keep you happy we throw it or them away . In other words we are simply a disposable generation.
2006-11-02 16:09:14 · answer #10 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋