"It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."?

Question

Do You Agree?

Answer 1

What about if you had loved but now trying to lose?

Would that be better than not love at all?

Answer 2

Yes, of course, will all my heart I believe it. It is my favorite quote ever because it is so true.

I was in love once. It was my first love. I met him at camp and had no idea how much I was in love with him until I had left. I knew that I would never see him again and had no way of contacing him. I was devestated for months and life seemed pointless without him. Every time I got an e-mail I prayed it was from him. Every star I wished on, every dandelion I blew away, was for him. None of it ever came true. To this day I have not heard from him and though I think about him less and less, I have never felt that same feeling again; like nothing else in the entire world matters as long as I have him.

I will never forget the pain and heartbreak I felt for him, but I don't regret a moment of it. I would never change what happened because love is the most wonderful thing that will ever happen to you and to throw that feeling away is wasting your life.

One more thing, for all those people out there who would rather have never loved then loved and lost, think about the person you were in love with, and whether you would want to deny them that feeling.

Answer 3

Absolutely agree. I apply the rule, what will I think of my decision five years from now? Do I go to work, or do I go take a vacation to Thailand? If I had a choice, it would be latter because five years from now, I won't remember what I did at work. But, I will remember the time in Thailand.

Likewise, though it will be painful when you lose your love, the time of bliss will be long remembered as well.

As you sit on a sofa, 30 years from now, or from after your love ended, you will remember far more of the bliss than the pain - if you loved truly.

To never have loved... I am not sure if this person has lived at all.

Answer 4

What a truly double-edged adage. In one way, it's better to have loved for the experience of having loved. The reflection of the times when love was there remain to bring you joy. Yet, after the love has dissipated the heartache of that lost love will cause pain. The rememberances of how 'things used to be' will be a constant reminder of what you've lost causing you to seek out the opiate again and again.

Conversely, to have never loved and not known the joy which it brings is a tragedy, but also a blessing to have not known the pain when the love is gone.

Answer 5

I agree that it is better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all...to be in love is an amazing thing...

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things; believes all things; hopes all things; endures all things.

To never have loved is the real loss, because you lose all the things that come with love...even if you only have them for a little while it is worth an eternity.

Answer 6

Well, when it really was/is love and then the main thing that ended the relationship was the inability to get along because of dislike of each other's ways, then, yes it is better. But if there is doubt as to whether the love was true or deep then no.
I still love a man and I believe he still loves me but so far it looks like our relationship is not to be romantic at this point. Hoping it changes though.....) ` :

Answer 7

only those who have tasted "both" can speak to this question. of course it is better to have loved than none at all..whatever the emotional cost. while the second option of "never having loved" is really not an option -- as humans we are bound to love -- whether the other sex, friends, parents, nature, animals etc. etc. I guess I am deep into thinking and feeling but that is what this world is about. good luck...in your next love

Answer 8

Having had about thirty lovers in my life-time, and having lost all of them for various reasons... having been truly 'in love' with only FOUR of them... I can't imagine WHAT I would have done with all that time I spent 'in love' otherwise... so 'better to have loved and lost'... there's always opportunity to love again.... and even BETTER than the last time!

Answer 9

I do agree because if you had the chance to love someone and ended up losing them, at least you loved somebody, even if only for a short while.

Answer 10

it depends on how your love is lost. i have had two great loves in my life. the first and i just drifted apart with no hard feelings. after that i would have agreed. however my wife left me for my best friend (just like every other country song) and it has left me hurt and bitter even twenty years later. so now i disagree.