would you confess your love to someone with no expectation of reciprocation?

Question

why or why not?

this looks like a question of self-esteem. correct me if I am wrong.

LOVE, with expectation of reciprocation, do u still call it love?

Answer 1

Love doesn't require reciprocation for it to be Love. Love simply is. Yes I would confess my love to someone with no expectation. I don't place any expectations on Love. Love always does it on thing regardless of what I "want" it to do:)

Answer 2

Love has been romanticized so much that we are apt to deceive ourselves when in love....... the bare truth in my view is that no love is totally unconditional..... even if reciprocation is not expected, it certainly wishes that there be a reciprocation whenever love is expressly conveyed to someone, otherwise why should it at all be conveyed... the very act of conveyance implies that there is some kind of an expectation. I refuse to believe that I can ever go and tell someone, I love you, if I believed that the person would simply turn away and go without any reaction or just look at me indifferently and ignore my communication altogether...... that is why we never tell a material object how much we love it!!

Answer 3

Yes. All love, for me, is a self-contained thing. It is something that I and I alone feel. so how could there be an expectation of a return? Love is not an investment like buying stock in the stock market. It is more like a gamble in a game of chance. And if you are not prepared to lose everything you bet, you should not be in the game. Life is really like a game, where there is gain and loss in everything you do. It just isn't a zero sum game with a clear winner and loser. So, yes, if I fall in love, I will express that love when the time is right and the opportunity presents itself. I am in love with a woman who is also a best friend. I recently told her I had fallen in love with her. She told me she was flattered, which is a death knell if ever I've heard one. This was similar to a woman saying, "We have to talk..." which is another harbinger of doom. It did not stop me from telling. It did not make her less than the best friend she was before, since we continue to BE best friends. The difference is that now she knows, however it has not changed our relationship as best of friends. Too bad it isn't friends with benefits... She is one hot babe...

Answer 4

Love in itself is circular. To love means to give AND receive. If you're in a healthy relationship and feel strongly about someone than you should be loved while loving. Absence of reciprocation is usually an issue with expressing oneself or confronting a milestone, it's not an indication that you're not being appreciated. I'd express it, even though I'd be making music with my heartbeats, because it's important to articulate such strong emotions to a person you feel that way about, even if you might not get the enthusiastic response you hoped for.

Answer 5

If there is no expectation of reciprocation, I would most likely not be explicitly confessing my love to the person. I would, however, continue to show that I care for that person through my actions and he/she would probably be able to detect that.

Answer 6

I would do it. I have done it and love with expectation of reciprocation is simply conditional.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes because you'll never know the answer if its the right love if you dont try anything to find out. What is there that your gonna lose if all you did was ask? There is contentment in knowing that you have tried than not trying at all.

Answer 9

one should love with a reckless abandon, life is short and to profess your love is indeed godlike and beautiful

Answer 10

yes