Time, has a way, and a will, to kill, fade, build, encompass, salute, or destroy all things
which do you think it is?
2007-11-07 17:00:13 · 19 answers · asked by jackie41190 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Well it depends on the length of time, but in general, yes the statement is true.
Couples who don't spend enough time apart often break up. It's good to spend time apart so you "miss" the other person and have stuff to talk about. That's why not working together is a great idea, so you don't already know all the work drama of your mate before you get home.
If you don't see someone for years though, chances are they have moved on emotionally.
2007-11-07 17:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by whiskeyman510 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absence makes the heart grow fonder if the person is really in love with the other that he or she cannot last a day without the significant other.
They will surely miss each other that when they meet again it is as if the presence of the other completes him or her.
Time may kill it if at the very first place there is no love or it is not well founded since it fades with time.
2007-11-08 01:11:26 · answer #2 · answered by math 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absence makes the heart grow fonder... for someone else"
It has also been said "Out of sight, out of mind".
It will depend on the nature and maturity of the relationship and the length of time we're talking about. No relationship grows stronger through indefinite absence. Even when we lose someone to death - we elevate their memory and they do grow fonder in our memories, but in the process we have substituted their reality (the good, bad and ugly) with the idealized version. And, over time, the way we love, and even think of them changes as we develop new patterns in our lives that they are not a part of.
2007-11-08 03:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Can'tBYY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another way to look at the phrase: Absence means you aren't with the person and if you loved them when you parted, you've forgotten the little things that annoy the heck out of you about them and remember only the good things...ergo, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder". You build up the relationship into maybe something it really was not. I think that is why we often look back on our "first loves" with fondness...it didn't last long enough for us to see the other person's warts!
There is another saying, "Out of sight, out of mind". Sometimes this one is true as well!
2007-11-08 01:24:53 · answer #4 · answered by dasupr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that a short absence makes the heart grow fonder and a prolonged absence makes the heart grow weary. If you are apart for a short time you have the chance for the excitement to build up again, the yearning to increase the appreciation of your love and the abstinence to increase your passion. But if you are apart for a long, long time it just becomes harder to stay intimate sometimes, and the passion fades to a dull ache and the mind can stray to what is at hand.
2007-11-08 01:08:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it true for lovers who really love each other. When the beloved is absent then the intense desire to be with him or her grows stronger and fonder. Love knows no boundery, no time, no limit, no place can separate between two lovers. The lover always think of the beloved. The principle of absence makes presence felt real.
2007-11-08 01:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by lui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have felt absence makes the heart grow fonder only with one person. The rest time took it's toll.
2007-11-08 01:06:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That may be true but not always in this day and age. Take some of my friends that are at war right now. Some other there girl friends and wifes are getting tired of waiting and looking for other guys. I don't understand it myself, but I guess thats what can happen in a high pace culture like the one we live in. Ever one wanted everything now. Who know maybe now days the idea of waiting for something or something, only looks good on paper.
2007-11-08 11:37:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time does make the heart grow fonder only if your love is true.
2007-11-08 01:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since you ask a philosophical question, let me answer with philosophy:
Nothing is "necessary" except for those propositions which are true by nature of their language, such as "existence exists," or "I think, therefore I am."
(Why is Cogito Ergo Sum "necessary"? Because to think, there must be an object of cognition. If there is a recognized object, than there must necessarily be a subject which recognizes it.)
2007-11-08 09:13:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋