The saying is "if you love someone set them free, if they come back then it's ment to be".
What are your thoughts on this saying?
2007-12-22 16:30:56 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
i believe it to be very true !!
and yes I did expierience it.
I left my fiance a couple years back because of personal issues I had and because he was going through things that I just couldnt help him with
It was a very hard thing to do because I loved him soo much,but I believed in the saying.....
and 1 1/2 years later he came back to me
so I knew it was meant to be
2007-12-22 16:36:39 · answer #1 · answered by country_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
L - I don't think that's what the saying is saying. You know the saying, 'if you love someone, you set them free' or whatever, it's like, if you really love that person, you'll stop loving them (not stop so much...but let them go...I can't explain it...kinda accept that this is how things need to be and stuff) and let them go on. So what this is saying (at least to me) is that if you let them go, if they come back to you after that, then it was meant to be.
2007-12-22 16:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have doubts because a close friend of mine uses that quote constantly.
He's loved this girl for 3 years now and she's very off-and-on with her emotions. Basically, she'll dump in and persue someone else while he sobs over her until she comes back, having left the other guy. I don't think they're meant to be but I think that this quote can be true...
Like if you love someone but you know they'd be happier with someone else, then let them go...I think that's definitely true love.
2007-12-22 16:35:58 · answer #3 · answered by mel mel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you love someone, their feelings and happiness mean more to you than anything. If there's something out there that may even have the slightest chance of making them happier...than so be it. Let them go. Why keep them around if they are miserable?
There's also something to be said about being a sucker too...when those who are set free...come back expect you waiting around for them...that's being stupid...
2007-12-22 16:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by zimmiesgrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set them free, they do come back, and it falls apart again. Based on my mistakes and errors in the dating world let them go and do not allow them to come back.
If it was meant to be it would without any breaks ups inbteween. It is not only about the right person but right timing too.
2007-12-22 16:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by Woman in Red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.............I think it means something but there are so many sides to it. I don't think it is a sure fire thing but depending on the situation it does make sense. You should not hold onto anything against it's will...........I think that is what it means. You need to give every living thing it's own choice and if it does love you, it will return. If it doesn't, than it wont. The saying doesn't mean that if you let it go, it will definitely return.
2007-12-22 16:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by Primrose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that is true at all. You run the risk of losing that person if you set them free. And if you loved them in the first place, why would you? My ex set me free (dumped me) and now he wants me back but I have not come back. Don't want to either.
2007-12-22 16:33:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
my understanding of this is to set free someone who isn't in love with you anymore no matter how much you loved him/her. Learning to let go because you love the person enough to be happy wherever be... . If he comes back, yes he might have realize your worth afterall but i do not necessarily wait him back. It is now his lost if he has no one to come back to because I have moved on.
Talking about experience.
2007-12-22 19:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by jables 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe this is true. For example I just ended my engagement a few days ago and it honestly is tearing me apart, but from this we gained a better understanding of what we need from each other. I'm setting him free to gain self control and to better himself without my presence stopping him. I'm continuing with my schooling and work. We are hoping this identifies our needs and who we are along with if time will tell us that we are meant to be.
2007-12-22 16:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by Hill-ta-Pill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personally have done it yet it didnt work out for me in the end but that was when i was younger, but my husband did it with me and i came back to him (when we were dating that is) the truth is sometimes we make decisions that we shouldnt be making and we turn around and realize that the person we let go is so special that we never should have let go. i was lucky i realized my mistake within a few days and ran back the moment i realized i was making the biggest mistake of my life. he didnt fit when he let me go. and thankfully it wasnt too late for him to take me back. unfortunately life doesnt always work that way sometimes it may take years for them to come back or maybe you move on and when they do its too late that was what happend to me i had moved on by the time he realized his mistake (when i was younger) he realized it a little too late one cant wait around for them to come back but if its ment to be it will be!
2007-12-22 16:57:28 · answer #10 · answered by theoretical 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋