True Love?

I definitely believe in some sense of "true love". I didn't always believe in it though, but I believe it now, because I have found a person that's truly good for me. I, as you, believe there's plenty of people out there you could have a relationship with, and spend the rest of your lives together, happy. I also believe that, as the song goes, don't looke for love, it will look for you. I stopped looking for love a long time ago, as bad experiences just wore me down. But then it found me :) And it is the best thing ever.

I few things I've learned over the years is to not judge people by their looks. I've known several less attractive people that after I got to know them, I saw them in a whole new light and they were beautiful. I've also learned that no matter how desperate I was to find someone, I just couldn't force it. Love found me, after I stopped looking for it. One last thing, whenever you find it, you won't be in doubt. After 4 years now I still get butterflies in my stomach when I know I'll see her soon, and I still can't hide my smile when I see her beautiful face. It's amazing, and I don't see it changing any time soon.

I know it's easy to say all this, and believe me, 10 years ago I didn't believe none of this shit. But today I do.

This is hard for me, because in english you use the same word to say "love" that "be in love".

Be in love is something chemical, is temporary and it won't last.
To love someone it's about passing that first stage of "be in love" and to care and to focus/work on a relationship with another person.

Nowadays people wants to think that the first it's "real" and and "true love is forever" and nobody wants to work on a relationship because that means "it's not true". Well...

I don't believe in "true" love... that is reserved for fairy tales and wishful thinking. The only one(s) that can love us truly is ourselves, and our higher power (if you believe in such a thing), because nobody is perfect.

Real love, on the other hand, never hurts - it just is. Or more simply, love is not self seeking and has no sense of ownership. It is accepting and interdependent, not controlling and dependent. To explain further, love only hurts when abuse is involved and/or the relationship is unhealthy or being emotionally attached (i.e. in love with the idea of being 'in love' or having false ideas about the beloved that ignores the reality; trying to control the other person to be how you expect them to be; not being loving towards yourself and/or putting the responsibility on others to love you; etc., etc.). Love can be the most beautiful thing when it is accepted for what it is and allowed to just be. It's astonishing how many actually do the opposite and resist it.

To give you an idea of unhealthy and co-dependent on society's views on love really is, pay attention to the lyrics in music for example... especially in the pop and country genres, and you'll see many such themes I have mentioned.

My true love is a fiction char so im screwed. Marry xmas

I hope I'll never love again. It hurts more than most physical pains.
(It does exist, but finding mutual real love is close to impossible)

Love is involuntary. Brain science tells us it's a drive like thirst. It's a craving for a specific person. It's normal, natural to "lose control" in the early stage of romance. Love, like thirst, will make you do strange things, But knowledge is power. It's a natural addiction and treating it like an addiction can help you.

We were built to fall in love. Are YOU in love?

it exist. saddly it feels good only while it lasts.

I can imagine finding someone I truly love, but I can't believe in anyone loving me as much as I would love them.
Because I'm a useless piece of shit in real life. :P

There is true love!! You can learn about it in this movie!!

Princess Bride- True Love

Song- True Love

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i found it and got cheated, yay for love.

In my personal life experiences, I have come to the conclusion that love is a joke. A farce. I don't believe in it either. Maybe it's because I've never felt what it feels like or maybe it's because my experiences with relationships has always been garbage.

Maybe I should have learned this years ago when my very first girlfriend used me to get back with her ex.

I have never had a girlfriend for more than a 2 month period at a time. And each time they broke up with me, never telling me what I did wrong.

I went for 15 years alone recently, then an ex and I gave it another try. But she never told me she was still with another guy at the time. That was the final straw. No more. There is no such thing as love. At least not for me.

So I guess the only way for me to be happy, yeah right like I'll ever know what THAT is either, is to be a child of loneliness.

i had it once. like something from a fairy tale. too good to last if you want to say so. after little more than two years we both let it slip instead of fight for it. she always said i changed while i said she changed. did we both? or did neither of us? maybe it was just time to part ways. after all there's a time for everything in life. just two people at the right time in the right place. everything with a beginning has an end and after all the unique things in life never last, that's why they're unique.
that's a few years ago now and i still haven't gotten my head around it. ever since nobody really sparked my interest. after all it can't get any better and in the end there's most likely disappointment waiting. usually i'm the 'live the moment' guy so if i can have a good time today i don't care much about tomorrow's disappointment. there's just nobody interesting in sight. but you never know, the next big deal might wait just around the corner so i keep going.

Time is luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtfkymtavUE

For now I'd settle for mild interest with someone

lets put it that way..
disney and all the other glorifications of "love" ruined what love is all about.
its not about the first passion and the first month... its about sharing your life..
and i dont belive that will ever happen

I'd say pursue your crush, just don't expect to be happy with them forever. No I don't believe in true love, but that doesn't mean we can't still have meaningful relationships for a period of time. Everything comes to an end, we just have to enjoy what we have while we have it, and know when it's time to call it quits instead of trying to endure something we know is doomed. But then again, who knows, maybe I've just become a cynical prick.

Have i found true love , yes me and my wife would die for each other is it as a movie no even in true love you need to work on it to make it successful. As years go by no matter how much you love each other there comes problems of every nature i believe with true love and skills to work your relationship you overcome them , you lack one of this it can be the end.
Also is true love on first site , it could be but for me i didnt notice my wife when i first met her,(it was through friends) and we met at least 6-7 times in a friendly inviroment before we start talking and talking and talking , she was into me from before i fell for her after we had our talks. What that means is a true love can be near you right now and you could not have a clue.
Lastly i dont believe we each have only one good or perfect match i believe we have many but it only takes to meet one

What is love anyway?
When you grow older then you miss each other, longing to see each other... I think that's true love

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No. Maybe. Yes, but no relationship is perfect.

I try not to let it bother me, but it does. Once in a while it'll hit me really hard.
Then I distract myself by doing something else.
Yes, I'm aware that that isn't very healthy.
I've already tried to mentally prepare myself that I will be alone forever, but at the same time I'm not doing anything to pursue it.
It's a struggle because, logically speaking, everything points to me needing to take some sort of action. However, my fears and insecurities continue to hold me back.

This is when I'm really glad I have such great friends. Someone I can talk to without being afraid, without having to be fake. I can always count on them to pull me back when I get lost. That kind of friendship can never be replaced.

Don't worry about it. If you're so focused on finding something you don't have you will forget about everything you currently have which makes you happy. Just go about your life. Maybe it'll happen. Maybe it won't.

In your case, I think you should do something about it. Yes, you might get shot down - but honestly, that is the worst that can happen. Better you try and get shot down than not try and regret. The unknown is always worse.

true love does exist and all that matters is what's on the inside, take my fridge for example

I don't believe in true love between people who barely know each other. Perhaps attraction, interest, friendship. But not true love.

Yet I do strongly believe in being attracted to someone that you feel you could spend your life with (it's a trap, you don't know each other well enough to truly decide that, see above :)) and then committing yourself to knowing that person better and loving them deeper.

18 years of marriage and we've been through rough times, but came out understanding, respecting and loving each other more. Is this true love yet? Dunno, but it sure feels close.

My mom truly loves me

No idea if it exists or not. I dont have the best of luck in relationships. On of the worst was probably my last relationship actually lol. Im starting to think Im just a terrible judge of character when it comes to people Im dating