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by Lexita on October 27th, 2005

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Is life without love really life at all?

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  • by Merry Walker on November 1st, 2005

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    What kind of love are we talking about? I have a feeling you're asking about a life without a partner, without a one-on-one romantic love and relationship. The answer to that is yes, life is life and worthwhile regardless of whether one ever has a romantic relationship.

    But many people these days seem to think that their lives can't be "complete" or satisfying unless they have romantic love. This is actually backwards: as long as someone feels their quality of life depends on another person, they can never know true happiness or satisfaction... or love.

    There are many kinds of love, and the most important is self-love. Until and unless you love yourself, you can't experience much more than pale glimpses of what love, ANY kind of love, is all about. And self-love is a natural part of human existence, so everyone has that ability, although in modern times it's often not easy to develop.

    We all experience love of many kinds in our lives. I'm not sure it would be possible to NOT experience it, unless there was brain damage. Even the most seriously emotionally traumatized people can still experience love of one kind or there is no love in your life, there is... you just have to learn to recognize it.

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    • Nice answer

      Jodie44

      by Jodie44 on November 19th, 2005

    • Well, That sound like a Psychologist answer and they sound like someone who is also had love of the kind I think we are really talking about.

      I truly long for person to share life and its up and downs with. My frustration is that I don't have this and have not had that sort of love in several years. To add perspective, I am told by many that I am a good looking guy. I say that to show that I am a normal looking person and that I don't have one eye low and one high or anything.

      I do not search out relationships or anything. I just am on my own. I have had a few almosts but nothing.

      I don;t know what else to type but do however think just posting this somewhere no one has apparently updated in a while was somewhat therapeutic.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on September 1st, 2009

    • Its a hard question to awnser for anyone but you only get peoples opinions when you ask that question and my opinion is that you can never live until you experience love or romance you get to feel all kinds of stuff when your in love and the part about love what people love best is that you never what is going to happen next, you might split or you might get married but it is the exciting things what happen and thats what makes us so vunreble to love and no, no one can live with out love!!!

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on October 22nd, 2009

    • You're wrong. American culture loves to define the significance of life through ridiculous existential philosophies. A person is not a monolith, a person is NOTHING without other people. I DO think people often expect way to much from a partner. They over romanticize expectations and what love will bring to them. If a person found themselves, ala Twilightzone, the last of the race alive, they would almost certainly despair. A persons worth is defined by other people, and a romantic relationship is statistically the most important factor to improving happiness. Read "The Social Animal," it explains things better than I could.

      Colton_S

      by Colton_S on December 8th, 2010

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