do you believe in "love of your life"?

[trywait]

the hopeless romantics do!

[Lycanthropist]

No. I've been burned too many times. I can have strong feelings for another person, but I don't love anyone.

[araya]

I'll say the exact same thing as your lover if someone were to ask me that kind of question
this is gonna make me sound like a horrible person, oh well, I am
I don't fall to people easily yet once I fall for someone, I can love them for a while until the love die out
I'm not dumping my exes because I have someone else on my mind or because of me cheating them
it seems like their feelings to me get deeper each day while mine is dying out
karma/divine retribution? I'm not a religious person to believe such thing but it's indeed what I've done is something ugly and I deserved a "punishment" for that

[chibigiraffe]

i am a hopeless romantic, maybe too hopeless. i don't believe in "one true love". i'm not sure if i even believe in "love" at all.

i mean, i know my family loves me and i love them back. ive just never been in "love" before and i'm starting to doubt if it'll ever happen...

[East]

I absolutely believe in the love on my life...for me...didn't think about it one way or the other before it happened....

I don't know what the truth is for everyone else though. I think everyone has their own path to walk.

A friend of mine here in PM asked me about soul mates once and I was stumped because I have alot to say on the subject and written communication is not my strong suit...

What I told him in a nutshell...your soul mate does not necessarily mean the love of your life....it could be a friend...a family member...someone you completely rejected...or even your arch enemy.

[Lexington]

No.

I think, with every human being on the planet, you can have some sort of relationship...and I'm using the term in its broadest sense. Perhaps you could be polite acquaintances that you only see once in a great while, but that's still a "relationship". Or perhaps you could bond over a couple things like sports or movies. Or maybe you could be casual friends. Or pretty good friends. Or even exceptionally close friends. Or perhaps you could become lovers, in the full sense of the term (rather than just "somebody I have sex with").

The number of people who fit that last category is, one would assume, the smallest. But I don't think it's as empty as all that. Yeah, it's possible that some people in that category you won't be able to stay lovers with for life. But even if we add the category of "people I could be in a lifelong loving relationship with", I still don't think there's only one person in that folder.

But let's take two people out of the folder, and compare/contrast. Will there be differences? Absolutely. Will one invariably be better than the other? Um, maybe? But I don't think it's all that cut and dried. Maybe the conversation is better with Guy 1, but maybe the sex is better with Guy 2. That doesn't make either of them "wrong for you". Relationships are two people (or more, if you want to go that route) making a go of things together. There are always slight shifts and compromises made in relationships.

I don't believe in one "perfect" person for everybody. That's a really dangerous thought. It leads people into thinking that any time they run into small conflicts or disagreements, that "I'm with the wrong person - if we were meant to be together, there wouldn't be any conflict". And that's just not the case.

Lex

[TentoumuChu]

Maybe yes, maybe no.
I have never fall in love myself so I can't say anything. I don't have much hope that I would ever find a guy that made especially for me. But since I'm still young, I will keep heading foward and wait.

[JackTX]

Old topic, but...

I've been lucky enough to have 2 people completely love me in my life. I think for every person there are lots of possible matches. None is likely "perfect" because we're human and perfection doesn't exist in us, but if you find someone that's close you should thank your lucky stars

Still, if a partner of 6 months told me I was just "his partner for now" and I was feeling much stronger feelings, I'd have to reevaluate the entire relationship and either decide that was OK for now or I'd end it and find a better match. Life is too short.