| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 10:09:31 AM | having matured (been a bachelor) alone for the past 10 years (since 17), does anyone still have any faith in the word 'love'. i'm pretty critical of it to be honest, to me it represents the ignorance of youth. i dont mean to be a grinch or a moron, but really can you truely think that someone could love you the way you want? a lot of people just seem desperate. i want a positive answer so do your best!!!!! | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 10:14:45 AM | | I absolutely believe in it. I've seen people experience it. It's what I one day hope to find. But if I don't, I'll have a lot of fun trying to find it. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 10:46:57 AM |
to me it represents the ignorance of youth. i dont mean to be a grinch or a moron, but really can you truely think that someone could love you the way you want?
I think this part of your original statement holds the most truth. When we are young we define love as the way WE would want it to be. Love should be him telling me a 1000 times a day, it should be flowers and candy and googly-puppy dog eyes.
I think as we get older we can understand that people express their love for us in different ways and it is up to us to accept it for what it is.
So yes, I still believe in it, I just won't know what it looks like until someone special decides I'm the person they want to share it with  . | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 10:48:46 AM | | I think there are people somewhere that do, I once read about it - although from what I read it seems to be a dying breed...sort of like the American Eagle. Luckily there's enough lust and friendship to keep us busy. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 11:27:02 AM | | Look, love is out there, the key thing I guess is patience. Well, and looking in the right places! Love is something that I dont doubt for a moment still exists its just a matter of finding that special someone and putting all your heart into it. The reason love is often concidered a dying breed is because so many people are shooting for the super model and it keeps the from seeing the glowing star that possibly resides within the slightly overweight person. Who knows maybe the girl or boy you spent so much time making fun of in jr high or elementary is the one that YOU belonged with all along. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/5/2007 12:56:10 PM | Yes, I believe in love...not in the fairy-tale, happily-ever-after sense, but in the real, be-there-for-you-no-matter-what unconditional sense. Love isn't passive; you can't just sit there and expect it to work. You have to work on it, nurture it, cultivate it, or else it will die.
I've only been in love twice--I got hurt both times. But I haven't given up on the idea that love is out there. I have enough friends and family to remind me of that.  | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 1:10:42 PM | It depends on what you mean by love. I have just come to realize this week that being loved and feeling loved are two completely seperate things. You can feel loved even when the intent of the other person isn't love at all. You can feel unloved when someone truly does love you but is unable to show it.
Love is complex and perhaps the single word is part of the confusion. I do believe in love and I refuse to let the past prove that it cannot exist. I prefer to think that the past is preparing me for the ultimate feeling that I have been looking for. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 3:15:42 PM | I still believe in love, probably even more so now that I'm older. I'm better at telling someone what I need and want and what I'm able to give. My definition of love has changed over the years, less focused on the outside and more on the inside cause that's where a person's true beauty lies.
I was fortunate to attend the wedding of one of my best friends, and you could literally feel the love in the air. My eyes swell with tears everytime I think about it. If they have found the love that they need in each other, there's no reason why I can't find the person that I can love and will love me in a way that is fulfilling to us both.
Don't give up hope, love is all around you, just be open to finding it and it'll find you!
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 3:21:57 PM |  I do - I do!!!!
Love is there - we all have the ability to find it and embrace it!! Sometimes you simply have to step out of your comfort zone take chances and the love you are seeking is right under your nose!! What you once put aside may be the light in your life - the love you are desiring!!! | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 3:31:57 PM | "that someone could love you the way you want" You have to know what that is for yourself before you can communicate that to someone else. If someone asked, so how is it that you want to be loved, could you give a direct answer? If you can't, then maybe give that some more thought.
We all express love different ways. Some are more verbal, some are more physical, some show love the way they want to be loved rather than how the other person needs it to be expressed.
Communication is hugely important, the first talk you have is with yourself, know what you want, what you need to have expressed and how. Then you can communicate that to someone else and learn how to give them the love the way they want it. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 4:46:19 PM | Wait....I'm still looking at the first part of your first sentence. Hmmmm are you implying that being a bachelor is the reason for your maturity? Wow... never thought of THAT before.
Back to the topic. Do i believe in LOVE? Absa-freekin-lootley I do!! It's been around for generations and generations. There is no chance it has suddenly dried up and blown away jsut since you've been a bachelor an d you've been without it. It's out there!!! all aroudn the world...making people smile and blush and shout with joy every minute of every day!!
But....................it's pretty special stuff..............you can't fake it with just "anybody". So you ahve to BE a SPECIAL GUY and meet a SPECIAL WOMAN with whom you can share SPECIAL CONNECTIONS. It's NOT as easy as falling off a ladder...but.......it's worth it for sure...if it's genuine. ahhh I really can't think of anything better in the world than having a real genuine love to give your heart a little smile. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 5:26:26 PM | This is a very sad post. Sorry you don't know that answer. When I was single I wondered it to for the longest of times. Then one day my husband came along. It wasn't love at first site. He just met me one day and never went home. I didn't understand why he stayed. Over time I am understanding it more. Here I thought it was because I was just nice to him.  Now I dought he would trade me for all the perfect people out there. Still don't understand why. So yea, there is a thing called love and its real. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 5:48:03 PM | I do, I do ,I do 
it will come around again.....we just have to find each other at the right time for both of us
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 6:55:07 PM | Love does have an element and faith and belief in it's existence.
If you don't believe it can happen, then you're already written the self fulfilling prophecy that it won't.
Unlike Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.....love is all around, many have it and those who do cherish it....they don't need to belief it can happen, they know it can.
However it happens, may not be how you expected or imagined...it's a gift. If you don't believe in a gift or understand when it's presented...if it's not wrapped in your favorite wrapping paper, not the right bow...do you not open the gift?
Maybe lame anaolgy...but sometimes love is a surprise, it doesn't always fall within our limited parameters of what we expect. If you limit it to the confines of your preconceived expectations.
I'll make it more practical and pragmatic.
No matter what the occasion, birthdays, Christmas...I'm not always that great at finding the "perfect" present. Something they'll be blown away with...I always wanted this...how could you know? It's happened but not often.
It's not that they don't know what they want, or I don't either...but I usually have to ask...talk..GOD the dreaded communication. Why is it that it seems that communicating is often seen as the last resort?
And especially in love, that is really such an essential component. When it comes to the important things, if you don't know and can't say...then pfftt...then I have no clue. Maybe go ask a psychic?
I know what I want and what I need...and all those who are involved in my life, those I love...it's no big mystery...nothing I need to keep secret..if you're close to me, then you know me and why would I want to hide that? | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 8:21:16 PM | | yep! i absolutely believe in love. i have love in my life already, and i find that the more you have (and give), the more will come to you. desperation is not love. i think that someone could love me the way i want BECAUSE i already have love in my life (for myself, for my family, for my friends, and from my family and friends). i'm not looking for someone to complete me, but to complement me. there's a big difference. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/14/2007 10:31:50 PM | I believe that there is such as thing as "Love". it's just different for different people. and that's where the problems come in.
People who believe in Love Type A need to find someone else who believes in that same type of love in order to make it work and last.
People who believe in Love Type B need to find someone else who believes in that same type of love in order to make it work and last.
etc... etc....
I believe in Love. I just think it's hard to find someone who believes in OUR certain kind of love. | |
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Posted: 4/14/2007 10:38:19 PM | I've been in love once before, had heart ripped out and all that fun stuff.
I believe in it, it just hurts when it's not mutual. | |
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/15/2007 12:39:06 AM | Yes I beleive in love.
Everyone who talks to me on line - finds love in a few short days. 
"I would talk to you but I have been dating another woman off another site and we going for it" seems to be on a lot of my messages
So chat to me men, you bound to find love within a few days, I am a good luck charm.
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| does anyone still believe in love?
Posted: 4/15/2007 6:23:22 AM | | Love does not necessarily mean that a person loves you back, but that does not stop it being love, does not stop it being a reason for waking up in the morning, a reason for hurting, a reason for moving on. Love is not easy, love can hurt, but love can amazing too. I believe in love, I couldn't do without it. | |
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