Topic: why is is so hard to find true love
Mikeawtn's photo
Wed 07/04/12 03:01 PM
The real question is where can we find true love. It isn't so hard as we may think, Its the uncertanity that the person we fall in love with is truely the one we want to be withm if we had just waited a little while longer could we have found someone better or are we sure we want to truely fall in love. Sometimes it's the fear and the I not so sure this is what I really want that gets in the way of trusting our heart. We tend to see purely with our eyes and not trust our true feelings for someone. We are often quick judge a person's exterior qualities rather than the inner qualities. We have to balance the tow if we ant to make the right choice and we also tend to forget about prayer. It can work if we set aside the time to do so and GOD can be our true matchmaker. It's good to have technology to backup our choices. however, we can find true love if we just believe we an and will find true love. We must also ask ourselves what is true love, what are we looking for in ourselves with the person we want to be with, what inner qualities must the person have to make us interested in being them. I suggest just sit down make out a list of things you want in true love and compare them with your inner qualities, pray about them and wait. Also, don't make excuses about not finding the rith one.

PacificStar48's photo
Wed 07/04/12 03:45 PM
The term "true love" gets defined a lot of ways. If in your mind it is another person loveing you exactly the way you want to be loved and vice versa well then you are probably going to be highly dissappointed.

If true love means at least starting out likeing the basic person, being physically attracted to that person, then growing, adapting, shareing ,considerate toward, forgiving of, spiritualy compatiable with, and motivateing of investing in the relationship with the other then you have a really good chance of having a "true love" that won't fade or dissappear.

"True Love" does exist. It doesn't get celebrated as much like the phoney kinds and tends to be kind of "invisable" because most people who "truely love" each other don't have to make a big show of it but if you think about it there are a lot of "true loves" in the world. Often they are the quiet anchors of communities and their families.

If you talk to people who are "True Loves" they will be the first to tell you it isn't all a bed of roses. Heartaches and boredom come to the best of relationships it is just so many times people talk themself out of seeing or believeing someone loves them. And as a society we sooth ourself in saying because it has not happen to us yet or we gave up on the idea that it can't or doesn't exist when it does.

skepticalmagnetism's photo
Wed 07/04/12 03:56 PM
True love does exist.
True love is rare,that is why it is so elusive.

Many people have a very unrealistic expectation when it comes to relationships--of any kind.

I am always taken aback when I hear someone say "well, I am looking for this, and this and this in a person"...yet, what should really be asked is "What can YOU bring to a relationship?" " What do YOU have to offer?"

Relationships are not just all about what YOU need.

Life is one long learning experience, there are signs all around us, that most of us miss because we don't slow down nor quiet ourselves enough to see...to really listen.

I still believe in true love :)

Just my 2 cents worth:)

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Wed 07/04/12 03:59 PM

True love does exist.
True love is rare,that is why it is so elusive.

Many people have a very unrealistic expectation when it comes to relationships--of any kind.

I am always taken aback when I hear someone say "well, I am looking for this, and this and this in a person"...yet, what should really be asked is "What can YOU bring to a relationship?" " What do YOU have to offer?"

Relationships are not just all about what YOU need.

Life is one long learning experience, there are signs all around us, that most of us miss because we don't slow down nor quiet ourselves enough to see...to really listen.

I still believe in true love :)

Just my 2 cents worth:)


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skepticalmagnetism's photo
Wed 07/04/12 04:04 PM
Thank you for reading my post and for the kind reply, I appreciate it, have a great day !
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PacificStar48's photo
Wed 07/04/12 11:18 PM

True love does exist.
True love is rare,that is why it is so elusive.

Many people have a very unrealistic expectation when it comes to relationships--of any kind.

I am always taken aback when I hear someone say "well, I am looking for this, and this and this in a person"...yet, what should really be asked is "What can YOU bring to a relationship?" " What do YOU have to offer?"

Relationships are not just all about what YOU need.

Life is one long learning experience, there are signs all around us, that most of us miss because we don't slow down nor quiet ourselves enough to see...to really listen.

I still believe in true love :)

Just my 2 cents worth:)


Well Said!

NathanielZ's photo
Wed 07/04/12 11:27 PM
Usually when the work "true" is put in front of opinion, it doesn't exist. There is no such thing has a true color or true happiness because all of that is the result of neural connections and memories. When that changes, our wants/desires change - thus there is nothing that can be deemed "true".

PacificStar48's photo
Thu 07/05/12 01:10 AM
Think you are right there. Anytime people use all, always, everyone, somebody, Must some of those extream words and I just kind of know here we go again. lol

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Thu 07/05/12 04:25 AM
I had no idea I'd be posting so often here but the topics keep drawing me in and I've only been here a few days.My opinion only but I feel that we sometimes look for the wrong thing when it comes to love..it's not about someone loving you....no way to tell if they actually feel that or are pretending...the real truth lies in you being able to love another person....you must be able to give that love freely without expectations....so,maybe we should spend time learning to love somebody else and a lot less time trying to find somebody to love us.Just remember the wise words once said"learn to love yourself and then you will be able to love another."

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Thu 07/05/12 06:20 AM

I really want to hear why yall think its so hard to find. True love. Does it exist,is it just an emotion brought on by society,or do we. Actually love. That "one"? Yes i am new here. Thoight i would put this up. drinker
If I didn't think true love existed, I'd not want to be in a relationship ever again. You can like someone for their looks, but would they really be all you expected from them? [assuming you had any expectations of them]. I see all too often that people get too carried away with the typically handsome or the typically hot, and then once that euphoric feeling is over, you start crashing back to reality [hopefully]. You then realise you may have made a mistake contacting this "hot" person you thought would end up being yours. I'd rather feel a connection first, than hurry a relationship. Nothing worse than one-sided love. The problem is that if you don't believe in it, it may never believe in you either. Just something I was pondering about earlier. laugh

PacificStar48's photo
Thu 07/05/12 06:20 AM
Edited by PacificStar48 on Thu 07/05/12 06:22 AM

I had no idea I'd be posting so often here but the topics keep drawing me in and I've only been here a few days.My opinion only but I feel that we sometimes look for the wrong thing when it comes to love..it's not about someone loving you....no way to tell if they actually feel that or are pretending...the real truth lies in you being able to love another person....you must be able to give that love freely without expectations....so,maybe we should spend time learning to love somebody else and a lot less time trying to find somebody to love us.Just remember the wise words once said"learn to love yourself and then you will be able to love another."


Bingo! Give this lady a prise. Actually sounds like she is a prize. Welcome to Mingle.

Like you I like this thread and it really seems to jive with this post on another site. Hope you like this thought as much as I do.



'An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward.

So when life seems to be dragging you back with difficulties

It means that

Life is going to launch you into something great.

So just focus, and keep aiming."

Cath Borwn's "Daily Attitude Adjustment"

Duttoneer's photo
Sun 07/08/12 08:47 AM
Edited by Duttoneer on Sun 07/08/12 08:49 AM

I really want to hear why yall think its so hard to find. True love. Does it exist,is it just an emotion brought on by society,or do we. Actually love. That "one"? Yes i am new here. Thoight i would put this up. drinker

Collins English Dictionary defines some meanings of the words,

true : something not false, fictional, illusory, conforming to reality, factually accurate, ...
love : to have a great attachment to and affection for, to have passionate desire, longing, feelings for, ...

I believe there are many forms of love, for example, the love a parent has for their child, the love a child has for a parent, the love a spouse has for their partner, these all do exist.

Duttoneer's photo
Mon 07/09/12 12:33 AM


I really want to hear why yall think its so hard to find. True love. Does it exist,is it just an emotion brought on by society,or do we. Actually love. That "one"? Yes i am new here. Thoight i would put this up. drinker

Collins English Dictionary defines some meanings of the words,

true : something not false, fictional, illusory, conforming to reality, factually accurate, ...
love : to have a great attachment to and affection for, to have passionate desire, longing, feelings for, ...

I believe there are many forms of love, for example, the love a parent has for their child, the love a child has for a parent, the love a spouse has for their partner, these all do exist.

I believe love can be lost by our own actions, what we do can cause the loss of love from another, and their actions, what they do, can cause the loss of our love for them.


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Mon 07/09/12 01:00 AM
Just be aware that you can just as much screw up your next relationship as much as you did with any previous ones. IF you did. Just know what to look out for, really. As long as you know your preferences, then you're pretty much set.

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Sun 08/26/12 07:50 PM
Tru luv s a gradual developmnt,it does nt jst happen dt y.

ruia's photo
Sun 08/26/12 08:01 PM
its really hard

pyxxie13's photo
Mon 08/27/12 11:53 AM
True love ...ask the people on the street who are about 90 years old and still walk down the street holding hands.
And no...it's cheating if they just got married a year ago. laugh

prashant01's photo
Mon 08/27/12 11:57 AM

I really want to hear why yall think its so hard to find. True love. Does it exist,is it just an emotion brought on by society,or do we. Actually love. That "one"? Yes i am new here. Thoight i would put this up. drinker


it's all about expectations man!

prashant01's photo
Mon 08/27/12 12:03 PM

I honestly don't believe in true love anymore. I think it is a thing of the past.


may be this is one specialty of love.
Every generation find it a thing of past....!!



It is rare to find someone that can make you happy enough that you would want to spend your life with them.


haha....expecations..!!

why should one??:wink:


I am sure there are those that disagree, but I have never seen it once in my life.


Actually...love is never seen...it is to be sensed...

prashant01's photo
Mon 08/27/12 12:04 PM

its hard to find because when you 'look' for it you must be pre defining it

true love develops over time, with shared experiences, goals, dreams,,etc,,,


hummmm....right

A matured thinking