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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:28 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:50 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:03 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:22 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:16 pm
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i do believe in love;; but i believe there are different kinds of love. i love my boyfriend, i love my older brother. i don;t love them in the same way, but still there is a bond;; an attraction between us, that brings us closer.
everyone falls in love, but not in the same way, and not at the same extreme. i love the random stranger on the street, because as a christian i love all of God's creation, but that doesn;t mean that i love that stranger the same way i love my mom.
it;s totally different. and people fall out of love as well. it just happens;;
but, i believe that although love has a start and an end in many cases, there is one specific type of love, one that IS real. it is an impossible love, THE MOST impossible love. one that causes you to go to the extremes for a person. the way my mom loves me. that;s an impossible love, is it not?
that same impossible love can happen with another person, a boyfriend or a girlfriend can fall in love, into this impossible love, in which forever isn;t scary, because spending forever together wouldn;t be enough . . .
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:20 am
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I don't agree with what seems to be the common interpretation of 'true love', which is that there is one person out there for you, and you two are perfect for each other. I don't hold this view for several reasons.
1. I don't believe that anyone two people can be perfect together. Every relationship, romantic or otherwise, has things that need to be worked on for it for function properly. While it is very possible to be so committed to a relationship that you try everything to make it work, I don't think that any relationship can be 'perfect' by default.
2. Many people may work well in a relationship with any given person. There can't be just one. Just look at the sheer number of people in the world. As well, in friendships, most people don't have one friend. There are lots of people who make good friends for a certain person, and I think this applies in a romantic relationship context as well.
3. Where does this leave poly-open people, or people who work better in polyamorous relationships?
In my opinion, 'true love' is a misnomer. No love can be truer than any other. Love is love. When we see an example of a relationship that we would think exemplifies true love, I think that what we are really seeing is a love that has conquered obstacles, is strong and committed, and the partners in that relationship have worked hard to make it work. This is love. No need to put 'true' in front of it.
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