Measuring love and expecting equal love in return

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Re: Measuring love and expecting equal love in return

@Sehrysh

But that’s the problem. Sometimes people are so consumed by the Bollywood/Hollywood version of love that they expect love to be about symbols more than sentiment. They internalize those symbols and expect the other person to reciprocate in kind.

Well, symbols are important. May be not every single one but remembering a birthday or anniversary are important. What you expect out of the celebration of those days is a diff story. If think that your husband/wife only loves you if they prepare a candle light dinner and shower you with lavish gifts on every one of these occassions then you are entering into dangeous territory. On the other hand, if your partner shows no interest whatsoever in an anniversary/birthday celebration and never remembers it, would you be hurt even if you didnt care about symbols, I think so.

A girl like me, I appreciate a nice, funny greeting card. Now if someone can’t even pull that off then I don’t know about that! LOL