I saw this posted in another forum by someone, and I immediately totally disagreed. However, this person seems very convinced of this, and I was wondering how many other people out there believe that you can only ever romantically love one person in your life. It was explained by the poster that people who divorce and remarry, or those remarrying after spousal death, are either trying to just “fill the void” or never really loved the first partner.
I think it depends what your definition of love is. For example, our parents generation were mainly arranged and love may or may not have developed after marriage. Many desi couples may argue and fight, sleep separately but they will never divorce, never think of remarrying. Contrast this with young people in the West who date and fall in 'love' every other week. So who knows what real love is? Is it the deep and lasting connection of two souls? Or the puppy love and infatuation of teenagers who can't forget their first love. The reason they can't forget is because of the way that first person made them feel about themselves. It opened up an awareness in them that they hadn't experienced before. So naturally they compare other subsequent partners with that first one. But that doesn't mean that they can never love again.
this is true for unrequited love.
but, to love again in hope of finding a trustworthy companion and doing so with real faith, is only human, nothing God like.
isolation, loneliness, despair & negativity is all what would we have if we could not care for love.
I personally don't think love is over rated ... its under rated infact ... the thing is everyone defines love in their own way and my way would be different then anyone else and for some people it might be somthing that only happens once .... for me as a person who just came out of a relationship love is a term that is used too loosely but i think i finally realized the meaning of love from this relationship
It is not about love rather relationship. When we are in a relationship, we share our secrets, dreams, aspirations and go through all the vicissitudes of life, with that we become close with that person. Therefore, when that relationship ends there is void of other person and you think that whether the new person would be able to fill or make it better.
There are some with past relationships but due to lack of communication and understandings, they regret and do not want to be in that situation again. It is all in the head, learn to understand that life is different, people are different, and relationships are different. It is not about finding the right one, rather being the right one…and stop watching Bollywood movies. Thank you and now you can go and do you homework.
It depends on a few things. Say you are young, 18 or 19 years old and going into college or whatever and you have certain ideas and ideals about what you want from life and what you want your life to be. You meet someone of about the same age and status and its pure love. You get married and go on to persue your goals.
Guess what? Most people (or maybe I should say SOME) at age 28 do not resemble the people they were at age 18. What if you both switched majors, you both changed your ideals and ideas about what you want your life to be.
So do you hang on and not have the "ideal partner" to go thru life with you? Or go on to find someone that truly "fits" the person you've come to be.
Yes, you can have a "true love" early on in your life. But beleive me, when YOU are a different person, when you mature, if you end up discovering that the relationship doesnt work anymore, then you WILL (or you CAN) find one that does.
So yes, I think you can have more than one "true" love.
may be not...but i believe your first love is always very intense and might be harder to forget and to move on from...but then again everyone has diff opinions and experiences