Mike B. Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Definitely not. There are people who love others so much that they physically hurt them for good. Love is definitely not enough. I have had exes who did things in the past that I had never even had good friends do and they claimed to have loved me and really showed it in other ways. They were still dangerous. Love is really ambiguous. To me, it is just a strong feelings a person have for you but it cannot be solidly defined with words. You need a lot more for it to mean anything and hopefully that lot more is positive.
USMCHokie Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 100% agree that love is not enough. Life gets in the way...
yume Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Love is love. Trust, loyalty, honesty, affection, sex, desire, comfort, laughter, understanding, fun, attraction....is everything. Love can come about through these things, but love is not everything. If it was, there would be a lot less broken hearts out there.
SassyKitten Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 (Unhealthy, dishonest, etc.) Love isn't enough.
skydiveaddict Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 True love is enough because it covers all the other attributes of a relationship. Trust, patience, kindness, honesty etc.
Mike B. Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 True love is enough because it covers all the other attributes of a relationship. Trust, patience, kindness, honesty etc. Everyone will attempt to define love but when you make a list of what love entails a lot people will say that they do not have all items on the list but will still claim to be in love.
skydiveaddict Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ST. Paul
Untouchable_Fire Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Agree or disagree? NOTE: I mean love alone. I wont put my faith into anything I can buy.
meerkat stew Posted August 5, 2010 Posted August 5, 2010 Once you accept that everyone you ever love is not meant for a relationship with you, then IMO love is enough. It's liberating to care about someone enough that it doesn't really matter whether you are together or not, you just want the best for them.
Author OceanTropic Posted August 6, 2010 Author Posted August 6, 2010 I wont put my faith into anything I can buy. Well then you must be pretty faithless lol because these days, you can buy everything.
Author OceanTropic Posted August 6, 2010 Author Posted August 6, 2010 True love is enough because it covers all the other attributes of a relationship. Trust, patience, kindness, honesty etc. I disagree. How many of us find ourselves in love with people who are "so not my type" or "how could I possibly have ever dated that guy?" Love itself I believe is so separate from all those qualities. We can meet someone with most of these qualities and not love them.
zengirl Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 I disagree with a lot of those who think issues like dishonesty, trust, etc don't have to do with love. I'm assuming the question is about mutual love (and real love), though. With real love, all those problems become moot. As noted in the passage skydiveaddict quoted. But it's got to actually be love and be reciprocated. Don't confuse infatuation or unhealthy attachments with love. If you are, you probably haven't been in love yet. That said, it's still not enough. Love (which includes attraction, kindness, trust, etc), emotional health (self-love), and compatible goals are usually enough, with some work and a little luck.
jamesum Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Love is a chemical reaction that fades with time.
Mme. Chaucer Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Love alone is not enough. I require food and a bunch of other stuff to live.
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