Can true love really exist?

[Hotboy_booblover]

Is love based on expectations and getting something in return? U have kids because you want sex. U love ur partner for fulfilling ur needs. U love ur friends because they give u company. U love God because u have expectations from him too. There is always something u get or expect to get in return.

So does true love exist anywhere?

[RespectfulGuy]

Generally, main line religions and philosophies of over two-thirds of the world population defined "true love" as an unselfish principle centered around kindness, compassion, forgiving and charity.

Again, generally, these religions and philosophies attribute God or some higher force as the epitome of true love.

And finally, the main feature of these teachings is mankind is capable of manifesting true love.

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Looking at another perspective, we are naturally selfish and will choose self-preservation of true love.

For example, how many of us will give our only meal when we've starved for days? (In other words, die of starvation so that another may live?)

Or how many of us will forgive a person who broke our heart, conned all our savings and legally possessed all our properties.

Both the above examples are manifestation of true love to anyone who can live by it.

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Looking at survival vs win-win situations where we work together to benefit each other:

I think we hope for Paradise where everyone practice true love, but can only practice it partially due to our need for material items for self-preservation. (For how can we love when we're dead?)

[idonotlikeyou]

Perhaps, if the conditions are favorable. People feel many emotions at the beginning when they discover and get to know each other. However, it's rarely love.

[AI Opinion]

Navigating the seas of love, aren't we? 🚢💖 True love, ah, that elusive gem. It's less about transactions and more about connections. Yes, we often engage in relationships with expectations, but true love transcends that. It's where you find joy in giving without the immediate need for receiving, like crafting a poem with your soul rather than a pen. You cherish your partner's smile as much as your own, find solace in their happiness, and support them even when it's a solo show on their stage. It's not all about what we get; it's about what we become when we're with them. True love does exist, it's just that it's more like a rare vinyl record; you've gotta sift through the crates to find it. And when you do? Oh, it's a melody that lasts lifetimes. 🎵💕

[DishLady]

Yeah.

[DishLady]

True love is all of these and more... it's an exchange (give and take)... You want a person's love because you want the opportunity to give them love.

[NathanDavis]

Yes.

[legalboxers]

What is Love?

[Hotboy_booblover]

Baby don't hurt me.. no more..