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is your love conditional?

Published Jun. 4, 2008

 

In your close relationships:  Spouses, partners, lovers, or family, would you say that your love is conditional, or do you love unconditionally?

 

This is a personal question and therefore there is NO right answer.  Everybody is different.  There is nothing wrong with loving someone conditionally, just as there is nothing wrong with loving someone unconditionally.   

 

As for me, my love is conditional.   How about you?

 

In very loving memory of Honey! 



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I would go with unconditional when I was married. Today, I may be thinking conditional.

Anyway, it's so hot here in SP that my ice maker is screaming!!!!

My love has always tended to be conditional. While I agree that it is not necessarily wrong to have conditions for love, I have done a lot of soul searching recently, and I am beginning to wonder if I have always set the right conditions for my love. In fact, I can definitely say that I have been wrong at times.

I have to agree with the comments that true love is unconditional. My love for my wife and kids is unconditional.

And while I can imagine situations or circumstances that would make it necessary to separate, such as physical abuse, still it would not stop me from loving them...

Onme could argue that if there are 'conditions' involved then it isn't really love.

Chevelle Mackaroy aka Charlie Brown ?

Love ya man, I mean, hand shake love, not to close dude . . .

Nice thoughtful blog. Deep too. Let's see now. I would have to say mine is conditional for my spouse. Conditional because, should he be dumb enough to betray me that would be the end of us. But, then would I stop loving him immediately or overtime. I would have to say immediately because I don't love him as much as he loves me. (just keeping it real). He knows this as I have told him. Now my children, are unconditional! Nothing needs explaining about that. If they were to do the most horrendous action, I would still love them, would not approve of their actions but would love them none the less.

Love for parents HAS to be unconditional, or in most cases there would be none. Why does family carry sooo much baggage?

eyeswideopen - I'm too lazy to read the whole thread, so all these references to spooks and bullets have me befuddled. But then, that's my normal state of mind. LOL

I should think that any genuine love is unconditional. I can't imagine it being any other way.

Is that where your name came from? eyeswideopen after seeing a spook.

Oh no, EWO came from no longer looking at certain aspects of human existence through rose colored glasses/removal of blinders.

No . . . my first experience with spooks was many moons ago. . . with many that followed. ;)

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