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Is "true love" just a myth?

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Question - (5 November 2010) 9 Answers - (Newest, 5 November 2010)
A female United States age 36-40, anonymous writes:

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Is true love exist? Is it really stupid to believe that one day we'll find our true love or soul mate? What if we find soul mate but the other person (soul mate) doesnt acknowledge it?

Thanks in advance for your answers

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A male reader, Griffo Australia +, writes (5 November 2010):

Griffo agony auntYou can still love someone even if your love is not reciprocated. You'll just have to come to terms with that and leave it be. If that's the case the best thing you can do is be their friend. Because it will last forever then.

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A female reader, lovestrength United States +, writes (5 November 2010):

lovestrength agony auntIn my opinion, true love does exist. However, the meaning of love changes as you experience life and share your life with others. I think sometimes we don't realize we have changed, yet we still stick to our defintion of true love that we learned about in our disney cartoons growing up.

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A male reader, mrvhappy United Kingdom +, writes (5 November 2010):

This sounds like a loaded Q!!

In my experience, True love is something that lasts for a life time with someone who is very very special to you.Its not something that should be confused with lust. Its very difficult to quantify. When you meet someone special and everything feels soo right & natural and you will feel a certain togetherness even when you are apart. Its not about that persons looks, but about the chemistry that exists between the 2 people.

If you think that you have found yr soul mate and that person doesnt acknowledge it, then by definition they are not yr sould mate.

This is only my opinion,I hope that this helps.

BTW why do you ask?

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A male reader, anonymous, writes (5 November 2010):

True love, in this day and age, doesn't exist because everyone is after money, sex, fame, and fortune. It might sound very harsh and bleak, but trust me, gone are those days when arguments between couples would be sorted out over longer periods of time and things would be ok. Now, one or two arguments and everyone is ready to 'move on.' There is absolutely no value of emotions or love in this world. Only your immediate family members will love you unconditionally and no one else.

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A male reader, rriyad22 Bangladesh +, writes (5 November 2010):

Yes my dear, true love truely exists!

to me, love means :the best feeling for someone or something;

love means the strongest bond between 2 soul. It is a selfless act.

I believe it is the only one reason thats why our world still exists.

And about finding your true mate hmmm... I have to say, that you will sure meet him or her, no matter what, some day some where; till than just wait. And when he or she will come, your heart will tell you what to do. but be carefull about that, you will be honest, and have faith on it.

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A male reader, Kenj United Kingdom +, writes (5 November 2010):

Kenj agony auntYes true love does exist but dont expect it to happen overnight. Love takes time to grow.

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A reader, anonymous, writes (5 November 2010):

It's not a myth! Allthough I'm not sure EVERYONE is lucky enough to find it, most will experience "true love" at least once - it's that feeling that Cerberus describes.

Whether the other person (soul mate) feels the same is a different question. There's nearly always a degree of imbalance in how both people feel about each other in any relationship to a greater or lesser degree, but "true love" can only occur if the feelings are reciprocated - even if not as intensely.

Otherwise it's just infatuation...

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A reader, anonymous, writes (5 November 2010):

People hang too much on finding "The One" or "Soulmate". People can come into our lives and be our Soulmate-even if they are just a platonic friend, if they are someone you click with and have a real special relationship then they could be a "Soulmate".

True love I believe exists, some people go through life and have more than one true love which I think is possible as at different times in our life we change and what we want changes. Sometimes people lose a husband or wife but go onto love again and they wouldn't stay with that new person if they didn't feel true love.

I think it doesn't matter if someone doesn't acknowledge they have met their soulmate. If one of you realises then that is special enough. It may be that the other person isn't emotionally/spiritually aware enough to recognise a soulmate at that time but in the future they may realise.

Its quite a deep topic and everyone has different views but take what you wish of my condensed answer and leave what you don't like! X

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A male reader, Cerberus_Raphael Sweden +, writes (5 November 2010):

Cerberus_Raphael agony auntIf you meet someone and have a relationship with them, if you feel something strong between you, I think that is love. Love is a strength of heart. If someone does not acknowledge love, they are probably not your 'soul mate'. But make no mistake, everyone has an equal chance of meeting someone they completely fall in love with just because they are so 'compatible' in every way. There are people like that who fall in love and they feel something inside them, telling them that somehow, the love they share was always 'meant to be'. It is a feeling and though it sounds impossible, it is quite real. I am not sure I am explaining this correctly. What I am trying to say is that you are not stupid at all for believing that you will find a 'soul mate' because you are most likely to, one day, be it a day or a week or even a few years from now, you will find someone who will completely adore you and when you feel love flowing through your veins, pulsating through your heart and mind for that person you will know that somehow this was bound to happen because it is just so strong.

I hope that helps.

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