OT (Poll) - LOVE

Slynky · #1 December 3rd, 2004, 03:03 AM

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Renegade 13 said:
A difficult poll indeed. Now, speaking as one who is admittedly only 17, and with limited experience with matters of love and the heart, I'd just like to say that I envy those of you who have found true love. Don't ever let it go. No matter what. I only hope love will quit biting me in the *** and that some day I (and everyone) can find true love and happiness.

Wise words!

Slynky · #2 December 3rd, 2004, 03:58 AM

Poll is showing some interesting results.

Kamog · #3 December 3rd, 2004, 04:56 AM

I have been in love twice. Both times, I secretly had strong feelings about someone but I never had the courage to tell her. I just thought about her constantly. Then soon I found out that she already had a boyfriend or husband. But the feelings never went away, even many years later.

Things are going to be different next time!

Atrocities · #4 December 3rd, 2004, 09:37 AM

Life goes on long after the thrill of living has gone. I gave up on finding love a hell of a long time ago.

If you have it, keep it. There is nothing more important in life than being happy with yourself and the person you love who loves you back.

Slynky · #5 December 3rd, 2004, 10:32 AM

I see we have some mixed results. To be expected, I guess. Lots of people are happy with whom they are "attached" to but a lot of people wonder if some other love would have been better.

And a lot of people believe in soulmates.

All-in-all, it's a fairly optimistic group so far. And pragmatic.

BTW, those not familiar with the situation with my wife and her work situation...well...there is another thread. Last night, she cried her eyes out in despair. Although she was given a different job (so she didn't have to work for the guy who sexually harrassed her in the past), she is too unhappy to continue. She feels like life is unfair and doesn't understand why it has trodden upon her as it has. She asked me if she could quit work. God only knows we need her $50K to make ends meet but her sadness isn't worth it...so I told her we'd get by somehow. Tighten the belt a bit but a tight belt on a happy person is better than financial security with a loose belt. I felt as if I had somehow made her think she had to work in a new job in order to continue as we have in our life...and I hate that feeling. That's where love comes in. Where you decide personal happiness is more important than busting your *** in a job you were "forced" to take so you can make a few dollars more.

Guess I'll need to re-read Atrocities post a while back on how much money do you need to live. After all, the habit of having enough money to do extra things with is sometimes a habit that needs to be broken in order to make people happier. Chasing the dollar can be a nasty business sometimes and people sometimes get lost in its lure. We'll find a way to make ends meet.

TurinTurambar · #6 December 4th, 2004, 01:02 AM

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Atrocities said:
Life goes on long after the thrill of living has gone. I gave up on finding love a hell of a long time ago.

It was my recollection that you're not all that old AT. (I could be mistaken.) I have been married for 13 years now, and at the ripe young age of 37 one thing I can say for certain is this: You will always look back on who you were and what you thought, and wonder how and why you were so mistaken and immature with your views on life.

You can't ever give up on anything, because the learning never stops.

Turin