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i recently had my heart broken and it got me back to the old question is it better to have loved and lost or never loved at all?? all opinions welcome

In my opinion yes it is better to have loved and lost...one day when all the negative emotions die down you will fondly remember the good times.....

I agree totally ... D fact is if u have been lucky 2 have really loved somebody , den next tym hopefully u wont settle for anything less...

also der is a lot of learning in love n some 1 , u can take all d positives with u into a new relationship , n u can work on leav n d negatives behind ....

So stay positive n d best of luck

loved definitely - otherwise its a life half lived

saw the date so you are probably a lot better off by now, myself though? better to have loved and lost than never love at all, what a lonely life that must be.There are people who can live like this but i am not one of them.

i just had my heart broken less than 2 weeks ago & i was wondering the same thing ! i thought maybe i would have been better off if i'd nevr met this guy.........but then i thought if i hadn't met him i might never have known what it was like to love and be loved.

it still hurts so bad

dont beat yourself up over it man
maybe your just ment to be one of these cocks who has ta go around a few hens

Im a firm believer in everything happens for a reason you may not know what it is at the time but one day you'll figure it out.
Chin up duck

I'll get to the point, I promise, so bear with me...

After I left school, I became an aircraft technician. At the time, it seemed great, then I realised it wasn't like I thought it would be, so I ended up leaving, feeling gutted and a failure. Over the next few years, a number of different jobs and trades suffered the same fate, then almost by accident, I ended up on a course which entailed computers. It was then I discovered my true calling.

My point is... sometimes you need a few failures to find out what isn't right for you, so that eventually you'll be able to narrow down your choices and know what kind of person you're likely to be compatible with.

You'll still have the occasional disaster, but hopefully you'll spot them before you've too much invested emotionally.

you are wise in your thinking, better to have loved and lost lady, lonely is a hard thing for people to come out of so never venture there, stay wise

this is so true, don't you wish failures were sold in a six pack that way you could buy them and get them over with when you wanted to not when fate wants you to geesh, you would think we were asking for the moon and stars huh?

It sure feels like it some days... been single for 5 years, at this stage it feels like I've been recycled back into a virgin

a suggestion? go to the dublin meet this fifth, not all there know each other and they too are strangers to each other but they won't be to you if you go.............go.....................go.you will feel better too i would bet

yes I think it is much better to have loved, you learn something about yourself everytime, and you have to take chances in lfe, otherwise we are not living...
you should go, you never know......

I wish, opposite end of the country, 2 kids in tow...

No, seriously, I ll be keeping an eye out for a clare outing, but no sign yet, maybe could get a few to organise one...

I think it,s better to have loved and lost
you can learn from the mistakes and hopefully not repeat them
because I believe life is about learning from your mistakes,
never to have loved?????????????
I think that would be an empty life
JMO

ohhhh, nice new pic there chuckiedee, you must have made brother leave you alone, i know what it is like, mine thinks i should already be married, he knows to blow when i need him too, but i would die for him too, enjoy your night out saturday!

you sweet lady, are you going? i hope so! you can't have enough sophistication at any funtion

Won,t be there
Am working and have family visiting
my son informed me today he is getting married