Is Love really so difficult? ( Archived) (36)

Sep 14, 2008 6:31 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
I keep hearing over and over that having a successful relationship takes lots of hard work... I look back over the times I have been in love and I don´t remember "hard work" being part of the equation.

Does having a long term friendship take a lot of hard work? Shouldn´t your partner in life also be your best friend?

Maybe people who find relationships to be hard work, are in the relationship for the wrong reasons, or with the wrong person?
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Sep 14, 2008 6:33 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
shipoker58
shipoker58shipoker58Las Vegas, Nevada USA30 Threads 2,969 Posts
love isn't difficult...........IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!tongue
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Sep 14, 2008 6:36 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
druidess6308
druidess6308druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA79 Threads 13,695 Posts
jbibiza: I keep hearing over and over that having a successful relationship takes lots of hard work... I look back over the times I have been in love and I don´t remember "hard work" being part of the equation.

Does having a long term friendship take a lot of hard work? Shouldn´t your partner in life also be your best friend?

Maybe people who find relationships to be hard work, are in the relationship for the wrong reasons, or with the wrong person?


I think that people refer to the give and take that it takes to make a long-term relationship work as "hard work". I agree that with the right person it shouldn't seem like it's hard work, though. It's just part of living with another human being!hug
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Sep 14, 2008 6:39 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
Sommerauer71
Sommerauer71Sommerauer71Salzburg, Austria133 Threads 4 Polls 12,414 Posts
Hi JB

I agree with you, I do not think it is hard work, but humans make one hard work...

I do not find my close friendships hard work at all, I could not be honest about what I was truly feeling in my last relation ship, fear, prevented that and I allowed that to stand in my way...

Never again...

Hope you are well lovely and a great thread.
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Sep 14, 2008 6:41 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
fromdusktildawn
fromdusktildawnfromdusktildawnNunya, Michigan USA16 Threads 1 Polls 334 Posts
love is a mysterious fish sad flower
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Sep 14, 2008 6:48 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
shipoker58: love isn't difficult...........IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!


laugh I expected nothing less from you ship!!!
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Sep 14, 2008 6:49 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
shipoker58
shipoker58shipoker58Las Vegas, Nevada USA30 Threads 2,969 Posts
jbibiza: I expected nothing less from you ship!!!






something must be said for consistancywink wink
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Sep 14, 2008 6:55 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
druidess6308: I think that people refer to the give and take that it takes to make a long-term relationship work as "hard work". I agree that with the right person it shouldn't seem like it's hard work, though. It's just part of living with another human being!



I don´t think people have a problem with the give and take it takes to keep a friend or to share a house or apt with someone... it would seem to me that it would be even easier with a life partner, someone you love enough to want to see happy...
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Sep 14, 2008 6:57 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
Sommerauer71: Hi JB

I agree with you, I do not think it is hard work, but humans make one hard work...

I do not find my close friendships hard work at all, I could not be honest about what I was truly feeling in my last relation ship, fear, prevented that and I allowed that to stand in my way...

Never again...

Hope you are well lovely and a great thread.


Wow sommer, I can´t imagine you in a relationship like that...
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Sep 14, 2008 6:58 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
The_Kansan
The_KansanThe_KansanKnoxville, Tennessee USA303 Threads 1 Polls 3,395 Posts
Well, just speaking from my own experience - even with a bad gallbladder that made me deathly ill several times and being flat broke a couple of times besides - the past 18 months have been the easiest ones of my life. thumbs up
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Sep 14, 2008 7:01 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
Sommerauer71
Sommerauer71Sommerauer71Salzburg, Austria133 Threads 4 Polls 12,414 Posts
jbibiza: Wow sommer, I can´t imagine you in a relationship like that...



Oh, I was JB, I was a very fearful person, I covered it up well...

I never knew when to ask for support, I was falling apart and he never recognised it, all to do with when my children were taken from the country by my ex husband, I hid the pain and in the end, I fell apart and it was too much for him to handle...

We are still talking, just, as we have a business together, I have apologised, but the hurt was too much for him, although he has mentioned a couple of times that he wants to have dinner when I return to the UK at the end of this month...

It is a long, dull story, but, yes, fear stood in my way. I allowed that and I will never allow it again...
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Sep 14, 2008 7:06 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
The_Kansan: Well, just speaking from my own experience - even with a bad gallbladder that made me deathly ill several times and being flat broke a couple of times besides - the past 18 months have been the easiest ones of my life.


You and Jackson do seem so supportive of each other... and if you love each other I don´t understand why that´s difficult.

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Sep 14, 2008 7:07 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
sxc666
sxc666sxc666unknown, Queensland Australia51 Threads 16,853 Posts
I don't think Love is difficult people make it difficult. Life is a choice we sometimes make a choice that isn't the correct one and end up paying for it later.wine
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Sep 14, 2008 7:08 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
Sommerauer71: Oh, I was JB, I was a very fearful person, I covered it up well...

I never knew when to ask for support, I was falling apart and he never recognised it, all to do with when my children were taken from the country by my ex husband, I hid the pain and in the end, I fell apart and it was too much for him to handle...

We are still talking, just, as we have a business together, I have apologised, but the hurt was too much for him, although he has mentioned a couple of times that he wants to have dinner when I return to the UK at the end of this month...

It is a long, dull story, but, yes, fear stood in my way. I allowed that and I will never allow it again...



It´s good when you can look back and recognize the mistakes made... so many people don´t and wind up in the same self destructive circle over and over again. wine
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Sep 14, 2008 7:09 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
Sommerauer71
Sommerauer71Sommerauer71Salzburg, Austria133 Threads 4 Polls 12,414 Posts
sxc666: I don't think Love is difficult people make it difficult. Life is a choice we sometimes make a choice that isn't the correct one and end up paying for it later.


Hi Tina

We do yes, regrets, remorse and if people culd forgive then the world and relationships would be a nicer place.

Good to see you...
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Sep 14, 2008 7:11 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Love is not difficult, it is a choice. People are difficult..blues
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Sep 14, 2008 7:14 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
sxc666
sxc666sxc666unknown, Queensland Australia51 Threads 16,853 Posts
Sommerauer71: Hi Tina

We do yes, regrets, remorse and if people culd forgive then the world and relationships would be a nicer place.

Good to see you...
Hi Sommer hope you are well hug
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Sep 14, 2008 7:22 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
kissmedeeply
kissmedeeplykissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada70 Threads 15,139 Posts
I think its everything that revolves around Love...

Like the children...

Money....

Work....

Jobs around the house that need done...

but if we both help in all of the daily things...it will be easier..

but then again..we make it harder then it should or has to be...
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Sep 14, 2008 7:26 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
jbibiza
jbibizajbibizaCasinos, Valencia Spain94 Threads 4 Polls 4,914 Posts
kissmedeeply: I think its everything that revolves around Love...

Like the children...

Money....

Work....

Jobs around the house that need done...

but if we both help in all of the daily things...it will be easier..

but then again..we make it harder then it should or has to be...


If it´s the things that revolve around love... doesn´t loving someone make it easier, aren´t you more willing to communicate, compromise... in order to see the one you love happy?
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Sep 14, 2008 7:27 PM CST Is Love really so difficult?
The_Kansan
The_KansanThe_KansanKnoxville, Tennessee USA303 Threads 1 Polls 3,395 Posts
jbibiza: You and Jackson do seem so supportive of each other... and if you love each other I don´t understand why that´s difficult.


Bingo! It's not difficult at all! To paraphrase a line from an old Kris Kristofferson song; "Loving her is easier than anything I'll ever do again."

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