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Originally Posted by StellaLuna
*waves* It's possible... my SO and SO and I are going on 3 years now.
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Hi Thanks for sharing the info
You folks are FMM or MFF?
I know a man who had married two sisters. They lived together. Their daughter told me about it.
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
...all the evidence I've seen points to monogamy as the standard for human interaction. Of course, being standard doesn't make it superior... just standard.
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Very well said! Standards are for standard people
Thanks
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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Yes, it is very possible to be "in love" with more than one as I have been for quite a while.
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Thanks - I hardly know people like you
It never happened to me - May be I never thought or felt it is POSSIBLE
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Originally Posted by ngdawg
Love is not one thing or one defining emotion, it's a mixture of feelings, actions and interactions brought together in a harmonious circle. And just as everyone is different, the feeling of loving others will be as well, but no less important one person to the next.
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Very true! The harmonious circle takes so much to establish even with two people
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Originally Posted by ngdawg
I often explain it as : You have more than one child, you don't love one at a time, why should it be any different with others in your life? Your heart doesn't divide, it grows.
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'Your heart doesnt divide, it grows' - Nice saying...
But some how I am not able to agree on this
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Originally Posted by thirdsun
I think it sort of depends on how a person defines the concept of love.
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Agreed. Personally Love = Like Personality + Attracted Physically + Respect Character + Trust the relationship + Intimate Sexually + Enjoy Company + Committed.
Sorry I should have said this in OP.
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Originally Posted by Daniel_
For it to work fully, A and B and C have to love each other, and when it happens, it's great.
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Thanks - I got the answer
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Originally Posted by Halx
This is called Polyamory and it exists for real.
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Thanks Halx I looked up wiki "Polyamory is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the consent of everyone involved"
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Originally Posted by amonkie
I find that for me, loving people takes work. I make the choice to love them, and this manifests itself in relationships and spending time and energy on these people. When I am loving someone, I find I generally have less time and overall desire to cultivate loving other individuals to the same degree. Not to say it couldn't be done, but it would take exceptional individuals in my eyes to continue on both roads to the same degree.
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Wow! In the place I live, I see more and more people stopping with a single Kid! May be this is how Monogamy came to existence...
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Originally Posted by Soshi Aroso
First, English isn't great to have this conversation in, as all we have is "love." Other languages differentiate between the love and obligation of family, the love and camaraderie of colleagues, and the love and infatuation of romance.
Second, Love <> Attraction <> Sex <> Relationship.
What exactly do you think of love as? Can you stop loving someone? Do you love someone despite their faults, or for them? Does trust come automatically with love? Can love be unreciprocated? These and more are all very important questions that are seldom agreed on, and without knowing a stance on them, any answer to your question is gonna to be basically meaningless.
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On English +1
And on your questions - I need to first answer them for myself carefully
Thanks a lot for your post
What exactly do you think of love as? I tried to define in my response to thirdsun above
Can you stop loving someone? I think yes in some extreme cases
Do you love someone despite their faults, or for them? Yes
Does trust come automatically with love? There is no Love without Trust
Can love be unreciprocated? Yes