You're arguing that in order to experience literal unconditional love that there can be no conditions or orders that are required — earthlycohort
If true unconditional love is as described — earthlycohort
When a person falls into love there is an overwhelmingly compelling desire to let go and pursue, regardless of the risk of danger or emotional vulnerability. It's quite a magnificent force. — earthlycohort
Nope. It is not wrong at all for parents to expect that their children will respect their good behavior toward them. — John Days
So when people speak of unconditional love they're just expressing an intention to tollerate a wide range of conditions? That doesn't sound so romantic. No wonder they go all unconditional. O:) — praxis
There can be a subtle, but important, different between “expect” and “hope / anticipate”. — javra
The mindset of “I gave you that so you must respect me in return or else” is one of authoritarianism-- not, from where I stand, one of genuine love. — javra
And yes, it’s a sentiment that is explicitly conceptualized to be founded on conditions. — javra
When successful—and often times it is not--it leads to a certain type of respect — javra
Parenting is a complex topic — javra
Still as a loosely given generality, a parent with a healthy love, to me, doesn’t seek to be liked/respected via the act of reprimanding their child, yet via good parenting, the child will come to internally recognize the good intentions of the parent – and, yes, thereby find non-fear-driven, love-based respect for the parents. — javra
I'm new so forgive the poor formatting. — earthlycohort
A bit like the first time you wonder what lies beyond the fringes of existence and find a great dark void. — earthlycohort
I believe the notion of unconditional love stems from a being's need for acceptance, — earthlycohort
I wouldn't expect unconditional love to occur in a 3 month (or 30 minute) romance begun in a bar unless, of course, I happened to pick up Jesus. — Bitter Crank
However, people who live in ordinary life may, on occasion, express and experience unconditional love. — Bitter Crank
Then beside ourselves, for those who believe there is the unconditional love of God. They who believe in God believe that God loves them unconditionally. — Bitter Crank
Love is patient
love is kind and is not jealous
love does not brag and is not arrogant
does not act unbecomingly
it does not seek its own
is not provoked
does not take into account a wrong suffered
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things.
Love never fails — Bitter Crank
when it is the meaning of your life. — Pollywalls
it means you can't have any other purpose. — Pollywalls
unconditional love is possible in my opinion, but certainly no human has loved unconditionally. — Pollywalls
you can't measure the amount of affection you have. — Pollywalls
You have offered no argument as to why we should think that loving someone unconditionally entails that you do anything they ask, even if it would harm them. — Janus
I’m not pro the terminology of unconditional love. — javra
As to categorizing love, all the better to do so. — javra
Would one risk one’s life for both? Would one not risk one’s life for either? — javra
I really like the way you've worded this part of the sentence, and I believe this is exactly why adding "unconditional" into the mix actually takes away from the genuineness of love. — John Days
This is what it is like with unconditional love. You can see the way people talk about it, like this very special thing that is so rare that it is hardly ever practiced, and yet the examples people give of unconditional love is the kind of behavior all people should be practicing as just something normal. — John Days
Some people want words to mean what they mean. — John Days
All of which are conditions on what love is. — John Days
I'm not sure what you mean here. Would you mind clarifying? — John Days
That is what I already said, it is the enabling experience, empathy and what makes us human; it didn't just come to you. — TimeLine
To turn your back on someone and stop hoping is what I did too only because after the long and difficult experience above, I realised he was not what I wanted him to be. He was a monster, and that's that. — TimeLine
agapē is about the other person, not the self. — Bitter Crank
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