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20.04.2011, 07:00 quote

rachelelizabeth

My last attempt went a bit tits up, so I'm trying again with a better subject basis! haha!

Honestly, I have found myself in love with more than 1 person at once before now... how is that even possible?!

Thoughts... Opinions... please no nastiness haha!

 

20.04.2011, 08:23 quote

scottoh
Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 283 Location: United Kingdom, England, Surrey
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Depends entirely on how you yourself are defining love.
I cannot say that it has ever happened to me and to be honest, knowing how much hard work, maintaining a relationship can be, I am quite glad of that fact. Laughing

 

20.04.2011, 08:56 quote

zacktelstar
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I think certainly you can, especially if one is long standing, and the other is more current. Depends what kinda personailty you have, and the type of relationship you may be in, or seek; that probably determines whether it's a problem or not at all.
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20.04.2011, 09:25 quote

shystef

I am with Scottie on this one.
1 relationship is hard enough to be in, never mind lining up 2 at the same time.

I also agree it depends on the type of love.
I love a male, have done for years and years. (20+)
I am not in love with them, but our friendship is so very valuable to me, if I lost it, I would be more heart broken than if I lost my partner.

Does that mean I love them more than I love my partner, I dont think so. It just means I love them differently to my partner and my heart is big enough for my friends, family and partner Smile

 

20.04.2011, 09:31 quote

bliss23

Interesting...

Don't think it's ever happened to me. When I'm in love I'm so into the guy that I cannot even start to think about another person.

When I was younger I used to define the moment you know you are in love as: That moment when, whether you're looking at the stars or at a Chippendale (and so on), the only thing you can think about is your loved one.

 

20.04.2011, 10:07 quote

rachelelizabeth

I totally agree that it's complicated.. But I was in a relationship, met someone else, and found myself in love with both of them at the same time!

It's not that I was LOOKING to fall for this guy.. it just happened...

weird right?

 

20.04.2011, 11:25 quote

oakman
Joined: 07 Jun 2009 Posts: 1437 Location: United Kingdom, England, Surrey
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I've never been in love with 2 people at the same time but I can't see why it couldn't happen. Love is something I think we have no control over.

 

20.04.2011, 13:10 quote

handsel
handsel Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 2254 Location: United Kingdom, England, West Midlands
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You love your brothers and sisters, right?
You love your parents, right?
You love your friends.
No-one thinks that's odd. No-one asks, 'But which is The One parent?' Laughing
Who says, 'How can you love two brothers?' Laughing
You'd look at them, right? Confused

You can love two people. There's a lot of conditioning and social pressures to find Mr or Ms Right. To find the one true love.
That's because if you are building a future around the person, or a life, home, or family - you don't want them to just piss off half way through the build!
You put a brick in place and turn for the next one and - whoof - your bloody hod-carrier is gone!
You want a commitment. That commitment can be a personal thing between the couple or a public thing, in the form of a wedding.
If Rachel is free, she should just enjoy her good fortune.
A lot of men do it and don't talk about it! Laughing
'What's good for the gander...'
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28.05.2011, 18:30 quote

aisulu
Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 20
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I haven`t been,it hasn`t happened to me.(I hope it will)And I tnink time sets everything in its places,after some period you will realise you haven`t loved them at all Smile

 

28.05.2011, 20:13 quote

barbieceline

no thats impossible u can love a person .. but u can like some other people at the same time. to like n to love is different Wink

 

28.05.2011, 20:33 quote

scriptwriter

For me, no. I keep to one person at a time, focus on them exclusively, invest all my hope, love and trust in them, expect the same in return, and discipline myself to disregard all others so as to respect and demonstrare care and authenticity to the other person, and, that I can be relied upon and trusted. I think its called commitment... but I'm an exclusive case though, and clearly very perverted in the way I apply such rationale to these things. I must even be crazy to even think to exercise these values and, you know what... sh*t... I've just realised. I actually AM crazy to even think this way... that's where I've been going wrong all these years, oh damn and blast it!

 

28.05.2011, 22:33 quote

omark1975
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 128 Location: United Kingdom, England, London
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If you think that's bad, try being in love with one person while two others love you, with the one you love, being in love with one of the others that loves you- and the other one that loves you being in love with themself.

I even have a term for it- the Recursive love non-quadilateral

 

30.05.2011, 18:26 quote

westquarff

Of course you can love more than one person at the same time. Love is just an emotion and you can have more than one emotion at the same time.

I've never loved anyone. Is that any more unusual?

 

31.05.2011, 02:24 quote

gokustar
Joined: 22 Jan 2011 Posts: 2 Location: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ugu
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handsel wrote:
You love your brothers and sisters, right?
You love your parents, right?
You love your friends.
No-one thinks that's odd. No-one asks, 'But which is The One parent?' Laughing
Who says, 'How can you love two brothers?' Laughing
You'd look at them, right? Confused

You can love two people. There's a lot of conditioning and social pressures to find Mr or Ms Right. To find the one true love.
That's because if you are building a future around the person, or a life, home, or family - you don't want them to just piss off half way through the build!
You put a brick in place and turn for the next one and - whoof - your bloody hod-carrier is gone!
You want a commitment. That commitment can be a personal thing between the couple or a public thing, in the form of a wedding.
If Rachel is free, she should just enjoy her good fortune.
A lot of men do it and don't talk about it! Laughing
'What's good for the gander...'
UT

 

31.05.2011, 06:23 quote

trowser
trowser Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 44 Location: United Kingdom, ,
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I don't think there are limited supplies of love you can love lots of people in just slightly different ways. I think being in love with more than one person at once is very difficult as how do you choose between them unless they are prepared to share you which is not something people generally opt to do.

 
 
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