I most certainly believe love is real. If it wasn't I'd have given up long ago. I don't believe that it is some happy happy makes the world okay thing though. Yes there are various aspects to love with regards to non relationship love but I don't think that's what the op was asking about.

I don't believe there is a Mr/Mrs Right for everyone - you meet people who can become that person for a time - be it a month, year or your entire life. You have to work to keep it going though.

I look at the relationships around me to see what I'm talking of. My parents split - they always had troubles unfortunately. In my mum's family however, they are a rare case. We have several relationships that have lasted anywhere up to (maybe even more than) 40 years and its still there. That would be really nice.

Really sorry to sound negative but here we go. . .

Love between family/friends IS real, for sure.

However, in MY experience I'm yet to experience romantic love:

fancy or infatuation - yes

but love? no.

I do believe it exists but people seem to have the wrong values today, which makes it hard to find.

I think it's pretty trendy to say "love sucks"; like it's cool to say how much of a B8astard/b**** your ex was. There are people who are together and have been together for years, but they refuse to marry - the fact they already ARE eludes them; it's the big scary word they've got a problem with - they want the escape outlet of saying "Well we were never married anyway, so this will prevent it from hurting so badly."

I think love is the same thing. To scoff at it takes the sting out of it, demystifies it - especially if we've been hurt before. But I don't find anything beautiful about an embittered soul - which is why I'm fighting that same embitterment myself with every fabric of my being, even if the face of numerous disappointments.

I cannot answer for anyone whether love is real or not, that is more up to just how hurt a person is I believe. All I can say is "I want to believe it is so...and I won't stunt it solely out of some need to protect myself."

I'd rather feel it, whole and blooming, then hold myself in reserve and regret in my later years what I always held myself from experiencing.

Love is one them feelings that sneaks upon you,whether you know it or not is all counting on you,are you ready do you want to feel it or is it just to much to take on.Do you have the excuse Im just not ready for that.If you are one them that never tries never makes that first move how will you ever know,it could been love of a lifetime.And yes they exist ,but they are so hard to find,cause everyones got to hide themselves,not let him show.Then comes the night you are sitting all alone and your mind wanders to what if I open my heart a little cant hurt to try.And a tingling starts when you know you are going to be with him but its too much to hope for ,you keep hearing back your mind.Ive found if you dont reach out to see if it could be ,how then will you ever know its love.

I certainly believe love is real.I loved my husband with all my heart till the day he died and still do in so many ways..yes I have moved on and found another love, but it will never be the same love I had for my husband and forutunately my new love understands that

you have to open your heart in able to know its love not a seconds glance at it.But to be able to feel it within your soul,now thats love

Love is only as real as you allow it to be! Some people, like myself, have this great gift of denying their own true feelings for another person until it kind of consumes them and drives them over a high mental cliff. I was in complete and total love once in my life, but was so young and so afraid of it that I ran away,a nd when running didn't work, I pushed him away from me!

Now, for the second time in my life I am faced witht his big turmoil of "what to do??" Do I admit to myself that A) love actually exists, B) I am actually capable of loving someone?

You definatly have to feel it to know it is real! You also have to be willing to feel it to be able to "see it is there".

love exists, it nearly killed me......

loving another is so great, it has nothing to do with you and you cant help it....
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