discuss Is Love a Feeling or a Choice in Long-Term Relationships?

[Yama]

Love is an emotion that fades, if you lost contact with someone you loved, your love will also fade. Love sometimes appear as a choice you make every day. Do you share my perspective on love? Have you experienced moments where love felt like an effort rather than a natural feeling? How do you keep love alive in long-term relationships?

 

[Apsara]

I believe love in long-term relationships is more of a choice than just a feeling. While feelings fluctuate, choosing to be patient, understanding, and committed to your partner every day builds a stronger, lasting bond.

 

[Reelz]

In my opinion, love comes through emotions and choices that individuals make. Normally, a relationship starts with feelings, it later moves to a stage where partners show commitment to make it work which is a choice in the long run.

 

[1stop]

I believe that both emotion and intentional decision form the basis of love. An emotional bond triggers love at first but love needs consistent nurturing throughout each day which is a matter of choice.

 

[Ja sa bong]

Those who are into a long distance relationship are the strongest people in this world. They need to explain how they do it because I can't imagine it or see myself doing it no matter how much I think I'm in love with someone.

 

[NatureFreak]

Love cannot be termed a choice because we don't choose who our heart falls in love. I believe it is more of something natural that occurs on its own, independent of the person.

 

[Harsh World]

Love is an emotion that fades, if you lost contact with someone you loved, your love will also fade.

I don't believe that. Deep down, we still have the same emotions, just we handle them differently.

I only say this from experience because I've lost contact with a few people that I've had that feeling for, and then got the dreaded phone call that they're now gone. When that happens to me, the flashbacks of all the fond memories come rushing back, and I feel that same feeling of love that I once had come to life. However, it was always quickly overcome by the feeling of grief from the loss of a loved one who I had lost contact with.

 

[Fidelia1]

There is no way that you would be be riding on feelings after three years. The feeling would have been bastardized by some things that you find repulsive about that partner. At that point, it is more of commitment that keeps you guys.

 

[Kosi]

If love was based on feelings then what happens in the days you're hurt or the days you have mood swings? Love could be a feeling, a good one at that but it's much more than that. Love is a choice. The day You choose to love is the day you choose peace over restlessness and resentment.

 

[Kosi]

I believe love is a feeling and not a choice. If love was a choice, a lot of us wouldn't be with our current partners. Love is something we often don't plan, it just happens.