Icebreakers
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Is it better to love or be loved? Why?
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both, of course!
I agree both is best. We all want to be loved and respected and I love giving love to when it is happily received.
It's better to be loved. Being loved has its privileges.
It is better to love. If I have enough love inside myself to give it away to others, I'll always have love. If I depend on others to receive love, I am always in danger that they will choose to withhold that love in the future.
Thankfully, my partner loves me as much as I love her, and we constantly try to out love each other.
Thankfully, my partner loves me as much as I love her, and we constantly try to out love each other.
Out love each other. Too sweet.
Female, 36-40 years, Married, UT, US | May 09, 2013
Female, 36-40 years, Married, UT, US | May 09, 2013
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Either without the other is hell!
Why does it have to be either/or? It's magical when you have both!
to Love because it is so satisfying
Being loved is outside your control; loving isn't.
I love being in love. The feeling of happiness. But being love is what keeps me from falling. Both are equal, yet they do different things to make a great relationship.
I think it needs to be a combination of both. to honestly love someone you are going to want the same back. or at least that's how I believe.
be loved
both. if you weren't loved or didn't love you'd be awfully lonely.
Each has its moments, each has its constraints. Neither is better than the other overall.
you can't really have one without the other.
To have the capacity to truly love someone (whether or not it's reciprocated), marks you out as a special and giving person. And you can't expect to be loved wholeheartedly unless you also know how to love!
