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"Love is a 1-way street". Said by an Answermugger friend. Don't all 1-way streets dead end?

Posted - April 25, 2019
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  • 46117
    Love is a one way street is a limited idea of love.  Sometimes it is.  Sometimes it is a blast of love that is so powerful that you can rise from the dead if it hits you.


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at April 27, 2019 5:28 AM MDT
      April 25, 2019 8:26 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply Sharon and the photo! :)
      April 27, 2019 5:28 AM MDT
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  • all of the one way streets here lead to down town so I wonder what that means 
      April 25, 2019 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Well god every single "downtown" I've ever visited is gawd-awful! Too many people! Too congested! So for me it would mean a place to STAY AWAY FROM which means never take a one-way street. I guess. Thank you for your reply and Happy Saturday! :)
      April 27, 2019 5:30 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    Love is 1-way in that ... just because PersonA loves PersonB, does not require PersonB to love PersonA.

    If PersonA requires PersonB to love them, that is not love.  It is possessiveness.
      April 25, 2019 8:47 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    I think your definition of love and mine are  not the same Walt. At least not romantic love. For me it must be reciprocal. Also friendships must be reciprocal. Now if you are crazy nuts over say Lady GA GA you can certainly "LOVE" her without her ever knowing you exist. But love is intimate and has to be made up of shared experiences, respect and honesty. No HEALTHY relationship will ever last if one adores the other and the adoration is not reciprocated. Different strokes Walt. I'm not you and you're not me and what you need and what I need are not the same obviously!  Thank you for your reply! :)
      April 27, 2019 5:34 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Of course they don't. Many one-way streets go from point A to point B and beyond.
      April 25, 2019 8:51 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    No---given the right lengths and the right directions of additional one way streets, one can wind up right back where one started.
      April 25, 2019 9:48 AM MDT
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  • 10771
    I don't know if I'd use the term "one-way street".  It makes love seem restricted and inhibiting. 

    ONE WAY!  --->    WRONG WAY!      DO NOT ENTER!      ONLY ONE WAY! --->


    It is true that a person can love someone without that someone loving them back.  In fact, it's much easier to love someone when they love you back.  However, those who only "love" if they are loved back aren't really loving, they're bartering.  Real love is selfless.  As such, whe it is "given", it expects nothing in return.  That may sound like a one-way street, but it's not.    A one-way street prohibits two-way traffic.  If love were a one-way street, then no one could love another back.  A better analogy for love might be an intersection.  When love is shown, one doesn't have to love in response.  They could simply keep on going as if nothing ever happened.  However, they also have the option of turning (left, right, or U).  A natural response to being loved is to love back (no it doesn't always happen).  If love were a one way street then that could never happen.  Love has a way of changing people.  When someone shows you love, what's your response?  Do you ignore it and keep on going?  Does it (perhaps) make you want to want to turn from your lane and be kind to another person?  Does it (perhaps) make you want to turn around and show love back to that person?  Love requires no response when given, but it usually elicits one.

      

    (note: no one-way street ends in a dead end.  Otherwise traffic would wind up trapped at the end of the street.)
      April 25, 2019 10:39 AM MDT
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  • 6023

     

    In my analogy, it's more like:

    If you've seen a divided highway between cities, with a median between the directions of travel, you essentially have two "1-way streets" where traffic flows in both directions.

      April 25, 2019 10:47 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    My two cents' again Walt! Love is never DIVIDED. It unites. So either way we disagree. One-way street or divided highway. Neither one works for me. Matters not. We don't have to agree about everything! Wouldn't that be BORING?
      April 27, 2019 5:38 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    I disagree Shuhak. My two cents' worth. For mean romantic love is very intimate and based respect, honestly and shared morality. It is steadfast and dependable. RECIPROCAL.
      April 27, 2019 5:36 AM MDT
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  • 10771
    If, say, in a marriage, love is only a one-way street, wouldn't that be self defeating?
      April 27, 2019 10:11 AM MDT
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  • 46117
      April 27, 2019 10:18 AM MDT
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