Can Love Last Forever

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28 Dec 2005 03:09 PM

Having grown up watching fairytales and movies portraying a "forever after" scenario, countless of women have been conditioned to believe they'd meet a man who would sweep them off their feet and into such a setting. Reality, however, has a way of slapping the hope right out of us. Still, the question remains, can love last forever?

Elements of the fairytale experience can, and should, be a real part of a lasting, loving relationship. There's no reason that "forever afters" can't exist, and in fact, they should exist with the partner you call your spouse. True love is a decision of the will. It's a choice based on many factors, including that "in love" feeling you have for your spouse. Such a feeling can be built upon with tenderness, romantic gestures, and caring choices all along the way.

Can love last forever? Yes, indeed it can. Real love is made up of more than just that wonderful feeling that makes your heart go pitter-patter when you first meet. We might call that stage of love infatuation. True love doesn't begin until two people really get to know each other and from there build a stronger connection, loving rapport, and a lasting commitment. Such a relationship takes work, understanding, compromises, flexibility, forgiveness, good communication and much more. Chemistry is a part of it as well, but even beyond chemistry and the physical attraction, a love that will last forever is based on a strong decision to stay together.

Staying together is a lifetime commitment, but just staying together is not good enough. For true love to last forever, it requires two people to remain open, honest, and to change and grow not just individually, but also as a couple. As changes take place, a successful couple manages to flow with the changes, and love each other through them all. So, can love last forever? Truly, there's no reason for love to ever end!

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kiko123 (5) 26 Oct 2008 12:41 PM

Hello im here because i have doubts .. i have searched and searched maybe this or someone can help me... well im at this moment 17 years old Boy... im in a relation where weirdly it has 2 mounths yet we both feel that our relation is not comon of the ones that are usually of our age were both persons that aren't much of dating and having much boyfriends or girlfriends.... Well i can say i love her.... but i can't Explain...in the begining of the relation ship i used to say more than i use to now... its harder now to say i love you to her and her to me and i ask if that is bad? many people that are reading this may think hummm is not true love.. i say it is... and weirdly and funnyest as it is... at this age its possible... now all i want is to never end... how can i make this relation to never end i m an unsecure person im allways questioning myself and worryed about the ending of relation ship.. she my girlfriend and the person i love says to me not to think much of it but... this is so good and i dont want this to end that is hard not to think of it.. She already said..." why continue dating or having more boyfriends if all i need is you ( wich is me)" i was very happy with this... we got lot to learn from each other but i gotta ask is it possible to my relation ship never end starting and this age? Im a modest person so what i say is that im so good to my girlfriend i never struggled with her i respect her and trust her so much as she does to me.. she talks me about her problems and so do i...theres alot to tell about the relation ship but for now i leave a question here... can this love ...this relation last forever?

Courtney Mroch (9169) 27 Oct 2008 02:51 PM

It can if you don't think on it too death. I was younger than you when I met the man who would become my husband and we've been together over 22 years now. Still going strong. Just enjoy what you have with your girlfriend and don't worry about the future. You don't know how long that will be. You have to just enjoy and cherish every single day because life throws a lot of curve balls. You're young now and the world is before you, but it can end tomorrow. The best way to make what you have last forever is just to appreciate what you have today.