A question for you
You have the chance to meet someone with whom you can have the most satisfying love imaginable- the stuff of dreams. Sadly, you know that in six months the person will die. Knowing the pain that would follow, would you still want to meet the person and fall in love? What if you knew your lover would not die, but would betray you?
posted by Good Wife @ 1:14 PM
21 Comments:
""the most satisfying love imaginable- the stuff of dreams""
Six words.
Hell Yes! I did do that.
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yes
yes
yes
yes
without hesitation
Yes, without even batting an eye or thinking twice. Love doesn't come around every day and eventually, the heart can heal itself...but I would say yes today and yes tomorrow. True love is too beautiful and precious to let go of so easily.
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Yes. The old adage "Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved" springs to mind.
If I knew he would die...no. I've known several people w/ a long term illness. I could not deal w/ the grieving process.
If I knew he would betray me...no. Been betrayed before, don't want to go there again.
yes to both
I used to be a necro-pedo-homo-zoo-philic. So, yep.
LMAO, just kidding.
If she's stiff, I'd still hit it... LMAO... darn, I've got to stop lurking in forums... a lot of nasty remarks have come to invade my mind.
Ok, now seriously. I would seriously go through it, even though I know I wouldn't be miserable,... but the feeling would be more of a melancholic happiness. It'd be a bit ironic to feel a beautiful sadness when the person, for which I would've glady taken my own life away, ends up dying first.
Good Wife, regarding your comment on this post:
Yep, as a matter of fact, I was asking myself how, ahem...How long, hairy and stiff need it be[...] in order for that to happen! LOL. A lot of speculation happened at the forum.
It's been nearly two years since she left and I still wonder. The most intense love I've ever given or received, and a learning experience that opened my eyes to the possibilities, the human potential. To have had that, to know it exists, and to know (now) that I'll never see it again, and you want to know if it was worth it. I think so, and I believe that in maybe five or ten more years, I'll be certain it was worth it.
It's like performing open heart surgery on yourself without anesthesia - you get a glimpse of the wonder of your own beating heart, but Oh! the pain afterwards.
Good Wife, you always come up with some good mind probes! I've been thinking about this one for a couple of days now...
I guess I'm going with Yes. Being the cynic that I am, I see that kind of love as rare and one has to jump at the chance to experience it - even if for a short time.
As someone else had already pointed out, I think that knowing would be the toughest part for me, but if the love was that intense I think I could manage.
The stuff of dreams huh, sign me up. pain is always a growth experience. If I know going into it that it is limited quantity and unimaginable quality I would do it. It's the rug out from under my feet suprise that I can do without.
The former, yes, because it is better to have loved and lost, than not to have loved at all.
The latter, the betrayal, no. Betrayal is the worst sort of pain that you can feel because it is inflicted through spite.
I went into my last relationship knowing it would end at some time and knowing it would hurt worse than any pain I had ever experienced.
It lasted much longer than I expected - almost 15 years.
Was the ride worth the ticket? You bet it was! She enriched my life beyond my wildest dreams.
I had already commented about this post but still felt a need to add more. As I read the most current comments, Patrick is correct with Garth Brooks' song lyrics. You can take the pain away but what else do you lose? If you feel no pain after a relationship then there were no real feelings to begin with.
I have been hurt a variety of ways at my young age. People I trusted with every fiber of my being have betrayed me. I never knew love could hurt but without that hurt, I wouldn't know my own strength. And, I would not be the person I am today, the good and the bad. Every relationship you have can and does affect your next; good or bad, a lot or a little.
I also find it relevent to mention the current cicumstances I'm facing. I have talked to GW about this and she knows what is happening and the potential circumstances, good and bad. I am taking a huge chance with love. I know that it could be the best thing that happens to me or I could end up hurt again but that is the chance taken with love. You also must realize that it could be taken away at any moment; celebrate it every day.
My answer is still the same. Yes
1. Yes. Been there--not with death--but with intense connection, intense love which fades after a bit. The funny thing is, when it was that good, I didn't kvetch when it went away. I didn't think about what might have been or where I screwed up.
2. No. Been there. I don't need it again. I can live the rest of my life without another betrayal. I have experienced all the growth I can possibly get from being betrayed.
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In a heart beat
I would most definitely choose the most satisfying love. I can only imagine that that would be like what I have with my husband, and I wouldn't trade that for anything, even if I knew it was limited.
Betrayed in 6 months,eh?
Been there. Fuck that.
No. The pain aint worth it.
Unless there's a monkey involved.Then...yes ofcourse.
That depends...is he good in the sack or is he a sack 'o potatoes?
In a new york minute....yes...It is better to love and lost, than to never have loved before. Great posts.
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