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Yavin4

(35,438 posts) Thu Apr 3, 2014, 01:34 PM Apr 2014

There is no love without respect

Last edited Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:07 PM - Edit history (1)

If your partner does not respect you, he/she does not love you. End of story.

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This is not to say that you love everything that you respect. It's just that without respect for someone's feeling, their physical well-being, their emotions, etc. --without that, there is no love. Period.

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There is no love without respect (Original Post) Yavin4 Apr 2014 OP

Exceptionally, Sherman A1 Apr 2014 #1

True... Wounded Bear Apr 2014 #2

I disagree newcriminal Apr 2014 #3

Quite right. Respect is the basis of love. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2014 #4

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Exceptionally,

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 03:28 PM

Apr 2014

Well Stated!

Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)

2. True...

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 03:43 PM

Apr 2014

and it goes far beyond simply one's personal relationships.

In the macro world, there is no "love" of anything without respect, so when someone tells me they "love" someone or something they are busy degrading and repressing, I know they are lying.

newcriminal

(2,190 posts)

3. I disagree

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:05 PM

Apr 2014

I love my father. I do not respect him and do not allow him in my life now. I do still love him though.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,615 posts)

4. Quite right. Respect is the basis of love. n/t

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:33 PM

Apr 2014

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