The Dark Side of Romance: Is Love Worth It?

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  • Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
  • Is love all you need? Current societal narratives tell us that romantic love is an ‘ultimate concern;’ it’s the highest goal a human being can attain. We’re all after it; many, if not most, books, poetry, music, and films revolve around it. Ultimately, beyond everything life offers, we all want a romantic relationship providing us with an undying love that allows us to live happily ever after and washes away our sorrows. But unfortunately, in the vast majority of cases, romantic love isn’t what it’s promised to be.
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Комментарии • 3,5 тыс.

  • @831Billy
    @831Billy Год назад +5373

    Fact: Romantic love was the best thing that ever happened to me.
    Fact: Romantic love destroyed me and brought suffering so intense that I cannot even describe it
    Don’t fall in love

    • @natashamcavoy2432
      @natashamcavoy2432 Год назад +103

      Poor sweetheart
      All the best to you

    • @shted224
      @shted224 Год назад +224

      character development!

    • @westcoastmex629
      @westcoastmex629 Год назад +147

      To live is to suffer with or without romantic love😅

    • @Keerationfilms
      @Keerationfilms Год назад +72

      Love is only equal to the Pain.

    • @831Billy
      @831Billy Год назад +25

      @@Keerationfilms Very well stated my friend

  • @kirinoikezawa44
    @kirinoikezawa44 7 месяцев назад +646

    "Love is a cruel trick that nature plays on us, to get us to reproduce."

    • @ridhamatri9447
      @ridhamatri9447 5 месяцев назад +21

      True

    • @gerhardusvanderpoll
      @gerhardusvanderpoll 5 месяцев назад +20

      Spot on..

    • @thuhuyenbui2907
      @thuhuyenbui2907 5 месяцев назад

      The bad people =The hate intend to cheat and make baby with the bad or good people. Then they do not need the baby and throw them away.
      The good people make baby with the good people. Then they love the baby like parts of their body .
      The topic owner does not want me to communicate with you.
      Tell him why and how does he want to me to behave .
      A funny talking is that human is mistake edition of creator , because of some inconveniences.

    • @f0rtuzer0
      @f0rtuzer0 5 месяцев назад +11

      “My genes done gone and tricked my brain
      By making fucking feel so great
      That's how the little creeps attain
      Their plan to fuckin' replicate
      But brain's got tricks itself, you see
      To get the bang but not the bite
      I got this here vasectomy
      My genes can fuck themselves tonight.
      - The R-Selectors, Trunclade”
      ― Peter Watts, Blindsight

    • @Czekytcze
      @Czekytcze 5 месяцев назад +4

      True lol but that is how it is and i dont really care

  • @brianhill5009
    @brianhill5009 Год назад +1366

    The older I become, the more I consider friendship rather than romance to be the preferred relationship. Friendship is less demanding and is more reasonable and reliable.

    • @zwilightstreamer
      @zwilightstreamer 9 месяцев назад +36

      I’m still pretty young and to this day have only had two online relationships that both ended. Many have wanted me to be in a relationship with them but like, yeah, friendship is way better. You don’t have to prioritize them over everyone else and you don’t have to ever lose them unless they end up being toxic in which case it’s much easier to cut ties.
      When people fall in love with me or anyone else, they don’t understand the entirety of what they’re asking… when I do, I’m fully aware of all the many negatives attached to it which is why I usually don’t.

    • @brianhill5009
      @brianhill5009 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@zwilightstreamer "lose" not "loose"

    • @ursulabird7491
      @ursulabird7491 9 месяцев назад +38

      Same here! I remember falling in love and feeling like a drug addict. NOT worth it.

    • @endorphin_junkie
      @endorphin_junkie 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@ursulabird7491 that's not love, that's lust

    • @ayakassab9992
      @ayakassab9992 8 месяцев назад +2

      Agree, but what to do with sexual desire?

  • @tabithasands2257
    @tabithasands2257 8 месяцев назад +107

    Not only is it a scam, its one of the greatest lies ever told..

  • @westonjones6670
    @westonjones6670 Год назад +1361

    Reasons Not to Fall in Love
    1. Being in love is addictive
    2. Being in love distorts reality
    3. Being in love can be excruciatingly painful

    • @revenge8215
      @revenge8215 Год назад +20

      @@Tigran-Abazyan why do humans have a natural craving for it though? From infants to old people. It’s in our dna

    • @migs6674
      @migs6674 Год назад +41

      @@revenge8215 because we're social beings, it's only natural that we are constantly in search for care and attention from other people.

    • @inquisitionagent9052
      @inquisitionagent9052 Год назад +24

      @@HarbingerOfFinality a backwards philosophy conjured up by a broken mind. You got a bad experience (maybe no experience) of love, I understand. But the world view you got right now is a coping mechanism to deal with that hurt. Helpful in the short term, ultimately destruction in the long term. Because its ultimately false.
      If it were true, if love was just some horrible sickness, and if we're all better off alone, civilization would never have formed, empathy wouldn't be a thing. You exist because of the love of thousands of men and women who have come before you. Come together to build the world as it is, to create generations.
      The sooner you can lay your past grievances to rest and abandon your current perception of love, the sooner you can start working towards finding someone worthwhile. The current perception is the actual darkness that risks devouring any future hope of finding love. Its not gonna be easy so take your time. Best of luck.

    • @your-username-here2308
      @your-username-here2308 Год назад +9

      @@HarbingerOfFinality ""But in this modern broken world the pursuit ""
      You didnt lived 100+ Years ago, so this is just a strawman.
      "" the pursuit of it is the failure of many people ""
      No, they just thing its somethign that comes to them flying through the Air and wonder sometime later why the feelings are gone. You have to love, you need to do it and want to love. Both Partners need to do that. There are just many People out there, since generations who are proiperly not the best Partner. Thats why People should consider there Partner with care. And have commitmend.
      So yes, i agree with the other User. You have a different, Nihilistic perception of Love.

    • @afflixzockerz5383
      @afflixzockerz5383 Год назад +2

      Food is adictive, you cant live without it. Addiction is neccesary, as long as it benefits you. You probably wouldnt do anything if you werent Dependent on it. Why go eat? You dont have to. Why move your body? You dont have to. Why try to be healthy and happy? You dont have to.
      Anything can be excrutiatingly painful. At all times walking, you could Trip, fall and be paralyzed your whole life. Theres always a chance someone just walks up to you and stabs you. If you sit on a redlight, theres always a chance for someone to just run into you by speeding. Everything involves risks.
      We already established that love is completely irrational and illogical (it actually isnt tho, same goes for instincts. Its making sure you repopulate, and apparently love is the thing that worked. Remember, everything happens for a reason) so is there really a point in rationally question the irrational?
      Manipulation tactics stop working as soon as you realise that they exist and you understand them. If you know your brain is manipulating how you perceive reality with love, it doesnt anymore. Because now you can judge with that knowledge in mind.
      If you, like me, arent in favor of how you should find someone who perfectly fits you, who is perfect themselves or does everything correct in order to love, change your perspective. Dont be restrictive of who you get to know, just see who comes along and make your decisions then (what i mean is dont "they need to be this height and do this thing and earn this much money and bla bla bla"). I am probably not the one to say anything in this topic, since ive never been in one, but to build a relationship you just need 2 things: enjoy each others Company and share pjysical attraction. Thats it. Just be mindfull and maybe break up if you catch yourself going in an unhealthy direction.

  • @PureNRG2
    @PureNRG2 Год назад +2654

    Love is a drug. Better to be alone than to wish you were alone.

  • @bunnybeetle1304
    @bunnybeetle1304 8 месяцев назад +437

    I have fallen in love with my own solitude. The best relationship ever.

    • @lorraineb.4698
      @lorraineb.4698 7 месяцев назад +6

      I loved it too and was very content and happy but he chased me. Tried not to give in. Yep, he hurt me.

    • @onceuponarevenant9409
      @onceuponarevenant9409 5 месяцев назад +14

      Great on your side, i been doing that for 7 years, im currently 27 y/o not sure if im happy or coping with the fact no women beside my mom actually loves me.

    • @jessebfly
      @jessebfly 5 месяцев назад +2

      Me too.

    • @Davidwantstodeportaliens
      @Davidwantstodeportaliens 5 месяцев назад

      @@onceuponarevenant9409it’s coping

    • @totallynotalazyguy737
      @totallynotalazyguy737 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@onceuponarevenant9409coping.

  • @The_Camera_Guy
    @The_Camera_Guy 4 месяца назад +41

    Love will ruin you for years. Don’t give yourself to Anyone or you’re finished. No one deserves the best of you.

  • @mindfulnesswithmatt
    @mindfulnesswithmatt Год назад +2705

    We look for love that we cannot give ourselves. We have become too reliant on romantic love as a means to save the depression from within. We can't keep chasing romantic love like another object or desire, it really distorts our reality as mentioned.

    • @zezuntxiduntxi
      @zezuntxiduntxi Год назад +29

      Absolutely! 100%

    • @willywonka4340
      @willywonka4340 Год назад +21

      been there, done that! What a mess they were, 😆 🤣

    • @marmaladesunrise
      @marmaladesunrise Год назад +40

      Learning our own value & worth is paramount. Once we realize our value, we can use more discretion when making important decisions.
      Self worth & value are the keys to balance.
      Knowing that we were born with value & worth all along is priceless. Remembering that is everything.

    • @The.steppenWolf
      @The.steppenWolf Год назад +34

      Man was not born to live alone. It's a total mistake excluding love because love is the only place where you find meaning.

    • @Aravis217
      @Aravis217 Год назад +5

      Even though we look for love we cannot give ourselves, we only accept the love that we feel we deserve.

  • @MODELBODYINTL
    @MODELBODYINTL Год назад +2526

    I think we’re here to give love. But not the drug-like love that “romance” has become. Love your family, friends - be kind to people. That’s love.

    • @marlonalatiit1609
      @marlonalatiit1609 Год назад +23

      i agree

    • @EnglishWithErick
      @EnglishWithErick Год назад +95

      If we didn't fall in love we wouldn't even have a family to begin with

    • @---ml4jd
      @---ml4jd Год назад

      i love your mom

    • @MP-ut6eb
      @MP-ut6eb Год назад +2

      Well said

    • @MP-ut6eb
      @MP-ut6eb Год назад +72

      @@EnglishWithErick you are mistaken. For the majority of our history we reproduced without love. Love it's an artifact

  • @flyby4475
    @flyby4475 11 месяцев назад +112

    I never had a relationship until I was 32 years old, from then until now that I am 38 I have had 3, I can calmly say that my life before those experiences was calmer.

    • @abdullamohammed_
      @abdullamohammed_ 3 месяца назад

      by calmer you mean boring and less interested?

    • @firdakbarw882
      @firdakbarw882 Месяц назад +2

      Maybe he meant "peaceful"

  • @Davidm3782
    @Davidm3782 8 месяцев назад +372

    I felt much better when I admitted to myself that love does not exist, at least for me. I feel that what we call love is either lust, co-dependence, or simply a transaction. I stopped wondering why I always felt that love was so unfulfilling and sometimes downright self-destructive. I can still be kind and empathetic to a fault, but it's a choice I make and not some mysterious emotional feeling.

    • @ciaraskeleton
      @ciaraskeleton 8 месяцев назад +10

      Being empathetic to a fault seems like a problem that's within you, maybe look at that before making another responsible for your happiness

    • @kyogofurahashi
      @kyogofurahashi 8 месяцев назад +24

      agree, it's always lust at 1st sight, never love at 1st sight
      people fall in lust rather than love

    • @pipulshom6082
      @pipulshom6082 7 месяцев назад +5

      You are right bro....absolutely right about love 😮😮😮 absolutely logical, realistic but humans do need love....😢😢we need partner..... Instinctively we want to love and feel loved😅😅😅......we can't avoid our basic / primary need.....😊😊😊
      Yes there are a lot of risk.....😢😢😢😢 very unfortunately.... But we can't...... 😢😢😢

    • @theoxymoron8793
      @theoxymoron8793 7 месяцев назад +18

      Perhaps you do not require love from others because you already have for yourself? 🤔

    • @ciaraskeleton
      @ciaraskeleton 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@theoxymoron8793 This is the best comment. I think you're right

  • @tomw6947
    @tomw6947 Год назад +1979

    As a divorced, 31 year old male with 1 child my outlook on love is, don't avoid or fight against love, just be smart about it, don't drop all your ambitions or dreams just because you love someone, focus on yourself and if you end up loving someone, just enjoy it and build the foundations correctly. Nobody wants to grow old never having been in love or loved because that will make you bitter and angry at the world. Life is filled with different chapters and maybe it will work out, maybe not.

    • @L4ngyAge
      @L4ngyAge Год назад +37

      Thanks for this comment because I have a crush currently and I am really suffering because I'm a little sure she doesn't find me "interesting"... I'm maintaining my hobbies though!

    • @juhis5936
      @juhis5936 Год назад +21

      in my current situation I would very much have rather taken the growing old never having loved part

    • @tomw6947
      @tomw6947 Год назад +31

      @@juhis5936 I know how you feel brother, it's extremely painful beyond words. I went from a family home to walking in one evening after work with divorce papers on the table and bags packed. Still struggling at times because I have to stay in contact to co-parent with our child which makes the process even more unbearable, but as men we dust ourselves off and continue to graft and progress because nobody is waiting to help us.

    • @goodnightmyprince6734
      @goodnightmyprince6734 Год назад +54

      I've never been in love and im not bitter about it

    • @L4ngyAge
      @L4ngyAge Год назад +24

      @@goodnightmyprince6734 I wish I never fell in love either

  • @franciscoraupp
    @franciscoraupp Год назад +471

    About the depiction of romantic love in media and arts, my therapist said this:
    “I’ve never seen someone become a psychopath after watching a horror movie. On the other hand, everyday someone comes to my office because they believed what they watched in romantic comedy movies”

    • @juanguatemala4874
      @juanguatemala4874 6 месяцев назад +2

      Really, every day someone comes in your office with this affliction

    • @thegametroll6264
      @thegametroll6264 5 месяцев назад +2

      Every time I ask for some dating advice from my brother he always says " just do what they do in the movies". It makes me feel like he thinks I couldn't get a girlfriend "normally".

    • @sinclair8277
      @sinclair8277 5 месяцев назад

      @@thegametroll6264Like what they do in Love Actually on Christmas outside someone’s window😂

    • @thegametroll6264
      @thegametroll6264 5 месяцев назад

      @@sinclair8277 I never seen that show/movie but it sounds like a romantic comedy or something 😂

    • @keylanoslokj1806
      @keylanoslokj1806 5 месяцев назад

      Love in the western sense is just a mammalian response that blinds the individual for procreation and child raising to occur... .

  • @neondystopian
    @neondystopian 7 месяцев назад +79

    I'm pretty sure love is just a combination of loyalty and companionship. You meet someone you actually like, don't mind sticking with them through bad times, and that's that.

    • @Tempus0ptic
      @Tempus0ptic 3 месяца назад +5

      Right? Keep it simple, the romance aspect only complicates it.

    • @Onceuponadevil
      @Onceuponadevil 3 месяца назад +2

      Why are people making it so damn complicated then

    • @neondystopian
      @neondystopian 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Onceuponadevil because people want to believe their experiences are special. Thinking love is some complicated, abstract thing that few get and even fewer decipher serves only to confuse the process.

    • @Onceuponadevil
      @Onceuponadevil 3 месяца назад +2

      @@neondystopian 🤣🤣 I don’t why but I find that extremely funny… the way you put it and how you explain that people just want to feel special or whatever

    • @neondystopian
      @neondystopian 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Onceuponadevil that's because it is, LOL! When you take a step back and realize how silly it all is, you can't help but laugh. You could even take a bigger step back and notice how modern society displays a certain amount of mysticism and reverence toward love, almost like it's some kind of deity.

  • @williamramos3350
    @williamramos3350 8 месяцев назад +76

    True love in my opinion is understanding each other. Everything else is just a phase that goes away. That why most relationships do not last.

  • @kyoshiro4042
    @kyoshiro4042 Год назад +732

    "Love is a serious mental disease" - Plato

  • @curious_gage
    @curious_gage Год назад +326

    Heartbreak can easily be more intense than any highs from being in love. Risky is an understatement.

    • @Yggdrasill8
      @Yggdrasill8 Год назад +22

      This is utmost an ultimate truth. Similarly, physical pain can vastly exceed physical pleasure by innumerable orders of magnitude.

    • @arnavkmr3895
      @arnavkmr3895 Год назад +16

      @@Yggdrasill8 because both evolutionary and psychologically speaking, pain is a greater motivator than pleasure.

    • @leeneon854
      @leeneon854 11 месяцев назад +2

      Not wrong there very risky business indeed

    • @TheErikapal20
      @TheErikapal20 9 месяцев назад +3

      It’s an understatement to say it’s an understatement 😅

  • @sasagoro8783
    @sasagoro8783 9 месяцев назад +55

    "Thousands have lived without love, not one without water" - W.H Auden. If you happen to find yourself sad for the lack of romantic relationships. Drink a good glass of water, you won't regret it.

    • @aaaaaaaaaa8227
      @aaaaaaaaaa8227 5 месяцев назад +2

      That's what I need because I have been crying a lot

  • @swadey2.017
    @swadey2.017 5 месяцев назад +22

    I’ve had the experience with two of my ex girlfriends, I fell in love with them to the point of obsession. I put on a persona in order to obtain them. Then somewhere down the line I got to know them and the illusion I had created in my brain was crushed. I no longer felt desire for them, I couldn’t believe how far off from the person I thought they were.
    One of the things I learned was our expectations of others will leave us disappointed and dissatisfied, especially if they’re unrealistic.
    I got broken up with with my last girlfriend 2 months ago because i was insecure, to be on the receiving end is more painful I have learned.
    When we act out of fear/anger, insecurity and don’t set boundaries, it makes us less desirable. Don’t fear losing your love, fear losing yourself

  • @NotMadNomadZephyr
    @NotMadNomadZephyr Год назад +81

    Attachment says 'i love you, therefore make me happy'.
    Genuine Love says "whether with or without me, i pray for your happiness".

  • @timothyswauger3984
    @timothyswauger3984 Год назад +305

    When you love someone, you essentially put your happiness in that person’s hands. This makes you a slave to that person.

    • @kelvinpanesar6511
      @kelvinpanesar6511 Год назад +8

      Truth!!!

    • @NehaSharma-wq9yc
      @NehaSharma-wq9yc 8 месяцев назад +12

      True . Don't do it

    • @Aman-nk5uq
      @Aman-nk5uq 8 месяцев назад +9

      Yupp. Don't ever do it. It's actually dangerous

    • @feeya2487
      @feeya2487 8 месяцев назад +9

      Yes! This is sadly very true, that is what makes crazy love dangerous, its an art that needs to be practiced with caution.

    • @ronh1850
      @ronh1850 8 месяцев назад +8

      That is correct in the sense that, when we love someone, of course it hurts to lose that love. But, we need to be in charge of our own happiness, 100%. Then our love has a lot more value to the person we love. Because we are strong and secure in ourselves.

  • @samuelmansell9749
    @samuelmansell9749 7 месяцев назад +17

    People tie the emotion of love to others but you can feel that same love for hobbies, ideas, life, ourselves

  • @naturalforlife6741
    @naturalforlife6741 7 месяцев назад +60

    I've experienced romantic love and it was the best feeling that I have ever felt. It was such a dopamine rush. But like most things it wears off. Then you get more desensitized to it. You spend more time to find that high again but you can't get there. It once was said that love is a temporarily mental disorder.

    • @lidarodriguez8881
      @lidarodriguez8881 5 месяцев назад +5

      Love is like cocaine addiction. Helen Fisher describes it very well un her TED Talk. I am surprised by how differently are treated these similar addictions. Love addiction is openly promoted and desired. Cocaine addiction is publicly condemned but massively practised.

    • @tommac21
      @tommac21 4 месяца назад +1

      Well to me there is no such thing as romantic love. Your not wrong. Nobody is. This is what it means to you. We all have a different definition of it

    • @TraderX888
      @TraderX888 4 месяца назад +1

      I love your explanation. 100% agree.

  • @scarlet12234
    @scarlet12234 Год назад +1128

    I don't think there's anything bad about falling in love as long as you acknowledge that heartbreak is always a possibility and that you don't need another person to complete you.
    That's the point I had to get to before I was able to experience healthy love.
    We're here to be human and love is part of it. I say don't chase it to the point that you forget to actually live, and don't push it away out of fear.
    I also don't regret a single ex, as the bad experiences with them helped me find the happy path I'm on now.

    • @Nerine98
      @Nerine98 Год назад +25

      soooo true!

    • @rajeshgautam3861
      @rajeshgautam3861 Год назад +19

      👏 Well said. 👍

    • @ashwanthickasuhirthi1435
      @ashwanthickasuhirthi1435 Год назад +14

      Well said!

    • @agnieszku
      @agnieszku Год назад +25

      But what about your exes? Are they as content as you are? Didn't you cause them trauma/sadness/heartbreak? It's great that you came out of your relationships unharmed and "happy". But did they? As old as I am now, and also as experienced I am now, I don't want to hurt no person in this way again, ever. It's too much of a burden for me. It takes two to make a relationship. I'd rather grow and walk my path alone from now.

    • @scarlet12234
      @scarlet12234 Год назад +75

      @@agnieszku while I hope that they are all happy, whether they are or not is their responsibility, not mine.
      Also it is interesting that you seem to assume that because I'm happy now, it means that I didn't go through hell first. I was living in a personal hell chasing outside sources of love and validation (said exes) for a long time, and it practically broke me. Time and time again until I learned the lesson I needed to learn.

  • @LordBrittish
    @LordBrittish Год назад +153

    “You love her
    But she loves him
    And he loves somebody else
    You just can't win
    And so it goes
    'Til the day you die
    This thing they call love
    It's gonna make you cry!”

    • @tinguspingus295
      @tinguspingus295 Год назад +2

      you love him you love her you love so much you love when love hurts

    • @danacoleman4007
      @danacoleman4007 Год назад +2

      I've been through diamonds...

    • @skoshow8418
      @skoshow8418 Год назад +5

      Love stinks

    • @kelvinpanesar6511
      @kelvinpanesar6511 Год назад

      @@skoshow8418 Great Song!!!!!!!

    • @PumpedAaron
      @PumpedAaron Год назад +1

      I’ve been through minks! I’ve been through it aaallll!

  • @zachfine3949
    @zachfine3949 8 месяцев назад +161

    I wish they would teach this in school. These topics are so important especially for children who come from broken homes and can have damaging attachment styles at a young age. I find it fascinating that we relegate “love“ to a commercialized industry in Hollywood instead of having mature conversations at a young age.

    • @bogusmogus9551
      @bogusmogus9551 6 месяцев назад +3

      This is the part they didn't teach in sex education at school

    • @keylanoslokj1806
      @keylanoslokj1806 5 месяцев назад

      Love in the western sense is just a mammalian response that blinds the individual for procreation and child raising to occur... .

    • @keylanoslokj1806
      @keylanoslokj1806 5 месяцев назад

      Love in the western sense is just a mammalian response that blinds the individual for procreation and child raising to occur... .

    • @JS-vh4yq
      @JS-vh4yq 5 месяцев назад

      Scool teaches compliance to perpetual wage slavery. Birth, brainwash thru schooling, work, reproduce, die. Notice happiness is not part of the equation.

    • @tommac21
      @tommac21 4 месяца назад

      Theres absolutely nothing to teach. You want someone teaching your child their meaning of love. Then you'll see it and batch because it's not your definition of love. Abd this would be really stupid to teach this in school. They barely have time to teach the essentials

  • @tonika7543
    @tonika7543 10 месяцев назад +16

    Ending up with a broken heart 💔 is the worst feeling.

  • @thijsbruijn3512
    @thijsbruijn3512 Год назад +577

    I have always been single, and I don't know if I am missing out on something, but I do know that there is nothing wrong with being single and that it is quite nice to never been heartbroken

    • @danacoleman4007
      @danacoleman4007 Год назад +50

      You are correct

    • @pyroxxx
      @pyroxxx Год назад +15

      Ik ook man, alles heeft een positieve kant.

    • @notaburneraccount
      @notaburneraccount Год назад +61

      Yeah, being heartbroken is so painful. I wish I didn't have crushes on people.

    • @GabrielXDrums
      @GabrielXDrums Год назад +40

      @@notaburneraccount having crushes is different than being destroyed multiple times like I have and I STILL am chasing after the next one, it’s bullshit.

    • @eveningafterrain
      @eveningafterrain Год назад +41

      You're only missing out pain, nothing else

  • @acsody
    @acsody Год назад +327

    We were married 40 years when I lost her to eternity.
    Somehow, we managed to turn that initial infatuation into unwavering commitment to each other. Maybe it was the attitude that whatever problem might come up, it would be easier to solve the problem together than to split. We thought that our problem, if not solved, would follow us into any other relationship and who could solve our problem, better than us?
    I am on my own again now, but she will forever be the love of my life.
    It takes luck and courage to find the one love, but if you find it, it compares to nothing.

    • @demifane
      @demifane Год назад +23

      Thank you for your perspective, and I’m sorry for your loss 💔 I’m sure she was absolutely wonderful

    • @THEMANWITHTHEYELLOWHAT.
      @THEMANWITHTHEYELLOWHAT. 11 месяцев назад +13

      This is vary true wish more people could be like this.

    • @klever2183
      @klever2183 11 месяцев назад +8

      💔

    • @trishala731
      @trishala731 9 месяцев назад +4

      How do we find it sir ?

    • @acsody
      @acsody 9 месяцев назад +15

      @trishala731 I wish I had a valid answer. All I remember is that we had no expectations back then.
      I still don't have.

  • @Me97202
    @Me97202 8 месяцев назад +14

    Love is rarely sustainable… over time. People change. The odds are HIGHLY against it lasting.

  • @johnalexir7634
    @johnalexir7634 7 месяцев назад +145

    My experience is... no, romantic love is not worth it, for numerous reasons. I have finally accepted this, and it has been tremendously freeing.

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 7 месяцев назад +20

      I haven’t had a romantic relationship for fifteen years, and I think I’m better off without one. You have to do so many things you don’t like, in order to please someone else. It’s just too much trouble.

    • @romart03
      @romart03 6 месяцев назад +4

      its absolutely worth it, you just failed at it so think its not worth it

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 6 месяцев назад +8

      I’m just not interested anymore.

    • @vampiszoonis9691
      @vampiszoonis9691 5 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@romart03it ain't, you are just coping.
      Love ain't worth shit, just become self reliant, romance just ruins lives and is disgusting.

    • @Nlav26
      @Nlav26 5 месяцев назад

      ⁠​⁠@@vampiszoonis9691sounds like you are the one coping. Why hate on others who may be happy in love? You sound jaded and pessimistic.

  • @amulyamalhi
    @amulyamalhi Год назад +718

    From my experience, I can tell that unconditional love exists only in books, novels or movies and not in real life!

    • @theloneindividual
      @theloneindividual Год назад +93

      I think that love is just a biological mechanism that ensures optimal social bonding that ultimately helps us survive and replicate. So yeah, just natural selection tricks. No magic or heavenly will in love.

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 Год назад +50

      Unconditional love is the natural state of unconditional awareness. The imagined self (ego) is not capable of unconditional love, but what we all really are IS undivided, unconditional love for all that is.

    • @luisd5098
      @luisd5098 Год назад +4

      @@brushstroke3733 dude well said!

    • @zellanutellaa
      @zellanutellaa Год назад +18

      Well i feel like a paretn and a child love can be unconditional.

    • @pntbllwlly
      @pntbllwlly Год назад +8

      Dogs

  • @eugeneotwoma7646
    @eugeneotwoma7646 Год назад +121

    Before i started dating, my single life was quite okay and then i decided to try this thing called love and all the negative stuff that happened stated in this video happened to me but now i am back to happily being single.

    • @trishala731
      @trishala731 9 месяцев назад +3

      Pro tip- never fall in love again, you were able to get back to being happily single bcz it was your first heartbreak. But if you get your heartbroken again, there is no happily single after that..

    • @nandodb2000
      @nandodb2000 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​​@@trishala731is this what happend to you? Bro if i have something to say, take all the pkeasure you can, but dont expect too much and sometimes dont taken it to seriously okay

    • @trishala731
      @trishala731 9 месяцев назад

      @@nandodb2000 yes, thanks for the advice!

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад

      @@trishala731 Tujhse jisne shaadin karli uski zindagi narak.
      Please never get married.

  • @shubhamdas6031
    @shubhamdas6031 5 месяцев назад +10

    Suffering and grief is inevitable. No matter you fall in love or not.
    Love can both heal and hurt.

  • @theepicbellendoftomorrow4703
    @theepicbellendoftomorrow4703 7 месяцев назад +22

    I’m a 38 year old man from the UK, England. And I can tell you younger lads now from experience, DO NOT fall ‘in love’/become emotionally attached to any woman..
    DO NOT settle down with/marry a woman, have kids with her or any of that… because when/if the love between you fades and it all breaks down, you will be more depressed and sad than you could EVER imagine!
    The juice just isn’t worth the squeeze.

    • @slayr4170
      @slayr4170 6 месяцев назад +4

      May I ask what gave you this conclusion

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад +1

      I've been telling this since my teenage. I'm still young.

    • @navhaa
      @navhaa 5 месяцев назад +2

      not only that, but especially she will recover much quicker and start a new 'love' with another guy as if nothing ever happened between you and her. it is just like that in pretty much every romantic relationship, dont be dumb and think you are be THE IRREPLECEABLE ONE, you're not. no, it doesn't matter you're very good looking, smart, rich. she's also being hit up by multiple other guys right now and she's leaving an open door to some, many or even all of them. literally nothing is up to you man, girls are physiologically made to be standing near the man in that exact moment appears to be the best one. im sorry!

    • @makeitcount2985
      @makeitcount2985 5 месяцев назад +3

      Funny because every man I dated cheated on me, I was the commited one. I stopped dating because I realise relationships are smoke and mirrors. Friendship is all I offer now.

    • @HCforLife1
      @HCforLife1 3 месяца назад

      Yup. The problem I have with this concept is that my 8 years relationship was the best time of my life. The love truly faded. Mostly on her end. We both did some mistakes. But without it - I could have boring and not necessarily happy life. Conflicted here. Now I am in a tormenting pain. But was it worth it? I think it was.

  • @The-nr9sb
    @The-nr9sb Год назад +29

    Remember guys, people are there for you only if they need something. Through my life i have understood to not give too much. The only people i trust is my closest family. I dont even fully trust my friends, they were and they are with me, but one day im sure its gonna finish, not by death, but by life itself, like ones before them. Keep chasing ur goals, prioritize yourself, thats only what matters. Hope you all doing great. Cheers, Marcel.

  • @rookiej5587
    @rookiej5587 Год назад +227

    Everytime I've opened my heart and been vulnerable, I've been hurt.
    I guess people have a rosy view of how their romantic partner should be like. Watching them not being the perfect tailor-made version they were at the beginning or them not living up to the romantic fantasy is something most people can't digest.

    • @JaysonT1
      @JaysonT1 Год назад +17

      Nothing worth a shit comes without risk.

    • @TotallyAtopiaYT
      @TotallyAtopiaYT Год назад +4

      I felt this so bad man

    • @vcente671
      @vcente671 Год назад +1

      💯th like😅

  • @skeleton599
    @skeleton599 6 месяцев назад +44

    I used to talk to this girl, she was a very introverted and anti social person, and i was pretty much her first everything, so she wasn’t ready to give physical affection like kisses and hugs stuff like that, she ended up breaking it off because she believed she wasn’t ready to commit and to have the responsibilities of a relationship, well few months later she’s in a relationship with someone and she is doing EVERYTHING with them she wouldn’t do with me, kisses, stuff like that, it completely destroyed me, i’ve been doing nothing but questioning what is wrong with me, what did that other person have that i didn’t.

    • @Kryptospotted
      @Kryptospotted 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's just the mixture. It's beyond our control. That's what I firmly believe. I hope that is some consolation.

    • @lmusima3275
      @lmusima3275 6 месяцев назад +12

      Unfortunately she wanted a relationship but not with you. It sucks

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад +17

      "Looks". Nothing else.
      Get BlacPilled and you'll be free.
      The only reason she didn't want it with you cuz her monkey brain didn't associate with you.
      Looks are the most important thing in dating which most people ignore

    • @poopyhole101
      @poopyhole101 5 месяцев назад +1

      It’s especially confusing when this happens and you know you are better in every way than the other person

    • @makeitcount2985
      @makeitcount2985 5 месяцев назад

      We are attracted to different things, you need to find your match, she wasn't it

  • @TZeldaOo
    @TZeldaOo 8 месяцев назад +48

    It is crazy how it can be addictive. I had really small doses of the happiness because every time i ve actually fallen in love it wasnt reciprocal. So I always faced the suffering part infinitely more and still I crave for more.

    • @mateaukalua4426
      @mateaukalua4426 8 месяцев назад +5

      That shyt is almost never mutually reciprocal.

    • @simonaspalovis1204
      @simonaspalovis1204 6 месяцев назад +4

      Ah, yes unrequited love. Classic. Just cut off all contact with someone like that today. Stings like a bitch.

    • @thoraero
      @thoraero 5 месяцев назад

      Looking back to my younger self, the biological drive was so strong that, like an idiot, being hit with the withdrawal syndrome over and over was not enough to stop me from looking for a new trouble 😂

  • @OfficialBurrow
    @OfficialBurrow Год назад +45

    Spent 4 years in what I thought was the most stable relationship ever to exist. I thought I had it all. But when I found out that she loved someone else. I realized soon, that "love" only lasts so long and loving yourself lasts longer.

    • @golgytv
      @golgytv Год назад +3

      Seems like a reoccurring theme in the past few years. Ive seen the exact scenario you described too many times, its mindblowing
      Hope you are doing well my friend, stay diligent.

    • @OfficialBurrow
      @OfficialBurrow Год назад +5

      @@golgytv I'm doing better now. Even though I have missed her a lot, I decided to join the navy.

    • @MiikeyLawless
      @MiikeyLawless 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@OfficialBurrowlove is fleeting in a world where the adoration of millions is at one's fingertips. I went through the same recently. The
      Navy will at least give you something else to focus on.

    • @krackkorn1952
      @krackkorn1952 7 месяцев назад +2

      self love is perhaps the only thing more valuable than romantic love

    • @IsabellaPiesch
      @IsabellaPiesch 5 месяцев назад

      @@krackkorn1952 💯

  • @Igor-my6ml
    @Igor-my6ml Год назад +191

    I ruined my life for her and she didn't even care.
    I was selfish for the those who really love me, they didn't deserve to see me fall this deep.
    Take care of yourself brothers and sisters.

    • @user5214
      @user5214 Год назад +19

      The irony is in your own words. You were selfish to your loved ones, and YOU didn't care.
      She didn't care when you ruined your life, mirroring your own actions. Why would she care for you when you yourself, in your own words, didn't care enough to not be selfish with people you ALREADY loved?

    • @ws5826
      @ws5826 Год назад +2

      Sorry to hear that brother I hope the future is kinder to you.

    • @JaysonT1
      @JaysonT1 Год назад +1

      I'm sure you were just the perfect little angel.... it's not rocket science, if it didn't work, than it wasn't a fit. It's first grade math.

    • @Der.Geschichtenerzahler
      @Der.Geschichtenerzahler Год назад +2

      The less we wish things the better. Just be happy with what you have

    • @Respect2theFallen
      @Respect2theFallen Год назад +1

      It seems like you acknowledge your faults and that's noble. I hope you recover or are doing well.

  • @jeffreyjackson5229
    @jeffreyjackson5229 7 месяцев назад +7

    "Love is an unreliable emotion no matter how deep. Love does not ensure obedience. Love does not ensure gratitude. Love does not create harmony in such a world"- Don Domenico Clericuzio, The Last Don.

  • @gusklemp3477
    @gusklemp3477 4 месяца назад +3

    Love is scam that led me to court, losing my home, having Limited contact with children, and constant financial hardship (for me)

  • @Bauerofficial
    @Bauerofficial Год назад +185

    I didn't choose to fall in love with her, it just happened. I was the passive observer to how my love for her turned from pure bliss into agony beyond comprehension.

    • @j4513
      @j4513 Год назад +28

      Sad to say it, but it tends to be a better dynamic if they love you more than you love them…
      Once I started choosing relationships using logic instead of “the heart“… Everything got much better.

    • @shrunkensimon
      @shrunkensimon Год назад +23

      @@j4513 "A happy man is a happy woman. A happy woman, is a miserable man" - Patrice O'neal

    • @rileysel1548
      @rileysel1548 Год назад +4

      @@shrunkensimonwhat does this mean?

    • @shrunkensimon
      @shrunkensimon Год назад +18

      ​@@rileysel1548 That happiness flows from the man to the woman. Women don't know how to be truly be happy outside that flow, and their attempts to reverse it, deny it, or emulate masculine behaviour never satisfies and also irritates the man at the same time.

    • @ethiopiazoldyk4667
      @ethiopiazoldyk4667 Год назад +21

      @@shrunkensimon what if the women choose to be happy outside of relationships. Without a man and doing her own thing?

  • @brainrich1358
    @brainrich1358 Год назад +555

    I always had an issue with falling "in love" WAY to quickly. Which would lead to me always getting hurt. I recently adopted a cynical type of view when it comes to romance and love. It helps me to keep myself grounded, keep things realistic, and to protect myself from getting hurt again. It has helped me keep my focus on improving to become the best version of myself.

    • @David-eu1ms
      @David-eu1ms Год назад +9

      I'm the opposite, it takes a long time for me to love a girl.

    • @spidermiddleagedman
      @spidermiddleagedman Год назад +39

      @@David-eu1ms i am the Alternative: i don't get the opportunity to fall in love. 🤣

    • @zynthshark_music
      @zynthshark_music Год назад +14

      same yeah well... in my case not in real life but idk online stuff and all. it's way too easy for anyone to find a "lover" and it's dangerous online, you never really know what the person is thinking or whatever else and well obviously well no body language or other physical cues too. im just happy im sick of looking for "love" finally. it's not fun, really isn't. sure that initial period of "oh ooh i love [person] so much! i can be with them forever [etc. etc. etc.]" but honestly after a bit problems always arise. either from them or me. so just, incompatibilities. it really isn't worth it trying to find the "perfect" person for you, just learn to be happy on your own. whether it be a hobby, work, or anything else. dont rely on others for happiness. specifically not your "lover". there *will* be high highs and low (sometimes *very* low) lows. it's not worth it.

    • @alexandruahie8880
      @alexandruahie8880 Год назад +10

      @@spidermiddleagedman lucky you ! Indeed, mentally the worst version of us is when we are inlove. I remember me on those stages and... boy i was dumb !

    • @selmakaya1232
      @selmakaya1232 Год назад

      Same same

  • @gabrielamakar9315
    @gabrielamakar9315 7 месяцев назад +23

    As a woman who has been broken up with a lot of times I am not gonna count - it's not worth it. Only one thing is still with me and it's a trauma. Everybody leaves, nobody cares. Just my opinion.

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад

      Lmao, the irony.
      Most men go through this yet women project it on men as being "Misogynists and incels"
      80% of the divorces and breakups are initiated by woman.

    • @africanqueen5292
      @africanqueen5292 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah !!! Sadly , this is true. People don’t care

    • @UndergroundRailroadLiberator
      @UndergroundRailroadLiberator 5 месяцев назад

      Some men don't leave. They kick you out. Those are the ones that care.

    • @gabrielamakar9315
      @gabrielamakar9315 5 месяцев назад

      @@UndergroundRailroadLiberator yes... They care about themseves... ;]

  • @Peekaboo-Kitty
    @Peekaboo-Kitty 5 месяцев назад +12

    The best love I ever received was from my mother and my Pets. Everything else does not last.

  • @adamnanney4952
    @adamnanney4952 Год назад +130

    " The surest way to not be as miserable is to not expect any happiness " - Arthur Schopenhauer
    And yes, this quote does pertain to falling in adoration with someone

    • @chuichi15
      @chuichi15 6 месяцев назад

      This is a bookish knowledge.... In Indian phylosophy it is very hard to achieve this state of mind .... And the complete edition of this line must be not expect any happiness,sadness and some thing some thing more that not to be expected (according to Hindu, Buddhist,Jain phylosophy ,yes as an Indian I knows that thing ) .... But pls man try to understand it is obvious to expect something from my life

    • @chuichi15
      @chuichi15 6 месяцев назад +2

      And this is not about love this is about every aspect of life....

    • @tommac21
      @tommac21 4 месяца назад

      Well this Arthur person is an idiot

  • @MeditativeMuse
    @MeditativeMuse Год назад +291

    Romantic love is overrated, and Unconditional love is so underrated, yet it is the greatest gift of all. 💜

    • @mrblackmamba117
      @mrblackmamba117 Год назад +39

      Love is objectively conditional.

    • @devilslayer3548
      @devilslayer3548 Год назад +8

      They both are overrated

    • @sageywavey
      @sageywavey Год назад +31

      Unconditional love does not exist.

    • @mirceazaharia2094
      @mirceazaharia2094 Год назад +29

      Love is always conditional, transactional or a collaborative project.
      It's either one of the above or a combination of two or all three.
      Always. A parent loves their child BECAUSE that is their child, etc.

    • @splittin2atoms
      @splittin2atoms Год назад +11

      Reading the comments make it clear. Most People can not comprehend what unconditional love means. Given that you have to let go of your ego it is difficult to obtain. Begin by thinking of a beautiful sunset. It makes you feel good inside. You love sunsets. Yet you don't get jealous that that someone else loves that sunset.

  • @Janillo2782
    @Janillo2782 9 месяцев назад +5

    There is a saying in Spanish that says "the heart has reasons that reason doesn't understand" and this is sooooo true!

  • @mr.lockwood1424
    @mr.lockwood1424 6 месяцев назад +5

    I despise love with all my heart. It brings only pain, misery and disappointment. If I could I would surgically remove my ability to feel it.

    • @acatfrompoland5230
      @acatfrompoland5230 5 месяцев назад +1

      Is it bad that my break up is making me want to chemically alter myself in any way possible as to not seek love anymore?

    • @xAfroMetalHead1990x
      @xAfroMetalHead1990x 4 месяца назад +2

      @@acatfrompoland5230nope I totally feel you

  • @lotuschamp7796
    @lotuschamp7796 Год назад +32

    Don't fall in love, rise in love - together

  • @coffeeosu_
    @coffeeosu_ Год назад +450

    This channel honestly made me feel 100% better about myself being a “loser” in the eyes of society, no friends irl, no girlfriend, parents thing im pathetic. Especially your emphasis on stoicism is so helpful to me, please keep making these informative videos.

    • @whoami2179
      @whoami2179 Год назад +18

      ❤ Sending Universal Love to you.

    • @mikebean.
      @mikebean. Год назад +7

      How do you cope with no friends or a gf? Do you get lonely?

    • @Aaa-eh3ic
      @Aaa-eh3ic Год назад +6

      this is sooo relatable 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @nikdi
      @nikdi Год назад +7

      Same, but parents don't think I'm pathetic. For now.

    • @Moondog970
      @Moondog970 Год назад +17

      ​@@mikebean. The mind is malleable and can adapt to different living situations given enough time.

  • @bingo1232
    @bingo1232 Год назад +8

    I met a nurse at the hospital where I work. She was stationed at a busy “command” desk; I passed by her (doing disinfection clean-ups) daily -- several times a day. We would have little brief intense conversations as I passed by. She was so intelligent, snappy, sassy, and good-looking!!!! I fell really hard for her!!!! I started to have strong feelings. Then, one day, I plucked up the courage to ask her, “was she a Gemini”? (The “Gemini part” didn’t matter, I just wanted to know more about her on a personal level.) She said that she was a Capricorn, and then asked me my sign. I said, “Cancer” (which is actually the PERFECT compliment to Capricorn). Then she said…. “Oh nice, my husband is also a Cancer.” BOOM!! My world fell apart; I was a little dizzy; my ears were buzzing. I didn’t say anything more… but I immediately found the courage to not pass by her desk again. It almost killed me but my love life does not include (1) cheating on a spouse or (2) helping anyone else to cheat on their spouse. (I feel better about that painful chapter now.)

    • @stevenflores972
      @stevenflores972 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂too funny.

    • @e52n
      @e52n 3 месяца назад +1

      wow she shut you down real quick

    • @bingo1232
      @bingo1232 3 месяца назад

      Well, I’m not sure the words are “shut down” are accurate. I’m willing to believe that she (Taylor) was, in her mind, merely flirting or being super friendly. Maybe she actually has no clue that that those kinds of interactions can lead to the birth of feelings. I’ve nodded to her since but now I keep my distance and my heart protected around her.

  • @MindfulnessGamer
    @MindfulnessGamer Год назад +202

    As someone who recently has been very depressed over a girl that I’ll never be with. I needed this.

    • @YaqubGames
      @YaqubGames 8 месяцев назад

      What happened? Can you talk about it? I’m intrigued 😮

    • @marcellofunhouse1234
      @marcellofunhouse1234 8 месяцев назад +4

      can relate sadly

    • @ALWO-xn9nk
      @ALWO-xn9nk 8 месяцев назад +8

      same, its the most awfull feeling.

    • @Bluesmiley05
      @Bluesmiley05 8 месяцев назад

      @@WorldData99go to gym

    • @screentake01
      @screentake01 8 месяцев назад +5

      That's called limerance. You can get help for it. Good luck.

  • @estevaobk
    @estevaobk Год назад +49

    Romantic love is like a toddler: We acknowledge they exist, let them play but also establish boundaries on how far they can go in order to not get hurt.

  • @robertjones9006
    @robertjones9006 3 месяца назад +2

    Being single gave me everything that being in a relationship promised.

  • @adhiantos
    @adhiantos Год назад +158

    As someone who's been single for about 30 years, I can actually see myself staying evergreen for the rest of my life heh. While I'm open to being in a relationship, I can also see myself staying single. People told me I just haven't found the one, and that "I don't know how lovely it is to be in love". But idk, I think being in a relationship comes at a price that we must be ready to pay. If we're not then... Yeah.

    • @freeman405
      @freeman405 Год назад +34

      Same here, single for 25 years. People can tell me all kinds of things about it, they won't tell you the other side. In the end it's my life, my choice.

    • @lelhue9865
      @lelhue9865 Год назад +24

      Replying to a 2 month old comment just to say: agreed
      Sometimes, people don’t need to be “iN loVe”. Some of us can actually be happier without “tHe oNe”.
      And yet society still insists that you should ALWAYS be in love, and if you’re not, then something MUST be wrong with you.

    • @adhiantos
      @adhiantos Год назад +9

      @@lelhue9865 Haha yes I agree with you! My dad tells me the same thing too. "You're not a "true" man. A "true" man must fall in love with someone". hahaha

    • @shine2678
      @shine2678 8 месяцев назад +3

      You are absolutely right...
      Being in relationship is not equal to happiness...i have met soo many priests and nuns who is having happy and fulfilling life...

  • @Coleorton7
    @Coleorton7 Год назад +25

    "Love is overrated. Biochemically, no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - John Milton

  • @AljeanJumamil
    @AljeanJumamil 9 месяцев назад +117

    "Falling in love" is so much different than "choosing someone to love and build a life with".
    I've been that someone who easily falls in love just because we vibe and I'm attracted to him, maybe not just physically but also emotionally just because I'm lonely, miserable, or bored and it feels good to have someone to give me butterflies and sexual pleasures. That's it!
    I thought if we both want and feel the same way, then everything will be fine. But no, falling in love is too self-centered, shallow, pleasure-oriented, and addictive. It's like both of us are mainly pursuing the pleasurable things in life that might make us feel good at the moment but will ruin our life long-term because we were not happy about our life in the first place, and we wanted things and people to make us happy and we attach our happiness on things and people that are beyond our control. These could be drugs, alcohol, and attachment to people that we really don't truly care about but mainly just want to get what we want from them for our own sake but not truly wanting to know them on a deeper level and give them something that they deserve in return. Basically, because we are coming from a place of lack, we are too focused on what we can get and not on what we can give. And so we don't put too much thought into who that person should be because anyone that can give us what we need is already good enough.
    The better way to approach love for me is to pursue it from a place of abundance and completeness. When you feel that you are so happy with your life that you feel so fulfilled and complete that you just want to have someone to share it with, but if you can't find someone to share it with that suits your liking, it's fine too. You did not lose anything because you know you are complete and worthy on your own and you love your life just by being by yourself. You know that having someone to love and be with is just a bonus, not a need.
    And because you're awesome, you don't just want to be with someone who is attractive and you can vibe with because these are not the basis for whether someone is truly a good person for your life. It's just a part of it. So you would want to be with someone not just for the attraction and the vibe but to be with that person on a deeper level. Is that person a person of good character? Are they honest, kind, responsible, and trustworthy? Do they really care about you and protect and talk highly of you behind your back, when he or she is spending time with his/her family and friends? Basically, do they have these basic decent human traits, do you share the same values and boundaries that are non-negotiable in your life, are they truly what they made you feel and see, do they have your best interests in mind? Because if they are who they say they are and if they truly care about you as much as they care about themselves, it would be so worth it to share everything that you can with that person. Because you know you have so much to give, you would want to choose someone who deserves it the most and not just give away your time, attention, effort, money and trust like it's nothing.

    • @consistencyiskey_
      @consistencyiskey_ 8 месяцев назад +7

      This is just beautiful, thank you!

    • @johanvosloo8029
      @johanvosloo8029 8 месяцев назад +2

      I "loved" your comments!

    • @mateaukalua4426
      @mateaukalua4426 8 месяцев назад +3

      As a man it's never been that complex for me but I get your dilemma.

    • @idk-if9zo
      @idk-if9zo 8 месяцев назад +9

      damn that's some real shit right there love you for this

    • @lancerussell755
      @lancerussell755 8 месяцев назад +3

      You will never feel content with your life because there is no such thing. If you get to a place where you're "happy" the feeling is fleeting, and what ever made you happy in the first place, is just now apart of your life, and you will want something else. There is no such thing as happiness for a human.

  • @JeffMitchell-lv4zx
    @JeffMitchell-lv4zx 9 месяцев назад +8

    I've been in love a few times. It was the most exquisite & the most dreadful times of my life

  • @cs2d20
    @cs2d20 Год назад +145

    I’ve been abandoned and betrayed because of love or the lack of it. I’m done with love.

    • @RocketVet
      @RocketVet Год назад +10

      Same but it was a good wake up call to how harmful it is and a chance to be rid of it and not crave it anymore. No longer is that attachment in the way.

    • @pokrec
      @pokrec Год назад +21

      Stupid people would say "don't despair, you just were unlucky this time", but wisdom says, that there is no lucky times. Romantic love is dreadful. It is not for a human, it is for the species.

    • @raghavgrover8931
      @raghavgrover8931 Год назад +2

      Same

    • @j4513
      @j4513 Год назад +19

      Had relationships/breakups that completely cut me up; the pain was unbearable. Now have been married to an amazing spouse for years and can’t imagine not experiencing this with them.
      What I found was that the relationships that cut me up - I was emotionally unhealthy at the time. I couldn’t have any healthy relationship because emotionally unhealthy people attract other emotionally unhealthy people and it can only end badly.
      After an extremely painful break up, I took many years to be completely alone. While simultaneously working very hard on myself. Figuring out where I was emotionally unhealthy and doing an extreme amount of work to fix it. And turning down any date that asked me out.
      I’m not projecting this onto anyone else, but only speaking from my own experience.

    • @cs2d20
      @cs2d20 Год назад +4

      @@j4513 you worded that very well. I’m going to take time to work on myself mentally and become stronger mentally first

  • @yohaizilber
    @yohaizilber Год назад +94

    When we confess our love to someone, we voluntarily enter a place of judgment, By declaring love, we also unintentionally ask the question “do you love me back?” meaning, do you validate me as a being, everything that is beautiful with everything that is flawed? That's an extremely frightening situation to be in, At the mercy of someone else's judgment, but what other alternatives are there when you truly feel love?

    • @ragnarlothbrok1865
      @ragnarlothbrok1865 Год назад +11

      Well said man, well said

    • @vaibhavyadav168
      @vaibhavyadav168 Год назад +11

      And if the answer to that question is "NO", it feels like your existence has been rejected. Like you are not enough, like your flaws outweigh everything good about you. We are just left wondering "Why not?".

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 Год назад +3

      It is possible to love without being loved back. Giving love actually feels better than receiving love anyway.

    • @purpleserenity137
      @purpleserenity137 Год назад +3

      @@brushstroke3733 Of course. We give platonic love by doing acts of kindness, having friendships, spending time with your family - there are various forms but if you're not receiving love in return for the love you give, I would say that person doesn't deserve your love. I'm not saying that we shouldn't love, we peform acts of love everyday just by being kind to a stranger but it doesn't mean that we give our full love to that stranger, if that makes sense.

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 Год назад +3

      @@purpleserenity137 Love is love, freely given. It is not an exchange or bargaining chip. When people insist that it's a tit-for-tat arrangement, they're using it for control.

  • @user-mq9rf2qt2o
    @user-mq9rf2qt2o Год назад +20

    Now these things will definitely add up to my "reasons to stay single" list. Nice.

    • @acatfrompoland5230
      @acatfrompoland5230 5 месяцев назад

      1/5 of suicide is attributed to relationship issues,
      stay single.

    • @numnum8357
      @numnum8357 4 месяца назад

      I need your list

    • @user-mq9rf2qt2o
      @user-mq9rf2qt2o 4 месяца назад

      I mean I already cut out the part of me wanting to be in a romantic relationship cuz it's just a bother to me tbh. So sit tight. And note that some may seem stupid or unreasonable, but I got those because of the NTR animations that when the good guy's gf is "used" by some dude in a way that she just breaks up with him or sorts like that. And I figured that I don't want to feel what the guy felt. and don't get me started with those hanimes that even is in a relationship with their OWN Family members. Now a may sound really paranoid or someone with trust issues with this one, but out of 8 billion people on this planet? There's absolutely no way there's no person who is married to their blood related relative; Even siblings or Parents. If you have questions on some of the reason just ask way mate. Anyway, enough blabbering. Here goes the list.
      1. Can't trust the girl who is close to a certain boy (even if their a family member)
      2. Even your friend of opposite sex from when you were a kid can't be trusted.
      3. It just throws away some valuable time and money when you can just hang out with your friends or playing videogames with them.
      4. When the small fights turn into a big one.
      It's just gonna be a hassle to have an argument everday with someone you care wbout. Like a small fight happens when one forgets to turn off the water faucet and then the other yell because it's increasing the water bills and then the other doesn't back down and and just brushes it off like it's no big deal Or When the other person is late coming from work and the other just yells at their partner for it even if they're innocent. It just an addition to one's problem if you ask me.
      5. There is a chance where they randomly just breaks up with you outta nowhere without telling the reason.
      6. When one is from work, the other cannot be trusted cause you don't know if they are cheating on you and already is with someone else behind your back.
      7. When you are still a student, you can't avoid having a fake confession given to you at that time. And then you just end up being heart broken in the end after knowing it was just a prank.
      8. Can't trust a girl who is out going and submissive to others when you know she is too weak to defend herself when alone. This leads up back to the NTR animations where she'll get kidnapped and you'll know the next event that happens.
      9. Can't trust a girl who is toxic. This one is kind of self-explanatory, so I'm gonna skip it.
      10. Little to no affection given to their romantic partner. Same case for 9. Imma skip it.
      11. There's gonna be a time when she just doesn't feel the same way to you anymore and then find out she is together with you close friend.
      12. When you ask for her cellphone's password and she just types it in instead of saying to you, yeah. That's a red flag
      13. When you try to look into her phone but she quickly snatches it away in a manner that is concerning.
      And the list goes on man. there are many more that I have but I prefer to keep those to myself.

    • @numnum8357
      @numnum8357 4 месяца назад

      @@user-mq9rf2qt2o These reasons are bot healthy imo you do not trust people to a level that form a burden for intimacy and I didn't get all things u said in introduction.
      As for the money, I already spend a lot on non useful things and things that I regret buying later.
      Friends are too busy at this point of my life to hangout with me kike before.
      They might leave u at any moment yea no doubt about that, but that's why you should always remind yourself that you and them are staying out of choice not desperation.
      The point about fights learn how to handle a conflict well. They are important for healthy relationships.
      The point that they may cheat well not everyone is like that.
      I am surprised that you didn't mention some more realistic points like focusing on your own development and hobbies less responsibilities.
      These stuff are valid reasons. Yours I dont think we should tunk this way.

  • @xSTONYTARKx
    @xSTONYTARKx 11 месяцев назад +5

    I used to be in love, it really started like some disney movie.. long distance relationship, but we loved eachother so much that we were willing to do anything to be together. So we met every few months. And these times we met is was magical, like we were some kind of deity to eachother.
    Eventually she moved to be with me, then as the years passed obviously it could not stay as magical as in the beginning. I was aware of this, but she wasn't, so she became unsatisfied with what the relationship had become.
    Then after 7 years she left me for someone else who made her feel this new excitement, basically recycling partner to get that new fresh feeling again.
    I spent the next half year being so down and depressed like i had never felt before, i thought my life was over, that i was never going to be happy again.
    But as time healed my wounds i realized something. She was destined to go through that same pain again, while i got much wiser in the process.
    It was then that i decided that i was gonna stay single for the rest of my life. And i actually feel happy about that decision.
    That breakup has cured me from the illusion that is romantic love forever.

  • @FelixSkura
    @FelixSkura Год назад +53

    Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one’s capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable.

    • @donnawoodford8145
      @donnawoodford8145 Год назад +7

      Once you have selflessly loved without being loved in return, you realize you were ignored and not nurtured. That imbalanced, one-way giving is unsustainable and is NOT true love. Great pain can lead you to full acceptance that you need to love yourself rather than seek a lover that is incapable of mutual respect and giving care.

  • @bellegraves
    @bellegraves Год назад +173

    I began dating at a young age, far too young to be honest. Due to this, I feel that I have had more experience in love than most people my age (mid 30s) as I've had several serious long term relationships that lasted at least a couple years each. After the last relationship destroyed me to a whole new level I didn't even know was possible yet, I finally decided this was the end. Everything I've learned from intense introspection, analysis, and research from various philosophers, physicians, behavioral psychologists, and through just listening to the stories of others is in this video. I couldn't agree more with everything that's been said. I've single for very close to 3 years now. Not only am I the clearest and happiest I've ever been in my adult life, I'm also the most successful, intelligent, and responsible. Love is a drug, and I don't desire to surrender my control to it ever again.

    • @slopptopp
      @slopptopp 11 месяцев назад +3

      What did you do to start moving on? My last relationship put me in the most pain ive ever felt after the breakup and now her and i are talking again. Idk if were addicted to each other or not. Im just a bit lost with all of this and im not really sure i ever want to fall in love again.

    • @sy_dianne5224
      @sy_dianne5224 8 месяцев назад +1

      It is an amazing feeling to love though…

    • @jimbocho660
      @jimbocho660 8 месяцев назад

      @@sy_dianne5224 For the first few weeks, yes.

    • @cmcordoYT
      @cmcordoYT 8 месяцев назад +13

      I married at 23, divorced at 30, and it took me 10 years to come up with the same solution as you. I don't search for romantic love, I don't want romantic love, and, in the years since, I have realized that romantic love is not for me, and my life has changed for the better. I don't look for new friends who are male because they tend to think I'll change my mind on this topic, so I'd rather not waste my time talking with these guys who think that taking up my time or trying to convince me to view them as more than friends is useless. The majority of my friends are females who are either married or happily single like me (notice, I didn't say 'happily married').

    • @Me97202
      @Me97202 8 месяцев назад +3

      Sorry to hear that. Two years isn’t even really long term. 🤗

  • @joeblack3878
    @joeblack3878 6 месяцев назад +53

    I’ve been married for about 17 years now. My take on love is that it’s overstated. Yes, for the first few years there is a strong attraction and desire to change in order to match your “mate.”
    Over time, that attraction and desire changes because you come to the realization that it’s better to be yourself. One of two things can happen around that time 1.) divorce, or 2.) grow apart but stay committed because you enjoy your partner’s company, have financial responsibilities, have children, and figure it’s less damaging to stay together than split.
    Either option is fine depending on individual circumstances; however, media / poets / friends / and society all lie about “love…” because if they didn’t no one would ever get married.

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад +1

      Marriages were never about love.
      It's the Hollywood propaganda that made it.

    • @KitaTaki-mk3gt
      @KitaTaki-mk3gt 5 месяцев назад

      Spot on

    • @tommac21
      @tommac21 4 месяца назад

      Ok your not right your not wrong. This is your take on it. Which everyone sees it in their own way

    • @joeblack3878
      @joeblack3878 4 месяца назад

      @@tommac21 That's what makes the World special. Everyone has unique experiences and perspectives. Be like water... Follow the path of least resistance.

  • @stevenmajic
    @stevenmajic 7 месяцев назад +4

    Fabulous insight and so true!!! Falling & so called " being in love " is a grand ILLUSION OF YOUR MIND!!! Ive fallen victim to this ILLUSION a few times. I'VE LEARNED NOT TO REPEAT IT AGAIN. I HAVE LEARNED to be VERY AWARE when that BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL CHANGE BEGINS TO HAPPEN & I DON'T ALLOW TO GROW WITHIN ME ANYMORE. Now relationships are much more companionship based & I enjoy time on my own more than ever❤

  • @ranjanarawat4336
    @ranjanarawat4336 Год назад +66

    That's why I'm grateful for my last relationship that was so abusive that it taught me a lot and made me appreciate being single even more. Also, another good reason I'll never be in romantic relationship ever again. 😅

  • @Monicalia
    @Monicalia Год назад +49

    I am afraid of falling in love, because simple infatuations I felt towards few people were never requited and it hurt like hell each time. Falling in love sounds like a much more intense version of these situations and I don't want to put myself through this.

    • @a1t168
      @a1t168 Год назад

      Do nofap..you wont fall in love

  • @artemis1993
    @artemis1993 Год назад +18

    Finally, a video that had the balls to say what i always thought. Thank you so much for it ❤

  • @matts3579
    @matts3579 8 месяцев назад +17

    Love and commitment are two different things. They are what make a long lasting relationship. But commitment requires hardship. If you don't like hardship then staying single is probably the way to go. This applies to both parties.

    • @valerietaylor9615
      @valerietaylor9615 7 месяцев назад +4

      I don’t like hardship, have been on my own for fifteen years, and probably will be for the rest of my life. Of course, most people think this is wrong, especially if you happen to be female, but their opinion doesn’t matter to me.

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@valerietaylor9615 Hardship as in commitment or the phases you face in relationships?
      Because if you're only in with someone for the best than it ain't love.

  • @tinag7506
    @tinag7506 Год назад +169

    Being alone is better than dealing with heartbreak or the pain of disappointment. Break ups are always extremely stressful even if you didn't love the person too deeply.
    Edit: for those still suffering from the curse of heartbreak, I'd recommend to get a blessing in the name of Jesus from a *pious* traditional catholic priest. Controversial opinion? maybe, but faith has helped in healing the past memories and ruminations to a very great extent. I cannot emphasize how much impact a prayer said over you can help. In a matter of hours.

    • @831Billy
      @831Billy Год назад

      That’s a really shitty idea

    • @GabrielXDrums
      @GabrielXDrums Год назад

      Prayer doesn’t do a thing.

    • @va.nessa.chavez
      @va.nessa.chavez Год назад +2

      @@GabrielXDrumsYes it does. Repent and turn to Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. ❤

    • @GabrielXDrums
      @GabrielXDrums Год назад

      @@va.nessa.chavez lol repenting doesn’t do anything LMAO

    • @va.nessa.chavez
      @va.nessa.chavez Год назад

      @@GabrielXDrums How have you come to this conclusion?

  • @luluandmeow
    @luluandmeow Год назад +10

    You can still be a very loving person without falling in love

  • @sharpgage6512
    @sharpgage6512 4 месяца назад +3

    reason and logic have always served me pritty well. going with the heart and all that stuff has always fucked me up down the line, all would say to that.

  • @kssreelakshmi
    @kssreelakshmi 3 месяца назад +2

    True. I fell in love with a man after being with a narcissist for five years. The new man I loved was taking me so much for granted. Later, I realised that he was just passing time with me.
    It's better to be single. Alone. All the time. Solitude has its own charms.

  • @Cherabreena
    @Cherabreena Год назад +51

    In my personal experience, the more I've grown to truly love myself over the years, the less appealing romantic entanglement is. My last long term relationship was the most traumatic, suffocating and painful experience of my life. Coming out on the other side with clarity, it simply wasn't worth the cost of my emotional and mental health and thus I've decided to continue my life solo and it feels amazing!
    Also, shout out to the ace people who simply don't feel romantic love in the first place.

    • @danacoleman4007
      @danacoleman4007 Год назад +6

      You have learned the hard way. And now you are wise.

    • @Cherabreena
      @Cherabreena Год назад +3

      @@danacoleman4007 Yes. Sometimes you need to go through chaos to truly appreciate peacefulness and stability.

    • @NehaSharma-wq9yc
      @NehaSharma-wq9yc 8 месяцев назад

      Whaoooo love this

    • @somber087
      @somber087 7 месяцев назад +1

      For me its the opposite. The more I loved myself, the more Im able to love someone

    • @Cherabreena
      @Cherabreena 7 месяцев назад

      @@somber087 They're not mutually exclusive. The more I love myself, the more I'm also able to love others (friends, family, etc). But it also means that I don't NEED romantic entanglement or for someone else to love me, to feel whole, full of love and satisfied.

  • @ping8966
    @ping8966 Год назад +43

    It becomes bad when you fell in love with the wrong person.

    • @ping8966
      @ping8966 Год назад

      @@Tigran-Abazyan I totally agree.

    • @anusha2465
      @anusha2465 4 месяца назад +2

      I only fall in love with wrong people

  • @greycats99
    @greycats99 8 месяцев назад +31

    After some years of being a single man, I was ok with the balance in my life. Sadly I met a girl and she was able to turn my emotions unexpectedly making me feel the happiest man on the planet, until she got me and then she just ignored me and carried on with her life as if nothing happened between us.. the feelings of despair and sadness in me are unbearable and I really wish I never met her. There's nothing that can bring peace to my soul again, except time maybe..

    • @AnimationVibes
      @AnimationVibes 8 месяцев назад +3

      That absolutely hurts like hell, but I guess Time heals!

    • @lamontg.9756
      @lamontg.9756 6 месяцев назад +5

      You let her dictate your happiness. Stay strong, You'll be back on track.

    • @speedythings7396
      @speedythings7396 6 месяцев назад

      Fell for your biology again

    • @winterwinter7505
      @winterwinter7505 5 месяцев назад

      Sounds like you where attacked by an emotional manipulater (or what could be called introverted sadist,.someone who enjoys to watch others in mental pain).

    • @lowerlowerhk
      @lowerlowerhk 5 месяцев назад +1

      For me it takes years. And you will learn to live with the scar.

  • @russell192
    @russell192 11 месяцев назад +9

    I simply love this channel with all my forces. The guy shows that almost all the things that people treat as necessary standart for our lives is just nonsense. Amazing.

  • @j4513
    @j4513 Год назад +178

    I think the issue is when people (as is more often the case than not) are looking for external love as a replacement for doing the work to truly being secure in themselves/content in self. If romantic love is simply in addition to that, it can be a beautiful thing.
    However, if a person is using it as a replacement for doing the work on themselves, the euphoria might initially be higher, but the crash they will feel when they lose that love is going to be far worse and potentially catastrophic.
    Love is incredibly dangerous unless you go into it whilst being in a truly good place yourself.
    Too many people go into love hoping that it’s going to be “the thing that finally saves them.” Only you can save yourself.

    • @mck7646
      @mck7646 Год назад +16

      This is spot on. And the person you are with will essentially present themselves as that at first but things can quickly change. People's feelings are too fluid to be reliable and dependable and they can easily develop attraction or feelings for someone else. Then that person that you trusted soon becomes someone else entirely and you are blindsided.

    • @Cherabreena
      @Cherabreena Год назад +4

      This.

    • @ThunderDraws
      @ThunderDraws Год назад +1

      This

    • @antoncabotta5364
      @antoncabotta5364 Год назад +3

      Precisely. Love can only be a secondary thing that would provide extra background happiness. The primary focus should be a proper goal.

    • @takenbythesky3534
      @takenbythesky3534 Год назад +1

      "Only you can save yourself."
      Yes. Later you realize you can't even do that.

  • @imbubble9223
    @imbubble9223 Год назад +8

    "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"

  • @pannitamas9600
    @pannitamas9600 5 месяцев назад +23

    I honestly believe that humans need love but not necessarily romantic love. No romantic relationship was ever as fullfilling as my friendships. I think humans need community and care. I don’t have a super good family so I have amazing friends. I have experienced romantic love now but it was incredibly painful and I noticed I started sacrificing my own needs, emotions and goals for the other person. Friendships are much more pure as they don’t require that you don’t have other friends but you have commitment because love is an action you have to commit to. I love my friends with all my heart and they were the ones there for me both in my darkest and in my happiest moments.❤

    • @stestar09
      @stestar09 5 месяцев назад

      Fantastic comment & viewpoint 🤩

    • @olive4naito
      @olive4naito 5 месяцев назад

      This is true. Friendships cannot form without respect. I always believed this but somehow people are brainwashed to believe that romantic validation is worth more despite being so short lived and unreliable.

  • @zuizix
    @zuizix Год назад +4

    Use that boost of happiness you get from love to work on yourself, and be your best self. And if it leads to heartbreak, use that heartbreak as motivation to be an even better version of yourself! I did this, and because of this, love was the best thing that ever happened to me.

  • @blackmewtwo3569
    @blackmewtwo3569 Год назад +31

    When you don’t allow yourself to fall in love you are truly free I feel that’s the real hard pill to swallow

  • @TennesseeJed
    @TennesseeJed Год назад +132

    I wish I could have seen this in 1980. Three marriages later, here I am.

    • @animeshon2377
      @animeshon2377 Год назад +28

      Never too late. Enjoy life with friends

    • @mayankrawat423
      @mayankrawat423 Год назад +11

      Ross is that you?

    • @RAMIC-tv1ye
      @RAMIC-tv1ye Год назад +2

      @@mayankrawat423 ha ha he was on a break

    • @TennesseeJed
      @TennesseeJed Год назад +7

      @Shawn 🏴‍☠️ Stafford I did.

    • @TennesseeJed
      @TennesseeJed Год назад

      @Shawn 🏴‍☠️ Stafford yes, it makes you an immediate enemy of the State

  • @masteroogway9060
    @masteroogway9060 7 месяцев назад +5

    "True love grows as time passes" - Kabir

  • @Burak-cr6um
    @Burak-cr6um Год назад +105

    As a someone who has been suffering from anxiety and depression for a long time, Your videos make me learn about stoicism that changed my way of thinking . It helped me a lot. My lifestyle and mental health improved significantly thank you.

    • @silverlining6259
      @silverlining6259 Год назад +2

      JorDr Jordan B Peterson it’s a great source of information as well! Cures depression

    • @b3rkolas235
      @b3rkolas235 Год назад

      Yillardir obsesif bir sekilde tutuldum o kiza. 8 yil gecti halen unutamadim. Instadan ekledim, arka arkaya mesaj attim artik sallamamaya basladi. Halen askimi soyleyemedim. Platoniktim. Allah benim belami vermis.
      Stoizm'e merak saldim. Bu durumdan kurtulmak istiyorum. Onu silmeye de korkuyorum.

    • @Burak-cr6um
      @Burak-cr6um Год назад +1

      @@b3rkolas235 OKB birisi olarak biraz da olsa anlayabiliyorum durumunu, üzücü doğru yoldasın bence.

    • @Burak-cr6um
      @Burak-cr6um Год назад

      @@silverlining6259 Thanks, I've been watching his videos, and also I read his book 12 Rules for Life. He is genius,

  • @Deborahstormfoster
    @Deborahstormfoster Год назад +67

    It took me a almost 50 yeats to come to this same conclusion. I have chased romantic love for decades and only now do i realize that it is an illusion. I love companionship and sex can be amazing but loving yourself is a much more satisfying state of being.

  • @adrs1380
    @adrs1380 8 месяцев назад +2

    I fully agree with The Hitchhikers' guide to the Galaxy's entry on love: avoid, if at all possible.

  • @smartanajones4u
    @smartanajones4u 5 месяцев назад +3

    My worst emotional and mental downfalls in life have been going through the emotional and mental (which led to physical pain as well ) tumultuous hell of breaking up with my lovers. There were even times I contemplated suicide. Not because I wanted to end my life over the person, but death at the time seemed to be much less painful than the trying to deal with the arduous agony and pain break ups caused me. Took me over 3 years to get over my last relationship. When I think about all the phuckin times (ie years and years I wasted my life getting over a freakin break up), I’m saddened because i can never get that time back again. I’ve been single now for many years and almost every day I awaken, I thank God Almighty that I feel at peace, centered emotionally sober and grateful to be free of the emotional and mental toxicity that comes when you lose yourself in a sunken place of a romantic relationship.

  • @_hanz73
    @_hanz73 Год назад +17

    Love really do bring more problems than what it actually solves

  • @EarlofChucklechester
    @EarlofChucklechester Год назад +222

    My dad's friend used to be a happy and ambitious guy in past I have literally seen him working hard to rise from poverty and he did but after he got married everything went downhill for him, his spouse never took care of him and she restricted him from seeing his child even when he tried she taught the kid to say rude things to him.
    Seeing his situation kinda worries me like I can do so many things in my life but what if cause of my one choice everything will go wrong? You never know.

    • @macrowolf7
      @macrowolf7 Год назад

      Many fathers all around the world cannot even see their children grow old because the very biased jurisdictional system empowers cruel and opportunistic mothers; this phenomenon is sadly downplayed by the media.
      Good thing the Manosphere is spreading awareness about the risks and dangers of marriage.

    • @Aravis217
      @Aravis217 Год назад +23

      Someone who doesnt take care of you, is not someone you EVER want to be with. Anyone who tells you what you can or cannot do, is NOT someone you want to be with. (Unless you really do something wrong in the relationship, and until trust is earned back there may be stipulations). You want to find someone that wants to explore life with you, someone who is there no matter what, someone who gives you 100% of themselves- while YOU give them 100% of you. Dont ever settle for less. Love is not 50/50, its 100/100.

    • @miche111z
      @miche111z Год назад +12

      So you’re saying your dads friend has zero power over himself and his decisions.. don’t forget he chose her and continues to allow undesirable treatment, he can chose to leave but doesn’t.

    • @EarlofChucklechester
      @EarlofChucklechester Год назад +19

      @@miche111z He didn't really chose her it was an arranged marriage and the only reason he's sticking with her is cause of the kid he has to support his education and stuff

    • @miche111z
      @miche111z Год назад +8

      Well that sucks. Hopefully he can find the strength to leave even if it’s against certain belief systems of other people.

  • @chaserigg8723
    @chaserigg8723 14 дней назад

    They say there’s no better feeling than being in love, but there’s also no worse feeling than losing that love. It’s not worth it

  • @TheUnknownCatWarrior
    @TheUnknownCatWarrior 2 месяца назад +2

    Love is not just a scam, its a speical ability that degrades your performance.

  • @lawrencemararac15
    @lawrencemararac15 Год назад +20

    Love is not worth it. It may sound cynical at first, but once you ponder about it deeply you'd see that this love built from "eros" is simply deluding us. People often invest their time, effort, money, future, and even their whole life for someone only to simply break apart. And this whole "infatuation" thing is even adding to that. Many are obsessed with their crushes or lovers, fantasizing them and using the idea of them to escape the void or the reality of their lives. With this, we often forget that there exists a real person beyond our own mental conceptions. This oblivion is what breaks people apart because it creates expectations and idealizations of a person. The solution is to recognize the objective existence of a person, yet as humans we are incapable of doing that. Hence, the cycle of love will simply repeat and repeat again. Just remember that if you are in love with a person right now, it is simply your turn... they are not permanently for you. At some point, they could be with someone else or simply cease to exist.

  • @giggles1219
    @giggles1219 Год назад +87

    I love myself enough not to put myself through the agony of romantic love again. I love going to bed and sleeping peacefully. I've had some challenging relationships, but this last one was the straw that broke the camel's back! Toward the beginning of the end of the relationship I spent a lot of time waiting for the person I initially fell in love with to show up but he never did. Complete Narcissist. He was sadistic. Sometimes it seemed as if he got a kick out of hurting me
    Oftentimes he'd shower me with love & affection then he'd snatch the rug from under me out of nowhere, then he'd give me love & affection, then snatch the rug from under me again. We wouldn't be arguing or anything. He'd withdraw his affection & seemed to take pleasure in me crying & asking why he was suddenly so distant. I never suspected cheating or anything. He just seemed to like having me wrapped around his finger. PLAYING GAMES😡

    • @smallypuppy22
      @smallypuppy22 Год назад +5

      Same girl, it even had the initial "love bombing" that is characteristic of narcisists. Thank God mine has ended after only 6 months of such behaviour

    • @Cherabreena
      @Cherabreena Год назад +3

      Same. They are scary individuals.

    • @persephone8960
      @persephone8960 Год назад +5

      may we all heal and find happiness our heart deserves

    • @smallypuppy22
      @smallypuppy22 Год назад +4

      @@persephone8960 we will all heal and break the harmful cycle and take away with us the lessons that will help us to not repeat it in the future.

    • @sonyavincent7450
      @sonyavincent7450 Год назад +2

      I've never experienced anyone so wicked. I'm really sorry you went through that.

  • @MattTHX-io4tk
    @MattTHX-io4tk 3 месяца назад +2

    As Alan watts said we never talk about rising in love we only talk about the fall ...