Spirituality
19 Feb 06
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by celticcountryI could and have. Whether you could is dependent upon how strong you are. Whether you should is indeterminate, given the information you provided. If your partner is abusive, for instance, then you should probably leave. If you have children that will be made destitute by your leaving, then you probably shouldn't. But, barring these sorts of cases, if you have good reason to believe that your partner doesn't love you, and that this is neither merely some temporary hiccup in the relationship, nor an instance of mistaking the cooling of passion for a lack of love, then you should probably leave.
Could/should you leave your partner whom you love, If you felt they didnt love you ?
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by bbarrGood to have you back Bennett.
I could and have. Whether you could is dependent upon how strong you are. Whether you should is indeterminate, given the information you provided. If your partner is abusive, for instance, then you should probably leave. If you have children that will be made destitute by your leaving, then you probably shouldn't. But, barring these sorts of cases, if you ...[text shortened]... stance of mistaking the cooling of passion for a lack of love, then you should probably leave.
19 Feb 06
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Originally posted by bbarrBut what if you're just in it for the good sex - if you're not seeking love in return? Need mutual love be a normative prerequisite for a relationship in which one party loves the other? Can't a nice rack substitute for the returned love?
But, barring these sorts of cases, if you have good reason to believe that your partner doesn't love you, and that this is neither merely some temporary hiccup in the relationship, nor an instance of mistaking the cooling of passion for a lack of love, then you should probably leave.
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesIf you're just in it for the good sex, then you aren't in love, so your question is irrelevant.
But what if you're just in it for the good sex - if you're not seeking love in return? Need mutual love be a normative prerequisite for a relationship in which one party loves the other? Can't a nice rack substitute for the returned love?
Of course mutual love isn't necessary for having a relationship in which one party loves the other. Did I claim otherwise?
I do think that it is overwhelmingly likely that relationships characterized by mutual love will be more rewarding and fulfilling than those wherein one's love is unrequited.
A nice rack both can and has substituted for returned love, as any number of strip joint owners can attest.
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by bbarrYeah, it's great, i'm really enjoying the course. You'll be pleased to know that I reasessed my standpoint following your comments. I still argued against your points, but I realised my stance needed clearer and more stable, I got an A- 🙂
Hey Liam, great to see you again. I hope you're doing well. How'd your term end up?
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by bbarrWhere have you been? Off getting a degree in couples' therapy?
Of course mutual love isn't necessary for having a relationship in which one party loves the other. Did I claim otherwise?
I do think that it is overwhelmingly likely that relationships characterized by mutual love will be more rewarding and fulfilling than those wherein one's love is unrequited.
I thought you had gone home to Jesus.
19 Feb 06
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesJesus and I had a difference of opinion regarding his putative divinity, and now we're not on speaking terms. That, and his hygene was atrocious, blood everywhere and all. I went to Poland, came back, started teaching, switched dissertation topics. It's been hectic.
Where have you been? Off getting a degree in couples' therapy?
I thought you had gone home to Jesus.
20 Feb 06
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Originally posted by bbarrThere are "temple" prostitutes that serve a neccesary function in the Old Testament.
If you're just in it for the good sex, then you aren't in love, so your question is irrelevant.
Of course mutual love isn't necessary for having a relationship in which one party loves the other. Did I claim otherwise?
I do think that it is overwhelmingly likely that relationships characterized by mutual love will be more rewarding and fulfilling th h can and has substituted for returned love, as any number of strip joint owners can attest.