Do you believe in life after love?

[IslaTheWitch]

It's the title of Cher's song...

Do you believe that after experiencing true love, there's still another happy life waiting for us? A new love? Can you really love more than once?

Sometimes, I play "Ask Me a Question" with friends. Some questions touch on relationship topics. By answering or reading others' answers, I realized that I've become very protective of myself. Questionable choices made in the past by a potential partner have become deal breakers for me.

Maybe it's a stage of healing after a relationship breakup... or perhaps no man will ever be a safe harbor for me again...

[Lliam]

Yes. It has happened to me. And I know lots of other people who have fallen in love again.

I loved one girlfriend with my heart and soul. Petra loved me, too. She was an extraordinary woman. We lived together for over a year. But, as it turned out, we could not have made it as life long partners. We separated for reasons that are complicated, but had nothing to do with cheating or anything mean.

For months afterward, I had a constant feeling of being kicked in the gut. At times I was almost nauseous. Sometimes when I was alone I would double over and bawl.

It took me over a year to pull myself together and move on with life.

A couple years later, I met my future wife. We've been married now for almost 27 years, had LOTS of fun, and build a wonderful life together. I love her with all my heart.

Petra found me on Facebook years later. We even spoke on the phone a few times. Five years after that, I read that she had died from a sudden medical problem at the age of 55. I was devastated.

I still love her and will never forget her. But that doesn't detract from how much I love my wife.

[sawno]

Incredible pure form of loving, I hope most people have this attitude because to me if people want someone who truly deeply loves them they have to accept they may hold similar love for someone else. True love doesn't go away, but it also indeed doesn't detract for the true love for someone new.

[NathanDavis]

I definitely have found and lived that...

[NathanDavis]

I however, have not exactly experienced it as a loss, not quite... so I can't be sure on how would that go with me...

[IslaTheWitch]

@NathanDavis thank you :)

[NathanDavis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgXpQIO6SDk

[NathanDavis]

two things will always happen to us.. whether we want it or not

life, and love...

but life is not always nice, neither is love... unfortunately

[AmandaYVR]

"I don't want any relationship for now, that I am sure. But I also don't want to feel what I feel now. I know three months after twenty years could not be enough to be over it, but I'm tired. I want to be at peace with it, finally. To breathe fully."

That's beautiful, Isla.

Yes, I believe there is life after love. I never believe it at the time. Again and again, I can't imagine it to be true... but it is.

Go easy on yourself. Time is what you need. And a little kindness.

I'm listening to this song on repeat right now. It seems apt.
Sasha Alex Sloan - Dancing With Your Ghost

https://www.youtube.com/embed/a5RQ0z29XoU

[IslaTheWitch]

Thank you, @AmandaYVR, on repeat... seems right...

I listened to and sang Roxette's "Spending My Time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B770ht3bZlc

[7Phoenix7]

I definitely believe in life after love. I feel like this is time I need to spend loving myself and healing. And I honestly feel like I want to enjoy the rest of my life without getting into another relationship lol. I truly see a happy, peaceful, single life ahead. But maybe that's just how I feel now, but the feeling is real nonetheless.

Do you think you want to experience another relationship?

[IslaTheWitch]

It's another question that pops up... I don't want any relationship for now, that I am sure. But I also don't want to feel what I feel now. I know three months after twenty years could not be enough to be over it, but I'm tired. I want to be at peace with it, finally. To breathe fully.

[7Phoenix7]

Yeah, three months is nothing at all after twenty years. Give your self time Isla 🤗

[sawno]

When you meet the right guy don't deny yourself the opportunity, its nice being content with being single but true love is worth pursuing when it crosses your path.

[7Phoenix7]

@sawno Hopefully it doesn't cross my path anytime soon 😅. I'm enjoying my solitude way too much at the moment.

But jokes aside, yeah I agree. True love is nice, and if it happens then that's beautiful. I won't be looking though, haha.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I believe in life after love.


I also think love doesn’t belong to the single person in our past, it’s an ongoing feeling that we can decide to give people who are worthy of it.


I believe we meet such people more than once in life.

[RoseySarah]

Nope I'm dying soon after my husband! When we are 130

[ClaircognizantEmpath]

Hi, fellow spirit xx for me each and every time life after love through my years at upmost now... i would say my self love leading to an evolution inside myself... i always feel energised and alive, a regeneration... i came across a short video that randomly the universe let me come across, the person said, if in a relationship you feel that you are on a journey of learning and evolving and thats where you need to go, if the person you love isn't the one to do it with you and you know it or with that or even want to try for you, for themselves, then im sorry but i need to trust in myself and you are not part of that journey and i have to free myself and be authentic with myself... and leave... the leaving is also love, for oneself and actually the other too because its authentic and truthful to do so... she loves the boy more than the girl in the mirror! such a great line from a country song..

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0SA71vfvog0

god damn there is SOOOOO MUCH LIFE!!!

[BadApple69]

I think true love is much like the unicorn. Mythical but someone we all desire to see. I was once “in love” I thought…. Then she crushed me like a bug. Never felt that way ever again but I have loved others. When I look back I realize what I thought was “true love” was more of an illusion than reality. When you look around the world at other relationships what you see is true lust that after a couple of years turns into a type of love and tolerance or it turns to shit. Lust, security, loneliness is what drives people together. I know I sound so cynical but to be with someone you enjoy being with, sharing your life with that person is a great thing no matter what you call it.
And yes this thing called love can be enjoyed with someone else after your heart gets broke. It’s like a growing pain… I believe it’s like your baby teeth falling out, What replaces them isn’t the same but work just as good.

[fuddly]

You met someone new?

And how did that happen... You met them in the normal routine?

Were you single for long before that happened?

Are you happier now

Or happy different?

[BadApple69]

@fuddly since that time I have had several new relationships. They were never like the one that broke my heart, but they all have been good. It’s my belief that you need your heart broke once so you can see the world clearly. We want to believe in true love, soul mates and unicorns…. Those are not real but what is real is still beautiful, and enjoyable.
To answer your question I was married to her for 2 years when she broke my heart.
I have met almost everyone I’ve ever dated online. I have never thought that to be the best way but now days it’s almost the only way. Never on dating sites though…. I go to places where people share ideas and/or common interests. Dating sites are garbage.

[TonyMetal___86]

I'm a 100% safe harbor miss isla but don't know if the person that i'll welcome in my harbor is safe for me and can be trusted 😌

I believe that love will always happens until someone finds a person who will truly love him/her and when both truly love each other than they will stay together forever, no one will quit, that's true love in my opinion miss isla 🙂

[IslaTheWitch]

Thank you, @TonyMetal___86 :)

[TonyMetal___86]

You're welcome and your Christmas mytake is just awesome, i read it on the Christmas holidays and it made me happy, the way you wrote it makes someone truly lives the spirit of Christmas, till now everytime i see your name here, i remember your Christmas story 😌

[sawno]

Considering I gained and lost the most incredible relationship and love imaginable I do believe that yes. Eventually after enough time my natural state increased to the level of happiness I was before the relationship. Of course I am happier in general when I am in a relationship on that level, but I'm still enjoying my life and hopeful ill gain a new relationship on that level when the time is right.

[bobalife]

I think break ups are hard and it can feel abit hopeless at times, but I’m sure there’s a great guy out there waiting for you :) I think there’s a lot of great people we just haven’t met or they’re right under our nose who could be the right person haha.

[selfish-and-cruel]

You are smart, warm, and open-minded. I don't think I've ever met a person like you. If men can't recognize a gem like you, they are blind idiots.

You will recover soon enough to have fun and enjoy your life.

[IslaTheWitch]

thank you, Cruella :)

[ChicoFromThe305]

Yes I'm Christian, I believe love is unpredictable and there's no specific destiny but you build that past and form your own destiny, feeling unmotivated isla? 🙃

[IslaTheWitch]

scared Chico... and it doesn't happen too often... so I'm not really used to this feeling... lol

[ChicoFromThe305]

Aww well isla remember that when it arrives it will most likely arrive at a time you are least expecting It, I'm going to assume the ex didn't pull through yet?

[IslaTheWitch]

it's not related to him... a lot happened lately... maybe I'm just tired...

[ChicoFromThe305]

Perhaps, it is known that being tired can mess with your mental state, maybe all you need a good night rest isla 🙂💯

[Staximus]

Well if it was true love then it wouldn't have ended. If it ended because they died and they truly loved you, they would want you to continue living, find love, and be happy again instead of wallowing in misery till death

[IslaTheWitch]

it's more complicated :D

[BlissfullyCurSed]

no... what's waiting for you after love is emotionless sex and destroyed self-esteem.💀💀💀💀

[IslaTheWitch]

lmao

no, I'm not going to believe it :D

[DizzyDesii]

I remember as a kid i thought she sang “Do you believe in love after love” lol

[IslaTheWitch]

lol

and I thought it was only me :D

[DizzyDesii]

I mean it kinda makes sense like would you love again… but the “life after love” sounds silly cause hell yea ima still go on living with or without ya

[IslaTheWitch]

solid lol

Thanks Desi, for making me laugh

[Squatting_Slav]

Absolutely, life is too short I believe there are loads of perfect ones out there. Love comes and goes all the time

[VanillaBomb]

Obviously yes. Love is not as important as people think

[bolverk]

Life after Love? Yes whether I'd let any woman back into my heart again is doubtful, I've been there twice, but never again

[CubaPirate]

I definitely think there's something after death 💀

[Sevenpointfive]

"a safe harbor", ... a woman is a man's safe harbor.

[exitseven]

Yes, life goes on but never the same.

[Elena_Stewart]

Not sure, maybe
Really difficult question

[LiamJHayden]

Yes. Each new day is a new hope.