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Respect. It can stand alone. Love without respect means nothing.
That’s a really tough choice
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Respect, hands down. Respect can exist without love. But love cannot exist without respect.
Respect, love is worthless without respect.
Respect vs love and the question of 'have him and get mistreated, or don't and have him admire your from afar' I think are two different questions.
I'd rather have respect than love. I've had two people in my life tell me they love me while abusing me, and that's not love. Love is corrupted in so many ways. But if someone respects me? Then they'd never do that to me. Even if they don't love me, that's fine. I need people I can trust, who care about me. Love alone isn't enough, I don't think. I'd be happy surrounded by people who I respect, who respect me, and who I get along with. (I am using a definition of respect that means - viewing each other as valuable equals, rather than the kind of respect that means - you will respect me because of my authority over you.)
Now, for the other question you asked - No. Even if I weren't married I don't go for anyone who's 'enticing' with no substance to back it up. If they don't make me laugh, make me smile, bring me joy, make me feel good about myself - then nope, not tempted at all. If I don't make them laugh, smile, be joyful and make them feel good about themselves - also no good. It's about a two-way street.
The other implication of this post - that if I dated this person they would mistreat me because they didn't respect me? But if I didn't date them they would respect me? I'm more worried about what that says about them. That they think so lowly of themselves, and thus so lowly of the people who would date them. That's heartbreaking and not healthy and I hope they find a way to love themselves, respect themselves, and pass that on to others.
No matter if it's a friend a best friend somebody you just meet a significant other a boyfriend a girlfriend respect happens first without respect you have nothing it won't even be any of the above. So respect comes first
Now if you're saying in the middle of a relationship and two people are having problems what would she rather have his love or respect well first of all it took respect for them to get to the middle of that relationship
But without respect still the relationships going to end we hear about a lot of men abusing their wife or girlfriend and they say I'm sorry I love you though I love you the fuck you do love him you don't love nothing not even yourself you don't even respect yourself otherwise they wouldn't be doing it
So for me anyway saying all the above I don't care if it's a girlfriend I don't care if it's somebody I just meet it's there's no respect there's no reason to even be around each other
Respect and love must work together in my mind, even if that means choosing not to be with someone. When I broke up with my girlfriend it was for many reasons, but also because I loved and respected her. Later she would tell me that she thought if me as one of the few men that genuinely respected her. Made my heart break all over again.
Respect. Because if a man cannot respect you, he will have a hard time learning to love you. You have to learn to respect the person you love. Because love without respect is like not having love at all. A man cannot love a woman who he cannot respect.
Respect is everything. Respect is a manner and i think the man or the woman who has respect has high quality. You can have different opinions, lifestyles, mentality from someone but you have to respect those people. Loving someone is a choice but respect is mandatory i think. Of course, there can be some exceptions that some people try to provoke you and doesn’t deserve respect but i think i will want the man who has respect to me. Loving someone and not showing respect is not real love i think. To me, you must respect even you love someone or not. But if you love someone you already respect them.
Love and respect are 2 did things and each can exist without the other. Let’s say you’ve been married for ten years and find out your wife has been messing around. You can lose respect for her but still love her but I do agree that for true love to grow there had to at least be respect in the beginning. If someone is able to mistreat you then you shouldn’t care if they love you or respect you just ditch them it’s a matter of self respect. This sounds like a matter of lusting after the bad boy hoping he could be changed or it’s just really good sex
If someone loved you, but didn't respect you, then they don't care about your feelings, and they're just gonna do what they want, which isn't a healthy relationship. If someone respected you, but didn't love you, that's not very healthy either, it might make you feel worthless to the man your with. Just like @jackster95 said, love and respect have to work together. Without one of them, there's almost no chance in having a healthy relationship.
Normally when some people love someone he/she also respect him/her partner. I think if there is no respect between them then there is no love between them. So I choose respect first.
Personally I have never loved someone romantically that I didn't also respect. There are many women I respect for a variety of qualities that are different than my S/O's, but don't love. Is this what you are asking?
I don´t think I could love a woman I have no respect for. For me that´s a contradiction because if I don´t have respect for her there would be no reason that I choose her.
Both if I can't have both than he's not the man for me!
I don't think you can really love somebody that does not respect you. You are experiencing lust. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I've loved women who I didn't respect. But I also didn't stay in relationships with them because of that. Usually it came down to their life choices. Certain lines you can't cross in my mind. Goes for men and women by the way. I can forgive but not forget. And being reminded in quiet moments of those decisions will reinforce me wanting to get out of that relationship. Don't care how good looking she is!
Why would I be with a guy that's no good for me? Only a woman with no self respect and insecure would settle for that. I deserve both a man's respect and heart. Why settle for anything less? You're 37 years old get it together lady you're not getting any younger
I don’t ever want to get mistreated. Every time there’s disrespect I peace out. I want a man’s respect and I want to live a healthy life.
Respect is the first step toward love. If a guy doesn't respect me he not going to be around me long enough for me to fall for him.
Respect. Always respect... it shows the type of man he truly is.
Respect comes before anything to me in any type of relationship. If he has no respect for me or for other people, I have no respect for him because I only give respect where it's due. For me respect translates to love.
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