Can you ever truly love someone, If you don't love yourself?

[Kristog]

Yes

No

[FriendlyDrugDealer]

Not in a healthy/ productive way that’s for certain. How can you expect someone to love you when you think you don’t deserve the love. I understand being insecure and maybe think they’re out of “your league” but that’s not sustainable for a long term relationship. That’s insecurity, insecurity brings jealousy , jealousy breeds toxic atmosphere, you can’t grow a beautiful loving relationship in that world.


Lacking of confidence/ love for yourself will sour the foundation of the relationship. You can’t build a stable loving relationship on one steady love flowing in.

[ChrisMaster69]

Yeah you can.

I’ve spent enough times sitting on the bathroom floor looking at red stuff but still loving others.

If anything, loving someone else can help you learn to love yourself and put those pieces back together.

A friend lost his leg and became unable to have kids, luckily he had frozen his sperm. They already had a daughter and then had a son.
he goes through serious periods of hating himself, however he loves his kids and his wife and they love him back.

love is often unconditional

[Smoke-n-Growls]

No.

At least for me, if someone doesn't love themselves, they're not going to work as a partner.

I've dated two people who didn't love themselves. They struggled with depression, laziness, analysis-paralysis about everything in life, and ultimately they were stagnant.

People who love themselves know their boundaries, their strengths and weaknesses, and what they want. I need that in an equal and loving partner.

[Ez-Bri-Z]

Sure, I hate myself and I love others just fine.

[whereismyjohnny]

Yess