What's a love quote that you now believe might be a load of shit?

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For me, "it's better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all"

I don't know if I believe that anymore. I think I would have rather have never had loved at all. The pain is just too much at times.

Hellraiser1984 · Accepted Answer

There someone for everyone. Total crap. I'm 41 never married only been on a handful of dates. I'm not bad looking chubby but not bad looking. No serious relationships my whole life. Not that I didn't try. I always got cheated on. So I gave up. Nothing in 5 years. No flirts no dates no attention whatsoever from the opposite sex. I don't care anymore. I believe women are parasites and only go to men when they need money and sex. They are taught as children that they only deserve the best in life and only a rich man will do. Most rich guys are serious assholes who go through women faster than I go through a 20oz mountain dew. They're materialistic, shallow, vapid and not worth a damn. Most of them are bi/gay anymore and hate men to death all because of feminism that teaches them men are worthless things that are to blame for everything that happens in the world. They're taught women only do bad things because men make them. I think as men we need to cut off women for about 50 years. No dates no kids no money nothing for them. Have you noticed the birth rate has gone down in the USA? Men don't care anymore we know we're being used. Women claim not to need men at all anymore, but when they need a baby they do. Two women can't make a baby. Sperm is needed. NO MORE SPERM BANKS!!! Quit giving away our DNA to people. There's plenty of orphans in our own country that go unadopted. Women do need us. We don't need them.

Bricealan · Accepted Answer

@simslover92 I'm with you... that is one quote that is really stupid.  One of my most favorites as the load of shit:  "Everything happens for a reason" OR  "It just wasn't the Lords will"

fartingspinster · Accepted Answer

"Love always find a way" - you need more than love to make things work, and not everyone loves as strongly as this phrase entails

"A parents love knows no bounds" give me a break

"Love him more than he loves you and you'll weep, marry a man that loves you more than you love him and you'll be treated like a queen"
I feel like this quote was made for gold diggers...

sage2021 · Accepted Answer

There's someone for everyone! Yeah right!! NOT!!

Love Doctor Brad · Accepted Answer

As a relationship coach here to sprinkle a bit of insight and fun onto love's crazy rollercoaster, I totally get where you're coming from. Sometimes, those classic love quotes seem more like a cosmic joke than comforting wisdom. "Love conquers all" can feel a bit absurd during those heart-wrenching moments. Remember, love is messy, painful, and beautifully chaotic, and even in its challenges, it's a lesson in humanity's depth and resilience. Keep your heart open, and hang in there; you never know what magic is around the corner! 💖✨

Summeroflove · Answer

I think playing hard to get is the dumbest thing someone could do. Number one not showing interest in someone and playing games is going to chase someone serious off faster then anything. Most people want someone who genuinely likes them back and if someone’s not reciprocating it’s pretty easy to assume there isn’t mutual interest.

Some people say to play hard to get for women others tell men to play that game. The only people who will play it is others playing games and people who just legitimately cannot take no for a answer.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

People who want an open relationship trot out this old saw:

"If you love someone, set them free. If they love you, they will return."

There isn't a common quote to respond, but I would say, "If someone loves you, they wouldn't ask for permission to have sex with other partners."

AviatorTom · Answer

There was a movie called  Love Story  many years ago, in which it repeated the line  "Love means never having to say you're sorry."  I knew a Jesuit priest who talked about that line, calling it "bullshit". He said that we are human, we make mistakes, and sometimes we will hurt someone we love, and when we do, it's important to apologize, to say we are sorry.

DishLady · Answer

Hmm... all the love sonnets we were forced to learn in school for starters... Anything to do with pastoral love...

Anonymous · Answer

"If he wanted to he would".

This is a line by women used to justify why he needs to match all her expectations without fully understanding WHY he isn't.

I see this time and time again on this site. Where women spend mental energy obsessing over a guy they have interest in not realizing (or more accurately NOT ACCEPTING) he really is not interested.

You can break men down into 2 groups 1. Guys that mean what they say. 2. Guys that say what they know you want to hear. Now the second one isn't necessarily evil. A lie is not inherently bad. It only is really bad when it's said for selfish reasons. But guys learn VERY EARLY on that MOST women respond to interesting lies rather than uninteresting truths. And the guy that is honest will ALWAYS be at a disadvantage to a guy who doesn't draw that line. In short a good man either learns to play the same game knowing he's getting the woman through trickery (which no good man wants). Or he remains true to himself knowing she'll probably never notice him.

Cormac995 · Answer

I felt the same way after my last relationship. I still do sometimes but the memories are so special to me when I think about losing them It makes me scared. In time they'll go from bitter to bittersweet and maybe someday we'll both be lucky enough for the good memories to stop hurting.

RavVid · Answer

Yeah it is bullshit. I nominate "I could never cheat on you"

She/He is already thinking about it as the words are uttered.

It never occurs to the honest person to say they are honest; only liars feel a need to say that.

One girl did a variant. She told me she was a bad liar. I soon found out she was quite good at it.

Shiprex · Answer

I don't think your example is a bad one as it's simply about lived experience of emotional engagement being worth it. To avoid it means you live life without experiencing the full gamut of experience.
However, the whole "plenty of fish in the sea" is grim as it forgets that they shit in the sea as does our shit end up there so looking forward to seeking out someone in a sea of shit and piss isn't quite the inspiration one wants.

fish5505_87 · Answer

oof, Im sorry! I don't know if like the quote, it's a famous one. But, I get it. How do you know what feels good if you don't know what feels bad. "The bad times make the good times better! Pick your head up! Now that it's over, just hold onto the good memories of that time! Easier said than done. I look back on all my former relationships much differently now.

Nikki1989 · Answer

“It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all” couldn't be more true. That is one of the few love quotes that is 100% accurate. The rest are mostly open to interpretation.

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

Most love quotes sound like a load of shit.

sawno · Answer

For me that quote does hold up. I missed her before I met her so the pain is no different. But now I have really fond memories and I know the girl of my dreams is actually realistic.

Agape93 · Answer

I actually agree. Loving and losing someone can destroy you or lave a gaming wound in your heart. If I had to pick, I'd choose to feel nothing at all.

Danielle93 · Answer

Love conquers all. No, it doesn't. If you're not compatible on major goals or if they're drug addicts, just love isn't enough.

sophie123469 · Answer

Maybe I’m just cynical but “looks don’t matter” when it comes to dating is a big one. For example unless you’re also morbidly obese I don’t think most guys would want to date a morbidly obese woman.

glennos89 · Answer

The pain can be terrible yes, but you have to also remember the times when things where really good because nothing can beat that feeling

Anonymous · Answer

Let it go and if it comes back it was always yours.  That’s some poetic bullshit.  Better Go for what you want or else someone else will.

exitseven · Answer

I do not blieve that. Also Shakespeare's "Absence doth make the heart grow fonder" What a pantload!

Anonymous · Answer

I still believe it, but then again the pain of my lost loves is mostly dulled by happiness with my current love

ohsheeT · Answer

Your pants are droopy

lorenzomichael · Answer

It was love at first sight.  Then when I woke up in the morning, and I was like goddamn.

masterSir · Answer

"Happy wife, happy life" bunch off crap. "Happy house, happy spouse" both need to be happy in a relationship, or it'll fail.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Love conquers all. Bullshit.

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