Usually when an abused woman stay with a man who's hurtful it isn't out of love or loyalty. It's out of fear - and they confuse it as either of the two.
But you can love someone and not be loyal.
You can be loyal to someone you don't love.
Or you can have both.
They really aren't counter parts - they're two completely different things - but in most people's case they consider loyalty as a way of showing their love.
No, you don't have to love someone to be loyal to them, by my definition of love.
If I love someone and they betray me. I will no longer love them. But if I've made promises I'll still have some loyalty to them.
Or if I hate someone but have great respect for them I am loyal as hell and nobody is allowed to bad mouth them in front of me. So that's a form of loyalty through respect even though I think they're a jerk
Yes there is a big difference. Love is a deep feeling of affection, intimacy, and acceptance of a person. Loyalty is allegiance/commitment. They are totally different things, but loyalty is needed for trust to exist, and trust is needed for love. Loyalty is a precursor to love. Love is a much greater thing.
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If you truly love someone, you are truly loyal to them. But you can be truly loyal to someone without truly loving them. Though, at the same time, you might love them, but in a different way. It can be love like romantic or it could be love like between family or love between friends.
Mutually exclusive. You can be loyal to someone but you don't love them. You can love someone and not be loyal. You can also be loyal and love them or the opposite.
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