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I Love More Than One...

If the willingness to die for love is necessary then I am prepared to do that (sincerely prepared) for more than one person in my life. That raises a question for me... could someone be in love with more then one person?

Message Edited! Persephone: This was taking the Love & Lust Thread off topic so it is moved to it is own thread. Corrected grammar and spelling.

One Than Love I

You will need to qualify what you mean by 'love' in order for an answer to be given. If you are talking about an intimate relationship then you will need to state what you want and what each party wants. For instance does the person wish for you to be intimate with other people too? If not, then you will need to decided whom you really love as love is action (caring and selfless) and not just a word to be thrown about because you want something.

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I think it is entirely possible for a person to be "in love" with more than one person at a time. Love is an emotion that grows with the giving.

While I recognize that there are problems with physical intimacy in multiple relationships, I don't believe that there needs to be. Our society has become such that people expect there to be jealousy and envy when multiple people are involved. I don't believe at all that this is a natural condition, but is rather a societal construct designed around the idea that if you "love" someone, you somehow "own" them. Thus you see teenagers (and some adults) who get jealous if their "love" even looks at another person. The fear is that they will lose their love.

While there is a difference between the love that a man and woman share within marriage, and what they feel for their children, it isn't quite as different as some people would claim. I have six children. I love them all equally. (Some days I may like some better than others, but that is a different discussion.) The biggest difference between a parent's love for the children and the love for a spouse is probably the physical intimacy. However, that shouldn't have any bearing on the ability to love.

I hope I am clear on this issue, because I am starting to confuse myself.

One Than Love I

Nighthawk, I could of bet money that this would be your reply. Actually, while making my response I was thinking... 'suppose Nighthawk reads this, he will bring the argument of...', so I was careful to add... 'what does the other party want' since love is a matter of each other and not just self. Surely we still need to find out what Maicman is really referring to before a real analysis can take place .

One Than Love I

I made the mistake once of thinking I was "In love" with two women once. It caused headache and heartache beyond my belief. It didn't work for Sarah and Abraham and it won't work for most people to this day. Make up your mind which one you want and don't look back.

I Love More Than One...

I don't see how a person could fully give themselves to loving more than one person at a time in the sense that we're talking about. I feel how much I am in love with my fiance, and the idea of being able to have that much affection and closeness with another man is unfathomable for me. I had a professor who once said that you cannot do more than a few things at a time and do them well. Meaning that a person generally cannot pile a bunch of things on their plate, and expect to do everything to the best of their ability. I can kind of relate that to this question. Being in love with somebody entails a lot of giving of yourself, and I do not see how it would be possibly to fully be in love with more than one person, knowing how much of me it takes to be in love and love one man.

I think it is easy to get swept up in the dillusion of being in love with another person, though. When things get rough in a relationship, it is easy to look at another person and get this image of how great they are. But the relationship is totally different. I think people sometimes dillude themselves into thinking that they are in love with multiple people.

Now, this is, of course, assuming that the question is being directed in a manner of whether or not a person can be in love with more than one person at the same time. It's an entirely different playing field if somebody brings in the death of a spouse and being remarried, etc. or a divorcee. And this is only my thinking of my own personal abilities.

Plus, I wouldn't want to be in love with more than one person. If one man cannot satisfy me to my heart's content, then he isn't the right one for me. Not to say that my fiance never lets me down, but at the end of the day, I could not be happier and more blessed to have him.