"Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with."
I love this quote. I believe it speaks volumes. Can someone decide to love someone? Can someone decide not to love someone? I look at my life and I know that I have loved my husband. I know that I have loved him in different ways. I have had an undying love for him, and I have had a love that I hated for him. In the struggling relationship it has been brought to my attention that I have "decided" to not love him anymore. I never decided not to love him. I decided to marry him. I decided to have children with him. I have decided to not live an unhappy life anymore. Has the love diminished? Absolutely. I never set out to not love him...it isn't something I just decided one day. Falling out of love with him happened over time....over many years. Is it possible to get that "in love" feeling back? What happens when you don't want it back?
I love this quote. I believe it speaks volumes. Can someone decide to love someone? Can someone decide not to love someone? I look at my life and I know that I have loved my husband. I know that I have loved him in different ways. I have had an undying love for him, and I have had a love that I hated for him. In the struggling relationship it has been brought to my attention that I have "decided" to not love him anymore. I never decided not to love him. I decided to marry him. I decided to have children with him. I have decided to not live an unhappy life anymore. Has the love diminished? Absolutely. I never set out to not love him...it isn't something I just decided one day. Falling out of love with him happened over time....over many years. Is it possible to get that "in love" feeling back? What happens when you don't want it back?
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