Can love be unconditional?

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I think only love for our children and for our parents is unconditional. Sometimes we end up not loving our parents for whatever reason, but when we do love them it’s unconditional. I think the love a parent has for a child is stronger than the child’s love for a parent. Hmmm. I need to think on that.

As far as relationships, nope! Abuse can kill love.

I used to think my love was unconditional with my sister. Then she stole around 10K from me. (long story and I would rather not relive it)

I moved out asap and didn’t talk to her for years.

It took a long time to repair that relationship. And it is still not 100%

Haven’t you ever shared your life with a dog or cat? I’ve had powerful, unconditional love for all my animal companions. Milan Kundera said it nicely in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”: “No one can give anyone else the gift of the idyll; only an animal can do so…The love between dog and man is idyllic. It knows no conflicts, no hair-raising scenes; it knows no development.”

When you can accept that no one is perfect and everyone has flaws, yes, it can be.

It should be.

i think love can be unconditional. i dont think all love is and i dont think it stops us from removing bad people from our lives but i think that you can love someone unconditionally, whether it be a parent or a child or your SO

Love questions give me a headache.

I believe that IF you truly love someone that it should be unconditional!!! When I say that, I do NOT mean to be able to accept being abused by the one you love. I’ve been in an abusive relationship & I’ve been in a shared love relationship & they are NO way near the same!!! IF your partner is abusive to you, they do NOT love you….they simply want to control you.When you love someone & they truly love you back, the imperfections just do NOT define the relationship. Neither of you are in control & neither of you wish to be because it becomes a TEAM effort!!! I was raised to believe that you don’t have to like somebody in order to love them; so, I do my best to love them until we find a balance on the like part.