What does it mean to allow someone to fully love you?

I guess it would mean you allow yourself to let down your guard. You let the person truly see who you are.

In my opinion, it’s to allow someone to love you just as you are, flaws and all.

To me it is allowing yourself to be completely vulnerable with another person and knowing that they will never exploit that vulnerability.

@SuperMouse, I would disagree a litt.e I think it is allowing yourself to be completely vulnerable with another person without knowing that they will never exploit that vulnerability.

Allowing yourself to be loved means that you accept there is no guarantee you won’t get hurt. But you tear down your walls anyway, because that love coming in is worth the risk.

when someone likes you and you do not like them back then if you go out with them or marry them thats giving them full permission.

To put it another way, allowing someone to love you means:

1. You never hide your true self behind a facade
2. You let them into your emotional “vault”, and never threaten to change the combination
2. When crap hits the fan, you instantly can/want to cry to them
3. You expose your ugly side to them – physically and mentally
4. (women) You can be around the person comfortably without makeup
5. You fart in front of them unabashedly
6. You share your last Twinkie with them

…well so much for counting, I’m going back to kindergarten…

As little as $50 or upwards of $1000. Depends on what neighborhood you’re in.

@AstroChuck – Oh how you never cease to amuse me ;)

You realize that that no matter what you do, he or she will still love, and you learn to show them who you really are, with all your faults.

It’s all about vulnerability.

And not farting in front of them unabashedly. ;-)

@bananafish good point, but I think allowing yourself to be loved fully equals allowing yourself to trust fully. I know that my man will take me as I am – no matter what. I know that because I trust him fully.

knowing thyself first and foremost and then allowing someone else to know that self

Letting someone know all of you… all your fears faults hopes and dreams…. to have them see all that you are… if they still love you either in spite or because of all that you are…. they trully love you.

sacrificing pride, being yourself, and allowing yourself to be the person they know and fell in love with (:

When someone sees your deepest, darkest, ugliest side, and they still love you, then you are blessed. I was lucky and found that one person in life, and if anything happens to her, I think I will immediately follow her into that dark oblivion. To think of remaining here on earth without her is too painful to even consider.

It’s something like this:

“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

Fork out the extra fifty $.... (:

To me it means allowing them to give you their all and you doing the same in return. You see, a relationship is a 180/180 thing. If they give their all and you only give half, the circle is not complete. Ya know?

-Sellz

@LouisianaGirl I think you said it best. Permission can be given to be with you, but to love you?

Maybe I just don’t like the way the question is worded, but first of all you don’t give someone permission to love you. You can’t stop them from loving you either. You can sure make it hard, though. It is up to the other person to decide to fully love you or not. And fully would mean Agape, or unconditional love. Love that is a decision to love no matter what happens. Even if that love is “not allowed” or unrequited. (not returned and one sided)

So I guess “allowing” them to love would mean you make it “easy” by returning their feelings and loving them, too. Fully meaning you both truly open yourselves like everyone has already said.

To completly allow the other person access to your true inner self.(The part of you that hides behind the smile)