Opposite of Love

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possibletarian

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You don't instinctively feel like you have the opposite of 50, but you do feel you have 50 less than what you did have. If that's all you had (and credit didn't exist, wouldn't feeling like being broke be the opposite of feeling you have 50 to spend? That's what I'm claiming. You can have more or less money, and it comes and goes, but when you have nothing to spend you still feel penniless or "broke". For me that is why the opposite of love is apathy/indifference.

I don't agree, having nothing is not an opposite of anything (other than having something i suppose) but that something remains undefined it could be any amount.  If i say a have something in my bank account (credit) it tells you I have something (rather than nothing) but in no way describes the measure of my wealth. In other words I could say I don't have any amount even if in credit, but maybe we are pushing an analogy way too far, this often happens.  In other words when I have nothing, I feel like i have nothing not a lack of any given (random) amount.

If I'm indifferent I would never describe it as the opposite of love I would simply describe it as indifference. Maybe different minds intuitively think different ways.

Is everything that is not love the opposite of love, and at what point does it fall below the threshold of love ?

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You may disagree but you proved my point in your own reasoning with "having nothing is not an opposite of anything (other than having something i suppose)" .
To answer your question: every emotion that is not love is simply not love. You are attributing indifference to another emotion or emotional state. I presuppose that indifference is a thing (just like zero) that is the opposite or null position of having some xx feeling. Your threshold has to have a point of reference and that threshold I propose is indifference (or 0 on a number line). Having an emotion is something to whatever degree you have it. Not having it is it's opposite. You are attributing an inconsistent definition. Using the numbers example 5 is something. 0 is something and -5 is something.  They all have definitions and meaning and attributes and can be described. The degree to which you love increases in magnitude (puppy, lust, selfless, true etc.) the further you are from indifference, and thus, inversely reduces itself to indifference (0).