RE: Is love real?
September 25, 2021 at 12:49 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2021 at 12:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 25, 2021 at 12:18 pm)no one Wrote: Is anyone truly worth being loved?
I know for a fact, I am not.
I think so. I like to imagine it as a web of extended affection. That other people have additional extrinsic value that we can't coherently claim for ourselves, to ourselves. To the point that when two people looked at each other, and assuming that their intrinsic value is apprehended to be equal - each's additional extrinsic content for the other leaves them feeling relatively unworthy of love..and yet loved - and not just loved..loved by their better.
For me, that helps to contextualize the painful aspect of love like that. We don't respond particularly well to high value high risk situations. We're insecure, we worry, we have self doubt in present and deep misgivings about past decisions. Hell, sometimes we're just right. We were fuckups and there's nothing about the person we loved that changed in a meaningful way since we fucked up. They're as lovable as ever for all the same reasons.
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