Do you need to love yourself before it's possible to love another person ?

[Psychophant]

I'm a firm believer that you get back what you put out there. If you close yourself off and the energy you put out there is that this will never come to me, then that's what you set yourself up for.

 

[Adam]

Ah ok, we are saying the same thing then lol. I must have misunderstoof, sorry. I'm pretty knackered and lay down while reading

['Butterflies']

No, you could say all of those thing and they be true to you based on your own definition of what love is. Love is like beauty. What is beauty? It's whatever I say it is. I know beauty and if you don't agree with me, then you don't know what real beauty is. See where I'm going with that? Would never really say something like that though. I know what love is and based on that, believe one can't love others without loving the self. Not saying you're wrong, just wrong from my perspective. Obviously you're correct from your perspective.

I do know what you mean.

I actually think that "loving yourself" is far more of an abstract notion than "loving another."
I think we all have a fair idea of what love is, but "loving yourself" is a totally abstract concept. Adam claims not to know what it means. I barely know what it means, but feel fairly confident in saying that I do "love myself."
I doubt if anyone could even give a semi-educated guess on what percentage of us "love ourselves."
My own feeling would be around 50% of us, but it could just as easily be claimed that only a narcissist truly loves themself.

[El]

Of course not.  You just should, or else the relationship will probably be really unhealthy.

[bodie]

just finished loving myself for the second time today.

[Squidusa]

just finished loving myself for the second time today.

 :lol: 

"Love thyself" is an important lesson to learn 

[Binty]

I love mince pies.

[eris]

I love mince pies.

maybe you should MARRY one



( just kidding)

[Binty]

But then I'd be tempted to eat any future babies of mine 

[Celticgoddess]

But then I'd be tempted to eat any future babies of mine 

[Trigger 11]

From experience, if I privately knock one off before 'loving' someone else, the experience lasts longer and is more enjoyable.