Probably not the best place for this, but I couldn’t think of anywhere else to ponder on this simple, but potentially sublime, reflection. Anyways, all insightful comments as they relate to this thought are welcome.

  • Miller@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    The more general thing is that all love relationships are unrequited to a degree. The unrequitedness is on a sliding scale from examples conventionally described as unrequited to anything where there is an asymmetry in the love which is most cases. Usually one partner will love the other more and I think this is by evolved design, it means that in significant disagreements the one that loves more will back down as they fear the loss of the relationship more. Unevenness of the shared love will allow the bond to maintain itself when more equally bonded partnerships would have broken.