Seeking True Love – Where and How To Find It
July 1, 2008
Is it really hard to find true love? Some people would say, “Yes” and others would say, “No.” I would say both yes and no to answer that question. Today, the saying and meaning of the word “true love,” is more like a cliché rather than a genuine feeling and expression of love between two people in a relationship.
It is obvious that true love is still alive, but on life support, fighting to stay alive and reclaim what it once was. If you look at most relationships today, the length of those relationships are on average between a few months to a few years and any relationships longer than that can be considered a long-term relationship but whether true love is the reason of the relationship continuing or a matter of convenience between the couple is a matter of how they view love and the circumstances of the relationship.
In the matter of relationships that are primarily or solely based on convenience, one might say there is no love at all in the relationship and the couple are together to benefit themselves, either financially, socially and/or both.
For an example of forced or convenience based relationships, let us take a look at the social system in India, where arranged marriages are still practiced and in a majority of those relationships, the couples do not love each other (there are a few arrange where true love exists but not common.)
Another look on convenience-based relationships is the relationships that Hollywood celebrities and TV personalities engage in. For an example of the charades that are celebrity marriages, let us look at marriage of Brittany Spears to Jason Alexander which lasted only 55 days before being annulled.
There are other examples of failed celebrity relationships and marriages but I used the Brittany Spears-Jason Alexander marriage as an example of how serious most people take relationships. These types of situations are no different for average couples, who are with each other on one day and break up the next.
Do couples really love each other? The answer to that question is yes and no. As I stated before, there are relationships that are based on love and there are some based on convenience for one of both parties in the relationship.
I would say if couples really love each other, they will not let anything come between them, even if an old flame showed up and tried to get back with their old partner. Also, if couples really love each other, they would not cheat on each other. Now, is it possible that one or both partners in the relationship can cheat on each other and still love each other? The answer would depend on the couple’s view of faithfulness, since most couples allow for open relationships and some relationships do not.
So is true love possible for me or anybody? I would say, yes, true love still exist but in order to get it, one must find it and that is really the hard part of finding true love. If you find it, you are one of the lucky few that will and ever found it. Good luck in finding that special one.































