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_Indigo 57F
344 posts
11/20/2023 5:57 pm
The Three Loves




The beginning of anything is simply trying ….


It’s been said that we really only fall in love with three people in our lifetime. Yet, it’s said that we need each of these loves for a different reason.

Often our first is when we are young, high school even. It’s the idealistic love; the one that seems like the fairytales we all read as . It’s a love that looks right.

The second is supposed to be our hard love; the one that teaches us lessons about who we are and how we often want or need to be loved. Sometimes it’s unhealthy, unbalanced or narcissistic even. It’s the love that we wished was right.

And the third is the love we never see coming. The one that usually comes dressed as all wrong for us and that destroys any lingering ideals we clung to about what love is supposed to be. It’s the love that just feels right.

Maybe we don’t all experience these loves in this lifetime; but perhaps that’s just because we aren’t ready to. Possibly maybe we need a whole lifetime to learn or maybe if we’re lucky it only takes a few years.

And there may be those people who fall in love once and find it passionately lasts until their last breath. Someone once told me they are the lucky ones; and perhaps they are.

But I kinda think that those who make it to their third love are really the lucky ones. They are the ones who are tired of having to try and whose broken hearts lay beating in front of them wondering if there is just something inherently wrong with how they love. But there’s not. It’s just a matter of if someone loves in the same way that they do or not.

And maybe there’s something special about our first love, and something heartbreakingly unique about our second .. but there’s also just something about our third. The one we never see coming. The one that actually lasts. The one that shows us why it never worked out before.

And it’s that possibility that makes trying again always worthwhile. Because the truth is you never know when you’ll stumble into love.


Kate Rose





Koffla 68M
12337 posts
11/20/2023 8:22 pm


The last sentence is true, in my opinion.





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_Indigo 57F
249 posts
11/21/2023 3:30 am

    Quoting Koffla:

    The last sentence is true, in my opinion.


I think I’d have to agree. It’s always been my belief that you don’t choose love - love chooses you. You’re only fooling yourself if you think otherwise.


StarCandy1 69F
1824 posts
11/21/2023 6:36 am

Been tripped up a few times. At my age now it seems harder to get back up !
I like this one ! Thanks for sharing !


_Indigo 57F
249 posts
11/21/2023 9:02 am

    Quoting StarCandy1:
    Been tripped up a few times. At my age now it seems harder to get back up !
    I like this one ! Thanks for sharing !
Harder to get back up and harder to let someone in again. As the years go by, walls get higher and it just seems easier to get on with life by yourself. Lessons learned are tough when it comes to love but as you get older you start to value yourself more (your time, your money, your wonderful self) and recognize all the amazing things you bring to the table.

I’m happy you liked the post. Have a remarkable Tuesday my friend.


maudie1957 74F
1278 posts
11/21/2023 1:00 pm

Very interesting indeed. It hits the nail on the head in a lot of ways for me.


TxJW043 81M

11/21/2023 11:32 pm

Analyzing hearsay is difficult.


_Indigo 57F
249 posts
11/22/2023 3:40 am

    Quoting maudie1957:
    Very interesting indeed. It hits the nail on the head in a lot of ways for me.
Me too. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ve had all 3. There have only been 3 men I can honestly say I fell in love with. Three. And they all fit into the categories described above. I sense there will not be another and I’m ok with that. The love I had for these men was very difficult to let go of and I would never want to go through that again

Thanks for your comment Maudie.


_Indigo 57F
249 posts
11/22/2023 3:46 am

    Quoting TxJW043:
    Analyzing hearsay is difficult.
Hi TxJ. I would agree .. if you haven’t experienced it. And I guess that would be why you’d categorize it as hearsay. And not everyone will have three. I think it all depends on your plans for your current lifetime and if you’re ready and open to it.

It was nice to see you here. I enjoy reading your blogs.


TxJW043 81M

11/24/2023 12:23 am

The lead in (it has been said) is hearsay.

It is an interesting article, but I cannot identify with conjecture by someone else. I always follow my own lead. LOL


_Indigo 57F
249 posts
11/24/2023 3:36 am

    Quoting TxJW043:
    The lead in (it has been said) is hearsay.

    It is an interesting article, but I cannot identify with conjecture by someone else. I always follow my own lead. LOL
OK gotcha. Sorry I missed that part and thought you were referring to your own experience. Either way I’m with you on that. I don’t just blindly accept hearsay as fact .. though in this case my experience has proven to be true.