by Ruwayda Borcherds

Created on: August 05, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

I have fallen out of love so many times that i actually lost count and i have come to the conclusion that it takes you longer to fall in love then to fall in love, because we as humans tend to think something thoroughly through before giving your all in a relationship. There is always doubt in your mind especially if you have been hurt before. For example if someone hurts you so bad bit by bit they tear away a piece of your heart. In the end the love seems to have just dissapeared. The dissapointment is what actually makes you to stop loving the other person. Lets rather not say stop loving, let me refrase that, you end up giving less in the relationship and expecting more.

I dated for a year and my ex told me a story that i will never forget, he said that love is like a glass of water, everytime someone hurts you the water or should i rather say the love decreases. In the end, you end up with a empty glass, then you know that you have reached the end of your love relationship. So try to atleast keep you glass half full. I guess that is what happened to our relationship otherwise he would still be my boyfriend. The word "love relationship" has got me thinking, without love, a relationship cannot exist and yet it is two words, written seperate from one another. Should it not have been written as one word, because that is what love is, a union of two people in a love relationship.

My explanation of falling out of love is that in a love relationship, there are two people involved, hopefully, promising everlasting love and devotion to one another. A few months down the line, the relationship gets complicated, do you want to know why it gets complicated, love left the relationship, you and your partner sent love packing. Then the arguing, the guilt trips and then the feeling of hating the other person starts, then you keep on asking yourself, "What did i do to deserve this", Love is what keeps a relationship together and no amount of "talking it through" will change the fact that love has left your relationship and does not intend to come back. It is difficult to accept that a relationship is over, especially if one person is still in love with the other. No amount of begging, promises or kisses is going to bring the love back into your love relationship. It is best to just move on, no matter how tough it is or how much you still long to feel that person next to you, the longing will stop and it will eventually get better. Give yourself time to heal and step up.

We are unique, as soon as the relationship turns green on you, you want to start building and working on something that is never going to work. I've tried it and believe me in the end you are being hurt more, feeling less loved, feeling useless and most importantly you wasted you time and energy one someone that does not deserve you. Love does not beg the other one to stay, love is being able to accept that you deserve better, love is being able to let go of hurtfull pasts, hurtfull events and hurtfull thoughts. So stop dragging your baggage wherever you go, you don't need it. It is holding you back. Take a step back and say "If you want to leave, don't let me stop you"

Lets face it falling in and out of love is what keeps us human. It just keeps you searching for "your" special person and what would life be like without discovering the world of possibilities. You never know where and when your love relationship might begin.

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