They say the opposite of love is hate but i think its indiffrence , do you feel the same way?
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Posted by Phage Mar 12th, 2010 at 4:05AM
You ask that like there is an actual answer. There isn't.
If opposite emotions are thought to be ones which are mutually exclusive then indifference is the opposite of all strong feelings and views, for the complexity of the human psyche allows for a variety of different combinations of dissimilar emotions.
Otherwise hate is certainly the most obvious contender for the opposite of love. Fear is another good one being as the combination of love and hate tends to be a common one, while it's difficult to love and fear someone or something simultaneously.
But then the same can be said of disgust. So, really, I don't think emotions have opposites--certainly not in the linear way in which we usually use the term.
Also, for the person who mentioned fear and courage being opposites, this is not true. Courage is in overcoming fear, not in not feeling fear (which can either be called wisdom or folly, depending on the context).
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Posted by Spann0r Mar 11th, 2010 at 6:41PM
I think... the opposite of love is... no love... so, yes!
Either you love somebody or you don't. That sounds pretty much like opposites to me. And not loving somebody doesn't mean to hate him.
But I think the opposite of hate is indifference as well. I guess that goes for every emotion. You either feel that emotion or you don't.
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Posted by samesongtwice Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:14AM
Yeah, love and hate require emotions. Indifference would be a lack of that.
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Posted by shannonymous Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:46AM
i think the opposite of love is fear.
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Posted by GhostInTheFog Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:49PM
Indifference is not an emotion per se, so it cannot be the opposite of one.
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Posted by SilverLinedShadows Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:13PM
I completely agree
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Posted by BuckarooBonzai Mar 11th, 2010 at 4:22PM
I agree Kinky
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Posted by allofus Mar 11th, 2010 at 12:26PM
Finally someone with a rational mind on this. Been saying that for years. Thank you.
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Posted by DrNO Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:15AM
I agree. :) I am all about indifference.
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Posted by WondersBeyondOurGalaxy Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:48AM
The opposite of love is: rudeness, cruelty, pride, impatience, self-seeking, bragging, jealousy, keeps a record of wrongs, distrusts, hopelessness, delights in doing wrong, and is not happy with the truth.
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Posted by michiko09 Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:48AM
i think the opposite of love is hate. If you don't love someone then maybe you hate her/him (someone you know..)
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Posted by goahead Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:30AM
No I think indiffrence is you can take it or leave it. I do not hate or love my ex he is someone that I've met somwhere in life I can talk to him and his wife it does not bother me just like anyone else I see that I do not have a connection with.
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Posted by Tummie Mar 11th, 2010 at 9:25AM
Yes I think you're right
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Posted by GypsySun Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:48AM
I actually agree. Love and Hate take so much emotion that they are pretty much the same.
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Posted by OneTinyCog Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:34AM
Yes. Although the thought is not original, I very much agree.
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Posted by ChristineJones Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:33AM
I stand with you here. There is a fine line between love and hate. Both you feel passionatly. You have to care, or have cared, to feel either one.
Indiffence is just that. You don't care enough to feel a thing.
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Posted by typoquene Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:30AM
the activity of the brain is the same for love and hate...so yes you are correct. personally yeh i agree when no longer react the person either way....then you truly don't care.
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Posted by rob57 Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:29AM
I think the opposite of indifference is agreement. And the opposite of love is not careing or respecting.
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