Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Relationships

Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. If you need help urgently or expert advice, please see our domestic violence webguide and/or relationships webguide. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody

Do you and your partner love each other EQUALLY?

10 replies

celebsgodatingfan · 29/11/2017 18:39

And does it matter if you don’t? I feel like I have loved some partners much more than they have loved me and some who I felt couldn’t live without me but that I’d be okay. Does it matter?

OP posts:
EverythingEverywhere1234 · 29/11/2017 18:40

IMO love isn't worth bothering with if it's half-arsed, on either side or on both sides. Life is too short.

angelawilliams · 29/11/2017 19:00

I don't think it matters, you can never get inside someone's head and you will never know how they truly feel about you and vice versa. As long as you're happy and content with the relationship and you feel like they're doing enough to show they care and you're in love then it definitely doesn't matter. Obviously if you think you're not in love enough then you should reconsider xx

AFistfulOfDolores · 29/11/2017 19:27
  1. You can't measure love. That's the good news and the bad news.
  1. Does it matter to you? Because that's all that matters.

(Learn to) trust yourself.

PickAChew · 29/11/2017 19:32

Haven't the foggiest.

Yogagirl123 · 29/11/2017 19:38

Interesting question, DH would say he loves me more!

stolemyusername · 29/11/2017 19:51

I think it fluctuates. Some days I adore DH, others he's irritating and I could quite happily smother him while he snores. I'm sure that he feels the same way about me at times!

nibora · 29/11/2017 20:28

I think that during a long marriage the balance of love and power shifts many times. Occasionally it's equal for a while.

jbee1979 · 29/11/2017 20:55

I understand what you're saying, and I think my husband and I love each other exactly the same amount! I've been in relationships where I've rightly felt insecure because I was more into them, than they were into me. And others, where they liked me a lot more than I liked them! I was content in the latter, but it felt like something was missing. I married my DH because it was the first time I'd felt like I was adored as much as I adored him. Not more or less. I think as a relationship matures and you add kids, there's days where he loves me more, and vice versa. Like when he does feck all, and I could pack his bags in heartbeat! I think that's part of marriage though, ups and downs, I don't think either of us are insecure or bored. It matters to me, if the balance shifted, I wouldn't be happy.

RunRabbitRunRabbit · 29/11/2017 20:56

How can you know?

CharisMama · 29/11/2017 20:57

Never had a relationship where 2 halves loved equally

New posts on this thread. Refresh page