Is love blind?

[minioncookies]

Does love really make you blind? How can love make you so blind that you stick in a abusive relationship? How far are you willing to love someone until they break you down completly?

 I have always told myself if a man or woman hits me.. That will be the end of anything and everything.. There will be no second chance idc if we have kids or not.. 1 hit.. Means it wll happen again no matter what... and i'm not willing to risk my life or my kids life for no man or woman... Not sure why people stick in relationships where they get abused.. I have never understood the theory behind that because that is not love.. I know love is not suppost to be perfection.. but it can have a happy ending...
  Cheating is another thing i don't understand... If a man or woman is cheating on you why be with them? It's clear they don't want you.. and no matter what they say it will happen again if you stick with them... Love cannot be that blind can it? How is that even classifed as love? I tell you if i got cheated on i would play the same game.. No i wouldn't go out and degrade myself and cheat on the person.. I would just no longer let them sleep in my bad.. They can have the couch if they wish.. They will no longer have their food prepared.. or laundry done. I would still do mine tho.. I would still clean the house and what have you.. I'd even let the person still pay their portion of the bills while they are out cheating.. I don't mind But they sure ain't gettin nothing from me all the cheating will eventually catch up to them anyways when they get a disease but i know i won't be getting any of that.. Because the relationship would no longer exist.. It would just be... a person living with me... Now if they no longer contributed to the house.. Then they would be kicked to the curb because i would no longer have use for them..   Now if the said person were cheating and abusive.. They wouldn't be there at all.. They would been at the curb long before the cheating ever started..

What about you? Does love make you blind? What makes you stay in a bad relationship?

[DeliriousKris]

I haven't ever been in a bad relationship, but my sister has. It never got physically abusive, but it was mentally and emotionally harmful.
As an outsider, I could see the toll it was taking on her, but she swore she loved him and that he loved her.
They would break up, then get back together, then break up and get back together until finally they broke up and stayed apart.

Some people just can't see the bad in their relationships and they hold tightly on to the good. They remember the good times and focus on that.
Also, some people latch on to "problem" relationships because they think that they need to try and fix or help their partner become a better person.

It's hard to speak for everyone...but those are some of my thoughts anyway.

[bigfoot951]

I think it is like a lot of saying, in that it depends how you look at it.  But yes, love can make us blind to the reality going on around us.

[6265AT99]

Sadly sometimes love is not only blind, but stupid too.  That's one of the reasons why someone who is on the "outside" of the relationship can see much more clearly than the person who is in it.

[Seenobita]

Love is blind indeed.

[pwvogt]

I don't believe "love" makes anyone blind to abusive relationships.  People may talk themselves into staying in abusive relationships because of "love" but I think the reality is much more complex.  It is not likely love but low self esteem, fear, etc. that keep people in these relationships in my opinion. 

[lepord]

Yes, Love makes you blind. or perhaps its just obsession and fear that makes one put up with an awful situation..

[Screwedupclick4life337]

Some people say love I blind but I don't believe that, cause once  person hits you im sorry its time to get out that relationship, abuse shouldn't be involved in your relationship no matter what

[Freebase]

Love is blind and can dull the mind. I to was ignorant at points in my life but i still love just not in the traditional way of being in a relationship (i never want two be ever in a relationship at all and its my choice) but some people still is in a relationship (some cope with not living together but still being husband & wife) but heres on thing ask your self what can you live with? Is it alright on him (or her) to do harm towards me? (of course answer is NO on harm abuse leads to trouble or death and yes theres no love in that type of relationship) How can i make it work?. In all fact theres three lines in a relationship (any relationship) thats set up like a triangle love, trust, partnership (partnership is respect each other and work together not apart meaning no ones dominant). If even one gose it will fall to a flat line no mater what you do (you can rebuild the lines but it will never be the same).

[Penwoir]

I really don't think love is blind. I think people stay in an abusive relationship because they are desperate for it to work out or because they believe there is some good in the relationship. I think these people are naive and desperate and possibly feel they have the best available. It's never good to settle in a relationship. Love is kind, love is forgiving, love is patient.