Can love die or wear out?

For some people “love”, they might think they are in love but actually its a crush, and sooner or later they realise it.

It almost always does

That all depends on what you mean by love. Most of what people call love is just hormones. It is different only in degree from a crush or lust. If you are talking about the feelings that sustain a long term relationship, the kind of love that you ought to get married for instead of the kind most people get married for, then yes, it can. It must be nurtured and sustained through active work. If you are talking about the former, hormone variety, then not only can it die or wear out, but it inevitably will.

@Snarp – Also theres a different kind of love, such as for family members and friends ;)

My ex will agree it wears out. I agree that it can be mended but I never got the chance to prove it. Oh well, I moved on.

Sometimes it has been know to die a slow painful death.

Love can die yes but it shall never come back after that point, patching love is hard to be done, im not sure it can be done or not. mending love takes hard work and lots of time.
great questions sis :)

Been there, done that, got the tshirt! Yes it sure can.

Especially if you love your shoes.

I love lamp.

Usually it dies from neglect.

People think love must be self sustaining.
We sometimes forget (if we ever knew) that it needs to be nurtured to remain healthy and vibrant.

Have him use lubricated condoms hun.

Of course.

This is an interesting time to mention a question like this: My lovely wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary today!!! I think that to understand love, you have to first believe in love; a belief and conviction that love can be the key to life’s great joys and successes.

If I may wax on a bit, (pardon the indulgence), here’s what I’m writing to my wife in a card:

Love is a living thing; like all living things, it must be tended to, nurtured, and allowed to grow of its own accord;

People who accept the commitment to cultivate it, must also be willing to learn from love’s challenges and trials, and more importantly, be willing to accept and receive love’s fruits and treasures into their hearts;

To have experienced love this deeply and wholly, has meant a life of enrichment, wonderful memories, and true meaningfulness, and has helped me to realize love’s true spirit and essence: that it is a life-giving gift, that can fill your heart with light, laughter, affirmation, and sustenance for your soul, if you let it.

My only hope is to continue to experience love this deeply for many, many years to come.

I must go and be with my wifey now—thanks for listening!

Since in my opinion, I have come to my own personal conclusion that the universe is only energy, and that mass and solidity are merely perceived reactions from the interactions between differing frequencies of this energy, the only question left was ‘what is energy’

The only thing I can think of is love and or conciousness

So to answer your question, no I think love is infinite and everlasting.

A bit far-out, but thats all I got.

I think love can have peaks and lows, but needs time to truly take root.

If you view love as a passive feeling or force that comes over you, then it will almost certainly die eventually. If, however, you understand that deep committed love is not an emotion, beyond your control, a random “beam” that doesn’t know toward whom it’s going to point; that it is a choice you make, a commitment to your loved one; then love doesn’t have to die. It is through the constant choosing to love that we keep love alive.

@SABOTEUR put it very eloquently. I also believe that it changes as time goes on. There is usually a large measure of lust involved when it is very young, but as it matures, other aspects emerge and grow. As I age, mateship and comfort are moving in and they feel just so good.

Like all things, it changes. Our feelings for another do not remain the same.
Can love die? I don’t think so. We can ignore it behind a veil of disapointment or anger, but I think it is always just below the surface. The fine line between love and hate may not actually be a division, but a perception of what we are feeling.
Can it be repaired? I think it is unbreakable, and so I think we can work past the hurt and find a way to again feel the connections we felt before.

I have to agree with @SABOTEUR , love takes work – the initial feeling could be hormones, but to stay in love and keep loving someone you need to put some effort into it. You have to choose to love them, not just expect it to just happen. If you just go with the flow, it’ll most likely die – it may sound kinda cheesy but love must be nurtured and cared for, or it’ll go away.

I’ll echo what others have written that love can die of neglect, being taken for granted, too little effort and attention to life changes. Love doesn’t conquer all, it isn’t guaranteed deliverence from insecurity, lonliness or selfishness. Love requires thinking and making efforts for more than one, more than two even because everyone close to you is affected by you to some degree. Love is to be enjoyed, amplified, honored, cherished, respected, explored mindfully and worked with.

Like it or not, love will only persevere and last when its nurtured and cared for, not when its neglected or being taken for granted.

Some love is high mileage and high performance. But then, some love is always in the shop on the rack. So…put the pedal to the metal and hope you don’t throw a rod!

No warranties expressed nor implied. Renewals of love not valid in cheating situations. Some love offers are invalid and may require assessment by a qualified love technician. See your love dealer for repair information.

It can even survive the death of a partner,

Yes it can and often does!!

Absolutely. Love is strong, but even it has a breaking point. It can be killed by an unkind or neglectful partner.

It can be killed. I think the main thing to know is that it fluctuates.