Do you expect love back when you love somebody?

No. I don’t expect anything from anyone unless there’s an agreement, but love? Love’s just one thing you cannot expect at all, no matter what the situation.

Expecting someone to love you back gains nothing. Taking the steps to express your love and hope that they reciprocate is much better than expecting it will land on your lap.

@jh_ang I agree so much. My experience must be like yours. I learn to do as @dynamicduo says. I do not expect anything from anyone. Sometimes people are lying with what they say they are feeling. They can not feel it, or they never wanted to feel it. They want something else. Now I only trust people who prove they have a truthful word. Not many people do that. I don’t need those people. People pretending in life—I do not expect anyone to tell truth any more.

i agree with you both, am 21 i have got a big experiance this has take me time to built, but in one min that goes pffffff deep in my heart.. i hate love anyway i dnt have space in my heart to love somebody.even she is like this with me i still love her i cant take her off of my mind.

I actually do expect love back, but not the kind of love I have given. When I am in love, I very much show that love in both direct and indirect ways. When I love someone, I am 100% certain, they know I love them. But I also know that I can never expect that person to love me back in that same way…I know the best I can ever hope for is to receive their love in their own unique way, not my idea of how someone should love another.

Want, yes. Expect? No. I learned that no one is under any obligation to love me a long, long time ago.

I expect love from certain people. As @forestGeek says, it can be manifested in a variety of different ways, and I may not always recognize it as love.

From other people, like my students, I don’t expect anything back – teenagers are too unpredictable. I continue to love them as best I can, though, because they’re wonderful.

watch your heart when were together, boys like you love me forever.

no its not like this!!!

I don’t expect it, but it sure is nice when it happens that way. (Fills with a warm, fuzzy feeling.)

Love is a gift. It should be freely given with no expectations of anything in return.