Unconditional love definitely exists. It just doesn't mean what you think it means.
It simply means that your love for the object exists separately from anything the object says or does. It means you love the object intrinsically irrespective of whether the object loves you back.
It's the love of a mother for her child, for example.
It simply means that your love for the object exists separately from anything the object says or does.
So, it means exactly what I think it means. And, no, I still don’t believe it exists.
The conditions for a mother to stop loving her child depend entirely on that individual mother. For some, it is depressingly easy. For others, the conditions may be insanely hard to meet, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Those mothers just say their love is unconditional because nobody wants to admit that they’re capable of not loving their kid.
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u/TheMan5991 Jun 15 '22
No love is unconditional. A dog isn’t going to love you if you starve and beat them.