Nov 10 2008
The Opposite of Love
What is the opposite of love? This is one interesting quote from one of the characters of the show Desperate Housewives on this topic:
The opposite of love isn’t hate. It’s indifference. And if you hate me, that means you still care and we’re still connected and I still have a chance to set you right.
Actually, I read of the same idea on one of those sites advising people on how to win back their ex. That once a love sours, time will reduce the anger or hate to indifference and when that happens, the task to win back his or her love becomes much harder.
I guess indifference is a signal that the heart has healed and one is moving on. Love and hate are powerful emotions that drive us to act on something confronting us. On the other hand, indifference borders on not caring and little can disturb the feelings in our heart.
Anyway, I still think go by the convention that the opposite of love is hate. Simply because both are strong emotions but with one being positive and the other negative. When you love a person, you want the best for him. But when a relationship comes to an end and you hate the person, you probably wish all his future girlfriends are of the worst kind. That is bad, I know, but well, that’s the opposite of love, isn’t it?
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I have to agree that the opposite of love is hate too. Indifference like you said, signify a total lack of emotion. It doesn’t seem to qualify as the opposite of love.
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