Is it possible to love and hate the same person?

[Champ]

[redqueen]

1. No.

That's fookin nutso!

[slackmaster]

2. Love and hate are neither opposites nor mutually exclusive

The opposite of both love AND hate is having no feelings whatsoever toward someone.

[XemaSab]

3. Oh yes

The sex is better that way.

[Lilith Velkor]

4. yyyup

Been at it for years. I just wish he would fucking die, guess that means hate is winning.

[Finder]

5. Yes, it is called "marriage" (n/t)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. I was just going to say that!

:o

[Cannikin]

14. I was going to say that too! hehehe

[OffWithTheirHeads]

7. Hell yes!

I have never seen love turn to hate better than a marrige gone bad! It is absolutly amazing how love and adoration can turn into such contempt.

[SOteric]

8. Indeed. They're flip sides of the same coin.

Intense emotional response in the positive and intense emotional response in the negative.

[jonnyblitz]

9. yes....nt

[Champ]

10. It's definately true

I have never felt hatred to my SO but it was definately been the other way around.

[redqueen]

11. Y'all are nuts.

Just because these concepts are mirror images of each other does not logically mean that you can therefore harbor both feelings towards the same individual.

I still maintain that's a pretty good definition of insanity... or idiocy.

[Shell Beau]

12. It is possible to love someone but

hate certain qualities about them. But hate is the ooposite of love.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Actually, I think indifference is the opposite of love.

It has been my experience that when a wronged spouse or SO purports to 'hate' the other spouse or SO, that they are still emotionally entangled. When they profess indifference, they are truly ready to move on.

[Shell Beau]

16. That is a good point!

But if you truly hate someone, then you can't possibly love them, right?

[sundog]

13. whatever is going on in your soul is what you project onto the world

just a thought

[Wapsie B]

17. That's a good thought for the day.

Thanks.

:)

[Dervill Crow]

18. I love my husband immensely and would do anything for him.

But he makes lots of noise when he eats, and I get a visceral reaction that is really similar to how I feel when I see * on television. If that isn't hate, I don't know what is.

[Lilyhoney]

19. I don't think you can love anything with hate in your heart, So, No. nt