Finding Love vs Letting Love Find Us?

[Longhaul 8,176]

I've tried both and, to be honest, neither method has worked out that well for me.  I've pretty much given up on it, it's way too late for me now.

[Sparklefan1234 179,983]

Friendship is a type of love and I've found a lot of it on MLP Forums!  (I did that thing again where I liked posts so I need to make a contribution.) 

[Clawdeen 20,871]

On 2025-07-18 at 8:48 AM, ExplosionMare said:

I never sought love myself, it always came to me (well, more like "love" because it was usually all a ruse in the end). I still won't go out seeking for love because that's not in my personality.

I honestly just want it to stay away from me so I can focus on my friends and family instead. I am happy with those relationships and I am content with not having a husband, kids, etc.. I have thought it over and I feel like the romantic life never truly appealed to me the way it does to most people. I think all along, I just wanted to feel cared for by somebody outside of my biological family but I have found that now outside of having a partner. Entertaining the idea of a romantic relationship was fun while it lasted but that part of my life is over now. I don't care what anyone else says or thinks because at this point, if I dated anyone, it would be to appease other people and not for me, which would just ruin the relationship anyways.

TLDR; "Love" has found me in the past and I don't really need it to find me again, since I'm not looking for it myself in the first place.

From one woman to another I highly recommend putting not interested in relationships in the biggest size and boldest letters possible on every online profile you have then.

Not saying it will work because *Men* will sometimes ignore and pursue regardless but.

[ExplosionMare 21,606]

18 hours ago, Clawdeen said:

From one woman to another I highly recommend putting not interested in relationships in the biggest size and boldest letters possible on every online profile you have then.

Not saying it will work because *Men* will sometimes ignore and pursue regardless but.

Makes me wish there was a "Not Interested" status instead of having to put "Single"!  Single seems to imply to people that "I'll find the right man someday!" 

[Avery 287]

I would rather have love come to me. I don’t go searching for something invisible while missing out the other things that are important to me.

[Street Light 685]

both :3 neither :3 idk. if it happens, it happens, but there has to be a degree of presence for it, and you can't just let everything just happen, sometimes u gotta like, go searching or w/e ^~^