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a gift a curse
Debate Score:31
Arguments:23
Total Votes:33
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is love a gift or a curse

i have been told falling love changes your life but it can also change your life foe the worse so is it a gift or a curse to fall in love

a gift

Side Score: 26
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a curse

Side Score: 5
2 points

... Wtf?

A gift, you silly goose.

What world are you living in?

There are hundreds of people who will die TODAY who never had the chance to reproduce and fall in love in their lifetime.

Anyone who thinks it's a curse is taking it for granted.

Even if you're in love with a crazy person, it's still comodity. You can't waste love. It's love. It makes the world go 'round.

Side: a gift
2 points

i am a crazy person and i have fallen in love and i will never take it for granted

Side: a gift
2 points

I'm happy for you then. You have something people kill themselves over not having.

Side: a gift
1 point

i myself have fallen in love recently and it has done nothing but make my life better

Side: a gift
0 points

Have you ever heard of becoming infatuated? That's the real deal about what's going on with you.

If it's mutual it's extremely joyous. When it ends though (and it will end) there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Ask each other "Why do you love me?"

There will almost certainly be an awkward silence and perhaps you'll come up with something like "Because of the way you make me feel"

Love is not something that jumps upon you quickly. Your capacity for love grows slowly over time. Love entails deep concern for someones well being regardless of whether or not they want to be with you and share affections.

Side: a gift
catticus90(360) Disputed
2 points

You have no idea of this persons love life or whether they are infatuated or in love. It's a bit harsh if not slightly arrogant to assume that it will most definitely end. Perhaps in the sense of death it will end (if that's what you meant I am sorry) but I think you were refering to the relationship in general.

Perhaps if he gave you long details of the relationship and it's context but he just said he'd fallen in love so your comments have no grounds.

I agree love will grow and expand over time for someone but just because the love is not strong does not mean it doesn't exist.

Side: a curse
1 point

Since there is not an "all of the above" choice, I'll go on this side. When you are in love, everything seems wonderful. But lose that, and it can seem like the end of the world.

Side: a gift
1 point

I don't really know. Never fallen in love! But, if it is true then you will have someone who cares for you. I guess that isn't that bad. But, it really depends on who it is that your in love with.

Side: a gift
1 point

It's a gift if you meet the right person. If it doesn't work out then you didn't meet the right person. That doesn't make it a curse. It's more like a curse if your relationships never work out.

Side: a gift
1 point

I think that love is a gift but then again it all depends on what love means to you. Now a days love doesn't mean much to people as I see people everywhere using it so casually.

I think that if you find true love, it's a great feeling and even if it doesn't work out for you then you should be happy to have found it because it does help make you appreciate it later.

Side: a gift
2 points

Love is a gift is the other person loves you as well. If that is not the case, then that love is a curse. I really think that you should change the word "love" in the title to "mutual love." Mutual love is a gift.

Side: a curse

Love takes from you far more than it gives to you.

Granted, what it gives may be valuable but it can cost your very soul.

It consumes a good amount of emotional independence, and can place the direction of your life in the hands of another.

Side: a curse
catticus90(360) Disputed
1 point

Do you have children? My love for my daughter has never taken anything from me. It's only given me joy, hope and happiness.

I don't have emotional dependence, she depends on me. And I've taken the life of another into MY hands.

I don't see having children costing your very soul. In fact, mostly, it enriches it. As this debate wasn't boy/girl specified, I will use the argument of having children to support love being gift.

Side: a gift
casper3912(1581) Disputed
1 point

If she misbehaves I'm sure it affects you emotionally.

Also, many of your actions are due to her and her desires.

Has your daughter given you worry, fear, and insecurity as well?

Side: a curse

It is both. It is like good and evil. You can't have one without the other. Therefore, you can't have gift without curse. They both have to coexist to exist.

Side: a curse