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[quote=Anonymous]I think this brings up the age-old question - "what is love?"

There are different kinds of love obviously, and I don't think the question can be answered equally for child/spouse/family/friend/etc. One of my siblings is a very angry, very manipulative, very mean, and very dishonest person. I have made the decision to permanently cut them out of my life. It's been a long and painful journey and they have repeatedly hurt me very badly. I can honestly say at this point that I don't think I love them. What I mean by this is:

- I do not respect the anymore. I have lost total and complete respect for them.
- I have zero trust in them.
- I do not like them as a human being, at all
- I do not wish them harm and I don't wish terrible things upon them, but I also don't wish terrible things upon a random person or random neighbor on the next cul-de-sac. My sibling is not that different at this point.
- I do not want them in my life, and my life is made better without them

I don't stew in hatred and wishing bad things upon them, but I don't feel that I love them. If something happened to them I think I would be sad for the person they were, but I don't know if I would feel much grief over them. I have other siblings and I can confidently say that I love them - but my relationship with them is very different.

I don't know if I believe in unconditional love except for your child. Other than that I think conditional love is important and healthy. [/quote]

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