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Does it hurt more to have someone and lose them, or to never have them at all?

Profile: Randy1
Randy1 on Apr 9, 2015
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I suppose this is a matter for debate, but i have had both happen, and losing them is way worse. It's not even close.
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Profile: PashT007
PashT007 on May 9, 2015
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Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 13, 2015
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This is more of an opinion question, but I would rather never have them at all than a heart break. This is because if you don't get that hurt, you feel better.
Profile: zelda7879
zelda7879 on May 21, 2015
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My opinion is to never have them at all. Who knows the impact you could've had on them by knowing them, if you lost them from suicide they may have had nobody before meeting you. You can't let it hurt you but rather encourage you to help others.
Profile: EscapetheFate
EscapetheFate on May 23, 2015
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I think that you never have to regret what you have experienced. It is better to remember happy moments and make you feel full for a moment, to feel you have ever had happy moments.
Profile: MonBon
MonBon on May 24, 2015
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Probably to have someone and lose them because it's hard to get attached to something if you've never had it. Of course, this will vary on a case by case basis, and just because losing someone hurts doesn't mean that it isn't worth it to have them in the first place
Profile: VanessaD92
VanessaD92 on Jun 11, 2015
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I believe both hurt just as much. When you lose someone it hurts because you know what its like to have them. It also hurts not to have someone at all because you will never know what its like being with them.
Profile: PondIsle
PondIsle on Jul 6, 2015
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"It is better to have loved and lost, to have never loved at all"... The old adage goes that way for a reason. I firmly believe that every relationship brings something beautiful to our lives. If you love a person so desperately, and think of how you both changed for the better-- nothing lasts forever, and it would be greedy of us to want to keep something to ourselves forever if it was time to let it go...
Profile: Ashe22
Ashe22 on Jul 7, 2015
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never having that person is easier, because they could've been a horrible person. but having someone and getting to know how great they all in all are and then losing them in a blink of an eye is the hardest thing
Profile: flowerqueen11
flowerqueen11 on Aug 18, 2015
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Everyone's experiences are different, to say that one thing hurts more than the other is ignorant of other's experiences - one person's loss is very different to another person's longing! How much they hurt depends on how we deal with the experience though.
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