I believe love is not as significant as people make it out to be. I also believe it is harmful to all who seek it.
But I do believe it exists.
As for the second question, I would much prefer the former. At least that I can control.
When someone else loves you, they have to deal with it. You can't help them. In fact, most attempts to do so would only hurt them more.
I can control myself enough to just stop feeling anything that gets in my way. It would already be a miracle for me to fall in love in the first place, getting rid of it should not be a problem. Someone else loving me is more complicated.
I already have to deal with this in a non-romantic sense with my immediate family. I am pretty sure it breaks my mother's heart that I do not love her back. My siblings might be able to handle it, as they pretty much hate every aspect of my being, but not her.
I cannot stop her from loving her son without doing something that would hurt her for the rest of her life. This shit is way too difficult.
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