Do you think it's possible...

[phee]

For a person to love and hate another single person at the same time?

[Marblez]

I definitely know it is possible for someone to love and hate another married person, so I don't see why single would be any difference.

[paradox]

word

[Fierce Critter]

As the saying goes, "It's a thin line between love and hate".

I have experienced this. I believe in it. It sucks.

[phee]

When I say "single" I am talking individual person not status

[paradox]

still a yes

[Brenda Starrr]

Absolutely. Been there and done that.

[Ginevra]

My mother used to say, "I love you, but I hate what you're doing."

[The_Dark]

My first wife cheated on me 6 different times that I know of... Yes, you can hate someone and love them at the same time.

[torn asunder]

for me, no, because i can't hate anyone...

[TheLordShaper]

A song comes to mind...

"The one I love, I hate but the sex is great"

Dope --- bitch

[Nienna]

YES. I'm in that hell right now... with not one, but two different people. It sucks.

[Jarodaka]

Yes, it's possible to have conflicting emotions (towards a particular person or situation). The interesting question is what you do to resolve the conflict.

[JaneDead]

phee, i'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down.

but i don't think of it as "hate" so much as disgust, annoyance, irritation, repulsion, ok i guess "hate" is much easier to say than all the other words it really is.

[Onyx]

Definitely possible.

The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.

[Daniel]

Hate generally implies some level of emotional investment. I would say, at the very least, it is easier to hate someone you once loved than it is anyone else. Whether you can love them and hate them at the same time depends on how you define love, and what sort of love you are talking about. I don't think it is possible for me to hate someone I am "in love" with. If things have escalated to the point where I hate them, my affection will be gone. If I am "in love" with them, I adore them and they receive all of my most tender emotions. For me, the two cannot go together.

[Lilith]

Lestat and i Often "Hate" each other when we fight and argue, we do get nasty mean and rude but once all of our anger is out and we have settled or come to some sort of understanding we love each otehr again. We often mention to each other how we hate that we can not hate eachother for more then a minute.

I guess it depends on why you hate the person you love, are the reasons for hate resolvable or are they more of a "i hate the personality" sometimes " kind of thing?

It depends but it is possible.

lilith

[TomCat]

I have a philosophy:

Love & Hate are the two strongest emotions. When there is a stress/strain between two that are in love, it may feel like hate, but hate is a permanent thing. It's not possible to truly have hate in your heart for another, if you truely love them. Not even for a second. You may have a temporary STRONG dislike for that person, but it's not really hate. :

[torn asunder]

blah, blah, blah... sorry about all that...

[Brenda Starrr]

You may have a temporary STRONG dislike for that person, but it's not really hate. 

So, my ex husband doesn't really hate me after all. Can't wait to tell him.

[TomCat]

Yeah, BrendaStarrr69...it's not necessarily love that he still has in his heart for you...but it's not likely hate either. But i don't know what I speak of. One I once thought I loved, turned out to be the only person I've ever had a reason to hate.

[torn asunder]

there is no reason to hate...

[soothsayer]

Philosophies aside...hate is a waste of time. If someon wants to hate me or dislike me, then whatever. I've got better things to do with my time. I may dislike a person or two along the way in life but I've never felt hate for anyone. I'm not gonna waste my energy on negative emotions that aren't going to change things. Those are my two cents.

[Marblez]

The word hate is not the issue here...or am I wrong? The intended topic of this discussion, I believe, is....Is it possible to have extremely conflicting emotions toward an individual person.

[Daniel]

The word hate is not the issue here...or am I wrong?  The intended topic of this discussion, I believe, is....Is it possible to have extremely conflicting emotions toward an individual person.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, you are wrong. The issue specifically is "Can you love and hate at the same time". In order to discuss items as broad and relative as love and hate, they must be defined, and understood. The context of the question, and the objects within, need to be explored. This is how discussions work. Without speaking on the same level, you will have unecessary misunderstandings and conflicts. So, yes, discussing hate is an issue here.

It is similar to a discussion about "God". If someone says "Do you believe in God", the proceding question should be "Which God? What is God?"