Unconditional Love, on the surface, looks the same as indifference.[/i] The Captain
We may have had this conversation earlier.
I have always felt that my black lab's love for me was as close to unconditional love as I would ever experience. I cried, as did my wife, when that dog died.
While at times when she slept in front of the fire place on a cold night it was indifference, but if that dog saw me put on my running shoes and getting read to go for a run it was anything but indifference. Sometimes when I came home after work, her response and joy in seeing me was almost overwhelming. It couldn't help but make me smile.
I realize that my wife or children will never greet me with the same enthusiasm. I am reminded of the saying that "I hope to become the man that my dog thinks I am" (or something like that). So the love of a good dog is probably not unconditional love, but it sure feels good and can be missed very much.
I do think that unconditional love can be more than indifference.
call me a romantic.
Last edited by Young at Heart; 03/26/1011:08 PM.
>43 years of marriage--My wife and I are now closer than we have been in decades. I believe that my SSM is over.
