The 'i cant live without you' thing.

I see these people telling each other around me like 'omg i cant live without you i would die' and of course, they break up, and HEY NOONE DIED. who else thinks thats a dumb thing to say?

my boyfriend told me something like that once and i was like, i could live without you. lol it came out wrong but its the truth.

Truth rocks! I would be taken back by a response like that but in the end its true.

You are very right...that kind of statement puts a lot of pressure on your partner..dependency should only go so far.

Yes i think it's dumb, but i've had lots of guys say it to me, but then turn around and break my heart.

Angelina, if someone were to say it as in...if you leave me, i will not hold you back because i want you to be happy, but i will be empty for all eternity and never seek to replace your love...then it's kind of romantic. otherwise, dave is right. it's controlling.

"my boyfriend told me something like that once and i was like, i could live without you. lol it came out wrong but its the truth."

^ Lmfao. That's freakin' awesome. Not for him but man that's great. Lol.

Yea, I find the whole 'I cannot live without you' line kind of stupid. Of course life will suck for a while but it's just silly to say that. Love will come and love will go. Yet life goes on... except in the case of a horrible accident... in which case... it kind of doesn't. I guess could understand someone saying that if they'd been married for several decades. But immature little fourteen year olds... Yea, they're really ignorant and they've watched to many romance movies.

Haha lol Dave thats a good point!

Well obvious no one dies, it's just a statement. I've said it to my boyfriend. I love him so much and I would be so lost without him. If something ever happened, yeah, I'd move on, but I wouldn't be the same without him.

"I can't live without you" is meant to represent deep love, the kind of love where if the other person leaves you won't love another one the same way; it's supposed to mean that you love them so much your life wouldn't be the same."

i agree with that. often at times, i've seen a lot of adults and kids my age say that.. and it seems to me just like a sugar coated guilt trip. when really, if you mean it.. you would say, "you make things better, and i know that can be taken away or replaced." not.. it's going to cause death..

but that'd be my opinon, aye.

I don't know... that sound like dependent type of personality or something. I personally hate being dependent so I make sure I don't depend on people even if I am "in love".

I don't think it truely means that one would physically die without you. I think that every time your heart breaks, a piece of you does die and you are no longer who you once were. Therefore the old you has died. Also if the one you love leaves and you are heart broken and not happy you are not truely living anyway.

I'm sorry, than let me rephrase that to everytime it feels like your heart breaks???????????

I agree, but becoming better and stronger is still changing who you were. I didn't say you become someone worse I simply stated that you become a different person.

I didn't take it rude I took it as an open discussion everyone has their own opinions and I realize not everyone will always agree with me I just state what I think. To die is to no longer exist and I believe that there are certain aspects of yourself that you lose and break free from to make yourself stronger.

Exactly, has existed, as in exists no longer, as in died. My father passed away 3 years ago. His memory still remains but he has died.

I think we opened a new discussion lol.

I don't know maybe it died and came back to life like a ghost or something lol. It's getting to late for me to be thinking deeply. I enjoyed your input though I hope you didnt take me the wrong way I was just discussing, not trying to be rude.

Ha ha maybe we can discuss that topic tomorrow. It was nice chatting with you I now have to go put my kids to bed and read a wonderful story called Goodnight Moon lol.

I agree, the statement: "I can't live without you, I'd die.", is a little over dramatic... But, yet again, it isn't. This statement is not only true reality-wise but metaphorical as well.

It's true, some people actually can't live--Literally!--without the ones they love. They lose their loved one to death, another man or women, etc. and feel like life isn't worth living (for understandable, not rational, reasons) & decided to commit suicide.
Others' life spans are, simply, shortened because of this loss. They may not necessarily want to die and may not have suicide on their mind, or even realize their life span is shortening, but it can't be helped when you feel like your spirit has abandoned you (duo meanings).

It's metaphorical because when you you say you can't "live" without a person it doesn't always mean... Literally! Some people just can't to move on. Can't seem to find another person and try dating again, can't give their love to another person or accept another's love, can't become close to another person the same way they were before, etc. Some lose interest in the things they once enjoyed. Your life, simply, in short, wouldn't be the same. There are many ways you can use the statement, "I can't live without you, I'd die." metaphorically.

Anyone who's ever really been in love understands this, whether they agree to it or not.