Does being a victim of unrequited love make a person pathetic?

Question

Does being a victim of unrequited love make a person pathetic?

Answer 1

No, it does not make them pathetic -nor does it necessarily make them a victim. Sometimes you might love another who does not love you in return. Which of you is more pathetic -the one who loves unilaterally, or the one who can't realize that love is there?

Answer 2

Whether if one like to admit it or not, yes they are.

Answer 3

No, It actually turns you into a poet.

Answer 4

Not at all.

Answer 5

No, I've been that victim countless, countless times. And do I look pathetic? *looks in mirror* Ok, yes it does make you pathetic.

Answer 6

No... You know what they say, "... Don’t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if doesn’t, be content it grew in yours."

Answer 7

I loved Lucky answer

and also agree.

~ you can only  "make" it pathetic if you "let" it

I for many years thought i was the pathetic one

not to be able to keep a man by my side, but

someone made me realize how wrong i was ~

Answer 8

Choosing to be hopeless and helpless makes one a victim...

Otherwise, one can choose to be a person who loves unconditionally without expectations...

I prefer the latter because I believe that we are all One, with no divide, so the love I give is simultaneously reciprocated. (i.e. There is no "unrequited love" in my book).

What makes a person pathetic is when s/he does the same thing over and over...yet expects different results...

So, no...one does not make a person the other...

Though most people with a victim mentality are also stuck in a pathetic cycle...

Answer 9

No, I think everyone is a victim of that at some point in their lives. As long as the admiration is kept at afar and doesn't turn into stalking.

Answer 10

I guess it makes them even bolder then what they seem, something that they aren't quite ready to accept but it is in their natural instinct ..

Answer 11

yes, extremely, just look at me