The Unfortunate Myth of Unconditional Love

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All that said though, my love for people is fairly conditional. If I get bored of them, I'm gone. If the net-total impact I forecast they'll make on the rest of my life no longer seems like something I'm interested in, I will leave them. If my love is unwanted/un-reciprocated, I will accept this and leave. And beyond this, the sense that I love people in is always in transition and flux. I love the fluidity, simultaniety and infixity, meaninglessness/&meaningfulness of love.

Makes me think of my relationship with my parents...they have unconditional love but I have very little faith in their lifestyle after seeing how it has made them uninspired and uncreative.

My mother sits and watches TV all day when she isn't doing basic things for Luke (no playing nearly ever)

My father watches TV and checks Facebook constantly when at home and rarely does anything outside, and only does photoshop manipulation and gaming occasionally as an active hobby. I have been encouraging him to get back to playing bass (he first taught me the basics)

And as far as ReindeerRoger said, I think unconditional friendship/love is a form of self delusion. We all have judgment to help us avoid danger. I would rather follow protective instinct then force myself to tolerate a drug addict...especially since loneliness is often a huge catalyst for change.

It is true, there is no such thing as Unconditional love. LOVE does exist and it is a great moment in time, and must be nurtured always during the relationship. I have experienced this once in my life. IT IS THE GREATEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE. It can happen again, but if not, life is content for me. To understand the above makes sense to me.