Is wanting to be loved back, a selfish thought?

Question:

Is wanting to be loved back, a selfish thought?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Not necessarily selfish, but probably mercantile.

After all, if you only love someone who loves you back, we're talking about a TRADE, not a GIFT. There's nothing wrong with trading. Just don't kid yourself about what you're doing.

Consult your a couple books of poetry and you will find that most seem to describe unconditional love as being the highest form of the emotion. If your love were unconditional, whether you were loved back or not would be irrelevant.

Whether this means that few humans are capable of the greatest kind of love or just that poets are unrealistic, I'll leave to you to decide.