# Love/hate relationship....is there something not so hateful?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-is-there-something-not-so-hateful/711971>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 6, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-is-there-something-not-so-hateful/711971 "2015-02-06T14:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-is-there-something-not-so-hateful/711971/1 "2015-02-06T14:42:47Z")

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Are there other terms or descriptions for this situation where on the one hand you definitely love someone but the other side of the coin is well short of “hate”?

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-is-there-something-not-so-hateful/711971/2 "2015-02-06T14:57:46Z")

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My mother always used to tell us when my siblings and I were growing up, “I will always love you, but I don’t always like you.”

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-hate-relationship-is-there-something-not-so-hateful/711971/3 "2015-02-06T14:59:47Z")

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It just sounds like love to me.