History Main / UnrequitedLoveLastsForever

* George Jones' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQViYm92hg "He Stopped Loving Her Today"]] which is when he dies.

* George Jones' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYQViYm92hg "He Stopped Loving Her Today"]]

-->--''W. Somerset Maugham''

-->--Vince, ''QueerAsFolk''

* A played-with example in ''ThePrincessBride''. Buttercup swore "I shall never love again" after Westley was killed by pirates. She was going to marry Prince Humperdink, but she didn't love him, and it didn't matter to him that she didn't love him because he planned to kill her and frame Guilder.

* In ''{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'', the book, Quasimodo falls in love with Esmeralda and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy does selfless things for her for the rest of the book]] until they [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding both die]].]]

* ''CardCaptor Sakura'' Has Sonomi Daidouji who fell in love with her best friend since Kindergarten. Said friend got married and later died. While Sonomi did apparently marry a man and have a child with him, it didn't last and during the series she is single and still very much in love with Nadeshiko.

* Nagi of {{Hayate no Gotoku}} may end up being this. Hayate has promised to always protect her, but hasn't shown much inclination of romantic affection for her. The {{unwanted harem}} hasn't ended though.

* ''FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' got backlash because the unrequited love ''didn't'' last forever. The intent was that Takaki grew up and stopped obsessing over Akari. Fan interpretation was "[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOO]]! Their true and pure love was false! '''KILL {{MAKOTO SHINKAI}}!'''"

* ''HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Arthur's love to Trillian could be of that sort.
** Except that he's not in unrequited love with her - the superficial attraction he felt based on one meeting at a party does not last long into their reunion.

If someone is in love unrequitedly really, really strongly and desperately, they might either [[LoveMakesYouEvil go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy bon]][[{{Yandere}} kers]] - or... follow a thought like "if you don't want to have me, no one should!" and choose solitude or at least [[CelibateHero sexual abstinence]] for the rest of their lifes.

If someone is in love unrequitedly really, really strongly and desperately, they might either [[LoveMakesYouEvil go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy bon]][[{{Yandere}} kers]] - or... follow a thought like "if you don't want to have me, no one should!" and choose solitude or at least sexual abstinence for the rest of their lifes.

Often, this trope is similar to 'pledging loyalty' to the beloved person and trying to be "loyal" regardless of what the person in question actually thinks of the character. In that way, it is kind of a passive version of StalkerWithACrush, but with much less obsessive behaviour and more IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy involved.

** Also Moaning Myrtle pops up in every other book to complain about how Harry never visits her

* In ''HarryPotter'', [[spoiler:Snape after Lily had been with him through Hogwarts, had married his school bully James, had had a child with James, had died and the child grew up and became a student of Snape and had reached his last year of Hogwarts was still in love with Lily since her childhood as he demonstrated with his Patronus causing [[TearJerker Dumbledore to tear up]].]]

* Yvonne Elliman's, "If I Can't Have You"''[[hottip:*:''Not'' to be confused with [[IfICantHaveYou the trope]]...]]

->For dreams that never will come true
->Am I strong enough to see it through
->Go crazy is what I will do
->If I can't have you
->I don't want nobody baby
-->--''Yvonne Elliman, "If I Can't Have You"''[[hottip:*:''Not'' to be confused with [[IfICantHaveYou the trope]]...]]

->"In my heart of hearts
->I knew that I could never love again
->I've lost everything
->Everything
->Every thing that ever mattered to me in this world

->I wish
->That I could turn back time
->Cause now the guilt is all mine
->Can't live without the trust from those you love
->I know
->You can't forget the past
->You can't forget love and pride
->Because of that, it's killing me inside."

* [see page quote]

* [[spoiler:Kaire]] in ''{{Quintessence}}''.

If someone is in love unrequitedly really, really strongly and desperately, they might either [[LoveMakesYouEvil go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy bon]][[{{Yandere}} kers]] - or... follow a thought like [[IfICantHaveYou "if you don't want to have me, no one should!"]] and choose solitude or at least sexual abstinence for the rest of their lifes.

If someone is in love unrequitedly really, really strongly and desperately, they might either [[LoveMakesYouEvil go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy bon]][[{{Yandere}} kers]] - or... follow a thought like "if you don't want to have me, no one should!" and choose solitude or at least sexual abstinence for the rest of their lifes.

Compare CelibateHero, DoggedNiceGuy, IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, LoveMakesYouCrazy, ForWantOfANail, and MyGreatestFailure.

* In ''Ivanhoe'', there is Rebecca's unrequited love for the titular Wilfred of Ivanhoe. There is a great deal of IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy involved.

* In ''The hunchback of Notre Dame'', the book, Quasimodo falls in love with Esmeralda and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy does selfless things for her for the rest of the book]] until they [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding both die]].]]

->Lord I can’t breathe and I can’t smile

->I’m losing myself I’m losing my soul

* ''C.S. Lewis'', though he finally moved past it when the married woman he was in love with died.

->I know I've made mistakes

->Because of that, it's tearing me apart."

!!Connected tropes
CelibateHero, DoggedNiceGuy, IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy, LoveMakesYouCrazy, ForWantOfANail, MyGreatestFailure

!!Contrast
IfICantHaveYou, StalkerWithACrush, LoveMakesYouEvil

'''Yvonne Elliman, "If I Can't Have You"'''[[hottip:*:''Not'' to be confused with [[IfICantHaveYou the trope]]...]]

'''W. Somerset Maugham'''

Vince, '''QueerAsFolk'''

If someone is in love unrequitedly really, really strongly and desperately, they might either [[LoveMakesYouEvil go]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy bonkers]] - or... follow a thought like "if you don't want to have me, no one should!" and choose solitude or at least sexual abstinence for the rest of their lifes.