Who do you love more?

[Scuba Pete]

I have no idea what you're pointing out and it certainly isn't obvious.

Well they don't avoid calling you a scholar for no reason then! Good job! Keep it up. Pip, pip and all that.

 

[A Troubled Man]

Well they don't avoid calling you a scholar for no reason then! Good job! Keep it up. Pip, pip and all that.

Yes, do keep resorting to puerile comments rather than explaining yourself.

 

[Madhuri]

I voted parent before reading the OP.

I think that there is no 'supposed to'. BUT I do think that there is a natural greater love for children that comes partly from the experience of bringing in their life and also the fact that you are responsible for them. Children become your whole life because it is a must in order to keep them alive and well. It is a very different relationship to a parent. For example, I wasn't really aware of the whole being born experience, so my bond with my mother is much more alive in her eyes than my own (even though I love her most in the world...but I don't have kids).

I am not sure about spouse. It could be that the whole family unit is an equal love. You create the loves of your life (children) with your life partner and so that partner is incredibly special.

So my real vote goes to children, although ideally, I think an advanced spiritual personality would love all equally and to the greatest/fullest extent.

 

[Zoe Doidge]

We've all have/had parents and most of us even have a spouse and kids.

Which of the immediate family members are we supposed to love more and for what reason? To whom do we give more priority?

Is it our parents who we should love more due to the fact that if it wasn't through them God would not have caused us to come to life?

Or do we love our spouse because if it wasn't through them you would not have had the kids you do?

Or do we love the kids because they are everything and have the whole world ahead of them and so we should put every effort in trying to leave them better off?

Give your reasoning.

Note, you could say that you love your parents more, however, at the same time you are still making an effort on the future of your kids etc. It doesn't mean that you should choose one and forget the rest, they are family after all.

It’s naturally going to differ from person to person. There are differences in the relationships I have with each individual member of my family, and it’s going to depend on the kind of people they are. I don’t have a spouse (I’m polyamorous) nor any children so naturally they’re out in any case.

A few members of my family are frankly a waste of oxygen, which includes both my parents. On the other hand, some of them (like my sisters) I love very much. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ here.

 

[incited]

For people who have had reasonable parents (not abusive or neglectful or "bad" parents)...parents are usually the only ones who have given unconditional love and support. Spouses don't give the kind of unconditional love and help that parents do.

 

[uu_sage]

My highest love is for God and out of God's radically inclusive low for all humankind it makes me love all of God's children no matter who they are or where they find themselves on the journey of faith. My second love is my fiance and bride to be followed by family and friends.