This is something that has been on my mind a lot. The idea that liking somebody is different from caring about them. I know they have completely separate definitions, but for me, there cannot be one without the other. I started thinking this during one of my paranoid panic attacks"Nobody likes me. Nobody cares about me." when I realized those were different. Am I weird in not separating these ideas? Or is even possible to have one without the other? Just some thoughts I've been chewing on.
It happens all the time, I think. Particularly with family relationships. However, I don't think its uncommon not to realise there is a difference.
There can definitely be one without the other. A personal example for me would be someone like... my grandpa. I don't like him at all, because he's so rude and only seems to think of himself. At the same time, I care about him, because he's my family and I don't want to see him going through the pain he currently has.
Depends how u define 'like' and 'care'. Take a random person in the world. Do you like him ? Do you care for him ? Whats the difference ?
Well they are totally different things...but sometimes they come together, and you are probably most aware of them when you notice them at the same time. I like my friends, and I care about them. I notice this a lot. I LIKE that one guy I met a few times who was friends with that other guy, but I don't care about him because I have no connection to him even though he was a nice guy. I CARE about a lot of the people I talk to on EC because they come here and are worried, but I don't necessarily like all of them...I mean usually I do, but still. My point is you can have one without the other!
