My kids I will always love. I can say that I do love some people that have been in my, that aren't in my life, but I still love them. IMO it would be on the kind of relationship it is or was with each indiviual. Like my ex-husband, I was in love with him at one time. I don't love him now, but then again I don't want to see anything bad happen to him either. When I think about something like that it's a past tense thing. Another example is my sister. We have always have had a rocky relationship. I love her, but I can't stand the person who she has become. I just won't deal with her. My parents passed a long while ago. I still love them, but it is probably different from someone who has had their parents for most of their life. You know Sabby this is a very interesting question. This question has really made me think what I really feel about the past, and the present people who have been in my life. There have been some family members who I grew up with, but I never loved them. One even passed away, and I never cried at his funeral, and I don't even think about him. He's not the only one. There are more. So I guess for me is what the relationship was like.