Someone can love you but it will never work out if you don't love yourself.
Paranoia and insecurity will take over and drive you apart.
If you eliminate those factors, there is nothing to stop a "happy ever after".
Assuming its "meant to be"...

I love you too...:)

ok let me explain this as best I can.....I was told the very same thing,that I needed to love mysself,and I to thought why no one else has,and I can say that with all honesty because my parents never said it never wanted me,and never showed it.

But the point is yes you must love yourself because then others will be drawn to you,they will see how amazing you are because you see how amazing you are..ok tthat sounds lame but very true.

I only recently learned to love myself and with that I found strength and courage to make my life better.

I'm not sayin it's easy to love yourself it's hard damn hard,but you can.....just try to think about all the things that are good in you,all the things you like and love about yourself,you will soon start to see that you love who you are,and then love will find you...

Loving yourself before anyone else can...in my opinion means you don't feel worthy to have someone love you b/c you might not think you're good enough, you might find flaws in yourself, such as you might think you're either too ugly/fat/thin/big ears/long teeth/short/tall..it could be a number of reasons why you think you aren't worthy of someone loving you. And until you find greatness in yourself, find the good in you..then you can project that goodness and worthiness toward others and they, in turn, will love you, you will feel you deserve that love and strive for a good relationship.

Now being "in" love over just "loving" someone...that's a whole new blog....

the truth is ....what if the reason someone has a hard time loving themselves is because they have never been loved before? You answered your own question, Many people feel unloved, and therefore don't love themselves.That doesn't mean you can't love someone else, like a mother, who has been on the receiving end of abuse, whether verbal or physical, and blaming themselves, they still have love for their child.

If you can't learn to love yourself, how can you love someone? To feel worthy of such love is something that I sadly think only a handful of people actually get to have.
I dont think we have to actually love ourselves before we love someone else, but we at least have to like ourselves enough to put ourselves out there to find that someone who will hold our hands and help us the rest of the way.

Awwww:( Well, I think you deserve to have someone love you. Hugs:)