When you love, you expect

Usually expectations come with love.
Because your parents so love you. They expect much from you... For example, they hope that you will turn out to be a fine young lady/man who's accomplished much for yourself. Needless to say, they also expect you to recipocrate the love they shower on you in time to come.

When you love someone, you have expectations that the relation between you and the other will blossom. You expect that someone to love you in return treat you with respect and shower you with about the same amount of love back to the other.

It is when the expectations are not met, that you suffer from a (somewhat) unrequited love.
How does one measure the pain, expecations and love?
Say both parties love.
BUT, one loves more than the other.
So does it mean the other suffers from unrequited love? And thus pain?
Or will a situation arise where the differences in expectations can be reconciled and a peaceful level of expectation is attained?

Perhaps the befuzzled mind ain't working.

Sometimes I think it is time to clear up my act and stop having expectations.
Because when you invest your love on a relationship, you never seem to reap profits.
Making losses ain't my thing anymore.