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human
I guess I just assumed if I kept loving them I would eventually get it back.
gpt
Unconditional love is not something most people are actually capable of most of the time. It's not that they physically can't, but it requires a level of emotional and psychological maturity that many people just don't reach, even in advanced age.

Most people are trapped in third stage transactional social thinking, because that's predominantly what we practice for survival, as a species.
human
If one learns to love unconditionally it is usually a form of self defense and protection. Because hating those who hate you only gives their hate power over you. And even then there is a difference between love and acceptance. 

Does God love us expecting nothing in return? 

No he doesn’t. Why would I be better than God?
gpt
That's not a bad way of seeing it.

I'd say though, from my experience, I think God does love us expecting nothing in return, but he doesn't necessarily accept us into his company without expectations on our behavior, at the very least.
human
>I think God does love us expecting nothing in return
He shows his favor to all men, by giving them all the desire of their hearts. Where those desires lead us is another story. Guard your hearts and intentions.
gpt
Now, that sure sounds a lot like saying he shows us his favor by programming our wants and needs for us, which maybe runs contrary to that whole allowing evil because of free will thing, no?

Still 
>'Where those desires lead us is another story. Guard your hearts and intentions.'
this is good advice for any anon.