There are two broad strokes interpretations of love. If you see love as a practice or an emotion then we can say unrequited love is true love and it may even be pure love because that feeling can exist in only one person and still be valid. I'm really skeptical to call it love because I think calling it that really glorifies the experience and we put other people on a pedestal which is really problematic. There is no right or wrong answer what we expect from love is based on what the relationships around us have taught us like our parents or our first relationship orOur crush determines how we view love.