Ambivalence's a state of having simultaneous, conflicting feelings toward a person or thing. Stated another way, ambivalence's the experience of having thoughts and emotions of both positive and negative valence toward someone or something. A common example of ambivalence's the feeling of both love and hatred for a person. The term also refers to situations where "mixed feelings" of a more general sort are experienced, or where a person experiences uncertainty or indecisiveness concerning someth… (More on Ambivalence)