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MYTH 1: There’s Only One Person Out There For Me.
Dating to find “The One” is extremely limiting—and often leads to major disappointment. There is never going to be one perfect person whose love is so powerful that it checks every box, heals all our wounds, and makes us want to delete all the apps. Why do we carry these expectations of potential partners when we know that we’re not perfect either? Instead of looking for perfection, look for potential.
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MYTH 2: At A Certain Point, Dating Should Lead To Marriage.
There have been multiple people with whom we have had a life and, for a time, maybe we did. But people we love are not necessarily the same people we can make a life with. Life stories are not the same as love stories. It’s a different set of ingredients, different aspirations. We can have ...
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MYTH 3: I Haven’t Found The Right Person Yet.
We pursue a new relationship for a few months while and then find ourselves bored and looking for the next person to come along.
Why?
Is it because “we haven’t found the right person yet,” or is it because we’re not yet familiar with our own attachment style? Love, desire, connecti...
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MYTH 4: If I Try Harder With The Person I’m Interested In, They
There are times when we need to show the person how deeply we feel for them and there are times when we need to stop. When we struggle to know which is which, it can help to ask ourselves:
- Am I trying to prove how much I care about this person because they’re doubting it?
- Or ...
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MYTH 5: I’ll Never Love Again.
It’s an experience that can make us never want to try again. But this is the voice of heartbreak. It conveniently highlights the good parts and disregards the shortcomings. Being realistic with ourselves about the shortcomings, however, can help us heal and determine what we want in future relati...
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Bonus
If and when we find a partner who makes us believe in love again—we’ll be grateful that the other ones didn’t work out.
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Great potential is fundamental to meaningful growth, and couples are supposed to grow and change.
ESTHER PEREL
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Dating to find “The One” is extremely limiting—and often leads to major disappointment. There is never going to be one perfect person whose love is so powerful that it checks every box, heals all our wounds, and makes us want to delete all the apps.
Instead of look...
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