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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Beautiful mistake
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The best dating mistake I’ve ever made was in high school. Actually, I don’t know if you can call it a mistake as much as a personality flaw, because that’s just who I was. I was in a relationship with a guy that lasted just short of a year, although I could have spared myself a lot of pain if I had ended it earlier.
I was young, and I was clingy.
Not to say the young man didn’t also contribute to the dysfunction of our relationship, but looking back at the way I behaved, I’ve learned one of the greatest dating lessons that has impacted every single relationship I’ve had since then: Have your own life. Have your own friends, activities, and plans for the weekend. Your life is happening with or without that special person, but if they choose to come along for the ride, it’s a bonus.
Do you have any “beautiful disaster”-type relationships in which you learned something that has helped you to become a better dater? Maybe even breakups you’re glad happened because of how much you learned from them?
How have dating mistakes that you’ve made caused you to rethink how you view or act in relationships? Is there any advice you learned the hard way you think others should know?
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