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User post: Is is okay to date someone that you already know is not "The One"?

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I have been dating a guy for over a year, and this whole time I have known that he is not The One. He does not want to get married or have children and wants to focus on his art career. He has told me this from the very beginning. He just wants to have a fun monogamous relationship and nothing that…

How do you know when you're ready for a relationship? (& 5 reasons I'm not)

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The term "ready" means that a person can function in a healthy long-term relationship. Usually, we say he or she was "ready" when they settle down.

People may think they are ready at 20, but realize they have a long way to go at age 35, and the results are usually not pretty. I am caught in the middle; every reason I have to think I'm ready has a valid argument against it:

5 emotional mistakes we repeat

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Part of human intelligence is learning from mistakes. The common example is when a child touches a hot stove for the first time. That child knows never to touch that stove again because of the physical pain it caused.

But why do we repeat so many mistakes when it comes to emotion?

Seems like we are gluttons for punishment. Here are some common emotional mistakes that we make, and repeat: