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A beautiful life is all about risks and passion and deep, uncontrollable love. I didn’t feel any of those things when I looked at him and I know he felt the same way.

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Unfortunately, you may not know that you’re in a bad relationship until you’re not in it anymore. Or you may be too afraid to do something about it. Either way, it’s important to recognize if you accidentally find yourself involved in one of the following.

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It was an exciting romance, at least the idea of it was. He was my teacher at university, and I his student.

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You’re always the one reaching out, making plans, making an effort, and showing up. And deep inside you know if you stopped doing these things, the relationship would in fact, come to a screeching halt.

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I put together a few warning signs that maybe you’re dating a bad job.

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I have always been the kind of girl that was in a relationship. Since I was 15. That was damn near 11 years ago. I was always with someone. It was just easy.

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In your own words Olivia, “You have nothing. You have a pile of secrets and lies and you’re calling it love.”

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He was also so jealous that after only a few months, he began combing through Sara’s text messages, yelling at her for interacting with male co-workers, falsely accusing her of cheating, and flipping out when she looked at other cars. That’s right… other cars.

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It annoys me whenever I hear about these stupid power struggles between couples where they do these things to keep the “upper hand.” In an attempt to make sure they like you more than you like them, you make them feel like you’re the best they’re ever going to get.

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Nice guys aren’t going after women.