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He is such a good man, full of warmth, and kindness, and patience, and loves our children unconditionally. But he’s not The One.

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You feel drained, not comforted. Relationships require a give and take – sometimes you give, sometimes you take. But when you’re the only one doing the giving, you’ll wind up feeling exhausted.

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I know that was the right advice to give (almost every dating book I’ve ever read confirms that this “playing hard to get” mess works), but I wanted to stab those words as they were coming out of my mouth like after-birthday-party balloons.