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To speak. To listen. To connect. To find more of ourselves in one another.

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Really, behind every cliche question is a subtle but effective intention to connect with each other.

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She will never actually say these things, but she constantly daydreams about what would happen if she did.

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Extensions don’t mean that I don’t love my natural hair or myself.

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One thing that can create major problems in a relationship is a meta-emotion mismatch between partners. Meta-emotions are how you feel about your feelings.

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Wondering whether that other person wants to talk? Try and make eye contact with them. If they hold eye contact with you, this is usually a good sign that they are happy to make some kind of connection.

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ISFPs and INFPs: Discuss passions and dreams (yours or theirs).

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As soon as someone wants something from him, his terror of losing himself is activated and he automatically resists.

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The sign of a good date conversation is not how you feel at the end, but how you made your partner feel.

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I joined the Marine Corps less than six months after I turned eighteen, so adulthood remained a mythical land – full of freedom and good fortune.