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How do you know when it’s time to walk away, even if you’re still in love?

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But sometimes no matter how hard you try, love isn’t enough. Love cannot change the fact that the futures you both want are different.

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You may have changed my life in the past but the future belongs to me.

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You stop feeling as though he’s the only one you see yourself with.

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Because what else is our purpose on this world than to love, and love deeply? To risk all we have for another person? To grow and learn and scrape our knees along the way?

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How the event of the break up is handled will directly affect the speed and ease with which the person being broken up with recovers from losing this relationship.

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Ignoring non-negotiables is a ticking time bomb; eventually it will all blow up.

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Stage Two: Festering Resentment