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Originally Posted by TheoryWeary
I feel theres a diminishing return of sorts on being overly picky who your significant other is, because even "settling" slightly into a relationship is usually preferable to being alone. Life is short; there must be some balance between holding out for the ultimate best, and enjoying what is available in the meantime. While that is a motivator to start relationships, it also serves to end them.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Look, there's the idealistic flowers-and-fairy-dust view of love that there's one magic perfect person out there who will never ever ever piss you off. Dream land. That's just not going to happen where human beings are involved.
Accepting that, knowing it, and developing a relationship that's strong enough to weather it is NOT the same thing as settling.
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My current relationship is too new to draw any real long-term conclusions, but one thing I am certain of is that I am not settling in any way, shape or form. I've had countless opportunities to settle for less than my ideal, but decided that I preferred to wait for something more. It seems to have paid off.
She's not perfect, but then again neither am I.
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