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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash
I don't know, alot of people I know seem to settle with people who don't really make them happy.
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I think society puts too much pressure on people to marry and live happily ever after. If anything I kinda feel it's the opposite, people don't walk away from good potential long term relationships as much as they seem to settle with bad ones because they're afraid of being alone. Maybe my perception is skewed by my own personal experience, but that's the way I see it.  |
I never said anything about SETTLING for someone who doesn't make you happy. I was talking about passing up people who COULD make you happy, because you're on the search for that ONE perfect person who instinctively understands everything about you and feels the same about everything etc., who, in reality, doesn't exist, and if they did, it would be the most boring relationship you could ever imagine.
I agree 100% on your last paragraph, though. Too many people aren't independent enough to go it alone and see what comes along. I know plenty of people who are happier with people they met serendipitously than those who met people they were desperately on the hunt for.