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The best advice given was when I was 16 and in a bad relationship. He was a liar, cheat and drank too much. I knew deep down that I should end it. I had a hard time letting go, I kept saying to my mom, But, I love him I thought at that time that love conquers all and in loving someone you have to put up with a lot of sh*t. My mom said, "You need more than love to make a good relationship. She said, "You need, trust, honesty, compassion, kindness and respect. "Wow , that helped me to break off with him and not look back ! That was the best advice I ever got.
What was your best advice?
My dad said "You don't know someone until you have lived with them for 7 years!" (I think his mom told him that.)
His mom also said "You have your health and you have everything!"
Note: His mom passed away in the late 1960's. She grew up with kerosene lamps and so forth. In the 60's if she was telling us kids to turn off an electric light, she would say "Close it!" (You would cover or "close" a kerosene lamp to put the light out.)
My former mother in law told me that in every relationship one of the couple loves just a bit more and its best when its the man. I divorced her son (who I definitely loved more) and applied her advise to my next wonderful husband/marriage.
Oh another bit of great advise I received pretty regularly as a kid. Whenever one of us would complain "that's not fair!" our Dad, a Holocaust survivor would always say "So true, nothing's fair and don't ever expect it or forget it." That advise has helped me all my life.
My former mother in law told me that in every relationship one of the couple loves just a bit more and its best when its the man. I divorced her son (who I definitely loved more) and applied her advise to my next wonderful husband/marriage.
I wonder if she ever realised how helpful she was!
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