Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Lesson 11.1: Do Not Expect Your Next to Live Up to Your Ex

This is the other side to the previous lesson. Sometimes people have an ex and for whatever reason it did not work out. Instead of hating that ex or being hurt by them, they have put them on a pedestal. They are constantly pining for them and thinking of the ways that it once was.
Now they expect every new love to do exactly the same things the others person did. No one wants to be punished for crimes they did not commit, but they also do not want to be constantly judged or feel like they cannot live up to that unusually high standard. Definitely do not make the mistake of saying "Well, so and so did this for me."
Remember that this new person in your life should be loved and judged based on who they are not on who another was. Do not make them feel inadequate. do not make them wonder why you are even with them. A love cannot grow if it is over-shadowed by the previous relationship.

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