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This goes for romantic relationships, but it also applies to family members, I have regretfully discovered.

#relationships #Presence #Absence
Tinocca 7 Feb 7
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Word

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Sounds a wee bit self pitying.

Could be, yeah.

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Left mine.. Reactions remain varied and telling. People deal with loss in many ways. I’ve recently concluded, we’re just living too long. Even trauma can be overcome in the thick of life-building. It’s when that’s past, and you’ve the long hours alone to lament the fact ..it’s over … that’s when our instincts fail us..

Varn Level 8 Feb 8, 2019
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Always go through life not expecting anything else.
Then you won't be disappointed.

I was doing that, pretty well actually,until love caught me by surprise. And I thought it was equally reciprocated, until it wasn’t.

@Tinocca Yeah, that sucks. Sorry.

@KKGator thanks. I also think you should be able to expect to have at least some impact on siblings when separated by distance. I found that was also not reciprocated. Maybe it’s me.

@Tinocca ...and maybe it's them ~

@Tinocca My siblings are strangers to me. Blood means nothing.
DNA does not make "family". Don't expect anything from anyone.

I also agree with @Varn. Maybe it's them. And there's nothing you can do about that.
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I have a few friends going through this now. I feel for them.

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Sad, but true.

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?

Mr13 Level 3 Feb 7, 2019
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I strive to meet that level of perfection ???

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Yeah.... it seems to go for my ex-wife. I mean, good for her that the divorce didn't tear her up or anything, but it says it all about the marriage, doesn't it?

I don't know, my divorce would have made me a lot more sad 10 years ago than it does now... People and relationships change. Doesn't mean it was all bad.

@Minta79 a bit if a mixed bag. Depends on the nuance of the reading. Also, what was the relationship based on to begin with?

@Minta79 You're quite right. I should have said "what the marriage had become". Thank you.

There were many many happy times, but by the end it was just a housekeeping arrangement.
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