Why settle when you can have what you want. I guess this is where patience comes into play. I have decided to cut my losses and it is rough but it needs to be done. I think that is the first step to getting what you need is eliminating what you don't want.

I mean, I can't speak for being single and in my mid-thirties. I don't know how I will feel then and I think it's important that we recognize we're all pretty young and starry eyed (I mean, I am). Nonetheless, I will never settle. I'm just not the settling type. I think that some women make a business out or marriage, when to me, it's just something that happens. I'm more interested in the relationship, the partnership, the ups and downs (duh, that will naturally be there).

It's such an interesting post and although I disagree largely with Lori, her book is worth a read and I respect her for her insight and all the intensity and research she has written with!

Will you bunnies stop worrying about falling in love and just go be
awesomesauce? You'll be hitched by May:)

This feels as if the train went off the rails.

Settling? Has anyone ever decided to fall in love? If you've been able to make that plunge as a conscious decision I'd suggest you start working on the age old question of fate or free will, because we lesser humans would be greased up and glittered to have that one solved while you're at it.

Come on; not one of us will ever complete ourselves. Life's not about completion…it's about finding a way to live in a world that keeps our motor running, our hearts ticking, and our relationships alive.

Love lasts because two people find a way to live a life in harmony; it's a lot, lot harder than it sounds. It actually has as much to do with the kind of person you are/try to be, and the way the worlds you bring with you every day when you wake up fits with theirs. It's an effort, it's a process of moving forward together, and it's about inspiration, dedication, and friendship.

Try 'settling' for a version of that and then making it successful.

If you're going to work harder at something than you've ever worked in your life, ever will again in your life, and harder than you even know you CAN work for something…my guess is that it'll be because you can't imagine NOT.

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