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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHearts to give out for love stories or anecdote!
Last edited Tue Feb 10, 2026, 04:08 PM - Edit history (1)
It is Valentine's Week, after all.
Let's talk.
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Hearts to give out for love stories or anecdote! (Original Post)
pandr32
16 hrs ago
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debm55
(58,129 posts)1. Don't get married because you don't want to be alone. Be ready for both partners to cut the strings to their families. -
Meaning you made a vow to your spouse to be an equal partner , not to play second fiddle to each of your families. And if you can;t do that , please, please, don't have kids, when all your love goes to your birth family. Thank you.
pandr32
(13,988 posts)2. Excellent advice.
Especially since so many have ties to the right wing.
There are cultures (even in the US) that are family focused, though. It would be very hard for them to cut family ties and there are benefits to extended family when having children.
Happy love week!
Wounded Bear
(64,017 posts)3. Antidote to what?
Mono?
pandr32
(13,988 posts)4. As in disease or solo?
I mean literary antidote.
rsdsharp
(11,879 posts)6. Anecdote?
pandr32
(13,988 posts)7. OMG yes!
Thank you.
I am an idiot.
Xavier Breath
(6,560 posts)5. I love being single again.
pandr32
(13,988 posts)8. Thank you.
I wish you a happy Valentine's week.
We do sometimes love and value our space.
