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    The third way?

    Thanks. It is still not especially easy to make it work well. Too many of us have hidden agendas. How do we have fun and explore our boundaries, but be kind?
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    Starting a relationship, knowing it will also end--seems weird

    Having said this- my current "primary partner' is a real best friend. I cant imagine doing anything that would hurt her and I see our relationship in terms of mutual support. What can I do to bring her happiness and strength? How could I be happy o]if this relationship died off? We both stray-...
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    Starting a relationship, knowing it will also end--seems weird

    Everything ends Where there is meeting, there is parting. Impermanence is one of the "three marks of existence" according to the Buddha. Every relationship has a shelf life- whether it is defined by old age, by unexpected illness, by accident or by a falling out. Thee is no need to ever stop...
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    Gaslighting

    Adhd? and here was I thinking it was all my ADHD!
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    Why Be Unhappy?

    Sometimes-- the suffering that you are familiar with is less troubling than that which is part of the unknown. Pink Floyd said it: choosing a 'Lead role In a Fishbowl", over a "Walk on Part In a War".
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    The third way?

    Fidelity? So, I guess there are some interesting questions here. I have shared a house now for 18 months. The arrangement is working really well. I know I can trust my partner not to disappear into the wild blue yonder and leave me with a lease and a (too large) and empty apartment. Ms J...
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    The third way?

    Hi there, I thought I should introduce myself, as a "newbie." I have just come out of a 25-year relationship with the mother of my two teenage children. I now find myself on a very friendly basis with my housemate. She is a lovely woman, and very courageous, having suffered many traumas in her...
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