The Five Relationships You Have Before You Find the One August 15, 2011 By Mr. Spradley


Behind every married man or woman there usually can be found a number of men and women who, at some point, thought they might be the one but were lost along the way. We rarely talk about these relationships, these stepping stones to the altar because ultimately, marriage is the holy grail of relationships; once one hits that pinnacle, everything that came before seems to pale in comparison. But those relationships deserve better because without them there’s a good chance we’d never have been able to recognize the real thing when we found it. Over the years, I’ve noticed that of all the different iterations of romantic relationships five stand out as the ones we have before we settle down. In today’s post I want to identify each and discuss why they’re important.
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Good Stuff

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Sometimes the very thing we crave is the thing we try hardest to avoid .

A new job, a new home ,a new love, a new investment ...


It is
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Go brave

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Why is it that whenever people decide to do good for their communities or fellow man most people start arguing about what the government isn't doing?

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People need People

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Recently my friend Elke had a Facebook status that basically said everyone wants to be seen as an over comer but no one wants anything to overcome.

How true is this?


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An over comer

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Every time I hear a woman say this I get angry very angry, if all men are dogs then all women are what exactly?

I believe that there are two types of women who go around saying this...


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All men are dogs

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For the original post click here:Veronica

A lot depends on why you broke up. Anytime there is a restraining order, no friendship can come.

Fifteen years of ex's under my belt, and very few have survived to become true friends.

But yes. Yes, after a considerable amount of time passes, after you have both really moved on, yes. Yes, you can be friends.

I say, the two big reasons why normal people that have had an average break up with no restraining orders, cant stay friends are:
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Being friends with your ex...

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"Remember how you save me now/from all of my wrongs"

I want to write of love but my inks stills

Cause we’re not in love you see but he loves me

And I love him

Except he hasn’t told me this
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Have you ever looked at the weather forecast and go "this must be a joke!"? Here I am looking at the forecast for a particular city and there is a grey cloud with a thunder bolt through it and the sun peeping from the back.

What kind of day is that really?
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ramblings on the weather

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This week on Facebook someone had up a status that went something like this- some of life's lessons are painful but boy do we learn .

At first I shook my head in agreement but then after I started thinking of times when I fell in the same hole twice.


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lesson learnt?

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Give thanks no matter how little you think you have. You will always have more than someone else, there will always be someone dying to walk a minute in your shoes.

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Give Thanks

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