Dating Advice: Love Shouldnt Hurt
by: Terry Hernon MacDonald

Because when pain has been intertwined with love and closeness, its very difficult to believe that love and closeness can be experienced without pain. -Gloria Steinem, Revolution from Within.

If you tend to attract men who disappoint you (by cheating on you, not showing up when they say they will, or just refusing to get off the couch), you may be confusing love with pain.

So many of us have been brought up to believe that pain is normal, even expected, in a love relationship. Without it, the relationship seems flat, boring. We crave drama. (Why is it that so many women have great sex after a fight with a significant other?)

A happy, loving relationship eludes us because we dont recognize it when we see it, or because we simply believe its not possible (News Flash: According to a recent Today Show, all men lie. All of them! I wasnt aware that men have a monopoly on lying or other bad behavior. I know some women who are breathtaking liars. Dont you?).

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