RULE 18

You can’t make someone love you

It’s possible this is one of the hardest things to accept when it comes to matters of the heart. You find the person you’ve been looking for all your life. Trouble is, they don’t seem to have realized it.

Maybe you met recently and you’re head over heels, but they don’t seem very keen. You’re hanging on desperately, sure that they must soon realize you are made for each other … Or maybe you’ve actually been together as a couple for years – they are very fond of you, after all, and being with you is easy – but deep down you know they don’t really love you.

Sooner or, maybe, later they’ll tell you that things just aren’t working out, but you don’t want to hear it. You try to persuade them to give you another ...

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