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_6pvr on May 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of ...

An inability to be happy without a person is not the same as a person making you happy.

"I'm miserable when my partner isn't around", is not the same as "I'm happier when my partner is around". Does that make sense?

xboxnolifes on May 4, 2021 [–]

That isn't what I was replying to.

_6pvr on May 4, 2021 | [–]

> Why bother finding a partner.

> "I'm happier when my partner is around"

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