Before dating, get clear on how you love and what you'll accept. People skip this step, miss red flags like disrespect toward others, then end up with narcissists. Know your standards first.
I think the most important thing to do when you're single is to know yourself and to know how you like to love and how you like to be loved. I don't think we do that with honesty all the time. Like, and I used to be this way. I was single and then, you know, your heart breaks and all this stuff. And then you go, okay, so where's my guy? I want to find my guy. You go try to find your guy without even finding yourself, without even really knowing yourself and what you like, what you don't like, what you can accept, what you wouldn't. like all these different things. So then what happens is you meet a guy and then all of a sudden you see all these amazing things about the guy but you don't realize these other things that he does. Oh, he doesn't treat waiters very well. Months later you start going, wait a second, I think this guy's a narcissist and I didn't realize it.
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