((Patty))

I hear you.

I think knowing that you may have to drop a relationship that is not good for you is solid and sound. (rejecting a bad mate is smart, I think, and an acquired ability)

To avoid relationships because they can be painful is not best for our need for love and companionship though.

Sometimes, we have to take risks. They work out or they don't.

If we are in control of ourselves, and clearly make better choices and decisions, and I don't mean in the heat of the moments, but in clarity, overall, we don't have to fear love.

Love is all around us ... oh no, I sound like a song, lol.

True though, so, hopefully, we learn enough about ourselves when we are alone that we do not project our thoughts and feelings on others - we see them for who they are - not in a deluded state - as well as ourselves with them.

Will it always work out, even the best matched?

No. But, it can be worth trying. It's the abusers and users and people who have issues way over our abilities to handle that need to be deleted from our list of possibilities.

Peace and Love,
Nightbird