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Your Efforts in Dating Won’t Equal the Outcome You Want

The Reality of Expectations in Love

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Joe Gibson
Jun 25, 2024
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The Reality of Expectations in Love

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I was recently listening to a wonderful podcast on dating anxiety and one statement stuck out to me: The mistake of assuming that our efforts will lead to specific outcomes.

That if we show up a certain way in our dating life, we’ll be gifted with the relationship we crave. As the host …

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