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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to StayIБЂ™ve lived in a big old house in Boston for almost twenty years. When the real estate agent first showed it to me, students were living there and it was a mess. I took one look and said no way. Then for some reason I went back with a friend and she said, БЂњHang on a second, it just needs a cleaning and a clearing out of all this junk. Then itБЂ™ll be great.БЂ« She was right. It turned out that with just some cleaning and paint the house was terrific. ThatБЂ™s the way it is with a lot of relationships. ThereБЂ™s a surface of day-to-day experiences that might feel awful, but below the surface thereБЂ™s what I call a satisfaction-producing core. ItБЂ™s there as solidly and clearly as a sturdy well-built house might be there underneath some dirt and clutter. What makes a relationship actually too good to leave is when it has that satisfaction-producing core. Now letБЂ™s look at the other alternative. WeБЂ™ve all known houses that look good on the outside, but thereБЂ™s structural damage due to a poorly laid foundation or major termite infestation or water damage or many other problems ...» |
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