Gracie's thoughts

Just because someone doesn’t love you
the way you want them to,
doesn’t mean they don’t love you
with everything they have.

Like all sweeping assertions that brush aside exceptions with a broad stroke of pen, this too must be taken with a pinch of salt.

It only means that the person who falls short of your expectations in love, may also be loving you but in their own way, but projecting a wrong image because of their failure to openly express and ...

• Someone who really loves you sees what a mess you can be, how moody you can get, how hard you are to handle but still want you in their life.
• I won't wait forever for you to love me back.
• Sometimes you need to stop thinking about other people's feelings and think about yourself and what would you be better off doing.
• Silence is the best answer to a lot of questions.
• Don't just change for the better. Change for the best.
• This world would be a better place if people just treated each

...

I've learned -
that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned-
that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned-
that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned-
that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned-
that ...

Love. Amour. Amore. In popular fiction, the signs of true love tend toward the melodramatic: heart palpitations, loss of sleep, loss of appetite, blowing curtains, fireworks. If you feel these things, however, you're not so much in love as in lust. So lust aside, here's a sampling of the undeniable signs of true love — and good (emotional) health.

You're willing to explain why you don't want to date others
With all the nasty little diseases around, the idea of sleeping around ...

• You make me vulnerable. 😍💖💖💖
  
• Just like a diamond, the more I'm cut, sliced,and hurt, the more I shine.
  
• I regret opening up to some people, they didn't deserve to know me like that. But that's what we call experience.
  
• You could get your heart broken or you could have the greatest love affair the world has ever known. But you’re never gonna know unless you try.
  
• If someone is strong enough to bring you down, show

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Ever been Panty-zoned? Ooh boy, we don't even want to talk about this one...

When the word "friend zone" was added as an official entry in the Oxford Dictionary we realized that shit was getting real. But whether the word is being defined by an established source like Oxford, Urban Dictionary, or maybe a bitter friend, there are two things that we can truly agree on:

1) It sucks to be a victim of it.

2) It really, really sucks.

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New studies suggest that being socially active is good for your health.

wo recent studies, one in the journal Psychology and Aging and another in the British Medical Journal, reaffirm the importance of remaining socially engaged in late life.

The first study found that being socially active and having social goals was associated with improved well-being in later life. Moreover, the researchers found that social ties were more important than family ties in that regard. ...