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" I always thought I&amp;#039;d learn the ins and outs of love from married people who have been through it all. So I pay close attention to what these &amp;quot;successful&amp;quot; people say about their experiences. But the things the successful people say are tough to emulate. Here are common things I&amp;#039;ve heard from couples regarding meeting the right person and settling down:  He&amp;#039;s unlike any of the guys I dated all through life.  My mom says this about my dad all the time. Actually, she says: &amp;quot;I used to go for good looking jerks. Then I met your father. He was just so nice.&amp;quot; I guess my dad&amp;#039;s different because he&amp;#039;s not good looking, but at least he&amp;#039;s not a jerk. This statement makes me think I can overcome a girl&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;type&amp;quot;. According to many couples, people go for the same type for a long time only to end up with someone who is a different type than they ever dated. Perhaps this should motivate me because I could be that new type of guy my dream girl never tried out before...or I could just be rejected because I&amp;#039;m not her type.  Ugh, I didn&amp;#039;t like him at first,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;He was so annoying at first.&amp;quot;  I love this one. I have a friend who said this guy who was pursuing her was &amp;quot;annoying&amp;quot;. But she kept going on dates with him. Her Facebook page chronicled the progression of their relationship: dating, in a relationship, engaged. Why would you get engaged to someone who annoyed you? Many women I talk to say they &amp;quot;didn&amp;#039;t like him at first,&amp;quot; about their significant other. I guess this is kind of natural-it takes a while to grow on someone. This encourages me to go for the scores of women who I annoy at first...and trust me there are a lot of them.  &amp;quot;I was dating someone else, but then I met him.&amp;quot;  I&amp;#039;ve always envied the guy who can walk into a woman&amp;#039;s life and render her relationship with the other guy meaningless. It&amp;#039;s not so romantic, despite being the formula for many romantic comedies. In a sense the new guy is opening the woman&amp;#039;s eyes to a new world, to caring about someone on a higher plane, in a deeper way. So should I try to break a girl up with her boyfriend? Common sense tells me not to try to do this, but anything&amp;#039;s possible, right?  &amp;quot;He kept trying, and we just ended up together.&amp;quot;  Persistence usually doesn&amp;#039;t pay, but I guess it does in some cases. This doesn&amp;#039;t bode well for my &amp;quot;call her once and don&amp;#039;t call again if she doesn&amp;#039;t call back&amp;quot; policy. To me, persistence means creepiness. Why keep trying when she doesn&amp;#039;t seem in to it? But some couples tell me that they would not be together if it were not for the effort and persistence of one of the two.  I guess this is romantic, but I don&amp;#039;t know if I can handle more than one rejection. The best chance of this happening is if two people remain friends through the many rejections, I suppose.  &amp;quot;I knew they were the one as soon as I saw them.&amp;quot;  Honestly, how do people do this? I want to walk into a room, lock eyes with my dream girl, and mutually know that we are the ones that will make each other happy forever. Problem is, I&amp;#039;ve thought many girls I lay eyes on at might be &amp;quot;the one,&amp;quot; and I&amp;#039;m always wrong. I tend to make stories up in my head while gazing at a cute girl-- psycho. Maybe these people are just making it up. It&amp;#039;s easy to say it after the fact-hindsight is 20/20. Wow, I&amp;#039;m bitter. Looking at this list, it seems that things either happen right at the moment when people meet, or the two grow on one another over a period of time. My theory is that the whole stupid dating world is random. One day maybe it will just happen-maybe not the way I want it too, but I&amp;#039;ll see a friend in a different light, run into an old friend who I start dating, or experience love at first site. What are your thoughts on the statements above? Do you agree they are common statements among married/dating couples? Did you feel any of these ways upon meeting your significant other? Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/richravens "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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