February 9, 2006

hypothetical

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” ~Maureen Dowd

To settle, or not to settle. That is the question.

Say you meet someone. You get along fairly well. You have some stuff in common. You like them a lot. Being with them makes you feel pretty good. Say you’re with this person for awhile. Say they want to get married. Should you settle?

What if there’s someone else out there. Someone you haven’t met yet. Someone that you’re not even certain if they exist. Someone that the mere thought of them will send shivers to your core. Someone that you just click with. Someone that makes you feel not just “pretty good” but amazing. Should you give up what you have in search of that? What if it doesn’t exist?

Furthermore, what if you found it already? That one person who makes you feel on top of the world. But for one reason or another, you can’t have them anymore. Is there, could there, will there be another? Or should you settle, even now knowing what is possible? Could you ever be truly happy like that?
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February 10, 2006

If you settle, you’ll never be happy. Trust me. I’m going through that right now. I settled, and I’m def not happy. Yes, I love my husband. But I had better and I miss that. I know I settled, and I def regret it. Hope this helps.

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jgirl

well, if you settle, you won’t be happy. so i want to say no. but if you don’t settle, and you don’t find the person that makes you feel amazing you might be even unhappier… no one said life was easy… good luck with everything!

WantingMore

Hypothetically speaking, 19 is way too young to settle for even a bad hamburger. I am trying to figure out if 46 is too young to settle. The only people successful at settling are people who can’t dream. But are they living?

exciter

but then again, if you live your whole life chasing a dream, you fail to see the wonders that are right in front of you. ~

I say don’t settle.

Silver Luna

I’m going to break the trend and advise settling…eventually. 19 is way too young, you’re still developing into the person you are going to be for the rest of your life. And it all depends on what you’re settling for. If you’ve found someone you can be happy with, be comfortable with, why waste it is persuit of a dream that may or may not come true?

I agree with your quote. NEVER settle, for anything.