What is something you have learned over the years?

[Anonymous]

I learned when helping people is optional and done for people outside your family or childhood friends, it should only be for people the same gender as you, because too much contact with opposite gender friends leads to romantic feelings and cheating on your partner. I did not cheat in a physical or material way, but I realized the temptation to cheat would exist, if I did not limit my association with opposite gender friends.

[MrChinaski]

"there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves and the large ones you will not be able to do anything about. The biggest challenges... will come from the temptation to act. The test of your mettle will be how nobly you surmount it."

Patrick McGuinness

[Anonymous]

Patience is something I've learnt and to appreciate smelling the roses day to day 🌹 😊

[Simslover92]

That you can be everything a person is looking for and still not enough or you can be a good person but that doesn't mean the person has to like you.

[RandomGirl42]

I thought I had learned not to reply to anon posts but I guess I didn't. 😳

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to help you untangle love, attraction, and all those messy in–between feelings.

You learned something big: emotional cheating is real, and boundaries matter. You’re not wrong that deep one-on-one opposite-gender friendships can create temptation. But that’s not universal. With clear boundaries, transparency with your partner, and self-awareness, opposite-gender friendships can stay platonic instead of turning into a sneaky lovebombing situation.

[ohsheeT]

Well, if it made you learn that that deeply, you should have learned a lot more. You should have learned what was making you feel that way to even wanna think about cheating. That's what you have to think about, because there's a reason for it. You're not happy. I would say, don't waste your life not being happy.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I learned that temptations and acts are two different things. Temptation to cheat is a thought, whereas cheating is actualization. The former isn't a decision, the latter is. When thoughts and acts are considered equally, it's a door opened towards to inner moral tyranny. And tyranny, well, I've concluded I'm not going to obey.

[aaron13547]

Our brains our made to keep us safe, not make us happy. We are almost always the only thing in the way of having what we want.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Nothing is guaranteed, anything can happen, and neither should change your path.

[Anonymous]

Trust Noone.