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“There has to be a pattern.”
This is what I thought to myself as I took a look back at 10 failed relationships spanning from high school through post-college.
I recently entered a drug and alcohol recovery program and was putting in the work to heal myself and expose behaviors that seemed to repeat themselves throughout the years.
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Back then, I was what you would call a serial monogamist. I went from relationship to relationship with very little time in between.
I invested a lot of time and energy into each relationship, shared hobbies, gave thoughtful gifts, and rarely engaged in any conflict or disagreement.
But the relationships never worked out.
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