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My experience is that "happily ever after" means finding someone who is ready to build a life, when you are ready, as well. I have been with "Mr. Right Now" for 17 years.
Like LW, I learned about relationships at home. My lessons and role models were different than LW's, though. My mother has been married four times, because she cannot chill out and be accepting of her partner. From this, I learned to dial it down a notch. I don't believe that roses on Valentines Day is a measure of my man's love. Because I do not hold him to some arbitrary standard, I find things to cherish, daily.
I would like to recommend that LW rent the movie "As Good As It Gets". When we are open to people in a general way, we are open to all kinds of love.
