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so the question here is she is dating a guy that she really really likes a lot but he's got a quota on how many times he wants to see her.

Okay, a quota. Certain amount of time. It's a cap really more than anything

else. So I got this in my D.M. a couple of days ago. Bert, four months ago, I think I started dating

your emotional spirit animal.

Huh, she says, he, like you, wants to be engaged in a relationship that centers around two people, quote unquote, missing each other.

Okay, so let me stop here for just one second

and explain what she's talking about.

So after I got out of, after my fiance and I broke up,

you know, you start to think about like what is it that you really want in your future?

What works for you, not are you trying to live into?

What model are you trying to live into?

But if you're being authentic with yourself like what works for you and I've said

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