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So, when you feel yourself becoming attracted by a young man, pull yourself together in time and ask yourself, if the affair goes on, would you really like him for a husband? SO WHEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF BECOMING ATTRACTED BY A YOUNG MAN PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER IN TIME AND ASK YOURSELF IF THE AFFAIR GOES ON WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE HIM FOR A HU
t to spend peaceful, blissful years with a man whom you have taken casually just because you liked chaffing with him and dancing with him, or playing golf? Think of the hours you must spend with him when these things will be impossible, and if you have no other tastes in common you will find yourself terribly bored. In one of my books I once wrote this maxim: “It is better to marry the life you like, because after a while the man does not matter!” It was a very cynical sentence, but unfortunately true. It is only in the rarest cases that “after a while” either individual really matters to the other. They have at best become habits; they are friendly and jolly, and if “the life” is what they both like all rubs along smoothly enough. But love--that exquisite essence which turned the world into Paradise--is a thing flown away. Now, Caroline, I want yours to be one of those rare cases where love endures for a long time, and even when it alters into friendship continues in perfect sympathy. UNHAPPINESS HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO SPEND PEACEFUL BLISSFUL YEARS WITH A MAN WHOM YOU HAVE TAKEN CASUALLY JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKE CHAFFING WITH HIM OR DANCING WITH HIM OR PLAYING GOLF THINK OF THE HOURS YOU MUST SPEND WITH HIM WHEN THESE THINGS WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AND IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER TASTES IN COMMON YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF TERRIBLY BORED IN ONE OF MY BOOKS I ONCE WROTE THIS MAXIM IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THE LIFE YOU LIKE BECAUSE AFTER A WHILE THE MAN DOES NOT MATTER IT WAS A VERY CYNICAL SENTENCE BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRUE IT IS ONLY IN THE RAREST CASES THAT AFTER A WHILE EITHER INDIVIDUAL REALLY MATTERS TO THE OTHER THEY HAVE AT BEST BECOME HABITS THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND JOLLY BUT IF THE LIFE IS WHAT THEY BOTH LIKE ALL RUBS ALONG SMOOTHLY ENOUGH BUT LOVE THAT EXQUISITE ESSENCE WHICH TURNED THE WORLD INTO PARADISE IS A THING FLOWN AWAY NOW CAROLINE I WANT YOURS TO BE ONE OF THOSE RARE CASES WHERE LOVE ENDURES FOR A LONG TIME AND EVEN WHEN IT ALTERS INTO FRIENDSHIP CONTINUES IN PERFECT SYMPATHY
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