4 Incredible Things You Learn About Love When You Stop Settling For The Bare Minimum

You learn how wonderful healthy love can truly be.

Thought Catalog

2 min readMay 23

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By Molly Burford

1. You learn that you deserve more than the basics.

You learn that you want more than the bare minimum, too. You are no longer impressed…

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