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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance - Oscar Wilde.

Self-doubt happens at 30, and self-acceptance begins in middle age (It is a conditional probability - occurs only when one is open to accepting). A nicely written piece and I couldn't help but agree with "Jasmine".

Wishing Longing Love, Jasmine, all the single, and not-so-single ladies - a lifelong romance. Cheers :)

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This is gorgeous and complex and tender. It really spoke to me. <3

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Can something be both solid and tender? Yes. This advice. Thanks, Jasmine. 💛

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Sound advice. But as a man in a very different cultural context, my heart sank with her mother’s advice. I’m about to lose my wife. The love of my life. To her fourth battle with cancer. And yet I feel lucky for our rich and complex years together. Loving myself will not compare.

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