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Finding the right person is hard. Being attracted to the wrong one is just as common. In this episode of Office Hours, I explore why some people find themselves stuck in the same dating patterns over and over again, pursuing partners who are unavailable, manipulative, emotionally destructive, or struggling with addiction.
Highlighted moments
Non-alcoholic daughters of alcoholics were more than twice as likely to marry an alcoholic as non-alcoholic daughters of non-alcoholics.
“An addiction is a relationship. And I got news for you. It's the most important relationship to an addict.”
“the shorter the time frame was for what they were looking for the more likely they were to attract somebody with psychopathic or sadistic personality traits.”
“they can make themselves out to look like fellow hemophilics. Like, oh, I found my soulmate. We both fell in love in two hours. No, you just, you just attracted the associate to death.”
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