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[quote=Anonymous] For me personally, it was an achievement.  After several very bad relationships, including two which in retrospect were clearly abusive, I was very hesitant to open myself up to any man.  I would be flirty and superficial, but would push away anyone who tried to scratch beneath the surface.  It took overcoming fears for me to build a relationship with my now husband that was open and meaningful.  While it certainly wouldn't need to be the case for everyone, for me getting married intensified that relationship. That felt really risky before hand, and I am glad I overcame that fear.

I put this into the same category of achievements that I would put things like improving my relationship with my mother, overcoming my fear of public speaking, increasing my body strength significantly, learning to cook well and healthily, and things like that.  These are not at all things that I think everyone needs or wants to do, but they are things that were significant to me and that took work and determination.  As far as I know, my friends and family are happy for me when things like this work out well, just as I am happy for them. [/quote]

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