Found What You Were Looking For?

@Kandae11 (53679)
February 3, 2023 8:55am CST
Before meeting that special someone every young man or woman may dream of that special someone having certain qualities. It happens for some, they do find what they wanted - even if not a full ten . However , some of us keep looking and looking. As time passes we decide to settle for less or none at all. There is a saying - "half a loaf is better than no bread". What do you say? Did you find what you were looking for? Would you settle for half a loaf? Is money a very important factor? Would you choose to live alone? Pixabay image
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@FourWalls (62063)
• United States
3 Feb 23
There was that U2 song, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” I have. Peace, contentment, knowing God and knowing He loves me…better than any amount of money on earth.
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@FourWalls (62063)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@Kandae11 — the most important thing!! Here’s the song.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
@FourWalls That was quick. Thank you.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
Awesome! So there is a song with that title? I suppose l can find it on Youtube. What you have found is so very very important.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
3 Feb 23
Like FourWalls, I too thought of the U2 song with your title. I think I have found what I was looking for, pretty much. Wish things could be different but they are not. So I try to be happy with how things are.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
My situation too. I am kind of counting my blessings . However l am watching the years go by and sometimes question - what if or should l have?
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
@CarolDM Yes the questions are always there as our lives unfold.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
3 Feb 23
@Kandae11 I always wonder "who you'd be today" with my son.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
3 Feb 23
Very early in my life I decided what I wanted and found him. I got married a couple of months after turning 18. I never regreted it.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
Wonderful. I am happy that it worked out just the way you wanted.
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@marguicha (215325)
• Chile
3 Feb 23
@Kandae11 It did. I was blessed.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
@marguicha Definitely.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
3 Feb 23
I survive on the thought - It is not how much you have but what you make of what you have leads to happiness.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
4 Feb 23
@Kandae11 Also what can't be cured has to be endured.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
Or contentment.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
@allknowing. Not necessarily. We have just one life on this earth so we should try to the best of our ability to enjoy the years we are given.
@RebeccasFarm (86731)
• United States
3 Feb 23
All I know is, I wish you and I had met good men instead of the ones we got Kandase. I am fine on my own now.
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• United States
3 Feb 23
@Kandae11 We lived to tell and raise our sons with dignity.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
All in the past. At least we survived.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
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@LeaPea2417 (36428)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Feb 23
Yes, my husband was the one I was looking for. We have been married 35 years.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
5 Feb 23
@Kandae11 good for these people who found what their looking for. No help to those who are still looking and face this dilema.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
Congratulations are in order. Keep the fires burning.
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@Juliaacv (48369)
• Canada
4 Feb 23
I would never ever settle, that is what our dating years are for. After quite a few decades I am still so happy, and he still turns my heard.
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@Juliaacv (48369)
• Canada
4 Feb 23
@Kandae11 We met at the perfect age as we were both old enough to know what we wanted yet young enough to enjoy and savour that special time of young love, and it has only grown from there.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
5 Feb 23
@Kandae11 no time is wasted. Even if you have a short moment's happiness. We live and learn.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
Wonderful! Sometimes we make wrong choices and sometimes we waste precious time as of we will be forever young.
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@LadyDuck (457822)
• Switzerland
3 Feb 23
I knew what I wanted and I found the full ten I wanted. I would have preferred to live alone than to accept someone I did not fully like.
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@LadyDuck (457822)
• Switzerland
3 Feb 23
@Kandae11 You just have to evaluate if that half is good enough for you or if you will regret in the future.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
Wonderful that you did. I am still trying to decide if l should have accepted my half a loaf.
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@DianneN (246525)
• United States
6 Feb 23
My husband found me while I had someone who I thought was perfect for me. I never settle for anything, and at the time, my husband was just starting his career. Didn't imagine he would be so successful. I wouldn't choose to live without him.
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@DianneN (246525)
• United States
6 Feb 23
@Kandae11 Thank you! No regrets at all, thank goodness.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
6 Feb 23
He showed up just at the right time and claimed his true love. Definitely no regrets there for either of you.
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@just4him (305792)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Feb 23
If I had gotten half a loaf, that would have been something. I should have kept looking. Oh well. Live and learn. I'm living alone now.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
I got about a quarter of that loaf which l could not accept and l was turned off from looking anymore. I am quite happy alone but sometimes l wonder - what if? .....
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@just4him (305792)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Feb 23
@Kandae11 I think I'm still looking for Mr. Right. I am quite settled living alone though.
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@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Feb 23
While no-one is perfect, I don't think it's a good idea to settle for half a loaf. And money shouldn't be a factor but, having said that, it's hard on relationships if money is really tight.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
You're right about that . Lack of money has been the contributing factor in many breakups.
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@Shiva49 (26196)
• Singapore
4 Feb 23
I got married over forty years ago. The approach to looking for a spouse was different in a conservative society. The man was supposed to be the main breadwinner and I took that role seriously! Give and take was our policy though some may think one giving and the other taking! That approach has served us well.
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@Shiva49 (26196)
• Singapore
4 Feb 23
@Kandae11 Thanks
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
That is a long time to be married. Congratulations to you and your wife.
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@db20747 (43426)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
5 Feb 23
Either you can keep looking or go with what's there. The person may not be your perfect cup of tea, but they're nice people and hard-working with good traits like willing to help you out. I'd say give those a try.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
5 Feb 23
You might even fall in love with that person - eventually.
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@aninditasen (15723)
• Raurkela, India
4 Feb 23
My life partner was selected by my parents. However in my next birth I would like to be financially stable and then choose a life partner. I would rather lead a life alone then have a pestering, selfish life partner or in-laws.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
3 Feb 23
It all depends on the circumstances, and whether or not you could be happy without the full loaf. Some people are just incompatible and shouldn't be together...even though they are fond of or even love each other.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
I know that for a fact.
@1creekgirl (40489)
• United States
4 Feb 23
Dale and I married far too young (18 and 20) and had many ups and downs. But we were blessed when God saved us and put our marriage back together after being separated a year. We still had our share of trials, but even as different as we are, I don't think any couple could love each other more than we do.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
4 Feb 23
God blessed your union and saved it.No marriage can be perfect. That is why we need God's guiding hands to lead us.
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
3 Feb 23
I had certain ideas about the man I'd marry one day. Yet, the man I did marry, was completely different. It turned out, however, that he was just right.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
3 Feb 23
Wow! It also happens that you might be searching far and wide and Mr. Right is right under your nose.
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
14 Feb 23
Mine was a sweet mess.
• United States
4 Feb 23
Money is not an important factor for me it may be for a lot of others but I choose to look at the soul of a person the total person I choose to look past the outside of a person because the real to get to know a person is to go beyond the surface outside stuff and get to know that I'm from there so hard mine and the inner workings of who they are to answer your question I have found my person we match purse perfectly and I thank God that I have bad relationships in life so that I was able to find the good one the diamond and the rough as they say I love him to life and he loves me to life too we joke perfectly together because we have been three the same sort of things in life thanks for this question hope to read more from you soon.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
5 Feb 23
I am glad that you have found your true love after a few mishaps along the way. May God keep you and continue to strengthen your relationship.