Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.

Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).

Some people hate being single so much that they are often the boyfriend or girlfriend of someone who they do not love.

A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.

Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.

Many of those who were left because of an argument with their partners were right.

In innumerable cases, the woman fell in love, not with the man, but with the lifestyle that came with being his girlfriend, wife, or mistress.

Sometimes a woman offers a man friendship out of pity, as a consolation, or as a consolation prize, for his failure to make her want him, or at least agree to be in a relationship with him.

Many a man once started a friendship with a woman just to get into her life, with the sole intention of making her his girlfriend as soon as he could.