“There is a difference between 'committing to the right person while you're young' and 'settling for someone while you're young out of obligation or fear or both.'”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Love, Fear, Obligation
“Sure, as human beings, we all inherently deserve love and respect and kindness, but we don't all get it (and we sure as hell don't all give it). That means you have to take it for yourself. You have to draw your own lines and write your own rules.”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.comTagged: Standards, Love, kindness, Expectations
“It may take ten relationships or twenty years before you're even able to identify who Mr. or Ms. Right would be. Trust that the process is the unfolding, that there's no time limit or trial period you have to fit your life into before you expire into a settled forever.”— Brianna Wiest, bustle.comTagged: Standards, Settling, Marriage, Forever