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<\/a><\/p>\nNobody ever thinks he or she will end up in a love-less marriage, much less an abusive relationship with serious physical abuse. So why do so many people end up with partners who are either abusive or who can\u2019t provide what they really need?<\/p>\n
Much of it is because we are so desperate for love when we\u2019re seeking love that we\u2019re easily fooled by love\u2019s closest counterfeit \u2014 and that counterfeit love is always toxic in the end.<\/p>\n
Preview of new week\u2019s show:<\/strong>\u00a0We often act as though we have forever to do the things we want to do in life, and we act we though we have forever to fix the relationships we\u2019ve broken that we hope to repair one day.<\/p>\n My father taught me that. He had three children who once adored him. He had three different women who had loved him dearly over the years. But when he died, he was alone. The tragedy of his life is that he couldn\u2019t repair the relationships he had destroyed. We\u2019ll take a look at why we often delay repairing the relationships we need \u2014 and what we can do about it \u2014 next week on Love and Hope.<\/p>\n Click or tap the \u201cplay\u201d button to listen. You can subscribe to Love & Hope through iTunes or any of the other major podcast directories. See the complete list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n