{"id":52,"date":"2006-06-27T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2006-06-27T03:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/2006\/06\/27\/honorable-mention-readers-story-competition\/"},"modified":"2006-09-26T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T02:44:48","slug":"honorable-mention-readers-story-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/2006\/06\/27\/honorable-mention-readers-story-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorable Mention Readers Story Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d like to share these important lessons and inspiring messages that our readers have discovered in their journey to find happiness and love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alisa Audet<\/strong> (who has found her Mr. Right):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I truly believe when you focus on having fun together, you will be more successful in relationships.&nbsp; I had a lot of guy coaches too!&nbsp; They taught me what men truly want. They want to be appreciated, want to have fun (a playmate), and they want a caring woman.<\/p>\n<p>I learned through experience that when a man hurts your feelings or doesn&#39;t give you what you were wanting not to make a big deal out of it.&nbsp; Make a big deal out of what he does right and you&#39;ll find he won&#39;t mess up! Also, learn to communicate without hurtful words.<\/p>\n<p>Couples that play together&#8230;&#8230;stay together.<\/p>\n<p>Respect, honor, and have fun! That is what makes dating successful! Most of all&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;be yourself!<\/p>\n<p>The right person is worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Rachel Buenviaje:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Me and my current boyfriend have been going out for about a year now. Though there are things I find unusual in him but as our relationship progresses, I began to realize that compatibility is not everything. A couple could still survive despite their differences. Diversity in a relationship can set some space for growth, for both parties.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> It may be difficult during the adjustment period, but I realized accepting your partner&#39;s weakness and appreciating his strengths is all that matters&#8230;.<br \/> &nbsp;<br \/> One thing I learned in love, never measure LoVe. Coz there&#39;s no measure in true love. All that matters is the way you feel for one another, and the way you value each other&#39;s presence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Reena James:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. It&#39;s like God is preparing us and when we&#39;re ready, then we will meet the one. Breakups are hard and hurtful, but that&#39;s God&#39;s exam to us in life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d like to share these important lessons and inspiring messages that our readers have discovered in their journey to find happiness and love. Alisa Audet (who has found her Mr. Right): I truly believe when you focus on having fun together, you will be more successful in relationships.&nbsp; I had a lot of guy coaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,15,31],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-readers-stories","tag-better-relationships","tag-inspiration","tag-meet-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.000relationships.com\/tomen\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}