We Need to Stop Saying This at the Beginning of Relationships

I’m Not Like Anyone Else

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I’m not like other men/women.

I wouldn’t do that to you.

I will always love you.

If that last one didn’t cue Whitney Houston or Dolly Parton singing in your head, we can’t be friends. But let’s think about all the statements we tend to make at the start of a relationship. Making these kinds of declarations is so commonplac…