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I saw some pretty poor advice on Facebook this morning (imagine that...) from one friend to another, and wanted to hear y'all's opinions about it...
So, basically what happened was that a divorced person is now in a new relationship, and some photos said person posted of the new person in their life started some drama. Other people commented about this, and one person said,
"Hey, be in love. Be happy. Forget the rest."
And it just made me kind of cringe...because it basically is saying that when we're in love, when we're happy, we have a free license to do what we please- hurt others, in this case, or in other similar situations it's often meant that we can just ignore common courtesy for those around us or act however we want because hey, we should just be in love and be happy. Right?
On one hand, I understand the sentiment behind it- don't let other people's issues drag you down. That's all well and good, but then...on the other hand, the attitude of it seems more like...Who cares what anyone else thinks or feels? If you're happy, then that's the only thing that matters.
And I just feel like that's such a wrong attitude.
I don't know. What do you guys think? Should people who are in love be free to say/do whatever they please without regard to those around them? Is their happiness what matters most, and everyone else can go jump in a lake?
So, basically what happened was that a divorced person is now in a new relationship, and some photos said person posted of the new person in their life started some drama. Other people commented about this, and one person said,
"Hey, be in love. Be happy. Forget the rest."
And it just made me kind of cringe...because it basically is saying that when we're in love, when we're happy, we have a free license to do what we please- hurt others, in this case, or in other similar situations it's often meant that we can just ignore common courtesy for those around us or act however we want because hey, we should just be in love and be happy. Right?
On one hand, I understand the sentiment behind it- don't let other people's issues drag you down. That's all well and good, but then...on the other hand, the attitude of it seems more like...Who cares what anyone else thinks or feels? If you're happy, then that's the only thing that matters.
And I just feel like that's such a wrong attitude.
I don't know. What do you guys think? Should people who are in love be free to say/do whatever they please without regard to those around them? Is their happiness what matters most, and everyone else can go jump in a lake?