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"Very important question of the day: Is bad timing when it comes to relationships a Thing or Not A Thing? Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a video of a TV interview with a smart, cute, nice guy (sometimes it feels very hard to find one of those!) she&amp;amp;#8217;d gone out with once upon a time, lamenting &amp;amp;#8220;Why did I mess things up with this guy?!?&amp;amp;#8221; Well, we both knew what she was thinking. She&amp;amp;#8217;d gone out with him right after she&amp;amp;#8217;d broken up with her boyfriend of seven years, and she was kind of a hot mess emotionally so things just didn&amp;amp;#8217;t work out. But fast forward a year or so and she&amp;amp;#8217;s in a much better place, so now of course she&amp;amp;#8217;s all shoulda coulda woulda. I&amp;#x27;ve totally felt the same way! But how much does timing really matter? It matters, for sure, but I don&amp;#x27;t think timing alone can kill a potential relationship. It definitely affects the course of dating, but I kind of think if my friend had really been into this guy, she would have figured out a way for it to happen despite being in a weird emotional place. Maybe it would have taken some effort and a lot of time, but if you really like someone, you make it work. So I&amp;#x27;m thinking that in addition to not being ready, this just wasn&amp;#x27;t the guy for her even if he was good on paper. I don&amp;#x27;t mean that in a &amp;quot;If he&amp;#x27;s really your soul mate, it will happen when it&amp;#x27;s meant to be&amp;quot; kind of way (I don&amp;#x27;t even believe in soul mates!), just that while timing is a factor, it&amp;#x27;s just one of many factors you have to consider and deal with if you really want to be with someone. But what do you think? Can timing really ruin a relationship, or is it just an excuse to end something that isn&amp;#x27;t going to work anyway? Have you ever dated someone that you think it could have really worked out with, except for the timing? Other dating questions: *Dating Question: Is This End-of-the-Night Phrase the Kiss of Death? *Poll: Do You Like To Choose The Place for a First Date Or Do You Want Him To Take Charge? *Do You Have A Go-To Rejection Line For Guys You&amp;#x27;re Not Into? Here&amp;#x27;s the Lie My Friend Used To Tell... Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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