They projected an illusion of warmth with their home-cooking and hand-stitched quilts, yet underneath the facade was an institutional rigidity, as if they were running an orphanage where children would be fed and cared for but never loved. Love was such a key ingredient in molding humans, yet it was inaccessible to kids inside of the system. Renee Carlino
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When you are in a relationship with somebody, do you feel like the relationship is one that is based on love? Or do you feel that the relationship is one that is based on rules? If you are in an abusive relationship, do you feel like the rules are different when you are in the relationship? If your partner makes you go to bed at a certain time, does this make it feel like a loving relationship or does it make it feel like a rule. When you are in an abusive relationship, how often do they use the word love in their conversation with you? Most of us have heard of relationships based on rules. But what about relationships based on love?

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