Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment. W. Somerset Maugham
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The quote, “It’s rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he’s in love with you,” is one of those quotes that sounds extremely romantic and sweet at first, but can quickly turn into something completely different as soon as the relationship has gone south. It’s an example of how our minds can misconstrue what we hear from others. You might be used to this sort of thing happening if you’ve ever been in a long-term relationship and your significant other said something along the lines of: “I don’t think we should be doing this anymore. It just isn’t working out.

I’m so sorry. It was fun while it lasted, but I think we should end it. I want to be with someone who wants the same things I do.

I don’t want to spend my life with someone who doesn’t share my goals and dreams.” When you hear those words from your partner, you might automatically assume that all of his thoughts and feelings about you were entirely literal, and that he didn't mean them as metaphors at all. The fact is, what your partner may say during a break-up or divorce is not always literal, or meant to be taken literally. He may instead use these phrases as part of a type of emotional blackmail called "psychological rape."

Source: The Painted Veil

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