{"quotes":[{"text":"Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side chick … or the side dick.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adultery","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","cheat","cheater","cheaters","cheating","commit","commitment","concubine","concubines","courtesan","courtesans","date","dating","funny","girlfriend","girlfriends","heartbreak","heartbreaker","heartbreakers","heartbreaking","heartbroken","hetaera","hetaerae","hetaeras","hetaira","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","hurt","hurting","hurts","infidelity","joke","jokes","kept-woman","kept-women","love","marriage","marriages","marry","mistress","mistresses","relationship","relationships","satire","side-chick","side-chicks","side-dick","side-dicks","wedding","weddings"],"id":17425,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Being a bad parent is a sign of not having learned from experience.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aphorism","aphorisms","bad-parent","bad-parenting","bad-parents","child","children","experience","experienced","families","family","good-parent","good-parenting","good-parents","humor","humour","kid","kids","learn-from-experience","marriage","marriages","nuclear-families","nuclear-family","offspring","parent","parenthood","parenting","parenting-tip","parenting-tips","parents","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","relationship","relationships","satire","seasoned","wedding","weddings"],"id":38515,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...Whether with a loved one or with God Himself.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["a","any","are","destroyers","develop","friendship","god","greatest","himself","it","loved","marriages","of","one","or","overcommitment","takes","the","time","time-pressure","to","whether","with"],"id":45074,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["abolish","abolishment","aphorism","aphorisms","aspiration","aspirations","aspire","boyfriend","boyfriends","couple","couples","divorce","divorced","divorcee","divorces","dream","dreamer","dreamers","dreams","girlfriend","girlfriends","goal","goals","humor","humour","institution","institutions","love","man","marriage","marriages","married","marry","men","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","relationship-goal","relationship-goals","satire","vow","vows","wedding","wedding-vows","weddings","woman","women"],"id":49683,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.","author":"Shannon L. 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Never settle for someone that didn't know your worth from the beginning, or build a life without God in it. Live beyond your low expectations.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["bravery","competing","competition","confidence","exboyfriends","exgirlfiend","false-love","goals","god-s-plan","jealous-woman","lies","living-a-lie","marriages","mediocrity","purpose","relationships","saddness","self-esteem","self-worth","settling","sorrow"],"id":88829,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"For breakfast to be called ‘in bed’ instead of ‘on top of a bed,’ the house in which it is about to be eaten has to have at least two rooms (excluding the kitchen); (at least) three, if it has a bathroom.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["anniversary","ate","b-b","bathroom","bathrooms","bed-and-breakfast","breakfast","breakfast-in-bed","breakfasted","breakfasts","chase","court","courtship","eat","eaten","food","hit-on","hitting-on","house","houses","kitchen","kitchens","marriage","marriages","meal","meals","morning","nutrition","poor","poverty","pursue","restroom","restrooms","romance","romantic","room","rooms","toilet","toilets","wedding","weddings","woo"],"id":115200,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was and is still a prince.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","breakup","breakups","date","dating","divorce","divorces","fable","fables","fairy-tale","fairy-tales","fantasies","fantasy","fiction","frog","frogs","funny","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","joke","jokes","king","kings","kiss","kiss-a-frog","kiss-a-lot-of-frogs","kisser","kissers","kissing","marriage","marriages","prince","princes","princess","princesses","queen","queens","quotations","quotes","relationship","relationships","romance","romantic","satire","woman","women"],"id":123890,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Real relationships are the product of time spent, which is why so many of us have so few of them.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["children","connection","families","family","friends","friendships","husband","invest","investment","marital","marriages","neighbor","priorities","relationships","sacrifice","sacrificial","spouse","time","wife"],"id":139401,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":32,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}