# "Before you can love anyone else, you have to love yourself." Huh?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-can-love-anyone-else-you-have-to-love-yourself-huh/207884>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 16, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-can-love-anyone-else-you-have-to-love-yourself-huh/207884 "2003-10-16T23:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-can-love-anyone-else-you-have-to-love-yourself-huh/207884/21 "2003-10-18T05:31:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \*  
> \*\*I thought it meant that it is beneficial to masturbate before a hot date. \*\*

Love yourself, don’t \*\*\* LOVE\*\*\* yourself. [sub](at least not while operating heavy machinery)[/sub]

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