# What are some of the greatest things you know now that you wished you knew back then?

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-greatest-things-you-know-now-that-you-wished-you-knew-back-then/970041/31 "2022-08-25T13:10:37Z")

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You can love people from afar. It’s how to keep loving the toxic people in your family. Because it’s much easier on your psyche to find a way to love them, than it is to loath them.

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