30+ Hard Truths People Refuse to Believe

There are a lot of things that we repeat blithely without ever actually stopping to think what they really mean and whether they make sense. “It takes two to tango,” for instance; certainly, a one-person tango would look a little silly, but it’s possible to tango without having a partner.

Or what about “You can’t love someone else until you love yourself”? It might be true that you’ll do a better job at loving other people if you love yourself first, but certainly it’s possible to love someone else while you hate yourself. Isn’t that the angsty phase most people go through when they’re teenagers?