It has been said that as a general rule of relationships women want men to change, and they don't, and men want women not to change, and they do.

>Yup. I've seen WAY too many relationships implode because one of the couple thought they could 'fix' or 'train' the other half, and it never works. Now people who go into relationships who can talk to each other about issues, internal or external, have a much better survival rate.
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>I've never understood the mentality of "I can fix him/her" and have learned to just walk away shaking my head when I run across it.
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>>I'm a firm believe that you can never change somebody by entering in a relationship. The person might act as changed, but will still hold some sort of resentment and contempt toward the other person. A person truly has to see the error of their ways before they can wholeheartedly change.
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>>>Uh....she'd be number 5, not 3
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>>>Sometimes i depair at some of my gender thinking "I can fix/understand/train him". Quite probably, if you asked her what she was thinking, she would tell you that he's just misunderstood or has had bad luck with his previous wives.
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>>>>>Hot off the press here in Chicago -- Drew Peterson, the former Chicago area policeman suspected of killing his last two wives, is engaged again, to a 23 year old woman. What can she possibly be thinking?
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>>>>>http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/drew-peterson-reported-engaged.html
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>>>>The third time's a charm.