Original Version: If you love something, set it free.. If it comes back, it’s yours; If it doesn’t, it was never yours in the first place.
Pessimist’s Version: If you love somebody, set her free.. If she ever comes back, she’s yours, If she doesn’t, well, as expected, she never was.
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or you could just keep him or her, depending on the readers preference. that would lessen the worrying and prevent false...
optimist, patient, playful :-)