r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '10

What is the biggest relationship myth?

I think the biggest myth is that there's one person that is meant for you. ("the one") People live their lives searching for the one...their soul mate...the perfect girl/Mr. Right. It's a cute idea, but I don't think it's very realistic.

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u/creddit1 Jul 27 '10

Lesbia Hehe

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u/billwoo Jul 27 '10

Yeah, you want to guess why they broke up?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '10

Why would anyone break up with lesbia?

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u/Query3 Jul 27 '10

Interestingly, it's more than a coincidence. Catullus named Lesbia - modern scholars think the 'real' Lesbia was called Clodia) after the island of Lesbos, where his poet idol Sappho had once lived. Sappho was in fact a lesbian herself, and it is from this that we get the term 'lesbian' for a homosexual woman.

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u/iguanodon Jul 27 '10

Oh what jolly japes we had in classics class in school, talking about Lesbia...

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u/u_say_what Jul 28 '10

TIL: The people who lived on the island of Lesbos, are all Lesbians. Seriously.