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If you can't get all the way to loving me, at least try to understand me.
— Mitch • Get Real

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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
It's a modest, heartfelt request. The speaker accepts that full love might not be possible, but asks for a lower step: real effort to understand. Understanding is presented as the smaller, more achievable gift, and one that still matters a great deal.
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