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Liveinjapan Posted 15 years ago
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“I remember going out with one cute and funny guy. I thought, we could have a really fun eight months, but that’s eight months I’m taking away from finding Mr. Right.”

Can anyone tell me what the bold part mean in this context?

Thanks.
  

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You remembered spending 8 months partying/playing/dating a cute and funny guy. However, you have wasted the 8 month with that guy. So, you have taken away 8 month of your life from finding the "Mr.

  • You remembered spending 8 months partying/playing/dating a cute and funny guy.
  • However, you have wasted the 8 month with that guy.
  • So, you have taken away 8 month of your life from finding the "Mr.
  • Right" and allocated those 8 month with a guy you simply want to party with.
  • The tenses for the sentence are all mixed up, use simple past / past perfect / past continuous.
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You remembered spending 8 months partying/playing/dating a cute and funny guy.

However, you have wasted the 8 month with that guy.

So, you have taken away 8 month of your life from finding the "Mr. Right" and allocated those 8 month with a guy you simply want to party with.

The tenses for the sentence are all mixed up, use simple past / past perfect / past continuous.
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Thanks so much, Holyduke.

I get it!

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