Part of being your Best You is knowing when to quit:
“I will never again try to change someone else. When you are younger, you think that people will change, that your love can change them. As you get older, you learn to accept people and embrace their differences.” –Maria Vizzi, Bronx, New York
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I will never accuse my husband of cheating on me ever again. I had a sick head when I was much younger and would make things up in my own stupid immature mind, as I would constantly accuse him of liking other women all the time because he was working in a bar as a musician. I will admit that yes, being a musician would earn him a lot more attention as a better than average looking young man, however that was just it, it was the women who had the attraction to my husband not him to them. Even if he did find himself attracted to someone, well, he was one who would never cross the line. If you want to lose the one person, your husband, or in the younger set, boyfriend, accuse him of doing something that he would not do, the harder you push, unfortunately the harder you end up pushing him away from you. Something that you really absolutely do not want to do, is to accuse him of something that you know as a person he would not do. It is irrational and is a sure way that you will be pushing him into someone else’s arms when he would have rather stayed in yours! So girls, please if you know your boyfriend would not cheat, accept it and don’t make crazy accusations up that will only make him want to run from you. If you know he is not a cheater, then don’t in your mind, turn him into one! Take it from someone who wishes she had read this exact advise back when she was a 20 year old. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to be with someone who cared enough for me to give me a second chance. We have been married now for 16 and a half years and together for 23 years!