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Lucy Holden

DARK SECRETS: Main character energy is transforming my dating - The Real Truth

This year my accidental "galentine’s day" was the best Valentines’ day I ever had, and why? Main character energy.

MCE, which the apps are all heralding as one of the biggest dating trends of 2023 after it dominated TikTok last year with a hashtag bringing in 307.7 million views, is simply about making yourself the main character in your own life. Simple idea, but how many of us actually do that, and how many of us have a tendency to let other people call the shots? Shots which might not actually benefit us, or be what we want, at all.

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