{"id":2721,"date":"2025-09-26T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-potential-downsides-of-having-another\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:20:22","slug":"the-potential-downsides-of-having-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-potential-downsides-of-having-another\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potential Downsides  of Having Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it\u2019s good<br>\nIt\u2019s good<br>\nWhen it\u2019s bad<br>\nIt\u2019s draining<br>\nAnd can\u2019t be<br>\nGood for<br>\nYour mental health<\/p>\n<p>You feel lonely<br>\nYou think another<br>\nWill fill the emptiness<br>\nIn your desolate life<\/p>\n<p>But when You get<br>\nAnother<br>\nYou have To adapt<br>\nYou have to<br>\nCompromise<\/p>\n<p>You may not<br>\nGet along<br>\nAfter the<br>\nNewness<br>\nOf each<br>\nOther<br>\nWears off<br>\nAnd You<br>\nEnd up<br>\nSacrificing<br>\nYour privacy<br>\nYour life<br>\nAnd always<br>\nKeyed up<br>\nYou begin<br>\nMissing<br>\nThose peaceful<br>\nHappier days<br>\nWhen you<br>\nWere alone<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it\u2019s good It\u2019s good When it\u2019s bad It\u2019s draining And can\u2019t be Good for Your mental health You feel lonely You think another Will fill the emptiness In your desolate life But when You get Another You have To adapt You have to Compromise You may not Get along After the Newness Of each&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-potential-downsides-of-having-another\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}