So you both need to make a lot of effort to stop the dull and boring times becoming a cause of you finding each other dull and boring.

所以，你们需要非常努力地避免让无聊枯燥的时刻变成你们认为对方无聊和枯燥的理由。

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Armed with this advice you may now go away and write the great epic novel of the 21st century, or at the very least stop boring your mates at parties.

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