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" I have multiple tattoos. "

Emily V. Gordon

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" Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented. "

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" If you've experienced cheating in a new marriage, the real work is not obsessively combing through all the details of what happened, but rather figuring out if your relationship is worth saving. "

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" I remember being a teenager and feeling like I could talk to anyone anywhere about anything. "

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" In Hollywood, it seems that the people least successful at being married are the ones most eager to tie the knot over and over again. "

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" It's absolutely amazing to me that anyone allowed their children to watch 'The Ren & Stimpy Show' in the '90s; it's dark, gross, nihilistic, and absolutely bizarre. "

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" No matter how you handle alcohol at your wedding, you will most likely be upsetting someone. "

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" Without knowing your own history, you are doomed to repeat it. "

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" Nothing makes me feel more mushy and full of love for my husband than going back and looking at our flirtation unfolding online. I love reading our old e-mails, texts, and Gchats. "

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" Don't expect yourself to immediately love your stepchildren. In fact, you may hate them for a bit. "

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" If you don't simply communicate with your spouse what household tasks you would like them to do, you are setting yourself up to be angry. "

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" Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone. "

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" Hindsight is always 20/20, but I imagine a lot of married and divorced people have insights to share about how they felt during their engagement. "

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