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" If a show is wickedly, hugely popular, like 'Mad Men,' I assume that the masses, in their infinite inferiority to me, don't know what good TV is and that everyone is just brainwashed. "

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" As any daytime judge show can tell you, spending someone's money or taking their stuff because they hurt your feelings is not justified. "

" Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it's up to you how much that pain damages you permanently. "

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" In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor. "

" I think it's lovely when people are more involved in local politics. "

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" The benefits of a healthy, thriving relationship may not be nearly as exciting as watching your career take off, but both aspects of your life are equally important. "

" I have multiple tattoos. "

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" Awkward conversations are painful, but they're way easier than divorce, resentment, and heartbreak. "

" Marriage isn't just about two people who fit together well. It's about two people who figure out how to fit together well. "

" I am somewhat grateful to the disintegration of my marriage for teaching me a lot about myself and about relationships, and though I wish it hadn't been such a taxing lesson, I wouldn't change a thing. "

" I don't remember being put into the coma, but I do have a lot of weird memories from being under. This may be because I was in a coma via medicine rather than trauma. That time period played out for me as one long rambling dream where I was at a hospital to visit my boyfriend, who I thought was in an accident. "

" When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being. "

" Ghosts of Marriages Past can haunt many aspects of a new relationship - your expectations of what a man should do, how you behave in conflict, your ideas of how commitment should look - they can even make your new man look untrustworthy when he's really behaving normally. "

" A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them. "

" We all have an idea of how we like to be treated that we would like others to adhere to, and somehow we've gotten in our heads that the perfect person for us will just know what this code of behavior is. "

" Stays at the in-laws' aren't inherently sexy. "

" Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges. "

" That's part of what a relationship is: you don't experience things in the same way. "

" I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure. "

" Marriage will not change your spouse. It will not make him or her more mature, more loyal to you, or better at housework. "

" When we each focus on being the dominant force in our own universe rather than invading other universes, we all win. "

" Never marry because it seems like what you should do. "

" I think it's always good to get into your partner's mindset. "

" Things can be tough even when surrounded by nice Pottery Barn stuff. "

" Cheating is very rarely about the actual act of being with another person. "

" After my divorce, I took some time off from having a romantic life to begin the tough work of figuring out where I'd gone wrong and what on Earth I could do to understand how to be a whole person in a relationship. "

" Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic. "

" There is no level of professional rejection that can compare to almost dying. "

" 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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" Women compete, compare, undermine, and undercut one another - at least, that is the prevailing notion of how we interact. "