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" In high school, I decided that all of my female friends were stupid and traded them for guy friends. I loved horror movies and heavy metal and used these interests to become a 'guys' girl.' "
Emily V. Gordon
Girl
High School
Loved
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" I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies. "
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" 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. "
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" Betrayal can be extremely painful, but it's up to you how much that pain damages you permanently. "
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" I'd watch shows like 'The Kids in the Hall' or 'Twin Peaks,' and I'd see weird people being celebrated and appreciated without compromising their weirdness. On 'The Facts of Life,' I'd see girls who were pudgy, beautiful, popular, tomboyish - many ways of being female - and I'd feel quietly reassured. "
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Weird
Beautiful
" I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done. "
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Work
Get
Go
" Don't sacrifice alone time with your spouse just because the kids seem needy. A united front requires adult time alone, so put it in the calendar and make it a priority. A house cannot stand on a shaky foundation. "
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Time
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" Get married wherever you like, make accommodations for the people you love so they can attend, and forget about the people who can't. "
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You
People
" I remember being a teenager and feeling like I could talk to anyone anywhere about anything. "
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" 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. "
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Medicine
Time
Thought
" 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. "
Emily V. Gordon
Looking
Husband
Old
" I always tell people, 'Take a class or volunteer.' It really helps you get out of your own little pocket of people you always see and gets you exposed to a new group of people. "
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People
Class
Volunteer
" Things can be tough even when surrounded by nice Pottery Barn stuff. "
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Barn
Nice
Surrounded
" I have multiple tattoos. "
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Multiple
Tattoos
" I am fairly convinced that people plan destination weddings because they would actually like to elope but want to have given you the option to attend. "
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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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Like
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" When someone insists that you watch a show that's already been on for a few seasons, they're basically saying, 'Hey, you're not doing anything for the next five weeks, are you? Because have I got a plan for you every single night! It's 'Weeds!'' "
Emily V. Gordon
Saying
Plan
Night
" Dealing with wedding stuff is a bit of a double-edged sword - it seems that divorcees are expected to either burn it all on the front lawn, tears silently coursing down their faces, or keep the stuff, shrine-like, concealed somewhere in their homes. "
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Down
Wedding
Tears
" I thought of 'The Big Sick' as a placeholder title, to be completely honest. I've grown to love it. "
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Love
Title
Thought
" Balanced, passionate, grounded people are the ones whose careers are ultimately the most successful. "
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Passionate
Grounded
Successful
" I'm tired of hearing about 'Damages,' I don't care how life-changing 'The Wire' is, and I don't want to hear another word about 'Battlestar Galactica' or its super-awesome ending. "
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Ending
Care
Hear
" 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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Time
Long
Relationship
" The period that directly follows the dissolution of a long term relationship is extremely volatile, with emotions running the gamut from misery to elation to relief to terror. "
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Long
Relationship
Misery
" Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic. "
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Sometimes
Done
Commitment
" Holiday food is rich and indulgent. Going-home-to-see-family food is richer and even more indulgent. "
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Rich
Holiday
Food
" For so long, TV consisted of a limited number of shows a year, and those shows had to appeal to as many people as possible. The joy of TV now is that shows don't have to be broad anymore - they can be small, weird, and niche. "
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Now
Long
Joy
" Sometimes we are much better at judging people based on how they treat everyone other than ourselves. We make a million excuses for why they treat us how they do. "
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People
Excuses
Better
" There is no level of professional rejection that can compare to almost dying. "
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Level
Dying
Rejection
" 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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" I think it's lovely when people are more involved in local politics. "
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