Emily V. Gordon Quotes
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Men - not all men but a good majority of the ones I have known and worked with - tend to think of difficult situations in their lives as problems that need to be solved.
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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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I'm a mental-health advocate big time, so I think it's great when depression is a thing that's discussed out in the open, because it's still way too stigmatized.
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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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I have multiple tattoos.
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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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As my marriage was slowly dissolving into silent meals and awkward nights of avoiding conversation, I started pondering an unmarried future and wondered if I'd ever be able to hack being single again.
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A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them.
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Burlesque dancing didn't solve all my post-divorce problems, but what it did do was force me to court myself for a little while.
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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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Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts.
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Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.
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Marriage isn't just about two people who fit together well. It's about two people who figure out how to fit together well.
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I definitely think, when you're a teenager, it's more forgiving to talk to strangers and go up to people at a mall or whatever.
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If you've had a marriage that ended because of a betrayal in trust on your spouse's behalf, the idea of trusting another person with your heart can seem completely ridiculous.
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Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.
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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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I think it's always good to get into your partner's mindset.
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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.
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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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Sometimes we put so much effort into things we're doing, like dating or wedding planning, that we don't stop to think about whether or not we even want the results of that effort.
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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.
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I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.