Emily V. Gordon Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I have multiple tattoos.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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When we each focus on being the dominant force in our own universe rather than invading other universes, we all win.
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I think it's always good to get into your partner's mindset.
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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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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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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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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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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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Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.
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Everybody's got baggage, and not just the classic, 'Oh I have so much baggage,' but everyone comes with so much context, and you're not just dating a person: you're dating all their context, too. Part of relationships is negotiating each other's context.
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Love is a good thing.
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That's part of what a relationship is: you don't experience things in the same way.
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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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Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.