Carolyn Hax Quotes
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Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.
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When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.
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You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.
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When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of their not really knowing how to converse as opposed to being too small-minded or excessively Facebooked.
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Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.
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I have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children.
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It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.
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One way to make tough decisions is to take incremental steps that don't commit you to anything yet.
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We all make deals with ourselves when it comes to the difficult people in our lives.
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Once given, a gift is yours to use, store or dispose of as you see fit.
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Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and both of you think that's awesome.
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The sudden death of a partner while expecting a child is so universally understood as awful that I don't think anyone with any other weight to carry is going to get to same kind of sympathy - except perhaps people who lose a child.
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There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.
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First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members.
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Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.
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For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and frequent baby-friendly places.
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There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the power to distract us from our ability to love fully, work productively and relax effectively. So, what makes sense to me is for each of us to think this through on a few fronts: what constitutes a comfortable environment for us, how much effort we're willing to put into it relative to other priorities, and how well-matched we need our partners' preferences to be to ours.
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It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.
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All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'.
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It's probably good for your body and brain to get moving occasionally.