Emily Yoffe Quotes
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I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.
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I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man can be instructive in many ways, and no doubt he finds you attractive.
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Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her while she plays with her cheap little bath toys in the tub.
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Children need adult men in their lives.
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When people are really drunk they have a propensity to harm themselves and others - they fall off buildings, they drive into other cars.
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You may think you're married to a woman, but she's really an overgrown child.
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Аs I've mentioned many times, sitting through graduation ceremonies is one of life's drearier milestones.
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I'm not a big advocate of living together before marriage. It can be the right thing, but it can also leave two people stuck together who haven't figured out what they really want out of the relationship.
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Extreme picky eaters may have what's called Selective Eating Disorder. People with this experience physical and psychological discomfort over certain tastes, smells, textures.
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The only solution seems to be for government to toughen the vaccination laws and close the loopholes that allow people to opt out for philosophical and so-called religious reasons. The laws need to make clear: no shot, no school.
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The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.
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People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the conversation, it just leaves the other person sputtering for a response. I like, "You'll be the first to know.".
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Anyone who marries gets no guarantee that their partner, no matter what they vow, will always keep that promise.
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I'm wondering how someone who goes around wearing a wedding ring succeeded in the dating pool. Normally a wedding ring sends a flashing "Do Not Enter" message - except to those looking for flings with married people.
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Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be damaging and it's potentially dangerous to young girls and terrible for "excess" boys. But polyamory is supposed to be a more equal arrangement among agreeing adults.
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My inbox showed me how much pain there is in the world. I appreciated hearing from people, but it was hard to know I couldn't do anything.
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When you have a life milestone happen, it's good to step back and reassess the things you thought you knew about yourself.
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The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run.
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Don't underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.
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Not many people could juggle graduate school and two jobs.
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The world's full of victims and the world's full of terrible perpetrators and I want them identified and caught.
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Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case.
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Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for employment or comfort in the workplace.
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Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one", and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.