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“Not deciding is a decision. People don't realize that not making a decision is a decision in itself.”
“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.”
“Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren.”
“If you've experienced cheating in a new marriage, the real work is not obsessively combing through all the details of what happened, but rather figuring out if your relationship is worth saving.”
“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.”
“Women are encouraged to go on an emotional journey of self-care after a divorce, while men are expected to need help learning how to cook and parent on their own.”
“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.”
“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.”
“In some cases, newlyweds want so badly for things to be perfect that they ignore warning signs, both in themselves and each other.”
“Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like.”
“Divorce is one of the most destructive, emotionally traumatic experiences a human being can go through, no matter if you're the instigator or the recipient. It's hard, and it hurts, and it takes a long time to feel normal again.”
“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.”
“Marriage, even a happy and successful one, can be extremely stressful, but that stress is worth it if you're marrying the best person for you.”
“Nothing makes a girl feel as unsexy as divorce.”
“You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.”
“I had a tightly knit group of female friends in elementary school - we called ourselves the Sensational Six.”
“Your life story is a gift, and it should be treated as such.”
“People all want and need different emotional responses - some people like to be talked down when they're angry; some people want to be left alone.”
“Hindsight is always 20/20, but I imagine a lot of married and divorced people have insights to share about how they felt during their engagement.”
“I have multiple tattoos.”