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“Holiday food is rich and indulgent. Going-home-to-see-family food is richer and even more indulgent.”
“When someone insists that you watch a show that's already been on for a few seasons, they're basically saying, 'Hey, you're not doing anything for the next five weeks, are you? Because have I got a plan for you every single night! It's 'Weeds!''”
“People get married for a wide array of reasons and have all sorts of expectations of how marriage will change the relationship. And while it's true that turning the person you're dating into a legal partner does affect certain things, those who expect marriage to be a cure-all for all your relationship woes are sorely mistaken.”
“I think it's always good to get into your partner's mindset.”
“Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.”
“I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies.”
“Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.”
“Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented.”
“I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Your wedding day is supposed to be your big day, and yet a lot of engaged couples find that instead of creating an event that will be important to them, they're dodging through a minefield of modern etiquette traps.”
“Never marry because it seems like what you should do.”
“Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.”
“Cheating is very rarely about the actual act of being with another person.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.”
“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.”
“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.”