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Friends tell each other the truth, and then friends stick around for the aftermath.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Stick
Sticks
Friends
Tell
Around
Truth
Women
Aftermath

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