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I think that, on some level, everybody lives vicariously through couples who are getting married.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Levels
Everybody
Getting
Lives
Vicariously
Women
Couples
Think
Married
Thinking
Level
Couple

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