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Nags nag because they feel they aren't being heard.
Amy Dickinson
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Amy Dickinson
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
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Freeville
New York
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Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
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One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.
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In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.
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Mature people must find their own ways to cope with their own temptations.
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Don't be stupid! is excellent advice.
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When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.
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Attraction happens when you feel important, valued, appreciated and wanted.
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Sometimes toxic people are so resistant to change that therapy does not really help them - but they send everybody else into therapy to find ways to cope.
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Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.
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This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.
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Your job in life is to look after yourself and to find ways to get what you need - emotionally and otherwise - so that you live your best possible life, without being mired in anger and hurt over the past.
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If you turn the heat down on the relationship, she will soften, the tension will lessen, and she will eventually inch closer to you. Don't go in for the hug until you achieve a handshake.
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Life is easier when you are comfortable in your own skin.
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Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.
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Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.
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[from a reader] Whenever I feel myself resenting someone, I reach out. I have made good friends that way.
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Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are.
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If nothing changes, you will have to put your disappointment in perspective.
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Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.
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Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the up button, and see where it takes you.
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