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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
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Nags
Aren
Heard
Women
Feel
Feels

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There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.
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