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One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Adulthood
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Parents
Parent
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Women
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