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One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.
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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Women
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Person
Something
Decide
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Relationship
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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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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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People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.
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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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Not every relationship can be altered to fit.
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When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.
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Life is easier when you are comfortable in your own skin.
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Almost any group of three is going to form a triangle, with two points closer to one another.
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Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the up button, and see where it takes you.
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All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.
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Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.
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One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.
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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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You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.
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