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As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
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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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You need to start behaving like the person you want to attract.
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Nags nag because they feel they aren't being heard.
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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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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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Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
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Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.
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In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.
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If people thought more, we'd all have less to amuse us.
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Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.
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A threat is a promise followed by a consequence.
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Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.
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All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.
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Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.
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You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.
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I think that, on some level, everybody lives vicariously through couples who are getting married.
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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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The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.
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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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