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When you fail to see something, that doesn't mean I'm hiding it.

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Carolyn Hax
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 5
Columnist
Journalist
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Carolyn Hanley Hax
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Separation is where you see if it works better with the adults in two different homes.
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No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.
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Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.
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Bodies and minds need breaks or the work suffers, this has been proven and reproven to the point where we don't even need to post links to support it.
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You don't want to be with someone who is already not getting from you what he needs emotionally.
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I have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children.
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It's okay to forgive yourself immediately and for good.
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For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and frequent baby-friendly places.
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I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.
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Once given, a gift is yours to use, store or dispose of as you see fit.
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There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.
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A lot of support gets withheld out of fear of awkwardness and misspeaking.
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Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.
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You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.
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Your parents' views are, by current standards, out there. Getting in their faces about it would be needlessly disrespectful, but there's no reason for you to tiptoe through their delusional little terrarium as if you can't bend even one blade of grass.
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Moving is hard. Staying is easy. Logistically speaking, at least. And this is true whether you're doing or undoing something.
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You need to make plans for your future, so plan your own future.
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Make sure you have legal cover for what you're doing.
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Your job is to be you, which includes being the chief beneficiary of all things you do right, the chief victim of all you do wrong, and the one person on Earth who has to live with every choice you make. As gatekeeper to your life, you’re it.
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There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.
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