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You need to make plans for your future, so plan your own future.
Carolyn Hax
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Carolyn Hax
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 5
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Carolyn Hanley Hax
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We all make deals with ourselves when it comes to the difficult people in our lives.
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When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it could be a matter of their not really knowing how to converse as opposed to being too small-minded or excessively Facebooked.
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It's probably good for your body and brain to get moving occasionally.
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Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try.
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If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance to think about it.
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There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.
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I believe in innocence until there's proof of guilt and all that.
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It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an improvement. It makes life richer and more interesting.
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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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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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Separating is not divorcing. Please keep that in mind. It is, instead, the second step in seeing if there's a better way to manage your family.
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Separation is where you see if it works better with the adults in two different homes.
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People who make babies surrender their right to behave like them.
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Sometimes the pain outweighs the good things.
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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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Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.
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Live in the moment, this moment, your moment. That is by far and without meaningful rival The Best Position to put yourself in to discover and delight in who your children turn out to be, whoever they turn out to be.
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