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If your husband expects you to laugh, do so if he expects you to cry, don't if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married?

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Women
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Cry
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Husband
Married
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