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• Аs I've mentioned many times, sitting through graduation ceremonies is one of life's drearier milestones.

  Emily Yoffe

  Milestone, Ceremony

  Source: www.slate.com

• The only solution seems to be for government to toughen the vaccination laws and close the loopholes that allow people to opt out for philosophical and so-called religious reasons. The laws need to make clear: no shot, no school.

  Emily Yoffe

  Religious, Philosophical, School

  Source: www.slate.com

• Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.

  Emily Yoffe

  College, Evidence, Fund

  Source: www.slate.com

• I marvel with distress that in 2015 we are fighting the vaccination wars. It is deeply disturbing that people who should be able to weigh discredited so-called studies instead believe garbage, and so are willing to endanger their children and others. I sincerely hope this madness burns itself out before a lot more people get hurt.

  Emily Yoffe

  Hurt, Children, War

  Source: www.slate.com

• It is a mystery why people think they need to act as their friends' dietitian, nonetheless it's common.

  Emily Yoffe

  Thinking, People, Common

  Source: www.slate.com

• I spent most of my 20s dating older men, and I really wish I had spent that time dating men my own age who were going through the same experiences I was. I totally understand the appeal of a mature, dashing older man over fellow twenty-somethings who are still figuring things out. And, true, a fling with an older man can be instructive in many ways, and no doubt he finds you attractive.

  Emily Yoffe

  Men, Dating, Doubt

  Source: www.slate.com

• Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for employment or comfort in the workplace.

  Emily Yoffe

  Political, Comfort, Workplace

  Source: www.slate.com

• Sure, people talk about all kinds of stuff at the office, but surely everyone has better things to do than sound like they're auditioning for Fox News.

  Emily Yoffe

  People, Office, Kind

  Source: www.slate.com

• People who have undergone a loss get a fair amount of leeway on their behavior.

  Emily Yoffe

  Loss, People, Behavior

  Source: www.slate.com

• Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing to her while she plays with her cheap little bath toys in the tub.

  Emily Yoffe

  Love Is, Giving, Car

  Source: www.slate.com

• I think the definition of someone who's still a swinger is a person who remains signed up on swinger websites because they're "humorous." If you'd been married to an alcoholic and found yourself dating someone whose couch cushions were stuffed with empty bottles, you might conclude you're part of the problem and are attracted to men who are going to keep making you miserable in the same oh-so-familiar way. I think you should look to date someone for whom the idea of a swinger website makes him want to slather himself in sanitizing gel.

  Emily Yoffe

  Humorous, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.slate.com

• I counseled a 75-year-old married, bi-sexual man who was having a gay affair and was not having sex with his wife to continue his secret life because that seemed like the kindest thing to do. But a young woman embarking on married life, hoping to start a family with her husband, needs to at least know he's already living a double life.

  Emily Yoffe

  Husband, Gay, Men

  Source: www.slate.com

• I can't imagine anything that would signal more clearly that life goes on and joy can follow tragedy than your having a much wanted child.

  Emily Yoffe

  Children, Joy, Tragedy

  Source: www.slate.com

• Never loan money to friends or family that you are not able to write off entirely.

  Emily Yoffe

  Writing, Able, Loan

  "Advice from Slate's 'Dear Prudence'". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 23, 2013.

• I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.

  Emily Yoffe

  Laughing, Awkward, Ends

  "You're Such a Riot". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. September 24, 2013.

• Insecurity is a toxin and confidence is a tonic, so make the choice not to dwell on the worst possible case.

  Emily Yoffe

  Choices, Insecurity, Toxins

  Source: www.slate.com

• You may think you're married to a woman, but she's really an overgrown child.

  Emily Yoffe

  Children, Thinking, May

  Source: www.slate.com

• I hate a messy kitchen and my more casual husband has come to recognize it's more pleasant for him to clean up after himself rather than deal with me hating a messy kitchen.

  Emily Yoffe

  Husband, Hate, Kitchen

  "Inside Job". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. December 2, 2014.

• Each week I am forced to revise my original opinion that Facebook is a great innovation for keeping people in touch, to believing that it is merely a canvas for members to act out strange, unresolved conflicts and desires.

  Emily Yoffe

  Believe, People, Innovation

  "Slate: Advice from 'Dear Prudence' on Mom's facial hair, proselytizing bosses, wedding boycotts and family rifts". Q&As with Prudie, www.washingtonpost.com. November 9, 2009.

• Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one", and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.

  Emily Yoffe

  Life Lesson, Opportunity, Lessons

  "Slate: Advice from 'Dear Prudence' on Mom's facial hair, proselytizing bosses, wedding boycotts and family rifts". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. November 9, 2009.

• Once an affair is over, the cheaters need to agree not to see each other anymore in order to reestablish trust with their spouses.

  Emily Yoffe

  Cheater, Order, Needs

  "Slate: Advice from 'Dear Prudence' on Mom's facial hair, proselytizing bosses, wedding boycotts and family rifts". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. November 9, 2009.

• Sometimes people back themselves into corners where they think they have to make kind of an engraved-in-stone decision.

  Emily Yoffe

  Thinking, People, Decision

  "Should I Reconcile With My Terrible Father?" by Emily Yoffe and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. May 15, 2015.

• If you didn't want to be written about, you shouldn't have been born to a writer!

  Emily Yoffe

  Want, Born, Has Beens

  "Your Infinite Capacity to Amaze Me" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. June 9, 2014.

• I've never gotten a letter where I thought I knew the person. But I have heard from people who think they know the letter writer.

  Emily Yoffe

  Thinking, People, Letters

  "Your Infinite Capacity to Amaze Me". Ask Me Anything, www.slate.com. June 9, 2014.

• The biggest problem is that people want to tell the whole story, and they write letters that are way longer than anything I could possibly run.

  Emily Yoffe

  Running, Writing, People

  "Your Infinite Capacity to Amaze Me". Ask Me Anything, www.slate.com. June 9, 2014.