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• An alcoholic 47-year-old woman with teenagers who thinks a guy in his mid-20s is a good prospect as a partner definitely has some judgment and character flaws.

  Emily Yoffe

  Teenager, Character, Thinking

  "Short Haul". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. August 17, 2015.

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• When my daughter left for college, I lost my in-house consultant to youth culture. There's just stuff I don't get. And there's something kind of pathetic about someone my age trying to pretend she gets it, so I don't try to pretend.

  Emily Yoffe

  Daughter, College, House

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I have this wonderful capacity just to walk away from my mistakes and not dwell on them.

  Emily Yoffe

  Mistake, Wonderful, Capacity

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I'm not suffering from some division of personality.

  Emily Yoffe

  Personality, Suffering, Division

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I have people close to me who ask my advice just as I ask theirs.

  Emily Yoffe

  People, Advice, Asks

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Not many people could juggle graduate school and two jobs.

  Emily Yoffe

  Jobs, School, Two

  Source: www.slate.com

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• If you think a caregiver has an active substance abuse problem, that person should never be entrusted with your child.

  Emily Yoffe

  Children, Thinking, Abuse

  "Picture Perfect" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. January 29, 2013.

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• You can't get a guarantee from everyone who appears in personal photographs that they will forever remain warm presences in one's life or sweet memories.

  Emily Yoffe

  Sweet, Memories, Forever

  "Picture Perfect". Live Chat, www.slate.com. January 29, 2013.

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• There are some people who do not have a wild past because being wild would make them terribly self-conscious and uncomfortable.

  Emily Yoffe

  Past, Self, People

  "Outnumbered" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. October 12, 2015.

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• Anyone who marries gets no guarantee that their partner, no matter what they vow, will always keep that promise.

  Emily Yoffe

  Guarantees That, Promise, Matter

  "Outnumbered" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. October 12, 2015.

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• Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such people settle into happy monogamy, and can be content there because they never have to wonder, "What did I miss?"

  Emily Yoffe

  Past, People, Missing

  "Outnumbered" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. October 12, 2015.

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• Children need adult men in their lives.

  Emily Yoffe

  Children, Men, Adults

  "Outnumbered" by Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. October 12, 2015.

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• When people are really drunk they have a propensity to harm themselves and others - they fall off buildings, they drive into other cars.

  Emily Yoffe

  Fall, People, Drunk

  "Short Haul". "Dear Prudence" with Emily Yoffe, www.slate.com. August 17, 2015.

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• 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

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• 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.

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