Quotes by Emily Yoffe

Emily Yoffe

As far as types preferring other types, people of the same type can understand each others’ perspective very well, but also drive each other crazy because they see their flaws magnified.

Crazy

People

Perspective

Don’t underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.

Air

Looks

Powerful

Extreme picky eaters may have what’s called Selective Eating Disorder. People with this experience physical and psychological discomfort over certain tastes, smells, textures.

Eating Disorder

People

Smell

I am against lying, but just because someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer it.

Doe

Lying

Mean

I do feel haunted by some of the letters and the suffering people have endured. But I keep in mind that the people who write to me know that I am a journalist and an on-line advice columnist, not a social service professional.

Advice

People

Writing

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.

Hate

Husband

Kitchen

I think it’s helpful for kids to know that their parents weren’t perfect, that they messed up and learned from their mistakes. So be open about some of your own struggles or express gratitude that your kids are taking advantage of the opportunities they have instead of squandering many of them, the way you did.

Gratitude

Mistake

Struggle

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.

Humorous

Men

Thinking

I try to direct people in distress to the right resources, where they can get comprehensive help. I’ve heard from many people that simply putting down in a letter what is going on in their lives is therapeutic in and of itself.

Letters

People

Trying

I’m not a big advocate of living together before marriage. It can be the right thing, but it can also leave two people stuck together who haven’t figured out what they really want out of the relationship.

People

Together

Two

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Eating Disorder

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Fall

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Fund

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Quotes by Emily Yoffe

Emily Yoffe

As far as types preferring other types, people of the same type can understand each others’ perspective very well, but also drive each other crazy because they see their flaws magnified.

Don’t underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.

Extreme picky eaters may have what’s called Selective Eating Disorder. People with this experience physical and psychological discomfort over certain tastes, smells, textures.

I am against lying, but just because someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer it.

I do feel haunted by some of the letters and the suffering people have endured. But I keep in mind that the people who write to me know that I am a journalist and an on-line advice columnist, not a social service professional.

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.

I try to direct people in distress to the right resources, where they can get comprehensive help. I’ve heard from many people that simply putting down in a letter what is going on in their lives is therapeutic in and of itself.

I’m not a big advocate of living together before marriage. It can be the right thing, but it can also leave two people stuck together who haven’t figured out what they really want out of the relationship.

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