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Emily V. Gordon
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
Born: May 3, 1979
Marriage Me People Relationship Time You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does. Emily V. Gordon
Life Work You Yourself Will Partner Easy More Only Rely Empathy Like Know Comfort Does Always Isolate How Friends Than Get Buried While Your
Balanced, passionate, grounded people are the ones whose careers are ultimately the most successful. Emily V. Gordon
People Most Balanced Passionate Ultimately Successful Grounded Whose Careers
In some cases, newlyweds want so badly for things to be perfect that they ignore warning signs, both in themselves and each other. Emily V. Gordon
Signs Other Some Cases Both Perfect Badly Want Themselves Warning Warning Signs Ignore Each Things
Unequivocally, individual human beings who live together will always have different standards of what a 'clean house' looks like. Emily V. Gordon
Together Will Live Clean Individual Individual Human Like House Looks Always Unequivocally Human Different Human Beings Standards Who Beings
If you don't simply communicate with your spouse what household tasks you would like them to do, you are setting yourself up to be angry. Emily V. Gordon
Angry You Yourself Communicate Setting Would Simply Like Household Spouse Up Tasks Them Your
People all want and need different emotional responses - some people like to be talked down when they're angry; some people want to be left alone. Emily V. Gordon
Alone Angry People Some People Down Responses Some Emotional Like Talked Left Different Want Need
As my marriage was slowly dissolving into silent meals and awkward nights of avoiding conversation, I started pondering an unmarried future and wondered if I'd ever be able to hack being single again. Emily V. Gordon
Future Conversation Marriage Single Nights Unmarried Silent Able Slowly Hack Wondered Being Again Meals Avoiding Ever Awkward Started
Sometimes we put so much effort into things we're doing, like dating or wedding planning, that we don't stop to think about whether or not we even want the results of that effort. Emily V. Gordon
Sometimes Think About Wedding Dating Results Put Like Doing Effort Stop Want Whether Much Planning Even Things
Sometimes we are much better at judging people based on how they treat everyone other than ourselves. We make a million excuses for why they treat us how they do. Emily V. Gordon
People Treat Better Sometimes Other Everyone Ourselves Excuses Make Judging How Than Us Much Based Why Million
Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges. Emily V. Gordon
World Harsh Feel Edges Jagged Full
The period that directly follows the dissolution of a long term relationship is extremely volatile, with emotions running the gamut from misery to elation to relief to terror. Emily V. Gordon
Relationship Emotions Long Dissolution Extremely Relief Running Follows Directly Volatile Misery Long-Term Term Period Terror Elation
In Hollywood, it seems that the people least successful at being married are the ones most eager to tie the knot over and over again. Emily V. Gordon
People Married Seems Over Knot Most Tie Least Being Again Hollywood Successful Eager
Men - not all men but a good majority of the ones I have known and worked with - tend to think of difficult situations in their lives as problems that need to be solved. Emily V. Gordon
Good Problems Men Difficult Think Solved Tend Majority Known Situations Worked Lives Need
When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being. Emily V. Gordon
Happiness Needs Wise Thought Young Else Independent Relying Sacrificing Well Well-Being Feminist Being Anyone Anyone Else Meant Your Less Even
Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time. Emily V. Gordon
Time Me Marriage Become Sacred Powerful Partnership Same Committed Any Same Time Fragile
Experiences don't make us damaged goods; it's what we do with those experiences that matters. Emily V. Gordon
Matters Those Goods Make Experiences Us Damaged
Never marry because it seems like what you should do. Emily V. Gordon
You Marry Seems Never Like Because Should
Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren. Emily V. Gordon
Parenting You Remember Battles Pick Your Start
I don't remember being put into the coma, but I do have a lot of weird memories from being under. This may be because I was in a coma via medicine rather than trauma. That time period played out for me as one long rambling dream where I was at a hospital to visit my boyfriend, who I thought was in an accident. Emily V. Gordon
Time Me Memories Remember Thought Long Accident Medicine Visit Out Dream Rather Hospital Put Weird Period Because Boyfriend Lot Time Period Than Via May Being Where Who Trauma Played
I thought of 'The Big Sick' as a placeholder title, to be completely honest. I've grown to love it. Emily V. Gordon
Love Thought Big Sick Title To Love Grown Honest
That's part of what a relationship is: you don't experience things in the same way. Emily V. Gordon
Relationship You Experience Way Part Same Things
Everybody's got baggage, and not just the classic, 'Oh I have so much baggage,' but everyone comes with so much context, and you're not just dating a person: you're dating all their context, too. Part of relationships is negotiating each other's context. Emily V. Gordon
You Too Other Everybody Relationships Everyone Negotiating Classic Dating Part Baggage Got Context Person Oh Just Much Each
I always tell people, 'Take a class or volunteer.' It really helps you get out of your own little pocket of people you always see and gets you exposed to a new group of people. Emily V. Gordon
You Class People Own Group Out Tell See Pocket Take Volunteer New Always Get Gets Little Really Your Exposed Helps
I definitely think, when you're a teenager, it's more forgiving to talk to strangers and go up to people at a mall or whatever. Emily V. Gordon
You People Whatever Strangers Think Teenager Definitely More Talk Go Mall Up Forgiving
I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure. Emily V. Gordon
Muslims Town Were Lot Up Whatsoever Where Grew Exposure
I'm a mental-health advocate big time, so I think it's great when depression is a thing that's discussed out in the open, because it's still way too stigmatized. Emily V. Gordon
Depression Time Great Big Think Too Way Out Open Because Advocate Still Discussed Big Time Thing
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