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A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.
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For some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.
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I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.
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A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest.
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