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Emily Yoffe

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    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.

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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.

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

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    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.

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    Children need adult men in their lives.

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

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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.

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    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.

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    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.

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

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    If you look at books that describe the 16 personality types, you can see how different they are from each other.

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

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    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.

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

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

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

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    I'm certainly not suggesting legalization of polyamory. But it's also unfairly judgmental of you to compare such relationships to the criminal acts of bestiality or child sexual abuse.

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    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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    I'm not suffering from some division of personality.

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    I'm wondering how someone who goes around wearing a wedding ring succeeded in the dating pool. Normally a wedding ring sends a flashing "Do Not Enter" message - except to those looking for flings with married people.

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

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    Interfering, judgmental, and disrespectful mothers-in-law are common complaints.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    It's just not right to make an innocent child suffer because of the father's misdeeds.

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    I understand polyamory is different from polygamy, and doesn't share the latter's rigid and noxious views that men run the show and are the only ones allowed multiple partners.

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    Keep in mind that when you tell people to come see you, they might not get the idea about when it's time to leave.

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    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.

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    Most women at some point or many points in their lives will have to deal with an unwanted advance and having the confidence to be "rude" and say no is an important skill to develop.

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    My inbox [showed me] how much pain there is in the world. I appreciated hearing from people, but it was hard to know I couldn't do anything.

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

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    Not many people could juggle graduate school and two jobs.

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    Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.

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

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    People often recommend, "Why do you ask?" as a good conversation stopper. But that really doesn't end the conversation, it just leaves the other person sputtering for a response. I like, "You'll be the first to know.".

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

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    Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be damaging and it's potentially dangerous to young girls and terrible for "excess" boys. But polyamory is supposed to be a more equal arrangement among agreeing adults.

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

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

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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?

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    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.

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    The human heart is a mysterious and sometimes dark place.

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    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.

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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.

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    The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.