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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

Erma Bombeck

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Give Up Guilty
I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Exploration Food Funny Humor Myself
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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Family Food Funny Planning Politics Religion
If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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Inspirational Laughter Yourself
It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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Family Judgement Mom Understand
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Courage Dream Kindness Yourself
Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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Children Encouragement Independence Lose
Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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God Help Herself Life Maguc Pregnant Time Woman
I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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Funny Give Up Myself See Sex Trust Woman
Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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Care Deep Emotion Funny Hard Love Pride Quiet Reality Yourself
Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Children Funny Parents Reward Survive
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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Children Family Funny Mom Myself Safety
There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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Fun Funny Mother Water Wrong
A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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Communication Inspirational Life Listening Suffering
The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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Animal Food Funny Lion Wrong

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.

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