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> [I actually recommend as little actual counting as possible in a life partnership. But, when there's a sense of injustice brewing between you, some counting is inevitable, and so my advice is to count using as broad a scope as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/i-actually-recommend-as-little-actual-counting-as-possible-in-a-life/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

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## More by Carolyn Hax

> [I actually recommend as little actual counting as possible in a life partnership. But, when there's a sense of injustice brewing between you, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/i-actually-recommend-as-little-actual-counting-as-possible-in-a-life/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for parents to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/there-has-been-for-some-reason-or-more-likely-an-unfortunate/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [People who make babies surrender their right to behave like them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/people-who-make-babies-surrender-their-right-to-behave-like-them/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [There's nothing like a good family when you're really up a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/there-s-nothing-like-a-good-family-when-you-re-really-up-a-tree/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/it-takes-awareness-that-it-s-not-only-not-a-bad-thing-to-let-others/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [The sudden death of a partner while expecting a child is so universally understood as awful that I don't think anyone with any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/the-sudden-death-of-a-partner-while-expecting-a-child-is-so/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/i-do-crosswords-when-i-have-time-to-kill-somewhere-and-am-100-percent/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/unfortunately-i-think-the-expectation-is-that-birthday-girls-don-t-pay/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [When you fail to see something, that doesn't mean I'm hiding it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/when-you-fail-to-see-something-that-doesn-t-mean-i-m-hiding-it/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/all-of-us-assign-different-values-to-things-and-not-all-of-those/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [Don't freight your answers with any notions of what you're "supposed" to do, and just see where your feelings point you. It can feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/don-t-freight-your-answers-with-any-notions-of-what-you-re-supposed/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-being-happy-somewhere-even-if-it-s-the/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/being-negative-is-easy-there-will-always-be-a-downside-to-everything/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [You need to make plans for your future, so plan your own future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/you-need-to-make-plans-for-your-future-so-plan-your-own-future/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

> [First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-hax/first-group-impressions-can-mask-a-lot-of-individual-variations-in/)

[Carolyn Hax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-hax/)

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