Shout for Reader's Digest As a child, I was an easy mark for playground torments: smart, insufferably rule-abiding, decidedly unpretty. The tormentor I remember most distinctly was not my first bully, nor my last, but his attacks would turn others into footnotes. He was in my class for years. In class photos, his face is […]

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The Best Advice I Ever Got from My Mother-In-Law

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 admin

Churn, baby, churn Marian Weyo/Shutterstock “‘You can never use enough butter. Butter makes everything taste so much better. Add some more butter.’ Butter was her thing. I was always thinking, ‘ew,’ but as it turns out, everything is better with butter!” — Marcia Friedman Permission to play favorites sirtravelalot/Shutterstock “As the mother of five children, with […]

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13 Things Scientifically Proven to Make You More Attractive

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 admin

Be kind Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock When it comes to attraction, it’s definitely not all about looks. As in the Gwyneth Paltrow movie Shallow Hal, good people often seem more attractive. “The ‘halo effect’ suggests that those who are perceived as physically attractive are also perceived as having socially favorable personality traits like kindness,” Dr. Beall says. […]

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