"Unsolicited advice is always self-serving."
"If you turn the heat down on the relationship, she will soften, the tension will lessen, and she will eventually inch closer to you. Don't go in for the hug until you achieve a handshake."
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Source: Marriage interruptus: Giving up too early. amydickinson.com. August 27, 2013.
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