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Questions tagged [friends]

For questions about interactions with friends, people with whom you share personal details of your lives and enjoy shared activities.

By definition, a friend is a person who is within a reasonably close social circle. Friends may share phone numbers, know personal details of each other's lives and enjoy shared activities.

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How can a girl maintain friendship with guys after they're married?

I'm a girl. Quite a few of my friends are guys: I'm a geek, so it just happened that the people I bonded with happened to mostly be guys. Some of those friends I've known since 7th grade. Another important element: I'm single. No boyfriend at the…
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What does not initiating and not asking questions back mean?

I have an online friend who I have been talking to for the past few months. Let's call her Alice. We get along well and share some interests and can talk about stuff for a while. I've begun to feel like I'm always the one who has to initiate…
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Persuading people of my usefulness

Although I am more experienced than others in some field (Programming and Electronics, but that's not so relevant to the question), I am never given the opportunity to show my worth. The "people" and "others" I am referring to are friends of mine. I…
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Friend asking for a job referral but doesn't have the skills

A friend who wants to get into software development asked me to refer him to my company. I had a look at his CV and he is unlikely to even get an interview ( lack of skills, lots of spelling mistakes that he won't correct ). Is it ethical for me to…
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When having two visitors over, how to communicate a desire to spend more one-on-one time with only one of them?

I have those two friends visiting me: Steve and Bob (not real names obviously). I enjoy the company of both of them, but I feel closer to Steve. I see him really rarely (once every year or two) because of distance. Bob lives significantly closer,…
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How to deal with someone who refuses to admit they plagiarised?

I'm going to keep this as unidentifiable as possible. My friend and I are making an app. We just submitted it today and were wondering what to write as the description for the app in the App Store. I checked a similar app to see what they had…
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How to politely decline help that we asked for

I'm in a situation that I don't know how to solve without hurting the other person's feelings. Basically, I requested some help from a person which have accepted promptly. Help that requires motivation, friendship and time...... (would take a long…
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How do I avoid making my friend feels like she has to "fake happiness" for me?

Often in my life, I feel like I have to act happy for the benefit of the person talking to me. This happens with acquaintance and coworkers, but also with close family members. So, whenever someone asks me "how are you?" I tend to always answer "I'm…
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How to talk to best friend about broken trust?

I have a crush on a guy in my school, and I told my best friend about it. I recently found out that he started dating a girl who happens to be friends with my best friend. A couple days after that my crush's girlfriend (we're not friends, but she's…
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How can I convey to a friend that the way she chews is incredibly loud and uncomfortable?

I have a friend who I'm very close with and this has been something that truly, truly bothers me since I've met her. I've known her for about 4 years now and I have never gathered the courage to tell her that the way she chews is loud and obnoxious.…
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How can I strengthen my friendship with a particular person in a group?

I'm an international student working in a research group at my university. A friend of mine is also in the group and he is a native student. We have weekly zoom conversations about academic topics. He is really kind and helpful to me and I want to…
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How to follow through on not playing tennis together anymore, without damaging our friendship?

I played tennis with my friend almost daily, and as my commitment and rate of improvement increased, we reduced it to two or three times a week on average. He's improved too but since there's a skill gap, we don't play standard matches with serves,…
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Coping with alienation in high school in adult life?

I spent most of my high school isolating myself. Mostly watching anime and being alone. I was always too afraid to get close to anyone, and now that it has been years since high school, I want to reconnect with those people. Maybe one of those…
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What's the average comforting time after breakups?

I have a friend, whom I'm not especially close to. After his breakup from his long-time girlfriend (> 5 yrs) he started sending me a lot of texts with mostly very mundane contents. I usually text little back (what is there to text, when someone…
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Should I always keep calm no matter how others violate me?

I am 21 years old and a college student. I found I became accustomed to being calm all the time, and, seldom be angry(at least from appearance). Is it beneficial for an interpersonal relationship?
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