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How to ask a friend to remove/not post photos of me on social media?
We recently attended a friend's birthday party where some pictures were taken. I had no problem with it, as long as these photos were not put online and shared.
The majority of my friends (I'd say almost everyone) don't care as long as the pictures…
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How to deal with an annoying front passenger?
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Don't be surprised at the use of the plural here. I'm talking about two different people displaying the same behaviour and sharing other characteristics. However, each time only one of them is present - so we are alone in that car.
My…
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How to react when someone rudely rejects your advice at the gym when they clearly need it
Today in the office gym, this guy was doing Olympic movements with bar. And for every lift, he was impulsively flexing his belly and was getting in clearly awkward position. Which is dangerous considering the amount of weight he was lifting. I tried…
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How can I contact a long-lost friend I tracked down on the internet without being creepy?
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About 15 years ago I used to frequent a particular online forum and had made many friends there. I still have contacts for most of these friends. One friend in particular though, despite being us being very close, was never allowed to…
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I'm in marketing in a team whose name sounds too much like mine. What to do when introducing myself?
Let's say I'm in a small team called Adhyan, and my name is Adhyan.
(I've changed the names for privacy.)
There's no correlation, and I happened to join this team because I wanted to learn a topic that they specialise in, no other reason. When I…
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How to avoid a very talkative cleaning lady?
Every Wednesday, the cleaning lady comes to clean the hallways of the apartment building and is always looking to strike up long conversations with every single tenant who passes across her.
She speaks in a different dialect than me, so I can't make…
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What is Soda Fountain Etiquette?
The other day I was walking with my cup to the Soda Fountain1 at a restaurant. Someone was already using the fountain, but the drink they were getting was on the far right side, while what I wanted was closer to the left.
Figuring I had enough space…
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How to honestly answer questions from a girlfriend like "How did you find this place" without giving the impression I'm always talking about my exes?
I'm in my mid-twenties and I've always had more female friends than male friends. I was in 2 serious relationships (one 1,5 year long and the other one 3 years) and 4 or 5 small ones, but they can't really be called "relationships". I no longer keep…
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Why do men shake hands with each other but hug women?
I've noticed an oddly confusing greeting mismatch in the US that I wanted to understand. Unless men are very close friends or family, they tend to shake hands in greeting. When greeting a woman - even one they don't know well or just met - they…
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How to approach a friend about his girlfriend asking to sleep with me?
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My girlfriend (let's call her Claire) shares a flat with a couple (let's call them Bob and Alice). Bob is a close friend of mine, and I get along pretty well with Alice. The three of them used to sleep all together, in an open relationship,…
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How can I get my friend to stop calling me every day?
I have a close friend who I have been very supportive of each-other and it's been a relatively decent friendship but lately it's gotten out of hand.
My friend calls me 3 to 4 times a day and texts me non-stop. To the point I almost expect it. He…
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How do I help someone that has really low self esteem and gets crippled by failure?
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I have a close friend with many great qualities. She has low self esteem probably because she was always expected to be the best (during school mainly) so even if she performs really well, she considers it to be average. She needs…
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How do I reject helping my neighbour who constantly asks me for little favours?
My neighbour is constantly asking me for little favours, which is super obnoxious. She regularly asks me to maintain her smartphone as she has no clue what to do with a smartphone and keeps downloading useless crap.
I'm 18, she's a middle-aged woman…
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How to negotiate with landlady in a shared home who flat out says "no"?
I moved into a shared home with roommates. The landlady and her husband are two of the roommates. I've been having issues with storage space. Today she was cleaning up and she was about to throw out (or at least move) somethings I need for work. I…
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How do I communicate gracefully to coworkers that they are accidentally misgendering me?
I am a transwoman about 7 months in my real life phase and not a week goes by that I am not accidentally misgendered by my some of my coworkers. That is, they use the wrong pronouns to refer to me or, rarely, use my dead name.
I have come out at…
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