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Helping a 26 years old friend who has never dated anyone
My friend is 26 and, when we hang out, he typically enjoys looking at nice girls and he hopes to know them. He's never been in a relationship though, and he's very shy with girls. In the past, he's been rejected by two girls but he's now over…
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I sent an email about an urgent message, but want to call instead. How to correct?
Note: this is not a situation I am currently facing, but I have faced in the recent past. I apologized afterwards, which helped, but I'd rather learn how to fix the problem before it even occurs. My location is Netherlands, but an answer working for…
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How to approach a strategy game against a 5-10 year old child you don't know?
I saw a related question on Parenting, but this one is different, since it's a) about older children and b) not your own child.
Disclaimer: This is based on the experience of a friend - I will call him Bob. However, I was present and it got me…
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How to recover from being falsely seen as a racist?
So here is the story:
It was a Saturday night and my wife and I were sitting outside, drinking. We've already had a few drinks and we were talking, listening to music, in a good mood if you will. I see about 5 or 6 houses down from ours (we live in…
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How do I tell certain customers they're not my number one priority?
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I work for a very small company that's been around a long time, we do a mix of processing customer products and consultancy work. We have a reasonable mix of customers, working for multiple departments of some of the larger ones.
The…
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How to ask someone not to lie?
A friend of mine asked me a question, which I answered. After 4 hours I got a message with "sorry I was busy doing homework, I'll come back to you tomorrow". While this on itself is not that big a problem, I have a bigger problem by the fact that I…
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How to tell a friend to stop being rude and an attention seeker?
I have a friend, Let's call him "Jack" and the problem I have is that ever since he has started watching some YouTubers, he has now wanted to act like them.
If I was to walk down in street he will sometimes yell out stupid words to be "cool" and…
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How do I deal with snarky comments about self-help/motivational books?
Self-help books have helped me a lot. Now, I've run into a lot of stinkers, but when one works, it works.
But I realize I keep them all pretty close to the vest. People do like to make fun of self-help, especially when they know a lot.
And the…
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How do I tell my girlfriend that I do not need to eat more?
Long story short, I've gained over 50 pounds in the 3 years since graduating high school, and I'm sick of seeing myself in the mirror. I would eat food until I felt like a bloated balloon, and then maybe one or two more bites, and I didn't notice…
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How do you communicate efficiently with someone who is stuttering?
I recently got a project at work where I need to regularly talk to a person who is suffering from very bad stuttering. He is very competent and professional at his job, but talking with him is a bit tedious, because he frequently has issues forming…
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How to politely tell someone that I'm not interested to talk with them at the moment?
I have this middle aged roommate who is a bit on the talkative side. He keeps talking about his life events and stuff and doesn't bother to ask anything about me. I was OK in the beginning and sort of encouraged him but now I'm tired of him and…
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How do I ask someone to be my roommate?
I am going to complete my freshman year of college this spring and I have run into a small problem. My roommate (let's call him "Jim") seems to not like the college and in all probability is going to leave at the end of the year. Even if Jim doesn't…
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How do I constructively address my co-worker's accusation that I don't see her as a "real person?"
Although I have added the India tag for cultural context, I consider this to be a question on a universal theme, and therefore welcome responses from members all over the world.
Since mid-September I have been volunteering one day a week at a…
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How to approach my brother about reading what's on my screen?
Okay, so a bit of background: I'm 15, and my brother is 19. I technically have my own laptop, but I still need to ask someone to put the password in for me (because parents). My brother knows the password, so I will ask him sometimes.
Now, I…
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How to talk to grandma about money she promised me
About one year ago my grandfather died of cancer. Now my grandmother lives alone and got rid of most of his things over time including a model railway.
As a child, I spent many hours at my grandparents, building it together with my grandfather. Some…
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