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How do I become better on the phone?

Admittedly this is a primarily business-related question, since I'm about to enter the workplace, but it spans personal life too, so I am asking here. I hate making and taking phone calls. Whenever I have to use one, I become flustered and anxious.…
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How to talk to my teacher after my valedictorian speech script was altered beyond recognition?

In a few days time I will be giving a valedictorian speech at my high school graduation. The teachers in charge asked me to show them my speech so I did. Just now a very different speech was sent to me with a title "amended speech". The whole speech…
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How do I reveal to my father that his father is not his biological father?

I've been using DNA testing to supplement my genealogical research and have made the rather startling discovery that the man whom I knew as my paternal grandfather was not in fact my father's biological father. I first tested myself and my father on…
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How do I determine if a girl I am seeing is open to a relationship?

About 1.5 months ago I got to know a girl that lives 5 minutes away from me. We wrote for 1-2 days, then met. The first two times just talking with each other and then, at a concert, making out. Long story short. We have been kinda "dating" now for…
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How to tell my girlfriend I do not want her to visit?

My girlfriend and I live in France. While she is French, I am from Brazil and moved here a few years ago. This December I will spend 3 weeks with friends and family back in Brazil for the first time in over three years. Since my girlfriend will be…
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How to address rude behavior by unknown neighbor?

I live on the first level of an apartment building. There are two levels above me and the building is laid out such that when my car is parked in my space (in front of my garage) it is below the balconies of the other levels. Someone in one of those…
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How to politely deal with a friend who asks for a favor and brings up favors I asked previously?

A friend of my friend (which makes her a kind of "distant friend") went into an argument with me today. In this argument, she brought up favors she did for me previously (yes, there were one or two which means very much to me, but I think it's not a…
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How to resume contact with a former manager who I haven't talked to for 3 years?

My manager left the company 3 years ago. I have been on good terms with him. I kept in touch with him for a few months after he left. Then other things became a priority, and I unintentionally neglected to remain in contact with him. Now, I am…
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Silent/Awkward meal with coworkers

In the company I'm in we always go to eat a meal together at a restaurant very near to our office. This has been so for a very long time I have been told. I'm pretty new. I've worked there for about a month now. I really like the idea of socializing…
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How do I let someone I'm romantically interested in know I think we wouldn't work out because I am not straight?

Background: I was born female and I am hetero-romantic, but I'm starting to think that I might be both asexual and agender. I have always been uncomfortable with the idea that I am "supposed" to look, act, and feel certain ways because I am female,…
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Asking my new roommate for overdue payments

Before I get started, let me explain my situation: I live with two other students in a house Rent goes to the landlord individually Money for water, electricity, internet etc. goes to a bank account from which the different companies take their…
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Dealing with people who feel the need to constantly talk

Maintaining focus on a single task until completing it might require a lot of effort, to me. While I'm a talkative person and enjoy long conversations myself, I still can't work/study and talk at the same time. Usually, I avoid this situation by…
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Confronting a friend about a betrayal of a confidence

I had, what I thought, was a close friend. I told her something in the strictest of confidence and made it clear that it was personal and not to be repeated and that I had told no one else, which was true, no one else knew. I then went to our…
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Dismissing questions about shameful disease at work

Soooo.... This week I'm quite sick, but not the kind of sickness that could prevent me from working, at least if it doesn't worsen at some point. It is not contagious at all, by the way. So I can freely work in my open space as usual. Yet, I need to…
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How can I do mirroring online, similar to my mirroring in person?

TLDR: I'd like to be able to use mirroring online, similar to how I do this in person, and change my communication style online so that it will be more well-received by people, and be more similar to the way I am perceived in person. So, I'm level…
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