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Responding to unknown "popular culture" references?
Sometimes references will come up in conversation to players in different sports, singers, or other popular culture references, and most of the time they come up, I have no idea what's being talked about.
To give an idea of how bad my knowledge of…
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How to communicate support to someone who is emotionally disconnected?
I have a friend I'm having a hard time communicating with for the past few months. She's been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) for a handful of years (which has been the backbone of a history of emotional instability and…
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How can I "chill" about my position on game rules without looking like I'm just "taking my ball and going home"?
My friends at work and I meet up for lunch to play short card and board games.
Lately, we've had enough people to play a card game every day. (Not like poker or such, packaged card games). This is great! It's usually a huge stress relief for me, and…
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How to ask a friend to do professional work?
A good friend of mine, James, is an unemployed graphic designer with a significant amount of time on his hands.
I really like his work and would like to commission him at his desired rate. However, I've asked him casually (although I did…
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How can I gracefully decline a ride from a friend?
Background
I sometimes get together with some friends I have in common with a relative and in those events, this specific friend which I will name Bob.
Situation
When we want to go somewhere, Bob always offers a ride, because he is the only one of…
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How to disassociate with an obnoxious, arrogant, selfish friend
I'm from England. When I first moved to a foreign, non-English-speaking, country (France), it was difficult for me to make friends, I had to deal with the language barrier and culture shock. Luckily, I found someone who spoke English and was quite…
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How do I tactfully ask a close friend out?
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I became friends with a girl named Penny around a year ago when she started dating my good friend Kyle; Penny and I became friends when she became a part of the friend group Kyle and I were a part of.
Over the past three months or so, Penny…
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Approach a friend's lack of sleep
A good friend of mine is working on a big project and lately he started doing all-nighters (actually, every day).
This project is big. It's a group project with ~35 people. This friend of mine is in charge of the last part of the project, and it's…
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How to respond to an older colleague who uses sub-optimal phrasing when referring to other racial groups?
I'm in a community organization in Texas that interacts with and reaches out to people of all ethnic groups, though most of the members are "white". I'm a new member of this organization and recently attended a big meeting where the members were put…
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How to tell my classmates that I don't want to sit in the back row
I'm currently attending a five-year school about Business and Media Design. I'm in my 4th year and I'm 17 years old.
In the last half year my classmates have become very annoying for me. Today it reached a peak.
We have a very small classroom with 4…
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Refusing gifts from an estranged relative
Background: I am estranged from my sister. The last time I had a substantial conversation with her was ~4 months ago, and her response the last time I initiated contact, via text about ~3 months ago, cemented my feelings about this. I have zero…
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As a runner, should I move onto the road to avoid a collision?
I run daily, training in a suburban area with poor sidewalks. From time to time, I'll encounter a pedestrian going in the opposite direction. The sidewalk isn't quite wide enough for us both to pass, so one of us has to move to the side. I'm…
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How to ask people to speak softer?
I am suffering from a medical condition called hyperacusis, which makes normal levels of noise painful (and potentially damaging) for me. I have found ways to cope with this condition in my daily life, mostly by avoiding noisy situations and events,…
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How can I get my upstairs neighbors to stop stomping on my ceiling?
I've read about asking neighbors to be more quiet but none of the answers help my situation.
I live in an older apartment building and my neighbor(s) upstairs tread very heavily when walking on their floor, and this causes my ceiling and even floor…
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How to handle degrading neighbour / acquaintance couples?
TL;DR; How to handle bullying partner in a group discussion where he is bullying and degrading his partner in plain sight of everybody?
This situation is some time past me, but is still nagging me, because I was very uncertain on how to react, and I…
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