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How can I appropriately react to a death announcement?
My grandfather had become ill last month and it became clear he probably wouldn't recover. One day, my mother came to me and told me that he had died in peace and that there would be a funeral next Thursday. I didn't feel moved or surprised by this.…
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How do I say that I'd be interested in dating, but only to "Try it out"
I am close friends with this girl, and she recently told me that she likes me. She said, would you like to date, and I said I'll get back to you (I know, terrible response).
I never thought this would happen, I always saw us as just best friends,…
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How to apologize to a person whom I scolded, long after the fact?
I scolded a fellow college student of mine based on a misunderstanding.
Later on I realised it wasn't his mistake.
Since we kept a not-bad friendship for more than 3 years, I would like to solve the issue and apologise to him.
How should I do that?…
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Should permission be sought if someone's picture will end up on my online post about a restaurant?
Today more and more people are reviewing their dining experiences on such forums as Facebook and TripAdvisor. Many of these reviews include photos of their food and surroundings. Sometimes in these photos members of the staff, such as waiters or…
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How to implicitly remind an absent minded friend to return his debt?
About a month ago, my friend asked me to pay for his online ticket (which cost about 60 Euros) to temporarily move to the city I am living in. He couldn't pay himself as he needed a credit card for the payment, but he promised to return by cash when…
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How to keep a difficult phone conversation from escalating?
I have scheduled a phone call with someone I have not spoken to in over two years. The only reason I am talking to them now is because it is very important to my family that I have a cordial, preferably friendly, relationship with this person…
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Cracking the whip vs leading by example
I've been doing some pretty brutal manual labor for the last week or so, cleaning up after Hurricane Irma...
The conditions were pretty rough, it was hot, no power, no ac, most of my coworkers were pretty worn down from lack of sleep and so on.
The…
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How to handle a younger sibling being verbally bullied, with sometimes racist remarks, at school?
My younger sister tells me she's having trouble at her new middle school; one of these is that a boy, who tends to be the class clown and troublemaker, makes fun of her underbite. I told her to notify her teacher about these insults and to…
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Dealing with a colleague who never wants to pay when we eat out?
I work at an IT MNC. We have a large campus and many eateries. Whenever we go out for eating he stands away from the payment queue and just tells what he would like to have.
At first I ignored it. But after couple of months I started really noticing…
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How to ask someone to stop playing music without sounding religious?
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Music is one of those things which are declared Haram (unlawful) by Islam, yet there are a lot of people here (and in other Islamic countries) who listen to it. So Music isn't considered a taboo here by the public as do other sins like…
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How to tell my friend I don't want to talk religion every chance he gets?
A close friend of mine has converted to Buddhism (a few months back), he's obviously very excited about the revelation he is having in his life (and it's a highly positive change). My feelings about religion aside (I have no plans to follow…
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Does a greetings card require a return in kind?
Cards are sent, especially at "holiday time" (Christmas, New Years, and Hanukkah), with varying levels of intent based on the level of relationship. While some people send such "seasonal greetings" as a matter of course, others see it as an…
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What to do if I/Someone I know is feeling depressed/suicidal?
As stated in the title, myself/someone I know is currently suffering from depression/suicidal tendencies and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to do?
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How can I ask my close friend to stop taking selfies that include me and to delete the ones he has?
I am in a tug of war situation where I can't find a polite way to ask my friend not to take selfies or ask him to delete the ones he has taken even while I refused.
He takes selfies while we are having random conversation. It's not that he is…
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How to help my friend so he doesn't rely on me financially as much?
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I have a really good friend of mine, who has fallen on hard times. He got screwed over by his old boss, which made him lose his job, house and girlfriend (within a 4 week period). He's an immigrant to the UK and he has no immediate family he…
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