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Trying to limit toxic relationship with family but keep getting dragged back in
This question focuses on my relationship with my mom. Most people who know her find her difficult to be around. She invites me to her place but there’s a 75% chance we get in a fight the first 15 minutes and I have to leave. This is a problem…
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How can I tell a friend that their self-published book needs editing?
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An acquaintance of mine and his wife just self-published a very short book. Unfortunately, it has scores of grammatical mistakes on most pages. My friend and his wife have a great message to share, so I'd like to see their book improve.…
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How to start a conversation with a 'stranger' from school?
After the summer holidays, I'll be a senior in high school. My year consists of about 100 people, and I approximate that I've never had a word with 30-50 of them. It's not that there were no occasions - while I generally don't share classes with…
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How to convince a family member to stop victimizing themselves?
Situation:
My grandmother moved away from the bulk of our family almost two (2) years ago now. As the flights are expensive, she only tends to visit a few times a year. However, every time she visits it causes conflict in our family.
This is due to…
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How to tell my uncle I don’t want to see his turtles at his turtle farm?
My uncle and I have a good relationship. He, unfortunately, lives in Colorado while I live in another state also in the U.S. Due to the distance, I don’t get to visit him very often, so when I get the chance I always try and take it.
Recently…
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How can I communicate to friends and family that I don't want a specific type of birthday gift?
Disclaimer: It is not really a sock.
It is an everyday, non-consumable article that I have way too much of.
My birthday is in a few months, and every single year several people give me socks. It is a common habit where I live to gift people with…
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How do I tell a friend I don't want to play their game anymore, but invite them to mine
I am in a group of friends who meet to play dungeons and dragons. The person whose house we go to often cancels because their partner can't make it. So as we are all adults we don't meet up very often at all.
Last night was the final straw. They…
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If I want a child to stop a behavior, should I talk directly to the child or to the parents?
Consider a case where a young child is doing something that directly impacts me, and most everyone would consider it reasonable to want them to stop. Here are a few real examples of things they've done in the past:
Pawing through my…
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How to prompt a stranger for a dance while out with my dancing companion?
Recently I started taking dancing lessons with my dancing partner. We enjoy it and also go out together in clubs or bars with a dance floor for practicing what we learned or just for fun. My partner sometimes doesn't like to dance to specific songs…
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What do I do when I'm meeting a girl that likes me for the last time
Here's a little back story :
There's a girl from my school that's a year older than me that I got really close to.
Eventually, she ended up telling me that she liked me. Thing is, I don't know if I like her romantically, but she is definitely one…
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How to restore harmony between my family and my wife or is it necessary?
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I married my wife 2 years ago after we dated for about a year. There has been ongoing conflicts between my wife and my family, which I will elaborate below. My wife is Korean, I am Taiwanese. We both live overseas. My mum lives in…
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How can I offer priority seat to a plus sized lady that I assume is pregnant?
Firstly, please do correct me if it is not right/respectful to use the phrase ‘plus-sized’ as I am unsure of how it would be taken as, in other countries/cultures.
Sometimes I face the situation and have seen people face the situation where, I am…
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How to politely ask someone not to spread personal information?
A bit of backstory
My parents are separated and my Dad has a long-term partner who he has been with for over 10 years now. She (my Dad's partner, let's call her Eve) has a close group of friends who she sees on a regular basis. One of Eve's close…
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How do I rebut my Dad's political Facebook posts that are factually untrue and offensive, without destroying a fragile relationship?
This is a delicate matter because we recently reconnected after over 20 years. It turns out that he is a die-hard supporter of a political figure that I dislike. I'm an adult. I can deal with someone disagreeing with a particular policy or where…
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Mom accuses dad of cheating
Recently, my mom, for whatever reason, has started accusing my dad of cheating or messaging this other woman.
Initially, I tried to stay out of it but I couldn’t when I heard the “evidence” my mom came up with.
She said stuff like WhatsApp…
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