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How do I prevent people from thinking my deformity disables me?
Explanation:When I was younger, I broke my arm close to my growth plate near my elbow. As a result, part of my arm grew and the other part did not, resulting in a boomerang shaped arm (if I hold my arm straight out, it looks like a boomerang).…
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How to ask someone on a date when dating isn't usual in your culture?
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One similar question is How to clearly communicate that you're asking someone on a date?, but here my situation is noticeably different.
I am from India and many girls don't even know that there is a word called "date". Date is very…
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How can I convey to someone that the way she communicates is awkward without upsetting her?
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During family conversations my sister, who is 27, often interrupts the flow of a conversation with in order to mention something that is marginally related to the topic at hand. Most of the time this falls flat; as what she's talking about…
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How to tactfully acknowledge a woman on Women's Day?
Today is International Women's Day and I would like to tell the women who are around me and affect me "Happy Women's Day" as a gesture of appreciation of what they doing, they can be from my family or work or a friend or an internet friend. I do…
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How to tell my family that I don't want to visit for 2 weeks without hurting their feelings?
I've been living in the U.S. for 10 years but my family is in another country.
I haven't visited them in a couple of years and I'm planning a visit next spring.
I usually only go there for a week due to my work schedule.
This year my family is…
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How to effectively make others aware of my hearing impairment, which is non-obvious?
I have been hearing impaired since birth due to nerve damage. Since the problem is with the nerves themselves, there is no treatment so there's no hearing aid or surgery that can help.
I read lips to some extent, and that combined with my remaining…
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How do I politely tell a stranger to stop making annoying noises I can't name?
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I've encountered this problem several times and under different circumstances. It really annoys me when people constantly make noises with their mouth. Now, I can't name them and they come in different shapes and forms, e. g. different…
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How to convince my senior about offering a favor to a client?
We're helping out a client improve its day-to-day processes by finding flaws in its internal controls and recommending improvements. It's a small team, and I'm one of them. It's headed by a single person, who's a qualified auditor. The rest of us…
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How can I tell someone that their teasing is hurting my feelings?
There are times and situations that teasing someone can create a bond of friendship and that the bond created is a result of a well-meaning intention to prepare a person for what they might encounter in the future.
I don't mind the occasional…
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How do I recommend that someone delete their browsing history or use private mode?
Sometimes, I'm in a situation where I have to use my friend's, or colleague's, mobile phone to search for something, and they have tabs with pornographic websites opened, or their history shows they visited a pornographic website. They may or may…
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How can I politely ask my audience to not use their cellphones when I am giving a talk?
As a scientific researcher, I occasionally find myself giving scientific talks in the conferences, universities, and colleges. I try to make my talk as entertaining and understandable as possible so that people will become interested in it and won't…
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How to deal with a possibly abusive stranger?
Recently, I was on a trip to a town that I didn’t know well. I play Pokemon GO, which has “raids,” a sort of social feature that requires people to gather in one place to coordinate in-game activities. I was out doing some raids, using a chat app to…
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How can I stop my mom from targeting me to do the chores just because I’m a girl?
My mom is always trying to get me to do household chores like washing dishes, brooming, cooking, cleaning, etc. I hate that she is the designated person for doing chores in our household. I strongly believe that chores should be equally split among…
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How do I correct my daughter's teacher's grammar?
An email I received from my daughter's 2nd grade teacher has a grammatical error. The teacher wrote "your daughter can meet with Amy and I" where he should have written, "your daughter can meet with Amy and me". The email was cc'd to other teachers…
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How to speak to my friend who's rude to bus drivers?
I have a friend at work who I often get the bus with. When he gets off the bus at our stop, he never says a word to the driver.
I think this would be considered rude (we're British) and I'm actually embarrassed when he doesn't recognise somebody…
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