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How do I become less self-centered?

I have noticed that I am quite a self centered person, and this bothers me. Being social, caring about others and investing in a friendship are things I really value in other people, yet I fail to be like that myself. When someone asks me how I am,…
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My brother messes up his life (and those of other family members) by doing nothing. How to have a talk with him about this?

TL;DR: My 30 years-old brother messes up his life, and those of other family members, by doing nothing. I need my brother to open up and explain his point of view, so that I can understand him. How do I get my brother to talk with me about these…
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How to respond to questions that make one uncomfortable?

I am a 24 year old Indian girl. A few days before, I got this message from one of my school friends in Facebook after a long long time. Back in school we were not that good friends or anything just that we used to talk at times. And while chatting…
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How to avoid having a snorer share your dormroom?

So every few months I go away for a weekend with a large group (100 people give or take). We generally sleep in a camphouse, which has dorm-like accomodation with a few bunkbeds per room. There are a few notorious snorers in the group. Previous…
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I don't see why I have to pay for a full bumper paint job. How do I convince her?

When I was reversing, I accidentally scratched a woman's car. The scratch is around 15cm long and 0.5cm wide. The scratch is not a really a scratch since my car's paint was simply just scraped off onto hers. So I suggested to her to trying…
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Should I mention an allergy when turning down offered food?

I have an allergy to dairy, and I do not expect others to know everything that contains dairy. At work, sometimes people bring things they've baked from home, or leftover birthday cake, things like that, which usually contain dairy. I used to…
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How should I respond when someone makes a self-deprecating remark about her look?

I had a look at that excellent earlier question, but think that these two questions are too different from each other. Situation It's about a group of friendly acquaintances and friends who have known each other for a few years already. We were…
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How to communicate to someone that I want to keep a relationship casual?

I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this. Background I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my…
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How to have a talk with a coworker I'm scared of?

First off: I tagged this as Asperger since having Asperger's makes me have trouble understanding others' motivations, thoughts, and interests, as long as they differ from mine. That means, to understand the actions of someone I need to understand…
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Are there "rules" for vaping etiquette?

In the past, it seemed generally accepted as a matter of courtesy that a smoker should ask "do you mind if I smoke?" This became more and more prescriptive as health concerns increased over the use of tobacco. Now the "safer" option of vaping is…
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How can I react in a constructive way when I've caused hurt or offence?

I am not a well organised or responsible adult, and I'm often self-absorbed and careless. Not to the point where I have trouble holding down a job or making friends or suchlike, but enough to ensure that once or twice a year I'll manage to really…
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How should I deal with a close relative that "uses" my possessions?

Anybody who has a sibling when growing up knows what it means to get his/her possessions taken without giving any permission, especially if they are the same sex and around the same age. This is somehow "normal" when very young. The problem for me…
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How to get more co-operation from a teacher who discourages a student from asking questions to clear his confusion?

Kindly excuse the long question because you need a lot of background details in order to provide good answers here. I did add the India tag but feel that this is not necessarily a culture-specific problem in these modern times. My 18 year old…
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How to handle someone who puts their head on my shoulder in sleep while travelling

It happened to me many times. While travelling in Bus or Train, the person seated near by me may fall into sleep and slowly put his head on my shoulder. It is really unacceptable because I don't want to support a stranger's head and I feel very…
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Managing unrealistic customer expectations?

I do some web work on the side, building websites for non-profits mostly. A, more or less, constant problem I run into is managing expectations when my customer doesn't really have a budget and doesn't really know what they want. I get specs…
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