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How to suggest alternative music for my children to sing at my grandmother's religious funeral?
My religious maternal grandmother passed away recently and my mother is involved in planning the services which will be held at a chapel and presided over by the religious minister. My mother just informed me that they are planning a musical number…
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How do I appear more friendly when I have a fierce-looking face?
I was born with a naturally fierce-looking face. Piercing blue eyes, heavy brow, downturned mouth. All due to my genetics. In addition, I tend to scowl when I'm worried or thinking deeply. I can literally make babies cry just by looking at them.…
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How to remind someone to do a task that they have forgotten about?
I work in a small team in a smallish company. Every so often, one particular member of the team will say they will do something (typically unrelated to our job such as buying a card for someone who is leaving, or moving used mugs from her desk to…
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How can I talk to my friend about reciprocal sharing?
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I currently live with my family, in a fairly sizeable house. My sister also lives at home, as does her boyfriend who has grown to be my closest friend.
Both of our main hobbies is mechanical work on cars and motorbikes. We both have a lot of…
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How can I (an introvert) convey to extroverts that I need time to rest/recover after talking?
I'm a really introverted person and conversations can quickly feel quite exhausting and mentally draining for me. Of course I like to have a social life and enjoy it to have nice chitchats with friends, acquaintances, colleagues, etc. - to a certain…
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Breaking up well
Long story short, my ex and I split on pretty poor terms a couple months ago. They cheated again, I moved out, and now they're moving in with the person they cheated with...
I'm trying to "break up well", trying not to hold grudges, or foment…
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My boyfriend has issues with his parents, how do I support him without ending up in his parents bad books?
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My boyfriend (bf) is 21, living at home.
He is the youngest of three boys (his brothers are 29 and 23 respectively, neither of them are at home much).
His parents are 54 (mom) and 65 (dad).
I am 21 and living alone…
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How to let go of a relationship without offending the other person?
I've been casually dating a guy (let's call him Tom) for a couple of months. At the beginning, I thought things were great but I wasn't looking for anything too serious. The last few weeks, I've felt nothing more than friendship towards him but he…
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How can I tell my closest online friend that I'm actually male?
Preface: Some folks will think I'm a terrible person after reading this, and perhaps they're right. In truth, there were several points early-on when I'd thought about breaking things off, but something always drove us together. What I've detailed…
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How to discuss bad communication with team leader?
My teamleader and I struggle to communicate sometimes. One day a week I'm allowed to work from home so we communicate via Slack or Skype calls. We speak the same native language but there's a 30 year age gap.
When we talk in real life it doesn't…
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How do I interact with people who don't understand that I don't want to share personal information
I get it, people like to share things, know whats going on in each others lives and connect with each other. I don't, I'm a private person, I don't want to share personal things and because of that I don't expect anyone to share their stuff with me.…
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How to Approach Friends about Vacation Costs
I’m currently on a vacation with two of my friends - as would be expected, we’re trying to keep costs as equally spread out as possible.
When I originally planned the trip, I was planning on going alone - and had one special hotel on the trip…
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How can I help a close person that is toxic seek professional help?
The person I'm talking about is my own mother.
She has depression and she's seeing a doctor.
It is a little rough talking about your own kind like this, but as rough as it is, it's the truth.
My mother raised me and my sisters by herself, after my…
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Winning too many games at game night - how can I keep it fun for everyone?
A few friends and I, on Friday nights, play board games and video games. It's enjoyable, and they're good friends. There's one small issue. I win too many of them. Far, far too many of them.
I've won all the games we've played on the last seven of…
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Two friends and their wedlocked affair
I currently live in a house with 3 other people, my girlfriend Julie, and 2 friends Bob and John. Outside of our household, we have a friend named Jane, who is our only friend that is married in our group currently. Bob and Jane are brother/sister…
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