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How do I avoid saying anything that comes to mind?
Just as the title suggests, I tend to say the first thing that comes to my mind.
It's not really that I talk too much, more that some things I say appear to be 'random' or a bit offensive/awkward, even though I didn't mean them to be.
I tried to…
user145
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How to handle a manipulative person who owes me money
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I broke up with my ex about some years ago. I've been through a lot all those (many) years I was in a relationship with her, due to the fact that she suffered from various disorders such as depression, anorexia and OCD. Just to be clear I…
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When is it appropriate to mention someone else's suicide attempt?
So, earlier today my friend and classmate attempted suicide. He's in the hospital right now and will probably be okay, but I dread the next time he'll come to college.
I know there are triggers and we need to avoid them, but I do not know WHAT those…
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How do express my condolences, when I couldn't show up at the funeral?
Two days ago, one of my old relatives passed away. His family lives 900km away and due to my job, I couldn't show up at funeral. Where I live it's important to show up.
I've thought of calling his family, which were always good and friendly to me,…
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How to handle my ex touching me against my wishes when he is visiting our daughter?
I left my daughter's father during the pregnancy because we were having many issues and things with him were not changing. It's been a year since I moved back to my mom's and left him, and my daughter is 8 months old. After my daughter was born, I…
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How to communicate better with my wife when she is in a bad mood and is slightly mean to me?
Long story short, I have depression/anxiety. Some days I’m in a low mood and am extra sensitive.
My wife, like all of us, gets in her own moods, usually slightly aggravated, or snippy, or a little mean.
When these two personality moments collide, I…
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How and when do I tell a potential partner that I do not want more kids?
I am male and in my late 30's. About three years ago, my marriage failed and since then, my now ex-wife and I are going separate ways. To make things more complicated, I have a son who was born shortly after separation.
Despite a lot of difficulties…
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How to properly communicate that lack of proposals to meet is not because of lack of interest?
I routinely have a monthly lunch with a group of people. Also, I share a WhatsApp group with the same people (that we use to organize the lunchs, but also to talk about professional novelties, comment on news...).
Now, in the last couple of years a…
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How to deal with racist sexist friend
I have a childhood friend of 40 years, who is steadily becoming more intolerant of anyone who is not a white anglo male. In the last year alone, he has ranted to me over email (we live on different continents) about how he doesn't like women,…
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How to tell my ex not to expect sex
I'm a 25 year old man living in France. Last year I dated a 30 year old woman in the US, and kept things really casual (I knew she wanted to be more than dating but it was not reciprocal).
Now she is in Europe and wants to come to visit me in France…
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How do I handle not liking the cultural cuisine of my coworkers?
Background: I work in a team of 10 software developers, of which more than half are Indian, including my manager.
We have mandatory team lunches every month or two, but we do pay for our own meals at these lunches.
Every time we go out to these…
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What to keep in mind when telling an aunt how wrong her actions are, without creating further family conflict?
In a few weeks, my grandparents will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary by having a family dinner. My grandparents made 2 decisions about that dinner:
To only invite their children, their husbands/wives and grandchildren. Grandchildren are…
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How do I tell a taxi driver that I don't like to chat with him/her?
I am usually very good in avoiding people, when I don't want to talk to someone at work or home I either change place or express some intentional rudeness in order to kill any attempt to have a chat.
Things are very different when I am stuck with…
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How to handle someone who takes over and derails meetings?
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I'm a software developer and recently the product owner on my team has been intermittently absent. Her direct boss "Joe" has started attending some of our meetings that she can't make it to. We do agile and try to keep our meetings…
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How can I politely reject someone asking for WhatsApp number?
While travelling, sometimes I talk with people seated near me. The conversation is either started by them or by me. At the end, some people ask for WhatsApp number or mobile number or facebook id.
Facebook id is okay; no problem with that, and I…
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