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Asking people to meet outside of work/gym/etc
Lately I feel like all the people I meet only get and stay acquaintances to mine. I don't have a huge friend group and would enjoy forming new friendships, going out more with people, etc.
If often get stuck in situations where I talk to people I…
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How do I tell a colleague that I won’t have an intimate relationship with her?
How do I tell a colleague that I won’t have an intimate relationship with her without hurting our work relation?
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We have been working together for a few years; she was single and I was not. I became single a few months ago and I noticed…
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How to improve relationship with a co-worker who does not speak to me?
A little history:
I was hired onto this team a few years ago. The subteam I'm on has several people: the project lead (Jim), the co-worker I'm asking about (let's call her Mary), and others including me. We all report to the team lead (Tom), and…
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How to compliment a woman’s makeup?
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Yesterday I was instructed to go to a small conference several of my colleagues were attending. It was short in duration and gave everyone the opportunity to socialize a bit after it was finished.
I talked with my new friend (female)…
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Wife wants me to be happy (or act happy) all the time
My wife and I have been together around 20 years, and for the most part, we have an excellent relationship. However ...
Like anyone else (I suppose) I get tired, depressed, gloomy every once in a while. When this happens, I'm not nice to be around…
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How do I tell my wife that a family member has just died with an illness they both have?
My wife has multiple sclerosis. Fortunately, hers is of the relapsing-remitting variety, which is one of the milder (in the long term) ones, and her treatment is doing wonders for her; she's only had two relapses in the last 7+ years, and she's…
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How can I express to my boyfriend that I don't feel comfortable with this situation without sounding like blackmailing him?
My boyfriend and I have been in a serious relationship for a few years.
I have known of this female friend ever since but have never met. She visited him once where he lives now and stayed over in his room for about a week. They have remained in…
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How to tell a colleague that touching my behind at the christmas party was not ok
During my company's Christmas party one colleague got extremely drunk. He then went to me, put his arm around me and his hand on my behind. I found this both annoying and highly inappropriate and pushed his hand away. He did it again later in the…
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How to politely deal with strangers who aggressively hand out religious tracts or preach to you seemingly out of nowhere?
This question is not being posted to get into a religion or freedom of speech debate, but rather present the idea that regardless of religious beliefs, aggressive and pushy behavior wrapped in the pretense of a specific faith’s beliefs is often…
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How to response to double standards elder relatives/acquaintance about my saving for a new PC without looking like an arrogant/disrespectful person?
Background
I've been saving for new PC for a while and should be enough in a couple of months, soon be building it. The PC's components have already been chosen and should be working for both my job and my gaming hobby.
Problem
Once in a while, some…
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How to tell a family member they are not to have unsupervised time with your child
My wife and I are struggling with a situation involving her sister. Let's call her Suzy.
Suzy is an alcoholic/drug addict and is in a relationship with another alcoholic and physically abusive man, and has what we would classify as anger issues. …
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How to avoid having always the same debates with a friend of mine?
I have a friend, let's call him Jack, who likes to debate and who takes any chance to try and turn the topic of a conversation into the one he prefers.
Last time it happened, I had posted a news on Facebook about a new Trump measure against trans…
user22124
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Tactfully declining a family Thanksgiving invitation
That time of year is approaching once again. Tis' the season for social obligation, and my cousin has already started in about Thanksgiving via text messages. This year has brought a bit of a twist in that she asked me to bring my new partner...
I'm…
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How can I convey to people that they spell my name wrong?
My name ends with a 'c', while in the country I live in it is much more often spelled with a 'k' at the end.
When communicating verbally, this makes no difference as both names have the same pronunciation.
However, when communicating via e-mail,…
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Co-worker constantly thinks I'm slacking off
I work as the sole web developer in my department doing back end work. As I'm sure many of the developers here will attest to, a large portion of the time spent programming is spent on thinking how you're going to write the next class, function,…
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