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How to act with a grieving person at a party?

A friend of mine celebrated his birthday a week after I graduated. I was seated on a table with a couple of mutual friends, and the host's neighbour. The neighbour is 18 and suddenly lost her father 3 months ago, leaving her all alone (the mother…
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Asking an ex-girlfriend out to coffee, now that she's married and has a child

One of my closest girl friends that I dated for a while - and then remained close friends with even after we decided to just be friends - got married over the past two years and also just had a baby. I was invited to neither the wedding nor the…
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Apologize to a semi-romantic friend without implying a desire to get together after my break up

Context I recently exited a long term relationship (3+ years). During the last year and a half of the relationship I grew quite close with another friend. This came to a head about six months before my relationship ended, with the realization that…
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I'm a bibimbap heretic - can I eat my food the way I want without coming off as disrespectful?

I enjoy bibimbap. In American Korean restaurants, bibimbap is typically served as a large bowl of rice with individual portions of each topping arranged over it, like so. The traditional way to eat it is to slather it in sauce, then thoroughly mix…
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How to deal with a huge misunderstanding and an angry ex-girlfriend?

A few weeks ago, my ex-girlfriend and I broke up. It was a peaceful ending, with no tears, or fights - we simply accepted that was better for us to move on. We were living in the same place, until I found another apartment to move. This week she…
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Why does a man pay for the first date with a woman?

It still seems to be common etiquette, at least in Greece (and probably in other countries as well) for a man to pay for the first date with a woman. While some women do not accept their bill to be paid, there are other that seem to consider this…
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How to explain that it upsets me to see people kill insects?

I feel like most humans have judged value of life by size since beginning of the universe, but I tend to not share that same viewpoint. For example, when something sweet is left in my kitchen, thousands of ants come and then they are killed by my…
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How do I explain to my coworkers I'm not 'facebooking'?

I work as a designer, so I often do research and also have to test stuff. I often have my phone in my hand or on in front of me as I use a mirroring program to show my designs directly onto my phone while I'm working on them. This helps me a lot…
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What should I do in a situation where a friend is completely different depending on if we are alone or with other friends?

I have a friend, whom I have known since we were both in 2nd grade (I am in 11th grade now). She has a different set of behaviours for different people. For example, when she's around the people she wants to be friends with, she tries to stay away…
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How to tell friend/roommate/landlord that I am looking for other places to live?

This topic is directly related to this: How to sooth relationship between roommate and my sister (who lives with us)? Tensions between my sister/dependent and our roommate have continued to get worse, and have finally escalated to a point in which I…
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How to find friends as a programmer (teenager)?

First, I want to apologize if I'm posting this in the wrong site, but I hope this is the right one. My question "how to find friends" might be very unclear at the beginning, but it's very common in many forums and most of the answers include things…
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How to ask parents to stop commenting about my weight?

I'm an Asian college girl. My university is abroad, so I only come home during long break e.g. summer. Every time I am home, my parents would be very critical about my weight literally every day. When I walk in front of them, they would say…
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How to invite a coworker I'm romantically interested in to a dinner party without sounding like I have an agenda?

There is a nice new guy at my job who I have been getting to know more lately and I think he might like me. He sits at the desk next to mine so we often talk when we are alone in the room. We share interests in fitness and healthy lifestyle and I…
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What is the etiquette for hosting your own birthday event? Who pays?

I've never really had anyone to celebrate my birthday with, so I don't have experience with party/gathering norms. This year I decided to be proactive and invite people out somewhere, maybe Topgolf[1] (to give an impression of the price/scale I'm…
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How do I tell my mother that I am no longer interested in an activity?

The situation is that I spent about 12 years doing activity X. For a while, I really enjoyed it but about 4 years ago that stopped. I no longer got enjoyment from the activity itself, it took a significant portion of time out of my weekend and the…
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