Questions tagged [europe]
Questions that have a specific focus on people in the European region, more specifically when it is not necessary to use country-specific tags (such as [united-kingdom]).
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How to ask a new friend about his sexuality?
A few weeks ago, I met a guy, and we started a friendship. We're still getting to know each other, but as time passes I have more and more reasons to believe he has different interests than I (a ...
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How can I ask my girlfriend to share the cost of our dates rather than having to always pay for them myself?
I went for a drink with my girlfriend yesterday. I don't see her very often - it is a one-hour drive for me, she's coming to my town in a few weeks for her first time. I always spend around 15€ on a ...
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How to deal with a person that does something wrong like littering or hitting a dog and yells at you when you tell them that they did something wrong?
In my life I come across people that do things that are wrong (and most of the times illegal) like littering, hitting animals, parking on the pavement without leaving an inch for pedestrians to pass.
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How to respond to complaints from strangers about my loud toddler?
Yesterday we did grocery shopping in our local supermarket, as every week. Normally, my dad would babysit my son (2.5 years) for this time, but it was not possible, so the child joined us.
My son was ...
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How to tell flatmate that one of her visitors often leaves the toilet in a dirty state?
My flatmate and me are very good friends. Both me and her put a lot of emphasis on cleanliness in our whole apartment (what is suiting completely fine).
For a few days her family stays here for a ...
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Best way to bring up you real name, after fake has been used [closed]
Some months ago I joined a website because I wanted to get better at a certain skill. As happens so often, for the registering I had to give a name, and since I didn't know back then how visible my ...
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Is there a way in the European culture to consistently refuse to do small but annoying favors to coworkers and friends without alienating them?
I have recently relocated from my home country, Japan, to Europe to work here for a while in an international team, and I am experiencing a big cultural problem about interacting with Europeans. The ...
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How to decide whether or not to be persistent in pursuit of a relationship?
I am trying to create some lines through this gray area. I feel that there are times when being persistent and showing someone you are interested is attractive since to varying degrees people like ...
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How to deal with close relatives not taking COVID-19 seriously?
Context
I live in an Eastern European country within the EU where COVID-19 has created relatively few victims due to the lock-down being put in place quite quickly in the spring. However, as the ...
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How to help my mother accept my relationship with a soon-to-be-divorced man?
My boyfriend is a 33-old, separated from his wife but not divorced yet and dad of 2 little girls. I am 25yo. Despite this particular family situation, our relationship has quickly become serious and ...
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I accidentally mentioned my hourly salary to my hairdresser, is that bad? [closed]
During small talk with my hairdresser I was talking about an upcoming job interview (which was the reason I went to the hairdresser), and then I accidentally mentioned what I was going to earn per ...
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Having a conversation with girlfriend over possible future, when she shuts everything down?
I dated a girl (early 20's) a bit about half a year ago, while she was on a break from her ex relationship. There's about 700 km between us, in different European countries. We chat every day all day ...
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Answer to: "Why aren't you with your boyfriend right now?"
I have a boyfriend, but still live with my parents and siblings. We've been dating for 8 months.
It seems that every time I have a spare moment with my significant other (SO) not present, someone's ...
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How to resolve a conflict with a noisy neighbor and a passive landlord?
(This is mostly a copy of a question I asked over at Law.SE. I'm reposting it here following the advice of a commenter to look for solutions with a more interpersonal appraoch.)
I have a friend who ...
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How to politely decline an invitation to a dinner from a colleague? [closed]
TL;DR: A colleague invited me and my wife to a dinner and we don't want to go. How to politely decline?
More background:
I have a colleague that sometime works on the same project as I do. When he ...
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How to ask why I was not included without causing a scene?
My partner has a friend from way-back, T. We sometimes hang out with him and his family and go on day trips together. I've known them for 5 years but the contact is not always as frequent.
While we ...
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How to tactfully check whether my new partner is a man or a woman?
I know this is a weird question, but I'm kinda annoyed.
I met someone at my local gym. We started to talk from time to time and one thing leading to another we made out (not sexually) and are a ...
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Managing visitors to a terminally ill person
One of my parents, A, is going through the last months of cancer. They are forced in bed at home and constantly taking painkillers to manage the pain.
When relatives and friends come to visit, there ...
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How to make a gift without seeming creepy?
This month I'm going to visit London, how Pokémon fans knows for a very limited time in London will open a Pokémon center and I'll be there in that period. I'm very happy for what was a lucky ...
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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 ...
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How do you ask your father not to get angry when he sees a male teacher is teaching his child?
Dealing with a father that gets angry when a man teaches his child in additional courses
I’m 18 years male. Currently, I am pursuing 12th( the final year of High school) year education and very close ...
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How can I communicate to my wife my concerns about her spending habits? [duplicate]
Some context to begin with: My wife and I have been married for two years now. I earn around 2500€ after taxes, and she used to earn around 1500€ after taxes. We both share one bank account, by the ...
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How to ask ex-girlfriend to seek professional help
Background
My now ex-girlfriend and I have dated for nearly three years (both nearly in our 30s). Up until some months ago, our relationship was the perfect one everybody is looking for. In short, we ...
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How to communicate your availability to relocate without sounding as a stalker?
I've recently met a person I am strongly attracted to.
They rejected the idea of a date because "at the moment [they're] not emotionally available", since they recently came out of a long term ...
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How do I deal with a coworker who unplugs my monitor because I didn't turn it off?
Background:
I have a coworker - let's call her Anne - who believes that saving energy wherever possible is everyone's most important responsibility.
Anne has made that clear from the day that I joined ...
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How to react to someone pushing me in public transport? [closed]
Backround
Today I was on my way to work on a bus that was really packed. A woman boarded at some point pushing the people already on board and near the entrance (including me) really hard. My ...
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How to tactfully request girlfriend's family to give us more space?
I have been dating my girlfriend for about 1 year now. I love her for her caring nature, intelligence, and sense of humor. However, since I met her parents about some months ago, they have much more ...
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How to get along with an obstructive person who believes her nation is superior?
I obtained qualification Q that is demanded in several European countries. Several countries run programs to recruit Qs internationally and I did apply for jobs in multiple countries.
I did not keep ...
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How to ask people to speak softer?
I am suffering from a medical condition called hyperacusis, which makes normal levels of noise painful (and potentially damaging) for me. I have found ways to cope with this condition in my daily life,...
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How to tell my violin teacher who's interested in me that I'm actually married after I sent positive signals back for months? [closed]
I'm a 30 year old male and I've been married for 10 years. I work in an all-male environment. I don't have female friends. I have no male-female relationship experience outside of my marriage. In ...
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How exactly to tell someone to not touch me
I know this theme has already been discussed, but I would like to ask for exact advice for my exact situation.
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I am an Eastern-European lady living in Germany and working as a software ...
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How do I defend my role in a situation, when the person who caused it is part of the conversation?
I've been in a situation like this a handful of times. I'll provide an example:
In a competative online gaming group, one other person and I were responsible for a particular task (role). Because of ...
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A stranger on the street accidentaly dropped their wallet: if and how may I point it out to them?
While walking down the street I noticed another pedestrian, who was ahead of me, accidentally dropping his wallet. I did not stare at this wallet, of course, but it wasn't hard to notice that it ...
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How to add personal money to a gift without seeming ungrateful?
Let's consider the following situation: a family member has offered to buy me a given object as a gift, for example a table, with a given budget, for example 500€ (random object and amount of money).
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How do I deal with some of my mean classmates? [closed]
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Today when I entered in class, I came late due to the fact that I’m in flow that I stayed on telephone. And when I came to school, I asked Chemistry teacher to annulate my absence, and an ...
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How can I respond to a false statement when the other person doesn't give me a chance to talk?
Sometimes it happens to me that I am having a conversation with some acquaintance that gets a bit out of hand or unpleasant due to a random comment.
Say I am meeting a friend of a friend. I may say ...
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How can I tactfully ask this girl if she is ready for a new relationship?
There is this girl that I really like. Recently we have been hanging out together with some of my friends. She said she liked it and wanted to come the next time too. She also wants to come to other ...
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How to ask someone you see regularly out on a date, without making it awkward?
Here's the situation:
There's this girl, let's call her Jane, that I've known for slightly over a year.
We met pretty randomly when we were both looking for a dance partner for ballroom dancing, and ...
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Etiquette when riding a taxi in Germany?
So I just recently rode a taxi again in Germany and I was wondering about the proper etiquette if there is one. I rode a total of like 3 taxi in my life and I never was sure on how to behave (I always ...
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How do I prevent people from repeating to others everything I say to them? [closed]
I’d like to know how I can make people stop telling others every single thing I tell them.
Here’s a dialog between me and my high-school classmate, in class:
Me: In case you can’t eat any more, ...
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Dealing with double standards from my wife [closed]
My wife and I have known each other and been good friends for around ten years, but only got together four years ago. Fast forward to today we are married, have our own place and a 2.5 year old son.
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How to politely reply to recruiter that (s)he being unprofessional
Nowadays software developers (at least in Europe) get a lot of job offers via LinkedIn. I'm always making sure I reply to recruiter in a timely fashion, thanking for getting in touch & explaining ...
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How to tell my fiancée's best friend we will marry on her 30th birthday?
My fiancée and I are getting married in fall next year. The location where we will marry has only two available dates and we have to pick one. One of the date is in mid-October where the weather is ...
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How to decline a job offer from a previous employer, without burning bridges?
A little over a year ago I changed my job. Now my previous employer (a small startup) has contacted me asking what it would take for me to come back. While the place was not at all bad and I left on ...
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How to approach my Boyfriend on his opinion about having children eventually?
I've got a wonderful boyfriend who I can very openly communicate with. We've been together half a year, but we've been friends for years before that. I'm in my early twenties.
So far we have handled ...
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Ask a girl whether she would like to come back to a hotel with me on a night out without being creepy
A bit of a background, I am in my early 20's, I was in a relationship for 8 years, we have broke up on good terms, and I have never experienced "single life" so I don't have any experience in this ...
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How to press to receive updates without sounding obnoxious?
I recently (well, a few months ago now) backed a project on Kickstarter.
It was not my first one, so I was fairly prepared (I thought) to the process.
Well, turned out I was wrong.
Unlike other ...
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How do I motivate my partner to study a certain field?
Background:
I am an engineer, but I like to do more than that. I have some hobbies that also bring some extra cash.
My wife, on the other hand, she doesn't work right now. She is looking for a job, ...
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I'm in a committed relationship and I'm being hit on in the workplace - how do I stop it without bringing it to HR?
Some Background
I'm a 21 year old female
I'm living in west Europe
I am in a committed relationship with my boyfriend
The Problem
I recently started an internship for the summer which is amazing ...
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How can I decline an invitation and then go without them?
In 2016 I went to a comic con with a group of online friends, of which a couple of streamers with a decent sized community. F is in this community but nobody really speaks to him outside from what he ...
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