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What to do if you are accidentally following someone?
Imagine this: you're a male in their late twenties. It is dark and you're taking the shortest route to your home/car/llama. After sometime you realize that you have been following someone. To make it …
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How do I deal with people trying to convince me to wear makeup?
I don't wear makeup. I have worn it 3 times in my life, and the last time was a really light amount for my wedding 10 years ago.
My reasons for not wearing makeup are varied and personal. The main re …
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How can a girl maintain friendship with guys after they're married?
I'm a girl. Quite a few of my friends are guys: I'm a geek, so it just happened that the people I bonded with happened to mostly be guys. Some of those friends I've known since 7th grade.
Another imp …
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How to deal with unwanted attention at the swimming pool?
I swim twice a week in a sports complex. My hours are late and the place is almost empty.
A few days ago a guy started a chat with me while I was in the sauna. I saw nothing wrong with it, so I main …
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How do I tell my new boyfriend that I make a lot of money?
I am usually very secretive about my income. No one really knows how much I make and I was taught to never talk about money to friends. I make about ten times what my boyfriend does. He's also a profe …
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How to ask cashier out for date
I am 21 years old and living in a large city in Germany where smalltalk in local markets is not a common thing.
A new cashier joined my local food shop. She’s always at the checkout and never doing s …
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How can I convey to my technologically inept parents that my IT job is mentally draining
To preface my question, I am an Irish 21 year old male currently on a college work placement. I work Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM as an RPA developer and Business Analyst.
I commute b …
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How to ask a vegan to stop telling me about veganism because I am not interested in it?
I work in an office with a couple of vegan coworkers. If I bring any animal products to lunch (even cheese, which they can smell), I'm likely to get a long earful about it. In the past, I've listened …
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How to tell people I'm not their tech support?
I have a rather common problem for people in my field of study (computer science). The problem is this: People, especially relatives, ask you stuff about their computer-related problems, for example: …
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How to avoid being seen as a cash cow by my family?
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I'm German, in my mid-20s and currently living together with my girlfriend without kids. I earn a fairly good salary for my age compared to other family members and was always a saver (cheap …
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As a pedestrian, how to get someone to stop following you in a car?
Sorry, I just never had these situations occur until I moved into a neighborhood.
Usually, we (well, my dogs) get most of our exercise in a large, unused field near my house. The people on our way an …
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My fiancée is addicted to a "free-to-play" (pay-to-win) game
My fiancée and I have been living together for exactly 4 years as of today.
She and I have always loved video games, we both own several consoles (PS4, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch etc), we actually m …
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I was mistakenly identified as a criminal, and this has caused rumors. How can I convince my...
A while ago, I was at a popular, busy local nightclub (this is in the Unites States) and ran into a friend of a friend. Let's call her Anne. After a bit of conversation with Anne, and mutual name-drop …
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Arguing science with a passionate non-scientist?
As a physician for more than three decades and a Molecular Biologist before that, I know a lot of science and medicine (I also keep up with the literature.)
I find that people hold on tightly to the …
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How to tell girlfriend I don't want to meet without hurting her feelings?
My girlfriend and I have "fixed" days we see each other, because we normally don't have time on other days. Sometimes, it happens that her training gets cancelled and she has time that evening and mos …