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For questions regarding to the avoiding of an imminent conflict, or the general avoiding of a conflict that occurs on a regular basis. Questions regarding ongoing conflicts, or conflicts that are already started, please use the "conflicts" tag.

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Confronting sibling over unappreciated effort

Your brother and you are not on the same page. I'm assuming no malice from his side; because that would dramatically affect the answer (away from an IPS approach). We started out well enough but w …
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How to tell my girlfriend I do not want her to visit?

The basics Although it's fair for you to ask for alone time, the way you ask it is important too, to prevent from coming across as wanting to avoid her. Source: Am Belgian, live in Belgium with my N …
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How do I tell someone I won't drive them anymore, when they have no car?

Excerpt from the comments, serves as a TL;DR Steve is paying for his lack of providing a car for 1 out of 3 trips, right? Assuming it's a fair compensation, he's not really getting a favor (nor ar …
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How to tell a friend I won't pay them for a favor they did for me?

Tell her I am busy and will not be able to meet her (which could backfire if she asks me to send the money to her local bank account or give the money to one of her friends) Lying is inherently de …
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How can I get my sister to stop asking me to help her smoke?

This is a tricky situation, because neither of you is objectively more correct than the other. Your sister makes a valid case, but so do you. The decision on whose argument is more correct is fully su …
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Friend's BF tends to get hammered, how do I politely address that I don't want his behavior ...

I'm surprised to refer to this on a non-programming SE site, but your question is a case of the XY problem. You're asking about telling him to not drink (Y), but in reality you're trying to get him to …
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How to acquire information from a confrontational stranger

What you said in the comments is relevant for my answer: Directly asking the girl shows the group that i suspect everything IS NOT alright, and that puts the group in an opposing position to me an …
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Saying "No" to my brother's demand without causing an argument

Many answers here focus on arguing about the religion or the tattoo, but they seemingly miss the point of your brothers aggressive behavior when a demand of his gets denied. Whether he's demanding y …
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