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Questions about having conversations with other people, and how to achieve certain things when having them. This can be covering (or avoiding) certain topics, starting them, keeping them going or bringing them to a close.
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How can I come up with good conversation-starters?
You will always do better asking a question than making a statement. People can just let your statement hang out there, but they'll feel they must answer a question. Don't make it a yes/no either, mak …
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Gracefully exiting a conversation with a needy person
My general approach is to say "it's been really great talking to you" or "catching up" or "hearing all about this". I do NOT then add ", but I have to go now." I just say that part and pause. Most of …
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How to respond when people mock a skill or talent they just found out you do/have?
One of my children took karate and then kung fu. In one of them he learned "the best fight is a no-punch fight. The second best fight is a two-punch fight." This line seems like a good response to the …
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How to argue for a point of view without appearing like I am sharing that view?
You might need a little more empathy to understand the asymmetry in these conversations: what to you might be an interesting exercise in debate and critical thinking might be to another person a repudiation …
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Informing friend their girlfriend might be pregnant
There are two possibilities: it's true or it's not. And if it's true, we can presume Hamlet will find out, since the point of the scheme is to force him to stay with her. You main concern seems to be …
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How to start a conversation with an important person?
When you don't know anything about a person, you have a conversation with them by asking them things:
How many people work for you?
How long have you been in the police force?
What is it like being a …
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How to avoid conflict when telling your SO that you are going to start searching for work in...
First, a small frame challenge. You can move together even if you're not married. Just as you can get a job in that other country, so can she. It could be a fun adventure together in which you both wo …
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How to avoid an awkward situation when someone just thoroughly slammed something you like?
I suspect this is more a theoretical problem than a real one. Oh sure, people exist who will rant on and on about how awful X is, without picking up ANY cues from their listener that another opinion m …
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My sister has an alcohol and drug addiction. How can I get people to stop asking me about her?
When I faced a serious health crisis (I may have come within a day or two of dying; I certainly would have died over a year ago if not for an experimental treatment) I asked a handful of close friends …
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How can I politely ask a person why they did something, without coming across as being angry...
When you include
even after I told you not to do that?
in your question, you are asserting that the expected norm is "I tell you not to do it, you stop doing it." Your question will be interpret …
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How (not?) to talk with moms
To have better conversations, be a better conversationalist.
Hey Nancy! Did you get that orchid to bloom?
Hi Nancy! I was thinking of you yesterday when I was making butter tarts. …
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How do I tell my coworker to stop talking about her kid every day?
Someone who is in the conversation with her can get her off her hobbyhorse by changing the subject or ending the conversation, though this may leave her feeling sad and less friendly with all the rest …
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Is it acceptable to intrude a celebrity's conversation, if so, how to be tactful?
Generally, people in hallways and other public areas of events know their conversations are pretty much public and don't mind others joining. …
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How to tell a patient I don’t want to discuss a personal detail?
Take some time to compose a standard response. Something like
Oh, my, that's too personal for discussing at work!
Practice saying this out loud into a mirror so that you smile at the right time …
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How to tell people to stop aggrandizing my allergies?
First, never rule out the shortest and simplest approach. When you get one of those, just say:
Enough of that, [name.] Really.
Then talk about something else or ask someone else a question. That …
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