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For questions about interactions with friends, people with whom you share personal details of your lives and enjoy shared activities.

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How to politely offer someone reward/compensation for a favour?

If you intend to open the business, take his advice and retain him as your accountant for that business. Doing some free work for new ventures is a classic way to get new clients. The cost of a little …
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3 votes

How to enquire about someone after they learned bad news?

be practical to suggest if this is going to be a long lasting event is to be an "information captain" - your friend can deliver updates to you, and you will spread them out to a larger group of mutual friends
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1 vote

I had a dispute with my friend who has recently been through a break up. How can I save the ...

You don't even know exactly why she is choosing to be with B when this means not seeing friends like you any more. You mention being in school. … You can tell her that you want to be friends again whenever she wants it. (Don't say "when you're done with B" or "when you come to your senses".) …
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7 votes

How to receive a direct answer from a request?

Here is something to think about. Has it ever happened that someone asked you to do something for them, and you couldn't, but then they helped you be able to? "Can you go and buy something for me?" "O …
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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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12 votes

How do I keep in touch with a friend without spending long amounts of time with him?

Another benefit of these things is that you're more likely to go for a run, you'll be less bored doing your laundry, or you'll see your other friends a little more often at a regular games night. …
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How can I defuse this tension with my roommate so I don't feel scared to use the kitchen?

First, since you have been thrown out anyway, don't refrain from cooking. Cook what you bought. Do your best (see below) to make things better, but you probably can't make it worse, so eat your food. …
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4 votes

How can I avoid misunderstanding in this case?

I have had times when I could not walk far, and so have many of my friends. …
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3 votes

How to address issue of friend not replying to specific questions

There are many reasons why a person might not answer a direct question like "when are you back from vacation?" As you've suggested, they might not have seen it. They may have been distracted by some o …
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3 votes

How do I ask my friend to stop doing inappropriate things to me?

Long term, either A will grow up (no matter how old you all are) or you will find different friends. …
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1 vote

How to tell my friend that I am dating someone they introduced me to?

You don't go places together in public, you don't mention to your friends what a great time you had [at the movies, on a picnic, at the zoo, at that new restaurant] with your girlfriend, Alice, on the …
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6 votes

How to politely deal with a friend who asks for a favor and brings up favors I asked previou...

or I know we are the kind of friends who help each other. I would normally do this for you, but I've explained I have to be somewhere else. … I have only one or two friends so close that I could cancel a doctor appointment to help them move [or whatever] so please don't be offended I won't do it for you. …
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20 votes

How do I treat my friends to something without it being awkward?

Tell your friends that you are doing this, not as a big announcement but just as chit chat. Having a pile of actual cash that grows can remind you of how little happinesses pile up, for example. … Why will this make things less awkward for your friends? the jar of money is already there and needs to be spent now. …
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10 votes

How to continue a friendship after my friend told me she's jealous of me?

If you want to be friends with Anne just be friends with Anne. …
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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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