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"You know how, when you are in an airplane waiting for takeoff, and the flight attendant shows the movie that explains how, if the cabin loses pressure, the little face cups with oxygen will fall from the overhead compartment?
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"I read the following once and it stuck with me, and it seems to be true, too:
"Ask a favor, make a friend".
Asking people for help (cat sitting, a cup of sugar, even advice) seems to open the door for them to a) ask you for a favor in..." [
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"On maybe my first or second date in high school (I only had two), I stayed out with a guy, talking at a Waffle House I think, until maybe 3 in the morning. My parents had never set a curfew or any rules, and so I had (really, I was a rather isolated..." [
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"I'm very sorry your mother is crazy.
Is there any chance you could convince her to go to some kind of family wedding counseling thing with you? Maybe with a clergyman that she trusts?
Where is your Dad in all this? I wouldn't be surprised if..." [
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"I'd try looking for a non-food idea, such as:
Maybe you could find some lovely spherical brown beads, perhaps in necklace or bracelet form, or you could make or have someone make such a thing. She could enjoy it whenever she wanted, and it could..." [
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"I kind of have this problem. It's been going on since at least college; I'd feed some nice boy a snack or two, next thing you know, he thinks I like him. I mean *like* like him.
And the other day - I was in a cafe, hoping to have a working..." [
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"Write a song. If it's a stupid song, so much the better. Really. Just say "thank you you dear sweet wonderful generous girl" and "you are fabulous, beautiful, and very very intelligent" over a couple of times in your own words..." [
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"Please never call a 16-year-old girl _any_ kind of whore. She may act like it doesn't bother her, and you may not mean to demean her, but it is an awful word to have associated with any young girl, no matter how jaded...." [
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"OK, these are a little tricky to spell, but some will be familiar, and they're very nice. Will also show that your company has a little breadth and depth of vision (not sticking to "Seattle area" and "internet" as themes). The..." [
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"I don't know if this is possible, but it would be great if he could somehow focus on the other kids, on _their_ feelings, instead of what they are thinking about him. Why would someone say that about his belly button? What was going through that..." [
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