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"I totally agree with missmagenta about not responding during a period you've already said you'll be busy. Every time she sends out a "you must think I smell ha ha" note and you -react- to it, all you're doing is teaching her that she CAN..." [
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2 months ago
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"Hmm, sorry for the additional post but another thought just occurred to me: sometimes lately I've realized that when I feel the way you describe, it's in part because I'm actually quite afraid of my negative feelings ... it's like I don't trust..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
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"Oh, pffft to that, if God had meant for us to walk around barefoot all the time we would've been born with no shoes on our - uh ...
That is to say, we'd all be born baref-
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Shoot...." [
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3 months ago
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"Heh, I could easily have written this question myself, almost verbatim. It's always a little weird to realize that lots of other people feel the exact same way - but then again I think that that realization is key to how I best "handle"..." [
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3 months ago
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Please help me straighten (or decide whether to straighten) my feeble, feeble hair!
favorited 9 times, recently by Squeak Attack, streetdreams, whatideserve, lxs, still_wears_a_hat, invisible ink, brookedel, hazel, bitteroldman
3 months ago
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"Sometimes when I'm torn about what to do regarding something, I find it helps to stop and look at the "best possible / worst possible" case scenario I can imagine for each option. For instance:
- If you DO tell her how you feel, the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by nooneyouknow, polyester.lumberjack, sondrialiac
3 months ago
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"I agree 100% with all of the folks who've pointed out the importance of not being clingy and needy - but ... you don't sound like you've been clingy to me, at least not based on what you've described in this post.
- HE sends texts to say he's..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Capri, chicainthecity, jmnugent
4 months ago
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""a long conversation where he told you what he thought was wrong with him, without acknowledging that it takes two people to raise problems in a relationship?"
Dang it, I of course meant to write "what he thought was wrong with you,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
4 months ago
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"Ever heard of 'psychology student syndrome'? Sounds like your friend has a case of 'psych student syndrome by proxy'. Just because some of your behavior matches what she's seen in a documentary doesn't really mean much; I'd imagine ANY of us could..." [
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4 months ago
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"As yet another person who was -damaged- by some of the things her father did, and who didn't speak to him in the last 4-5 years he was alive, I nevertheless have to say that there were things my dad did in his life that had a tremendously positive..." [
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4 months ago
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"I really resent that "fucking VULTURES" snipe, man-bird-love can be a beautiful thing and I'm sick of you aviphobic bigots implying otherwise ......" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by RussHy, brain_drain
4 months ago
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"It truly depresses me to see how often "nice" and "doormat" are misunderstood to be one and the same. The few genuinely nice people I've ever known - and would love to emulate myself - have been anything BUT people-pleasing..." [
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4 months ago
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"Cukes and sour cream: Slice up a cucumber thinly. Put in a bowl with a spoonful of sour cream and a splash of lemon juice or vinegar (the sour cream and lemon juice should just be enough to coat your cucumber slices). Add salt, and - if you have..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pushing paper and bottoming chairs, melorama
5 months ago
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"It's amazing how much poignancy and poetry the average person has inside of him/her, I was half-expecting this site to read like so much tedious angst but there are some really touching and beautiful gems here. Stuff like this makes me want to take..." [
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5 months ago
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"One thing I really like to get in letters are things that might not come through as clearly in an email - things that maybe even show some side of the writer that you'd not really considered before, or that make it clear that the letter was written..." [
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5 months ago
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"Wow, I'm glad you asked this because it's a question I could certainly benefit from, too! The only thing I can offer from personal experience has to do with something my dad told me once when he was trying to teach me to windsurf (at a time when I..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tickingclock, anomie
5 months ago
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"D'oh, I also wanted to add this suggestion, which may or may not be of use: since he can decide his start hour (which should, I presume, also determine when he can leave at night?), I'd suggest picking the earliest one he thinks he can handle or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fiercecupcake
6 months ago
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"Heh, one of the signs being carried past said "Out of Legos" ... if being out of Legos isn't protest-worthy I don't know what is ..." [
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6 months ago
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"Several years ago I was on this business trip with a married pal of mine. Can't remember why but I was ragging on him about how, seeing as how I was single and all, I could stay out all night any time I wanted, could do whatever I wanted, never had..." [
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6 months ago
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"Why should we need to take pictures and post/send them? Surely we can just hold up our "Stop Watching Us!" signs and rely on the government's handy spycams to spot them for us?
(nevertheless, I -love- the dog pic)......" [
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6 months ago
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"My mom used to make me broiled grapefruit when I was a kid - it was (and still is!) oh-so tasty:
Cut a grapefruit in half, fresh out of the fridge. Sprinkle cinnamon and a little bit of brown sugar on it, then stick it under the broiler for a few..." [
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6 months ago
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"Oh! I also wanted to mention something my sis taught me just the other week (everyone in my family but me is a good cook, lucky they keep showing me these uber-easy recipes):
Mix together a can of garbanzo beans, a can of kidney beans, and a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by melorama, JujuB
6 months ago
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"Honestly I have to agree with 45moore45 - you can control your own thoughts and behavior but not your friends', I'm afraid. Just as you see them as being "blind" to this person's wicked ways, they all have their own points of view as well..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
7 months ago
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"Heh, I recently had a similar experience with a smallish family reunion aboard a cruise ship. I love my family very much and I realize I'm probably nuts to be complaining about going on a cruise, but like you I'm VERY much an introverted, independent..." [
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8 months ago
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"To me, the fact that you're afraid of confrontation and "timid" is the biggest reason you -should- speak to your roommate. Speaking as someone who gets physically nauseous at even the -thought- of confronting someone I can say that the..." [
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9 months ago
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"You know, debt is certainly scary, but it's survivable. If the worst that comes of you going to the hospital right away is that you find out you've gone for no good reason and now have a somewhat large bill to pay ... well, add me to the list of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
9 months ago
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"Speaking from personal experience I found that being on the other side of the equation made me FAR more conscious of and determined to manage my own clingy tendencies. I'd had this good friend who eventually got to the point where her..." [
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10 months ago
