Questions tagged [germany]
Questions that have a specific focus on people in Germany or German culture.
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Bully on public transport [closed]
While riding the bus to the station this morning, at the last stop before the station (approx. 300 m away), a woman with a rollator, holding a cup of coffee, tried to get on via the middle door. I ...
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How to make aquantainces into friends - same gender [closed]
I (w24) do have friends but all of them are men. I have aquaintances who are women and I would really like to be friends with some of them. If I ask them to hang out, they never reply or have time - I ...
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How to get rid of (my own) dominant behaviour in the work place?
(I'm told that) I'm a rather dominant person in a work environment. This is a known and outspoken issue since my superior is a distant but long term friend of mine (20 years plus). From time to time I ...
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How to offer financial support to acquaintances?
I have two kindergarden age children and the acquaintances are parents of the other children. I frequently meet them on the playground and there is friendly chatter. People talk about life and their ...
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SARS-CoV2: When conflict arises over wearing masks, what should I say? [closed]
In Germany, due to the Corona pandemic, the government requires everyone to wear a mask over their mouth and nose in public when within enclosed spaces like supermarkets or public transportation.
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How can I convey negative feedback in a positive and constructive way?
Imagine walking into a restaurant to look at a menu and instead of saying "I'll have a think about it" and wander off, you instead said "actually, I've found a place for cheaper so I'm going there now"...
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How do I start a casual relationship while backpacking?
I'm a 24 year old Canadian man on an extended holiday abroad. Most people I meet are from the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. The country where I am is irrelevant because I rarely meet people ...
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How to gently ask my neighbor not to use my bins for their waste?
In the past months, there were several occasions when I found foreign waste in my personal bins. I cannot say, that was my neighbor for sure as I never saw anyone. But the waste type and content made ...
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Do I need to keep on asking my coworker if I can lower the window blinds (in a German company)
I am doing my internship at a German company (while being a student from the Netherlands) and my German skills are limited. On sunny days, I get blinded by the sun and want to lower the window blinds. ...
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How do I get my boyfriend to remove pictures of his ex girlfriend hanging in his apartment?
Background Information: We have been together for 2.5 years. We do not live together, but visit each others apartments around 5 times a week. He is in his early 30s and I am in my mid 20s. We live in ...
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How to tell my mother not to visit?
I left my mother's home to live on my own 8,5 years ago. Since then, no one in my family has visited me once. Some years ago, my mother even dismissed my idea to visit me when I suggested to do so, I ...
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How can I convince my girlfriend that relationship and her doctorate is possible?
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I have been dating a Japanese woman in Japan for two months now. Until now we've regularly met each other on weekends and were talking during the week, mostly with instant messaging. I ...
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How do I inform my boss that he offended me?
I am a man in forties. I work as a scientist in Germany, but I am not local.
My boss at the university uses words "stupid" and "idiot" in relation to me in front of other people or in a direct ...
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How to stop family members from giving me pictures of their children? [duplicate]
I want to know how to politely ask family members to not give me pictures of their children.
Every year I try to find suitable presents for my family members only to receive the exact same present ...
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How to approach a person that does not respond to me after I was potentially rude to them?
I am an 18-year-old German, I live in a small (~100 citizens) town neighboring a somewhat bigger (~2000 citizens) town. We have our own small local fire-station but we do not do regular training. To ...
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