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How do I help my wife to see her potential?
My wife comes from a background of a controlling, abusive mother who always told her that she was incapable, and then a controlling, abusive (now former) husband who always told her that she was ...
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How do I explain to my partner that often his unsolicited advice is unnecessary?
My partner and I have been together for 15 years and, in general, have excellent communication. However, I can't seem to get past a couple of issues with him. In this case, it's his continued ...
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How can I convince my husband to be polite on the internet? [closed]
My husband and I participated in a political movement. My husband believes that the movement's actions were ineffective and even counterproductive, that they failed to live up to their ideals, that ...
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Best way to bring up you real name, after fake has been used [closed]
Some months ago I joined a website because I wanted to get better at a certain skill. As happens so often, for the registering I had to give a name, and since I didn't know back then how visible my ...
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How can I adjust my communication style while communicating to NTs so that what I am trying to convey comes across clearly?
As an autistic person, I have noticed that when I speak directly, in a flat voice; often this can be perceived as threatening or trying to challenge the status quo - when I'm simply asking for the ...
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How to make clear to foreign neighbors that I can't help them?
My downstairs neighbors who don't speak Dutch or English, have water damage. They have a moist, smelly, moldy wall for over half a year now.
They think the leakage comes from my place. But I had a ...
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How can I do mirroring online, similar to my mirroring in person?
TLDR: I'd like to be able to use mirroring online, similar to how I do this in person, and change my communication style online so that it will be more well-received by people, and be more similar to ...
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How to tell a sister-in-law I don't like her how much personal content she sends me?
My husband is Indian and I am South American. We live in Europe and we deal well with our cultural differences, we talk and reach consensus most of the time.
It turns out that my husband's sister-in-...
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How to communicate with flatmate who misinterpreted my words and doesn't want to communicate?
I moved into this flat-share last year, we are four in total. People came and left during these following incidents, but the one I'm talking about and I didn't move. My flatmate and I are both ...
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How do I politely reject my brother's morning dessert invitation?
This morning, my brother sent me a short message:
Come get some strudel
I was going to reply
Thank you, but I don't feel like eating strudel right now
Before I could send the message, I was ...
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How do I politely refuse/cut-off a person who needs me only when they want something?
Context: I'm currently doing my bachelor's at a very small local uni. I'm usually known as one of the knowledgeable folks who's open to helping others (many people pretend to know nothing here just to ...
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How to tell someone that I am not going to help anymore unless paid
I recently moved into a new shared house. There is a property manager who is responsible for finding new tenants and has an individual lease with each person. He is not very fluent in English which ...
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How to tell a borrower the fuel type of your car without implying they should fill it?
My mother-in-law borrowed my car, and in her politeness / gratitude went so far as refill it with petrol.
The problem is, the car takes diesel! Thankfully there was no lasting damage, but even in my ...
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How to avoid telling people when it is your birthday? [closed]
I really dislike celebrating my birthday and would prefer to keep that information private.
Usually when asked this question I change the subject or give a vague answer such as: "In a couple of ...
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How to amicably discuss how rent will be increasing to newly inherited tenants?
I already have a property where I inherited tenants, and increased rent. Although, it was only by $50 after six months. I also gave them a list of improvements to be done.
I'm looking at acquiring a ...
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