@Ælis also adding that Kleenex is a brand and should be replaced with tissue (I had to search that for example). — CaldeiraG 13 hours ago
#423 CaldeiraG (384 rep) | A: How can I polite ask someone to blow their nose in public? (score: 14) | posted 890 days ago by Ghanima (256 rep) | edited 13 hours ago by Ælis (14626 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
@baldPrussian The issue I see here it that that overly saccharine "I would love to have one of your works but they are so lovely, I suppose I can't afford them." sounds pretty much how a CB would initiate communication and might put a dent into the artist's first impression, especially when they have had prior encounters with CBs. — Suthek 14 hours ago
#23685 Suthek (101 rep) | A: How to politely ask for a price for a commision, when I only intend to ask? (score: 8) | posted 3 days ago by Kate Gregory (35320 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
Hey there! I know this is an old answer, but we now require answers here to be backed up by personal experience or external sources. So, could you edit to tell us about a similar situation you were in the past? Who was involved, what did you say and how did the other person react? — Ælis 17 hours ago
#541 Ælis (14626 rep) | A: How can I politely ask if my invitation to an event was simply forgotten? (score: 12) | posted 885 days ago by John (4139 rep) | edited 16 hours ago by Ælis (14626 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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Hi Frank and welcome to IPS. I sympathize with situation, it sounds really frustrating. Currently your question is a bit too broad, though, to be a good fit for the QA format. I saw CaldeiraG submitted an edit to make it a bit more on topic. If you agree with it, you can accept the edit, or you can edit yourself. — Belle 43 mins ago
#23693 Belle (6941 rep) | Q: How to handle someone who never gets important stuff done (score: 1) | posted 4 hours ago by Frank (111 rep) | edited 22 minutes ago by CaldeiraG (386 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
10:31 AM
Does she only talk about you that way? Or is she usually picking anyone and then mock that person which just happen to be you when you're around? — Imus 57 secs ago
#23692 Imus (5395 rep) | Q: How to talk reasonably to a stubborn person without turning them into a disaster? (score: 0) | posted 5 hours ago by BlackCrystal (603 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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#23692 BlackCrystal (603 rep) | Q: How to talk reasonably to a stubborn person without turning them into a disaster? (score: 0) | posted 5 hours ago by BlackCrystal (603 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
11:23 AM
why not offer to take turns paying ? I don't like leaving a woman to pay, I was raised that way and I cannot easily negate that.I could accept taking turns, because it gives that feeling of being treated to something to each party in turn. I personally wouldn't care if my partner made more money than I do. He's likely to find out anyway, so why not be upfront, in a nice way. — bigbadmouse 53 secs ago
#3221 bigbadmouse (293 rep) | Q: How do I tell my new boyfriend that I make a lot of money? (score: 192) | posted 827 days ago by stacy (1569 rep) | edited 827 days ago by HDE 226868 (8935 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
Hey there! You said that "all [this is] based on personal experience", can you tell us a little more about this? How was your situation similar to the one OP is facing? Who was involved, what did you said and how did the other person react? Please note that just saying "from my experience" isn't enough to be considered a valid back up. — Ælis 3 mins ago
#23695 Ælis (14635 rep) | A: How to talk reasonably to a stubborn person without turning them into a disaster? (score: -1) | posted 13 minutes ago by Johanna M (29 rep) | edited 5 minutes ago by Ælis (14635 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
In the case of passport you have a deadline. There are things that will always have a deadline. By picking up a date for holiday you agree to a deadline and, automatically, a moment when to start the thing that need to be done. Same with starting a job. I don't think it was a slavery so choosing a starting time for a job was her choice. Which pulled other "when to start" into existence. OP seems to be more of a person who want people to stick to their guns rather than planner. IF you say A and you know it means you have to say B in 30 seconds he expect it to follow. — SZCZERZO KŁY 35 secs ago
#23694 SZCZERZO KŁY (2355 rep) | A: How to handle someone who never gets important stuff done (score: 1) | posted 2 hours ago by Imus (5395 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#3240 bigbadmouse (293 rep) | A: How do I tell my new boyfriend that I make a lot of money? (score: 242) | posted 827 days ago by Scheme (1757 rep) | edited 3 hours ago by Alex Robinson (131 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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#23668 Ælis (14635 rep) | A: How to tell my Mom that I don't care about someone without upsetting her? (score: 9) | posted 5 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | edited 3 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23668 Ælis (14635 rep) | A: How to tell my Mom that I don't care about someone without upsetting her? (score: 9) | posted 5 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | edited 3 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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#23697 XtremeBaumer (3962 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 7 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23698 Allen Haley (101 rep) | A: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 4 minutes ago by Dipper (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
@SZCZERZOKŁY Ofcourse there is a deadline. What I meant was that in the plan you pick a time before the deadline, and commit to starting at that time. If that time arrives you are free to postpone it as long as you can pick a new specific time before the deadline where it will happen. If there is no such time you have to do it right now instead. I tried to specify this explicitely in my answer to prevent miscomunication like "you had 3 months to do it!" where there was no time specified in those 3 months when she committed to do it. — Imus 1 min ago
#23694 Imus (5395 rep) | A: How to handle someone who never gets important stuff done (score: 1) | posted 3 hours ago by Imus (5395 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23693 Frank (121 rep) | Q: How to handle someone who never gets important stuff done (score: 2) | posted 7 hours ago by Frank (121 rep) | edited 3 hours ago by CaldeiraG (386 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
Why do you think what you've tried is incorrect? Did they not understand? Did they react badly? — avazula ♦ 6 secs ago
#23697 avazula (13054 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 12 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
Hi and welcome to IPS! Please take a minute to read our citation expectations. Answers on IPS need to include some backup in the form of either personal experience or references - could you explain why you think this advice will work, have you used this approach in a similar situation before, or is this something you've seen recommended by someone else? You might find How do I write a good answer? helpful too. — Ælis 1 min ago
#23698 Ælis (14635 rep) | A: Polite way to do smoking (score: -1) | posted 14 minutes ago by Dipper (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
@avazula, I think the meaning is correct. What I want to is ...is there any more polite way to ask smoking? — Allen Haley 25 secs ago
#23697 Allen Haley (101 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 17 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23697 Allen Haley (101 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 17 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
So you're not smoking yourself but want to ask a coworker to go smoking with you? I don't think I fully understand what your goal is then ... Is your goal to go outside with your coworker so that you can have a chat while you don't mind that he smokes? — Imus 45 secs ago
#23697 Imus (5395 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 21 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
Welcome to IPS! this looks like a "phrasing" question, could you tell us if you've tried anything so far? else it may be a tad off topic — Alex Robinson 1 min ago
#23697 Alex Robinson (131 rep) | Q: Polite way to do smoking (score: 0) | posted 25 minutes ago by Allen Haley (101 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23698 Dipper (1 rep) | A: Polite way to do smoking (score: -1) | posted 23 minutes ago by Dipper (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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Following lmus question, does she talk like that towards you depending of the people around? If she talks like that with public is because she's not talking to you, but to them (she does not want to be associated to you, so she reminds them that). If she talks like that only when she's with Liz and you, then is possible that she's trying to set the hierarchy of the group. Maybe you can add more examples of her behavior. — Santiago 2 mins ago
#23692 Santiago (1205 rep) | Q: How to talk reasonably to a stubborn person without turning them into a disaster? (score: 1) | posted 9 hours ago by BlackCrystal (613 rep) | edited 3 hours ago by Ælis (14636 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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#23668 Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | A: How to tell my Mom that I don't care about someone without upsetting her? (score: 9) | posted 5 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | edited 3 days ago by Andrew B. Painter (191 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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Welcome to IPS! could you possibly clarify your question down to a single question? else it may be considered too broad and might be closed — Alex Robinson 1 min ago
#23700 Alex Robinson (131 rep) | Q: How to convince younger brother to participate in helping me and others instead of being too focused to something? (score: 0) | posted 1 hours ago by Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
5:21 PM
I've edited out your first question as it is primarily opinion based and won't garner good answers. I've also reworded some of your sentences. Feel free to edit your question if I misunderstood the meaning behind those sentences. — Lux Claridge 1 min ago
#23700 Lux Claridge (1177 rep) | Q: How to convince younger brother to participate in helping me and others instead of being too focused to something? (score: 0) | posted 1 hours ago by Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | edited 3 minutes ago by Lux Claridge (1177 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 |
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#23700 Em C (12456 rep) | Q: How to convince younger brother to participate in helping me and others instead of being too focused to something? (score: 0) | posted 2 hours ago by Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | edited 45 minutes ago by Lux Claridge (1177 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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I edited my questions to concise yet still has the relevant information that defines the problem at hand. Also, thanks for the input so far! This is my first time doing these sorts of things and it brings relief to me and my family that people do care on these sorts of things. Much love! Also, my grandmother IS 69 years old but kept the 70 as I later realized that "69" means something that may be outside of context to my problem yet may take precedence to it, and as such, may be inappropriate and vulgar to this forum. — Mundane Gelatine 38 secs ago
#23700 Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | Q: How to convince younger brother to participate in helping me and others instead of being too focused to something? (score: 0) | posted 3 hours ago by Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | edited 7 minutes ago by Mundane Gelatine (1 rep) | Toxicity
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#23702 fkraiem (101 rep) | Q: I dislike children. How can I avoid alienating friends who have had children? (score: 1) | posted 3 hours ago by The Hagen (171 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
#23702 fkraiem (101 rep) | Q: I dislike children. How can I avoid alienating friends who have had children? (score: 1) | posted 3 hours ago by The Hagen (171 rep) | Toxicity 0.0 | tps/fps: 0/0
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