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Capsaicin

Capsaicin

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As usual, I'm one of two people in the immediate family with any sense of punctuality. Ignoring someone all afternoon about what time you're supposed to meet is not "getting in touch in the afternoon."

*sigh*

At least if total slobs can have careers, I'm pretty much set.
 
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Silatuyok

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I'm worried about the suicide threads going straight to the adults only forum. Not many people check it regularly, so the people here who need the help the most are going to get completely overlooked. :sad:
 
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jaim38

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Ithior said:
The year didn't start very well. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't hate or seriously dislikes anyone at all, except my grandma (though I never knew the reason). After midnight my family was all dancing and I (and a cousin of mine) weren't because we don't like dancing. I was pulled by my grandma to join in on them, against my will, but I let it slide because it was new year and my mum would get mad if I rejected (I tried to reject politely but that didn't work). Anyway I managed to get away after a few seconds. Later on I was sitting on the couch and she pulled me again. I felt I didn't have to let it slide this time because I had already done it, so I tried to reject again. At this point, she looked really creepy. My mum was next to us so she pretty much forced me to do it. I was going to do it for a few seconds and then get away, but she kept holding my hands tightly and then started like feeling me up or some shit. Not grabbing my butt as if joking, she turned me around and started getting her hands all over my chest and belly. It was ****ing creepy. At that moment I felt like I was being raped. My mum was right in front of me and she didn't even care, all she wanted was my aunt to take pictures of that moment. I asked my mum to stop it because she was going too far and I didn't want to be disrespectful, but my mum didn't give a shit. So I took her hands off me and got away from there, while my mum shouted I was being disrespectful or something.
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This is just super awkward! If I were you, I would make up an excuse to go to the bathroom and just get out of there!
 
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Silatuyok

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Ithior said:
The year didn't start very well. I'm the kind of guy who doesn't hate or seriously dislikes anyone at all, except my grandma (though I never knew the reason). After midnight my family was all dancing and I (and a cousin of mine) weren't because we don't like dancing. I was pulled by my grandma to join in on them, against my will, but I let it slide because it was new year and my mum would get mad if I rejected (I tried to reject politely but that didn't work). Anyway I managed to get away after a few seconds. Later on I was sitting on the couch and she pulled me again. I felt I didn't have to let it slide this time because I had already done it, so I tried to reject again. At this point, she looked really creepy. My mum was next to us so she pretty much forced me to do it. I was going to do it for a few seconds and then get away, but she kept holding my hands tightly and then started like feeling me up or some shit. Not grabbing my butt as if joking, she turned me around and started getting her hands all over my chest and belly. It was ****ing creepy. At that moment I felt like I was being raped. My mum was right in front of me and she didn't even care, all she wanted was my aunt to take pictures of that moment. I asked my mum to stop it because she was going too far and I didn't want to be disrespectful, but my mum didn't give a shit. So I took her hands off me and got away from there, while my mum shouted I was being disrespectful or something.
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Wait, your grandma was feeling you up?
 
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jaim38

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Forgive me for being clueless. So, I see a lot of presenters, professors, speakers, etc use hand gestures when they speak. Hand gestures are widely accepted as important for nonverbal communication. However, the only exceptions to this rule is 1) news anchors, and 2) presidents. When I see news anchors on TV, most of the time, they just stare at the screen and talk about the news. Very little or no hand gestures. Same thing with presidents. When I see them speaking at their desk or podium delivering their speeches, I see little or no use of hand gestures.
 
Opaline

Opaline

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A friend of mine just told me his mother received a pathology report informing them that she has lymphoma. I don't know what to say. I said that I'm sorry and will keep him in my thoughts, but that doesn't feel like it's enough. Does anyone else feel awkward when hearing about someone else's terrible news?

It's not that I don't care - of course I do - but I just don't know what to say. If I saw him in person I'd hug him and just be there to listen if he wanted to talk, but he's a penpal of sorts that I've had for several years and all I can use are words in a message, so it's hard to know what to say other than I'm truly sorry and thinking of him.
 
Odo

Odo

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Opaline said:
Does anyone else feel awkward when hearing about someone else's terrible news?
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Yes, all the time.

I'm not very good at 'looking the part' in general and most of the time it's way too exhausting to put on the kind of display they're expecting.
 
Opaline

Opaline

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Other than "peer reviewing" papers in high school English classes (which mostly consisted of swapping papers and ignoring some mistakes so as not to hurt the other writer's feelings - that was my approach anyway ;)), I've never done any sort of writing tutoring before. So I'm a little nervous and a little excited to be a writing tutor at my college's writing center this next semester :eek:
 
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ImNotMyIllness

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Opaline said:
Other than "peer reviewing" papers in high school English classes (which mostly consisted of swapping papers and ignoring some mistakes so as not to hurt the other writer's feelings - that was my approach anyway ;)), I've never done any sort of writing tutoring before. So I'm a little nervous and a little excited to be a writing tutor at my college's writing center this next semester :eek:
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How awesome!! Good job!
 
dottie

dottie

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Opaline said:
Other than "peer reviewing" papers in high school English classes (which mostly consisted of swapping papers and ignoring some mistakes so as not to hurt the other writer's feelings - that was my approach anyway ;)), I've never done any sort of writing tutoring before. So I'm a little nervous and a little excited to be a writing tutor at my college's writing center this next semester :eek:
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sweet, do you get units/credits?
 
Opaline

Opaline

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I needed a melatonin pill, and we were out. I found a piece of one in the cabinet and took it. Later on I reflected to myself how I managed to find this quarter piece in "the tablet cutter" in the cabinet - "tablet" is the British word for what we call a "pill" in America; it's the pill cutter, dammit, not the tablet cutter! I thought it as automatically as if I always used the word "tablet" for a pill. Heh.
 
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