Tag: friends and family
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Sometimes, I look at the searches that bring people to this site and I want to put my arm around the internet and give it as many cookies as it takes to make things all better. I’m equal parts natural born fixer and adamant eschewer of drama. It’s an odd combination to be sure. A…
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Dear GenMeh; I don’t know what to say or how to keep a conversation going when I meet people. I even have trouble with friends and that awkward silence, not to mention my paranoia that everybody thinks I’m a loner loser. Are there any tips on better social interaction for dummies? -Tongue-tied At first glance,…
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A friend of mine was remarking recently about how much she admires people with the courage not to let quotidian concerns stop them from following their dreams and how she wishes she could be this way. Considering this was a woman who arrived from Romania with only two suitcases and a couple hundred bucks in…
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Carrie Hooks, Jenny Chalk and Cami Thompson are three Cleveland-based twentysomethings with a wryly pragmatic (and utterly post-modernly American) approach to dating. The friends founded the Board of Love, a three-member roundtable devoted to using a business-minded focus to help Thompson find Mr. Right. They hold formal meetings, have business cards and recruit edifying guest…
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Photo by jasonEscapist When I was in grad school, I worked as a teaching assistant. One year, my job entailed leading workshops on team building and group dynamics for freshmen business students. One of the questions I frequently had to field was about what to do about group members who didn’t pull their weight. My…
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