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fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

I Hate Running My Business. What Happens When I'm Off Work Is Even Worse.

I own a business, and frankly I hate it. It consumes all of my time and energy and I'm trying to figure out a plan to get out. That said, the only thing I hate more than owning and operating my business is TALKING about the business I own and operate. And yet, in any social gathering, people inevitably ask me about how it's going. And no matter how many times I deflect or redirect, inevitably, at the next social gathering, people ask me about it.
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Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Miss Manners: How would you deal with a bad-smelling couple on a cruise?

Passengers may avoid odorous fellow cruisers by distancing or requesting reseating; strangers should not be confronted, while staff must remain polite and tolerate the situation.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

I Did What No One Should Ever Do at My Friend's Baby Shower. Now She's Giving Me the Silent Treatment.

Announcing a pregnancy at someone else's baby shower can unintentionally steal the spotlight and deeply hurt a host, especially one with prior infertility struggles.
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