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  • GIRLS!! help a guy out here...?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Hi..we are in a relationship.. i want to tell her that i want to see her smiling and happy, i cant stand seeing her sad, i cant see her sad..it kills me to see her sad, and its my biggest weakness. And that i want to be the only person who understands her and i want to erase everything that makes her sad.. i dont have the strength to tell her that :(. is it ok to feel like that about a girl?.
  • He believes rumors over me? I really didn't do anything! help please!?

    Singles & Dating - 6 hours ago

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    jerry - my best friend in the whole world.me and him like each other as more then friends. bob-my friend i just met this year.he tells me everything.but i don't tell him anything about me.I don't trust him.But his been threw a lot and he just needs someone to talk to.his a player and is all the time joking around with me saying me and him need to get together and everything. They hate each other.Jerry is jealous of bob.Jerry tells me all the time that he thinks i like bob and etc.But i really don't.I like jerry so much. There was some rumors that went around that i was trying to touch bob's dick during class and a lot more. Jerry heard them and he was mad about it. We started talking again after a couple days of not talking. But yesterday he bought it up again saying that i did do it. He don't believe i didn't do it. He said he thinks i like bob and everything. I was going to stop being friends with bob a couple weeks ago because he was just coming in between me and Jerry, but bob said it was jerry's fault at the time and went to fight him. I jumped in the middle of them and said no, and talked to him. I had to be his friend or he was going to get Jerry suspend. ( he plays sports, he can't get suspended) What do i do? Is jerry just hurt from it all? I really didn't do those things.I don't feel anything for anybody but jerry!
  • how young is too young to get married?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    i want to get married between 20-25. ( thats not too far away from now) anyway i hear alot of people saying thats too young n crap. to me, 30+ is too old. but to me as long as the person has a stable job n decent salary money it doesnt matter what age you are
  • First Sex.... How Long shall a girl wait??? how many dates?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 6 hours ago

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    After how many dates shall the First Sex Happen? ...i like this guy and.. I'm going out with him tomorrow. I'm not too conservative but defenately cannot be too easy. can you help me with this? I mean i know guys start to push a bit, right? I'm old enough.... 17. Turning 18 soon, but just foreget about it and answer as how it happens usually.
  • First DATE! And he's older than I! How shall I act?? Please HELP!?

    Other - Family & Relationships - 7 hours ago

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    I'm 17 and he's 26 and i'm going on a date tomorrow, can you please advice me how shall I act? u know... or look? any advice would be great... Gosh! I never though I would turn to yahoo answers for this lol but i'm SO NERVOUS! Also i know that's a somewhat age gap but... i like hime like SO MUCH! He is a very nice and smart guy, so... and i'm quite a mature girl, but just i'm kinda nervous so...
  • Why are middle class people so jealous of upper class people?

    Marriage & Divorce - 7 hours ago

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    I could drag this question out into a full-blown essay, as I have years of experience under my belt in watching middle class people suffer in their middle class nightmares. But I'll only point to one example. Why do middle class people obsess over taking vacations? I mean, when middle class people take a vacation, they take millions of pictures and discuss the fact that they're actually on a vacation. And when they get back from the vacation, they don't shut up about the vacation. When I was growing up, we'd pack up and spend the summer months in the Bahamas (nothing too fancy but my parents have a bungalow down there). We didn't scream, "Oh, we're on a vacation! Let's take a million pictures to remind ourselves of it!" Nor did we treat the locals with disrespect as do many middle class people since it's there only opportunity to be the boss of someone else--similar to how they treat waiters in restaurants. Rich people actually treat waiters kindly. Middle class people abuse the power divide. Anyway, do middle class people just obsess over how they feel like 'royalty' for that one week? Is that what it is? Are they so frustrated with their class status that they worship the idea of not being enslaved for that one week every year? You guys have to know what I'm talking about. So why are they so obsessed with vacations?
  • what did he mean when he said all this?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    ok well me and my bf had a fight and after that he took me off facebook. its been a whole week since he has not contacted me but i saw him online and i said hi. how r u? and he said whats wrong? i dont knoww what he meant... so i said what do u mean and he said i mean nothing. anyway so i said ok how r u. then he said is it important for u 2 know how i am.. so i said yes thats why im asking.. then he said hes ok. thats it.. i then said why r u stubborn with me all the time.. he said i only spoke 2 u like that so i didnt have 2 rememeber u again. what did he mean?? and why do u think he said all this? anyway i said hello fist thats when he started talking, and now hes added me 2 his yahoo list. what is he thinking.. and what did he mean by "i didnt wanna remember u again"??? Im really confused.. is he hurt, or is he angry, stubborn? do u think he was waiting 4 me 2 say hi how r u?
  • how are guys suppose 2 act?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    after a fight can a guy who is deeply in love with his gf still be stubborn and not talk 2 her for a whole week?
  • how does it feel to have sex for the first time? does it hurt?(men)?

    Family - 8 hours ago

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    Im just worried cause i tryed to pull the skin of the penis down and it hurts... :( is it gonna hurt?
  • What is the right age to fall in love?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    My friend first went out with somone at the age of four and also kissed-yuk! And then my other mates starting going out with people at 10 or 11,isn't that too younge. I dunno but its a bit weird,don't you agree? (This is a crap quistion by the way peeps) I feel kinda bad as I have no pratice just do not feel ready for any relationships as at the moment I feel so cold and alone and I have never ever felt tghis cold,I don't smile,laugh any more,all I do is pretend I just wander if I need somone Is 11 a bad age to fall in love?

How to make your workplace more tolerant

Six ways to make your workplace more accepting of your religious practices

By Sarah Treleaven

(With assistance from Claude Balthazard, Director of HR Excellence for the Human Resources Professional Association)

1. Identify your needs. When starting a new job, talk to your manager or a human resources representative. It's their duty to accommodate reasonable requests, so don't be shy.

2. Create a dialogue. You're not obligated to share your beliefs, but starting a conversation can lead to more amicable relationships with your fellow cubicle dwellers.

3. Be aware that some religious practices can conflict with established practices at work. For example, safety concerns regarding loose clothing may outweigh a request for accommodation.

4. Be prepared to defend your practices. Your employer is entitled to ask for an explanation when you request time off for religious observance.

5. Plan ahead. Make sure you give human resources or your supervisor plenty of notice if you're going to need time off or some other form of accommodation.

6. Be flexible. Your employer might not be able to provide a meeting room for daily prayer, but work together to find a mutually beneficial solution.

First published in Chatelaine.com's Holiday 2008 issue.
© Rogers Publishing Ltd.

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