Have you ever gone out of your way to do
something nice for someone only to have him or her take it the wrong
way and get irritated? This recently happened to me twice in the same
week.
I was riding the 146 bus home listening to the latest Metric album and
reading a history book about bananas when two seemingly innocent things
happened. When the bus stopped in front of Water Tower Place, a woman
who was either several months pregnant or several months into a
Chipotle-only diet appeared to be struggling to get on the bus while
juggling her bags. 
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Jeez, you try to be nice to someone ...
The driver "kneeled" the bus for her, which I thought was a nice gesture, but the woman apparently did not. A look of disgust crossed her face.
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Friending your exes is a path to misery
If you are as entrenched in the world of
Facebook as I am, then you know it is good for only three things:
wasting time, posting messages to your co-workers who sit one cube over
and finding old friends from years past (aka cyber-stalking).
But what happens if, during your hunt for that weird kid who sat behind
you in seventh grade social studies class, you come across an old
flame? It can be fun to snoop around and see what your ex is up to,
secretly hoping he or she is miserable, fat and in prison, but it can
also be dangerous if you take it past the observation stage and into
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All this baby talk drives me cwazy
We all know that the only way to communicate with babies is to talk to them like an idiot.
I will admit that I have caught myself talking to babies in that "goo goo gaga" voice; it's perfectly acceptable provided the voice stays directed at the baby.
You should never--under any circumstance--use that same voice to talk to another adult. I will admit that I have caught myself talking to babies in that "goo goo gaga" voice; it's perfectly acceptable provided the voice stays directed at the baby.
So ladies, I need to ask: What's up with all the baby talk? I'm hearing more and more women talking like babies--to their boyfriends, to each other but never to actual babies.
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