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Seven tips for making good conversation with a stranger.

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I posted before about tips for knowing if you're boring someone and tips…

6 Safe Conversation Topics For Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving. The word conjures up images of a decadent meal, friends and family filling the seats at the table—unless, of course, you're going to your significant other's for the big day. Then, you picture the same lovely spread of turkey and all the harvest provisions—but this time, you're surrounded by strangers. Enter holiday-party-conversation anxiety. Rest assured, we've been there—and we've got you covered. Here, six safe Thanksgiving topics to get you through a marathon meal with strangers, and how to prep for the event like a pro.

6 Flirty Moves to Try on Any Man (Even Your Own!)

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I'm not the best at what most people would consider traditional "flirting." Neither the giggly girl thing nor the Jessica Rabbit sultry siren thing has ever felt right on me, so my default flirting mode is to basically to make wisecracks and tease my crush object mercilessly (I'm…

Don't Dump on Me Baby!

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Don’t dump on me, baby! by Catherine Wakelin Toronto,…

The Conversation-- another poem from the soul/heart

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“The Conversation”

I feel my chest tighten

I cannot see, and

as I begin to panic

A small still voice says unto me

After a Month

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I wrote this exactly one month after my mom's passing... Let me know what you think!!!!! After a month

I am tired of smiling

Tired of crying

At times tired of living

Yet not prepared for dying

I am tired of acting…

Get the conversation started at end-of-summer parties

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You wouldn't know it by the thick heat enveloping much of the country, but summer is careening to an end. Which means the last of summer parties are around the corner, along with the sense that maybe, just maybe, you've run out of interesting things to talk about.

We're here to help.

4 Secrets To Being Confident

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We've heard it (and said it) a million times: confidence is sexy. But how do you deal when you're lacking in that department? We asked members of

4 First-Date Conversation Rules

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Do you tell all, from your sexual past to your political affiliation, on the first date? Or do you keep things under wraps before you get to know someone? The rules have changed, and we're no longer learning from the same dating etiquette book our parents used. So we asked members of