Sometimes simply repeating someone’s words back to them shows them how out of line they are being. So if they ask, “Did you understand the note I wrote you?” you can ask, “Do you mean did I understand the note about refilling the printer ink? Something I do every week? Is that what you meant? Or do you mean another note?”

We don’t listen to each other’s voicemails anymore. Someone will call, leave a message, we’ll see she left a message, but rather than listen to it, we’ll just call the person back and ask that she repeat everything she probably just said on that message.

If someone is explaining something to a third party, and you think you could do a better job, you just cut the explainer off and say, “I’ll take it from here.”

Some men so clearly, deeply, inherently dislike women that it shows, even when they like a woman. They can’t hide it.

No matter how many times you are ghosted, it always comes as a shock. There’s a good chance that many of the individuals who have ghosted you seemed completely engaged and interested during your last interaction, leaving you with little clues as to why they would cut off communication. It’s natural for humans to crave […]