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Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52154) • Staten Island, New York 25 Aug 24

I was on the bus a few days ago. This lady looked at me and offered me a seat. I told her, “No thank you. I’m ok.” She got up anyway and kept insisting that I sit down, even after I kept telling her I’m okay and don’t want to sit...

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Odd Assumptions

Amber @AmbiePam (120592) • United States 6 May 23

I remember when I was in sixth grade, my best friend came back from visiting her family in Arizona, and she told me about her cousins asking her how far apart her neighbors lived from her (we reside in Oklahoma). They were under...

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On Judgements about people

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 6 Sep 18

Hi MyLot, First I want to ask for your prayers, thoughts and good wishes. About 2 weeks ago we got notified that at my mom's oncology appointment, that her blood count for one of the marker levels were a little bit over...

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You know what they say about assuming ...

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 11 Oct 17

Did you ever have someone make assumptions about you? I was relating an old story of mine to @TRBRocks420 - which inspired me to write this. How do you handle people's assumptions? I have 3 examples. 1) I went on a handful...

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The importance of explanations

Fleur @Fleura (34935) • United Kingdom 4 Apr 17

The last couple of days Little One has been poorly, with a high temperature. Of course the general advice is to keep them cool and give paracetamol or ibuprofen (available as allegedly child-friendly fruit-flavoured suspensions)...

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Saying What we Mean

Teep11 @Teep11 (7673) • United States 8 Aug 16

One of the worse things one can do is not say what they realm mean. Assuming and guessing is something that should be avoided but sometimes we have little choice but to guess. Could be wrong but when we're left with no real...

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People say . . .! Really?

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 14 Dec 15

To all the people out there that might want to visit S A for a Safari, or a visit to the beautiful coastal resorts take heed - "Cape Town has been ranked by National Geographic as the world's second-best beach city in their...

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Jumping to Conclusions

Mari Juana @marijuana (570) • Tel Aviv, Israel 9 Dec 15

Jumping to conclusion seems to be a normal habit of most people. Well, there are times we make the right conclusions but there are awkward moments when we suddenly blurted our judgements only to find out we are totally wrong. I...

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Why Do People Always Think They Work Harder Than Other People

Go Crossbones @crossbones27 (52905) • Mojave, California 22 Sep 15

I am so sick of seeing these Facebook Meme's of poor people having full fridges because people assume they get some type of Government assistance. While the middle class families have empty fridges because they work and get no...

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A Blast From the Past

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 25 Feb 13

Over the week-end I heard from an old friend. It was have been great to hear from her if hadn't been for the following: Back in 2009 I had gone over to her place and stayed with her for about three months. It was fun...

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Assumptions are dangerous!!

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 7 Jan 13

We all assume. ASSUME as you know is to make an A..SS of U and ME! Take me for example. Whenever my star goes down here two people come to my mind who I think are the cause of it. For all you know poor little...

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life

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I didn't put the tag on there

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 3 Oct 12

The khaki pants I have, they've never fit me. They are a hand me down from an ex friend of mine, but those are the only ones that fit me almost decently. I still have to wear a belt, which I've had to duct tape together. Well...

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Relationships: The difference between reasonable and unreasonable expectations

sherrybelle @sherrybelle (707) • United States 8 Aug 12

Each and every day we have opportunities to interact with people. Some of our interactions involve business relationships and personal relationships with those people. If I tell someone that I will meet them at a specific place...

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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

sharksfin @sharksfin (1091) • Philippines 10 Jul 12

Anyone agree? I think I do agree. Most of the time, we think we're always right. What we feel is right. Especially women. Although, yes, we really have strong instincts but oftentimes, jealousy is stronger. And what we want to see...

Some People Don't Know The Difference Between "How Far" and "How Long."

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 19 Jun 12

I understand that I am not in the majority when it comes to walking. I ma legally blind, and walk with a white support cane. My problem is both visual, and physical. Anyway, yesterday I ran downtown to get a passport photo. My...

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Well that's nice of you

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 14 Mar 12

I had a lady come through my line at work yesterday and insult me. She said that people my age don't listen. I said I am 24 and she said yeah still your age. I was like Look woman I was raised by my grandparents (lie) and I was...

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People assume I have notihng to do but wait

cripfemme @cripfemme (7698) • United States 10 Jan 12

It seems I'm always waiting. Today I'm waiting for the carpet replacement man to come. I am refusing to disconnect my Internet and phone until they actually get here because it could be two o'clock in the afternoon and I do have a...

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Womens issues

nannacroc @nannacroc (4049) 31 Oct 11

I was answering a friends discussion with a similar title and noticed that most of the adverts were for shoes. Does this mean that shoes are the only important issue for women? I found it both strange and slightly offensive, does...

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Never make assumptions!!!!

MarappleStiffy @marapplestiffy (2182) • Philippines 3 Jun 11

I went to the City hall today to get my Cedula (some kind of requirement for the Police clearance), so when I was all done I boarded the jeepney, and there were 5 of us who boarded the jeepney at that stop, an old lady, and 4...

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Turtles are supposed to be slow but...

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 27 May 11

We all know that turtles are supposed to be slow. They are reptiles that have a reputation of hanging out in their shells putting one scaly foot in front of the other. ~ There is a video however that blows that assumption right...

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