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You Asked: How Can I Say No?
Dear Sugar,
My teenage daughter plays sports and has since she was in grade school. Not long after she started, a woman that lives in our town asked to carpool. I was OK with it at first but over the last five years, it has evolved from carpooling to my family being completely responsible for her kids without any compensation.
Do You Suffer From the Do-it-all Disease?
Since women hate to disappoint, we tend to take on more than we can handle, leaving us at times resentful and exhausted. Glamour Magazine recently coined it the "Do-it-all disease", and if you suffer from it, you're in luck. Pamela Redmond Satran has come up with 14 perfectly acceptable ways to say no without being abrupt or harsh.
The How-To Lounge: Saying No to Her Bridesmaid Request
It’s certainly a bit awkward and requires some major tact, but you actually can say no to a friend’s request for you to be her bridesmaid. In fact, if you really don’t feel like you’ll be a positive participant either because of time constraints or personal demands, declining her request might just be the best thing you can do. Though coming right out with “no thanks” may not be the best strategy, there are ways of refusing gracefully.
The How-To Lounge: Declining an Invitation
Sometimes you just don't want to go to happy hour with a friend or to a co-worker's housewarming party. Maybe the location is inconvenient or perhaps you just don't feel like making the effort, either way, all you want to do is refuse. Unfortunately most of us end up going anyway because we just can't say "no."
Do Tell: Are You a Yes Ma'am?
Are you a push over? Do people constantly ask you for favors because they know you'll always say yes? If so, don't feel bad, because you're not alone.
Say What? Ex-Letterman Writer Says Hostile Work Environment No Joke
"Was I aware that other high-level male employees were having sexual relationships with female staffers? Yes. Did these female staffers have access to information and wield power disproportionate to their job titles?
Say What? Recession or No, Women Love Their Sex Toys!
"[Y]eah, money's tight. If people are going to spend their dollars, they want to know it's a good product. People are staying home more, so we've directed more marketing efforts toward cheap date nights — for the price of a movie and dinner, buy a vibrator, stay home and have fun."
Say What? Chaz Bono Sheds Light on Transgender Experience
"I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn't much feminine about me. I believe that gender is something between your ears not between your legs."
Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine
“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."
— Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes .
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