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9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +6 points

Oh yes. The post-school luxury of getting your Sundays back.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +4 points

Yes! Easy. Fast. Direct.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +18 points

Getting silly magazines and overpriced unhealthy snacks at the airport. Watching awful movies on the plane. Nothing counts against you in travel!

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +11 points

Yes. I second the call to get out of it sooner rather than later. Its not gonna get better or easier. You may feel a ton of relief once you've done it. I'm sorry :(

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 0 replies · +2 points

Ha, I was trying to say this and you said it much better <3

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +6 points

Seconded on space + focusing on the aspects of the person/your relationship that you didn't like all that much. It sounds so silly/petty/mean, but when you're healing from something like this sometimes you gotta throw everything you have at it. This can be particularly effective when you're breaking up with someone that you love and respect; keeps you focused on the reasons for your split and discourages any second/third/fourth thoughts.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 4 replies · +9 points

Ugh. Sorry about your farther, and sorry you deal with this on top of it.

Sometimes a brief "Wow" (with or without A Look) is an effective way of conveying "that was really tone-deaf" that also enables you to move forward in the conversation and not Get Into It if you don't feel like it. [Credit Carolyn Hax.]

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +20 points

Ugh, that is always rough. Sometimes I think its helpful to remember that the purpose of dating is not just sorting out the Good people from the Bad people, but also sorting the Good-For-Me people from the Good-But-Just-Not-For-Me people. Its not a failed relationship... you engaged in the process of learning about someone else and yourself*, and it did exactly what it was meant to do. And it sounds like you probably have lots of lovely memories and learned experiences to take into your next new exciting venture.

*a process that is brave and scary and sometimes leaves you temporarily heartbroken and lost (which is OK and good in the long term, not that thats any help now :))

9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +25 points

That sounds awful, I'm sorry. Sounds like one of these times:

10 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +4 points

I'm prob posting this too late, but if anyone is looking for a job my agency is currently hiring. Its a federal government agency based in DC with satellite locations in Boston, Chicago, San Fran and several other cities. Its a job involving policy analysis with emphasis on researching, organizing/analyzing information, drawing conclusions, interviewing (for info, not for hiring), and writing. You don't need to specialize in a certain subject area; in fact if all of your experience falls in the advocacy realm, is strongly partisan, or focuses on a specific specific perspective on a specific issue, this *may* not be the job for you. (Note the "all" here; some advocacy experience, eg campaign work, is OK.) Around two-thirds of new hires have an advanced degree in public policy or something very similar; however, we've also hired people with undergrad degrees and/or people with education/experience in journalism, statistics, health care policy, psychology and other subjects.

If you have any interest let me know and I can give more info! mintmarshmallow[at]openmailbox.org

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