My friend and I haven’t been talking to each other since he complained about me to our teacher for helping a classmate in a test. Now, my birthday is in a few days and I don’t want us to be this way. But I also do not want to apologise since I am convinced I did no wrong.
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What is there to help you silly dolt? Just send him or her an invitation and knowing how you people are, he (or she) will easily be tempted by free food and drink: this is your DNA: so why are you worried. No one in India refuses an invitation to free food and drink which is why even poor Ramdev had to provide as he would say, fooding and lodging...it’s another matter the jokers from Delhi Police messed up the civil society picnic…
I am good in studies and everyone expected I’d get a good rank in my board exams but I didn’t. I feel bad for letting them down.
Name and address withheld
Oh my poor baby. Life is doomed, is it? Look son, this whole thing about getting ranked is silly and you should not lose hope. It’s not as if you are Kanimozhi having to spend summer at Tihar. Thank your stars you will be a loser and a dolt. That way you will get into less trouble and no one will in any case ever expect anything from you. I think this not being ranked is a blessing in disguise. No one will ever need to call you stupid or ignorant because you have already established that. So live fearlessly and happily hereafter. As I said, things could be much worse!
I love my girlfriend very much but she always wants me to dance to her every whim. She even makes me pay for her phone recharge. She also borrows money from me that she does not ever return. How do I stop this?
Name and address withheld
She doesn’t treat you like a lover son. She treats you like an ATM and the silly fellow you are, you happily go along so for god’s sake don’t blame her. My suggestion is get rid of her as quickly as you can. Clearly women don’t love you for your good looks or your intellect so you can always find another woman. The next time round, try and get hold of a post-paid mobile user.
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