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Today's column
Posted by Robin Abrahams
June 30, 2013 11:47 AM
... is online here. The first LW is worried, believe it or not, about how to wish a temperamental friend "happy birthday." My advice, in part--
Put a lid on the rationalizations. I don't want to hear about what a wonderful and generous person Ms. Volcano can be on her good days or how much shared history you have or how you need a kidney and she likes to ride her motorcycle without a helmet and, hey, a guy can hope. She's an emotional terrorist and she's dismantling your grip on reality. Not wanting to tell your boss about the bad quarterly sales figures after he's already been stuck in construction traffic for an hour is normal. Being afraid to wish someone a happy birthday--dreading not only her direct rage but also her possible harm to your relationships with other people--is not.
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Robin Abrahamswrites the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine and is the author of Miss Conduct's Mind over Manners. Robin has a PhD in psychology from Boston University and also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School. Her column is informed by her experience as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Marc Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, and their socially challenged but charismatic dog, Milo.
