1. You made plans with a friend to go get dinner, but totally forgot you had a concert to go to tonight. Crap. Double booked. How do you let your friend know dinner can't happen?
Why can't I just squeeze in both of the night's plans? Call him/her up and break the news, saying, ''I'd rather be going to dinner with you... trust me.'' Send a text bearing the bad news for me. Call her up quickly and just lay it on him/her. S/he'll get over it. No big. Say I'm not feeling well and make plans for dinner the next night. That way no one's feelings are hurt and the problem's solved.
2. Your roommate is totally driving you nuts with his/her inability to take out the garbage on his/her day. How do you sort through the problem?
Say, ''Dude. It reeks in here. You need to take out the garbage.'' Leave him/her a post-it on his/her computer asking nicely for him/her to take out the friggin trash! I'll take it out this time. No problem. Get pissed and start an argument about it. How hard is it to take out the trash? Put the trash bag on his/her bed. Let's see how s/he likes that!
3. You and your bf/gf get into a fight over God knows what this time. How do you remedy the situation?
Ignore his/her calls. Talk it out. Or at least try to. Wait for him/her to apologize first and maybe flirt with his/her BFF in the meanwhile. Apologize first. I just hate having someone mad at me. Have some make-up you know what. That always does the trick.
4. At the risk of bringing up a sore subject, where are you and your most recent ex now?
We're friends, Genuinely. Umm. We may or may not still hook up every now and then. It's lonely, you know? We do not speak. But I will drunk dial/text him/her every now and then. Oops. I call him/her up when I need advice with my current bf/gf. It's cool. We're cordial. If we run into each other, we say, ''Hi'' but that's about it.
5. And what was the reason behind that most recent break-up?
I found someone else. One of us cheated. We always felt more like friends to me. We lost the spark. The communication wasn't there.
6. Oh the dreaded returning of the belongings. How do you handle it?
Not really necessary. If I'm over and I see something that's mine, I just ask him/her for it back. No big deal. Demand my stuff back ASAP. I miss that red hoodie! Too bad I already burned his/her stuff. Ask if we can set aside some time to exchange things. It won't be too painful. Well, I'll probably grab my CDs the morning after... if you catch my drift. Drop it off on his/her door step. Ding, dong, ditch... here's your ish, if you will.