SViswan

@SViswan (12051)

India • Age 48

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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How to handle bullying?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 9 Jul 11

My 10 year old has a few friends in the apartment complex that we stay at. He plays with them every evening. One child in particular (who is 2 years older than he is and our immediate neighbour) is particulary mean to my son. To...

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6 people

Badmouthing the parent to the child

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 9 Jul 11

We went out for dinner with one of my husband's classmate and his family. The wife and I get along well and their son and my sons enjoy each other's company. We've even gone for a vacation together and it was then that I got close...

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5 people

Complicated Family

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 9 Jul 11

With adoptions, surrogates and people conceiving using donor sperms increasing, family trees today are beginning to look more like a tangled forest. Don't get me wrong. I am not against any of these. My concern is for future...

adoptions

branch on family tree

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2 people

Old Age Homes

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 27 Jun 11

I've heard a lot about not wanting to leave parents in an old age home. As parents get old to take care of themselves, some children offer to take care of them. Sometimes this means a move to a different part of the country or the...

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9 people

Stay at in-laws

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 27 Jun 11

In some cultures, the meeting with the in-laws happen before the wedding, when the couple stay over and get to know each other's families. In arranged marriages, this usually happens after the wedding takes place. Most couples...

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5 people

Verbal abuse

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 24 Jun 11

How does one handle verbal abuse? It's not happened to me often but whenever I see it is about to start or has started, I walk away. If I get really angry, I have no control over what I do or say and things can really blow up....

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5 people

Obliged to share wealth

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 13 Jun 11

Are the wealthy obliged to share their wealth with people who are less fortunate? It's theirs to do as they please...they've worked hard for it. Is it necessary for them to give back to society to ensure a stable and prosperous...

obliged to share wealth

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8 people

Change of opinion

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 27 May 11

I've been on mylot for almost 5 years now. I've responded to many many discussions and also started a few of my own. I realize that I have been changing and growing as a person. Some of my opinions have changed in these few...

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4 people

Invisible or Unimportant?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 22 May 11

I know some people who either invite me home or I go there to get/ask something and they are on the phone chatting with a friend or relative. They let me in and then continue to talk as if I am invisible...and keep me waiting....

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8 people

'I don't need your permission'

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 5 May 11

My neighbours are fighting again! I wonder why they don't close the main door when they are arguing...they probably don't even realize that we can hear them. Anyway, that's the not the point. They are arguing about the wife going...

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8 people

Parent-The Enemy!

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 2 May 11

Parenting isn't an easy job and at some point or the other, a child does feel that the parent is against them and we have the regular tantrums. "You don't let me do anything"; "you don't like my friends"; YOU...blah blah....of...

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9 people

What should she do?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 19 Apr 11

A very very close friend of mine (we've known each other since our school days) is in a bad relationship for the last 10 years. It's not working out and all these years she has been trying everything she could to make it work. Her...

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4 people

How do I tell her?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 26 Mar 11

I have an ex-colleague who was having a few family issues. I would help her out at work and since we were co-teachers and I was the section head, I did most of the planning. After I quit working,we still kept in touch. She would...

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5 people

A small little doubt

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 17 Mar 11

10 year old son : Mom, I've been reading my Biology book Mom(very pleased) : Good Son : I have a small little doubt Mom : Yeah? Son : I know that how fertilization takes place and the little foetus is formed. But...sperms are...

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11 people

'I know'

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 17 Mar 11

I hear this a lot from kids these days....when in truth...they hardly know anything or maybe just a wee bit of the subject or topic. I wonder why that is so? Is it just the kids I know or is it common everywhere? These kids...

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4 people

Pocket money for homemakers

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 5 Mar 11

I couldn't find the 'Homemaker' category. We all (or atleast most of us) agree that the homemaker does a lot of work. I've seen discussions on how much the pay would be if a homemaker went out and did the same amount of work. I...

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3 people

Difference of opinion

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 5 Mar 11

This discussion is about any relationship where partners are involved. It can be a business relationship or even a marriage. If you and your partner has a difference of opinion, do you try to convince each other and take a...

conflict

decision

difference in opinion

partners

relationship

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Who do you tell your secrets to?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 23 Feb 11

In a recent survey by Readers' Digest, "best friends' tops the list with half of those surveyed saying that the share their deepest wishes and darkest fears with their closest pals. "Spouse" and "mother" are close behind in the...

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7 people

Doctor's Handwriting?

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 23 Feb 11

Doctors are known for their bad handwriting and the pharmacists usually get blamed for giving the wrong medication. The Karnataka State Pharmacy Council has decided to write to the Medical Council of India, the Indian Medical...

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10 people

"I am my aunt's reincaration!"

SViswan @SViswan (12051) • India 23 Feb 11

So says Lady Gaga. She believes that she is a reincarnation of her aunt who died aged 19 before Lady Gaga was born. I'm not sure if I believe in reincarnations (though the religion I follow certainly does). But just for fun,...

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2 people