Write an article based on this "See if your girlfriend involves you in major decisions. Pay attention to who she introduces you to. See if your girlfriend treats you with respect. Be cautious if your girlfriend treats you with suspicion."
article: When your girlfriend asks you for input on a significant life decision, it shows that she trusts you and values your opinion. On the other hand, if she often makes substantial life decisions without asking your input, this could be a sign that she does not fully trust you or feels that your opinion is not valuable. Major decisions include, for example, a change in job or career path, a change in housing, or planning and executing a long-term vacation. If your girlfriend trusts you and values you as an important part of her life, she'll likely introduce you to her close friendsboth male and femaleand to her parents, siblings, and other family members. On the other hand, if your girlfriend keeps you away from the people in her life who matter most to her, you probably do not have her trust. Introductions to family members and close friends will generally take place within the first 6 months of a relationship. Don't expect your girlfriend to make these introductions within the first few weeks of being together. In any healthy relationship, respect and trust go hand in hand. It's nearly impossible to trust someone that you do not respect, and vice versa. If your girlfriend respects you, she'll treat you kindly and compassionately, ask about your day, and generally show that she enjoys being with you. These behaviors will indicate that she trusts you, as well. Respect, along with many other healthy emotional connections, works both ways. You need to show your girlfriend respect in order for her to develop respect for you also. It's a clear sign of mistrust if your girlfriend shows constant suspicion of your whereabouts, friendships with other women, or actions when you're not with her. If you're concerned by this type of behavior from your girlfriend, ask her about it calmly but directly. Signs of suspicion or a lack of trust can include: trying to unlock your phone or read your texts, reading your emails, following you when you're out with friends, or searching through your clothing or possessions. Say something like, "I noticed you reading through some of my texts and emails yesterday. I don't appreciate you doing that, and I hope I haven't given you a reason to be suspicious of me. Do you feel that you can't trust me?"

Write an article based on this "Use the glove to play catch. Knead the glove by hand. Rough up the glove. Sleep on the glove."
article: The most surefire way to break in a stiff new softball glove is to use it to play catch frequently. This way, you're using it for what it was designed for, and won't have to worry about damaging the glove's materials using unorthodox methods. The downside of simply playing catch to break in your glove is that it can take many hours of catching to soften the glove up enough. When catching a softball with a new glove, concentrate on enveloping and squeezing the ball with the area around the thumb and forefingers to form what is known as a "pocket." This will give the glove a natural contour the size and shape of a softball and make catching easier as a result. Use both hands to bend, pull, stretch, squeeze and roll the glove. Working the glove manually can also be a time-consuming way to break it in, but the upside is that it can be done absent-mindedly while you're busy with other things. After a while, the repetitive contact will cause the leather of the glove to loosen up. Try kneading your new glove while you're watching TV, talking with friends or sitting in traffic. The natural oils on your hands can also be good for conditioning a stiff glove. Take out your aggression on your new glove and soften it up in the process. Punch it, kick it, stomp on it, hit it with a bat or throw it against the wall. It may seem odd to be so destructive to a new glove, but the abuse you dole out will simulate the pounding it will eventually take on the field. Just make sure you don't damage any weaker areas of the glove, like the stitching. Softball gloves are fashioned from thick, durable leather, so you're unlikely to damage the glove, as long as you don't employ extreme measures like running it over in a car or dropping it off a cliff. One traditional method for breaking in a new glove is to fold it around a ball, stick it under your mattress and sleep on it for a night or two. What makes this effective is the constant heat and pressure from having your body weight on top of it for an extended period. As the glove warms up, it will begin to conform to the shape of the ball, while positioning your shifting mass over it while you sleep will massage away tension in the new leather. Make sure there is a ball in your glove before sleeping on it. The point is to form a defined pocket, not to flatten the glove out. Play catch with your new glove by day and sleep on it at night. Between the two, the glove should be thoroughly broken in in no time.

Write an article based on this "Look at the Gregg shorthand alphabet. Use the correct shape and length for the consonant symbols. Represent vowels with circles. Use the proper punctuation marks in Gregg shorthand."
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The Gregg shorthand method is phonetic, so it follows the sound of words, rather than the spelling of words. It uses hooks and circles as symbols for words. Like the Pitman method, it has a separate set of symbols for consonants and vowels. You can find the Gregg shorthand alphabet here: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shorthand.htm. Each consonant is represented by a hook that is a different shape and length. Some consonants, like "n" or "m," are straight vertical lines. Other consonants, like "f" or "v," are more horizontal and curved. Study each consonant to ensure you are writing it correctly. In some cases, multiple consonants are represented with one symbol based on the sound of the word, such as the sound "n-d" in "and" or "m-n" in "men." The Gregg method uses circles of different sizes to notate the vowel sounds in words. Common vowels like "a" are represented by a large circle, while vowels like "e" are represented by a smaller circle. Make sure you notate vowel sounds correctly with circles, rather than just how the vowel appears written in the word. For example, the vowel sound "oo" is represented by an open circle at the bottom. The vowel sound "ea" is represented by a circle with a dot in the center. Punctuation marks like a period, a question mark, and a hyphen are represented by different symbols in Gregg shorthand. The symbol for the punctuation mark should appear above the bottom line of the page. For example, a period is represented by a small dash and a question mark is represented by a small "x." A complete list of shorthand for punctuation marks can be found here: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shorthand.htm.