Problem: Article: You should be honest with your guy friend about the fact you do not like him back. Have a sit down conversation with him at a good time and place Pick a time when your friend won't be stressed. You do not want to tell him right before a big football game or exam. Instead, wait for a weekend afternoon when neither you nor your friend have big plans or obligations. As it's just going to be you and your friend, pick a place that does not look like a date. Going out to lunch together may feel date-like, so choose something more low-key. What do you and your friend normally do together? Maybe you like to hang out in the park. This may be a better location. It can be difficult to tell your friend you're not interested in him. In the moment, you may feel nervous. Therefore, try to write down your thoughts ahead of time. This will help you get a sense of how you feel, and figure out the best way to express that. Get a pen or pencil and paper and jot down your thoughts. How do you feel? What is the best way to express this? From there, write down what you want from the conversation. Do you want you and your friend to work on salvaging the friendship? Do you need some space from this friend so he can sort out his feelings? You should not read out what you're writing word-per-word during the discussion. This is more of a way to get your thoughts out. By writing out your thoughts ahead of time, you can better express them in the moment. You want to try and get a sense of what your friend is feeling going into the conversation. Empathy is important at any point, but is vital to difficult conversations. Your friend may react negatively to the news, and you want to understand why so you do not become frustrated. Try to think how you would feel in your friend's position. Imagine having feelings for someone, and thinking that person may feel the same way. It would be crushing to hear the truth. Your friend will likely feel sad and disappointed, and worried about the harm done to your friendship. Carry this empathy into the conversation. While talking to your friend, he may react poorly. He may become upset, or even angry. Try to remember your friend is going through something difficult. Remember what it's like to be in his shoes in the moment, and you'll be better equipped to cope with a negative reaction. If you go into the conversation with assumptions, this may change how you act. For example, if you expect your friend to get mad, you may go into the conversation with hostility. Conversely, if you think your friend will shake it off easily, you may come off as uncaring. Remind yourself of what you don't know. You cannot know how a situation is going to unfold until it's occurring. Therefore, it makes no sense to make predictions. Go into the situation calm and optimistic, but with no assumptions on how your friend will react. By keeping your expectations open, you'll find it easier to deal with a range of potential reactions.
Summary: Choose a good time and place to talk. Write some notes. Feel some empathy for your friend. Remain open-minded.

Problem: Article: In some situations, you may need (or simply want) to include the name of the day of the week when writing out a date. Usually, you would do this on an invitation to an event or a notification of a meeting. The name of the day of the week is followed by a comma. For example, you might write "Dienstag, 22. Januar 2019." (Tuesday, 22nd January 2019). In German, the days of the week are Montag (Monday), Dienstag (Tuesday), Mittwoch (Wednesday), Donnerstag (Thursday), Freitag (Friday), Samstag (Saturday), and Sonntag (Sunday). The period (or full-stop) after the numeral indicating the day of the month signals that the number is an ordinal. Unlike when writing the date using only numbers, there is a space after the period and before the name of the month. For example, you would write "July 4, 2019" as der 4. Juli 2019. After the day of the year, write out the name of the month. Type a space, then close your date with the numerals of the year. There's no punctuation between the month and the year. For example, you would write "December 24, 2019" as der 24 Dezember 2019. The months of the year in German are: Januar (January), Februar (February), Marz (March), April (April), Mai (May), Juni (June), Juli (July), August (August), September (September), Oktober (October), November (November), and Dezember (December). They're fairly easy to recognize and remember if you already know the months of the year in English.
Summary: List the day of the week first if necessary. Write the number of the day followed by a period. Add the name of the month and the numerals for the year.

Problem: Article: You can find it at www.familywatchdog.us/. This is a free service that allows you to see a map of your neighborhood with markings indicating where sex offenders live. It's in the lefthand column. Enter your street address and your city, state and zip code. You'll see a map with tiny squares indicating places where sex offenders live. Click on a square to see more information about each offender. By clicking the name of an offender, you can see details: photo, alias, convictions, description and map. You may print the profiles of offenders for your own use. The Family Watchdog site will send you free notifications when someone new moves in. Click the "sign up now" button in the upper left corner of the homepage to sign up.
Summary: Go to the Family Watchdog website. Enter your address in the "Find Offenders" box. Click a square on the map that appears. Click the "List" tab to see a clickable list of sex offenders by name, address, and distance from your address. Consider signing up for notifications that a sex offender has moved to your area.

Problem: Article: The best drip cakes are created from layer cakes. Try baking a triple layer cake with three round cake pans. You can choose any flavor you want. Strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate are all great choices for a drip cake with ganache glaze. You can also use a boxed cake mix to make your cake. Once you bake the cake of your choice, let it cool completely. Make sure you let the cake cool at room temperature until it is cool to the touch. You should not feel any warmth coming from the cake. This should take about 20-30 minutes. Once the cake is cool, ice it. You can use any type of icing, like buttercream or fondant. You can also used store-bought icing. You will need to refrigerate the cake before you can cover it in dripping ganache glaze. Place the iced cake in the refrigerator and allow it to cool for at least 60 minutes.
Summary:
Bake a layer cake. Ice the cake. Refrigerate the iced cake.