The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
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Ah, I see. You've lost respect for each other, and that's hard to get back. In my own experience, roommates are much more fertile ground for resentment than marriage. In marriage, you can at least remind yourself of your shared goals, you're on the same team, you went to the trouble of merging finances, you consult each other for advice. There are ways to air out your grievances in a marriage, and give them a fair hearing. Roommates have no such advantages, only seething.
Now that sis is out of the house I wouldn't worry about taking a long break. Then, eventually, have a meal with her every now and then, and make sure afterwards each goes his or her separate way home. I am a massive hypocrite because each of my siblings lives several states away.
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