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In each case, write out the words you would use to respond to this person.

I just don't know what to do about my parents. It seems like they just don't understand me. Everything I like seems to go against their values, and they just won't accept my feelings as being right for me. It's not that they don't love me, they do. But they just don't accept me.

Things have been pretty discouraging lately. I just can't get a good relationship going in my life -- I mean a romantic relationship -- you know. I have plenty of people I'm good friends with, but that's always as far as it goes. I'm tired of being just a pal. I want to be more than that.

I'm really bummed out. I don't know what to do with my life. I'm sick of school, but there just aren't any good jobs around, and I really don't want to join the service. I could just drop out for a while, but that doesn't sound very good either.

I just don't know what I want to do with my career. I probably should be happy that I'm here and have some job security, but I'm not satisfied. The problem is that I really don't want my boss' job either, so if I stay here and get promoted, that won't make me happy either. I guess there's no way out of this situation.

I need to get organized better at the office. Every time I need something, I spend ten minutes trying to find it. My supervisor is annoyed with me because I lost the Flynn file, and I can't for the life of me figure out what I did with it. It's starting to raise havoc with my self-confidence. I feel like I'm drowning in this mess, and the coast guard is nowhere to be found.

I'm having a real problem with my secretary. She just doesn't listen to directions, and when I get the work back it's always wrong. Take this letter for instance, I specifically asked her to double space it and send it out on Tuesday. Here it is Thursday, and I'm finally getting to look at it today, and, of course, it's single spaced. I can't fire her because she works for my boss too, and they get along great. It just figures this would happen to me.