STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

littlebean · Kate Spade

"Like"

Kelly · Hermes

I like your idea of asking for help. Maybe don't even mention her - just say "people have pointed out to me that I say 'like' a lot, and I'm afraid I don't sound professional. So will you start calling my attention to it whenever I do? I'm trying to stop"

Maybe if you tell her the reasons why "you" don't want to say it anymore, she'll consider them herself.

HeatherLynn · Gucci

I like your idea of pointing out that you both do it. My thought is that she probably doesn't even notice that she is saying it. So you if you just point out that you do it, then it may never occur to her that she is doing it as well.

blink · Coach

I think there is a way to address this diplomatically. If I were doing this and it was noticable, I would hope that a good friend would point it out, it doesn't sting if it's out of love. That's what friends are for!

I like the idea of pointing out that you both do it, it's probably true too, close friends often pick up the same dialects, so she could be rubbing off on you and she was probably influenced to say "like" by someone (or maybe tv) else.

blubirde · Chanel

This reminds me of the time I said "you know what I mean?" after every sentence (or so it seemed). I told my coworker to say "f*ck" everytime I said it to shock me into realizing what I was saying. I asked her if there was any word she wanted me to try to break her of and we partnered each other out of saying those phrases/words.

Example:

Me: blah, you know what I mean?
Her: F*ck!
Me: Huh? Oh, right. Well anyway blah, blah, you know what I -
Her: F*ck!
Me: Thanks. Blah, blah... etc., etc., etc.

It really worked.

I'm sure you could use a different word but a shocking one helped me the best.

FashionPrincess · Hermes

blubirde wrote:

This reminds me of the time I said "you know what I mean?" after every sentence (or so it seemed). I told my coworker to say "f*ck" everytime I said it to shock me into realizing what I was saying. I asked her if there was any word she wanted me to try to break her of and we partnered each other out of saying those phrases/words.

Example:

Me: blah, you know what I mean?
Her: F*ck!
Me: Huh? Oh, right. Well anyway blah, blah, you know what I -
Her: F*ck!
Me: Thanks. Blah, blah... etc., etc., etc.

It really worked.

I'm sure you could use a different word but a shocking one helped me the best.

Haha, afterwards did you have to break her of saying the F-word?

blubirde · Chanel

FashionPrincess wrote:

blubirde wrote:

This reminds me of the time I said "you know what I mean?" after every sentence (or so it seemed). I told my coworker to say "f*ck" everytime I said it to shock me into realizing what I was saying. I asked her if there was any word she wanted me to try to break her of and we partnered each other out of saying those phrases/words.

Example:

Me: blah, you know what I mean?
Her: F*ck!
Me: Huh? Oh, right. Well anyway blah, blah, you know what I -
Her: F*ck!
Me: Thanks. Blah, blah... etc., etc., etc.

It really worked.

I'm sure you could use a different word but a shocking one helped me the best.

Haha, afterwards did you have to break her of saying the F-word?

If that girl's triplets don't break her of her sailor mouth, I sure can't do it.