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Dear Metro: "Can I vent about something for a few minutes?"

On emotional labour

Dear Metro: Can I vent about something for a few minutes?

Nov 27, 2019 Society

Got issues with work, love, sex, family, friendships, money or the crushing existential angst of modern life? Each week our Metro advice columnist answers a reader’s query and (we assume) solves all their problems.

Read the last Dear Metro advice: “Is it normal to be this tired all the time?”

Dear Metro,

From, A Friend

Dear Friend,

With love,

Metro xx

Send your woes to: dearmetro@bauermedia.co.nz.

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