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  • Realize, sadly, that even after browbeating, bribing, guilt-tripping, and otherwise manipulating teenaged sons into pitching in and dong their fair share there will still be a bunch of chores left for me to do that I don't want to do that I will nontheless do, all summer and fall, every summer and fall, for the rest of my life or until I hit the lottery.

    Spring mending time 2009

  • The latter, meanwhile, has so much to recommend it - less stress, no risk of staying with a grudging hostess, no gratuitous confrontation, no guilt-tripping, no risk of punishing the innocent since your friend may actually have had two legitimate reasons to withdraw her offer, and may well feel worse than you do about it, and no shaking up a friendship just because your boyfriend can't/won't roll with the punches.

    Friend extends hospitality, then withdraws it Post 2011

  • None of this involves guilt-tripping borrowers for acting totally rationally.

    Matthew Yglesias » Promises and Penalties 2010

  • Are you suggesting we reconsider the amendment or are you suggesting we rekindle the discussions to inflame a little hostility and guilt-tripping that comes in so handy for manipulating whites?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Quite a Warning Label 2010

  • Rand hates guilt-tripping people like Tony Hayward, and men who stomp on women's heads and then demand apologies from the stompee, and racist private business owners who already have to deal with the shame and unpopularity that accompanies being a racist.

    Katie Halper: Rand Paul on BP & Head Stomper: Accidents Happen Katie Halper 2010

  • She never lets me drop any balls, and does it with grace and without guilt-tripping.

    I’m sleeping with my assistant | Johnny B. Truant 2009

  • Realize, sadly, that even after browbeating, bribing, guilt-tripping, and otherwise manipulating teenaged sons into pitching in and dong their fair share there will still be a bunch of chores left for me to do that I don't want to do that I will nontheless do, all summer and fall, every summer and fall, for the rest of my life or until I hit the lottery.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • Rand hates guilt-tripping people like Tony Hayward, and men who stomp on women's heads and then demand apologies from the stompee, and racist private business owners who already have to deal with the shame and unpopularity that accompanies being a racist.

    Katie Halper: Rand Paul on BP & Head Stomper: Accidents Happen Katie Halper 2010

  • Even though Blatter's ghastliness is hardly surprising, do just picture that moral pygmy guilt-tripping arguably the standout political figure of the late 20th century into attending a football match.

    Sepp Blatter's slick patter sticks in South Africa's craw 2010

  • I couldn't stand the proselytizing and guilt-tripping that Christianity seemed to offer.

    Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: Why It's Cool to Go to Church Again 2010

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