Laugh. Laugh with me. Laugh at my jokes. Play with me a little bit. Don't be so serious all of the time. If I don't laugh with you, I'm not going to be comfortable telling you things about my life. I just won't be able to open up because laughter is the only thing I interpret as absolute acceptance because everything else seems subjective to me.
Also, if I swear every other word, don't even bat an eye because if I'm talking about stuff that makes me uncomfortable and I want to swear like a sailor, then dammit I'm going to unless you tell me that a particular word is upsetting to you for personal reasons in which case I will back off. Just don't tell me it isn't professional or worse "ladylike" for me to talk the way I talk.
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