I’m 19 a Sophomore in College living and campus and I work part time. Growing up my parents were out of work a lot and money was always an issue. Which is one of the reason’s I’m going to an in state university (which isn’t well ranked compared to other colleges) because it’s cheaper. I work about 20 hours a week at a restaurant serving and I love my job it’s not far from campus the people there are so nice and Im making good money, enough to possibly buy a beater car in time for christmas break (so when I move back home for break I can still get to work and visit friends around campus). My Grandfather pays for my tution by the way not my parents.

My problem is my family just recently moved and my dad finally has a good job that pays well and my mother is trying to convince me that I don’t have to work that much that they can support me so I can focus on school. But I like working I like being independent and I’m a good student I spend most of my free time in the library. but How do I convince my parents that I want to work and need to work because eventually I want ot move out of the house and get my own place near campus.

my issues:
growing up I wasn’t a good student in high school because I had trouble balancing a job school and doing extra curricular school activities (school plays) and hanging out with friends. I didn’t have the best grades mostly a B average. Thus my parents don’t think I can do it.

I want to be independent of my family and support myself. I love them but I’m 19 and want to support myself. Working gives me comfort that I can support myself and be finacially ok if my dad looses his job again which happened to me a lot growing up. Now I’m older and more mature, able to handle the work load and orgaize my time better.

How do I explain that to my parents (mostly my mothe by the way). What do I say? Has any one been in this same situation? what do you recomend I do?

So i always here people say the army pay is lousy for active duty soldiers. Ok lets say if your single active duty soldier (it doesnt really matter which rank). The army pays for everything like food and you live in barracks and you get free medical and dental right??? And all you have to pay is your on clothes, phone and cable. And other stuff you want personally.

So isnt basically like you living at home with your parents where they will cook you dinner and pay the rent and all that like you were 17. I know you guys remember the time when you were living at home and you had a little job like a restaurant job but you could use the money for your own use without paying the bills. So is it basically like that

I know its not like living at home im just talking about pay version of it. I know army is full time and its nothing like working at McD’s.

For my birthday I am planning on going to a nice sushi restaurant with my parents,brother and my boyfriend. Is it okay that I’m not having some huge party?

I am meeting my girlfriends parents, from Switzerland in a few weeks. We are going to a very fancy restaurant in Beverly Hills and I need to be dressed very nicely. I’m known as the successful entertainment executive and my GF wants me to look like it. I have suits i wear to work but she insist I find something just for this! I can have a suit custom tailored but I want something STUNNING. suggestions?

So, my wife and I have been together for 8 years, married for 4 months, and have a 7 month old child. There have been some pretty rough times but we have made it through. Before moving, I had been a stay at home father for about 4 months, my wife lost her job, then we moved.

Since my step-mother recently passed away, my Dad extended an offer to us to move into his house. No don’t get me wrong, he has a very nice house. We have our own room, the baby has her own room, and he is never here because of work.

The problem is, we have been at each other since we moved in. I’m not sure if it is strictly coincidence or something more? We never have sex anymore since it feels awkward to me that my father is downstairs or nearby. We also haven’t been able to spend any time together because of work. I’ve going through training at the airport all day while she babysits. We used to carpool but then the schedules changed enough so carpooling didn’t seem to work well anymore. So we spend little to no time together.

She also has BPD and last night, I snapped a little. For the last 2 weeks straight she has pulled some mood change right before bed. And since it is BPD, it is the most ridiculous things like not getting a pudding for her, then a giant fight ensues and etc. So last night, I had enough and told her off. Even though I’m gone a lot, I still end up being the one who cooks, cleans, pays bills and etc and I still get told nightly that I don’t do shit for her…those things are just expected. A “real” man would take her out to dinner or etc.

We have a 7 month old child. We have officially reached the no restaurant at night part but she just doesn’t seem to get it. Our daughter throws fits right before her bedtime(8 pm). So at 730…I don’t think it is a good time to go to dinner. She does though. Her family brought us to Florida over the past week and I relaxed this idea since we were on vacation. Well guess who got stuck with the baby every night outside while everyone else was inside enjoying their meals?

This is all besides the point. Since we moved in with my Dad, things have been bad. I want to move out but we are broke at the moment. We fight daily, have no sex life, and nothing ever seems to get done. I’m not really sure what to do.

Culinary school are so expensive and I can’t afford it. I cant ask my parents for financial support since they are already paying for my university studies. How can I become a cook without going to culinary school? Can you learn to become a cook by yourself? Does cooking school make a lot of difference and is it a must like a student going to a regular university?

I learned to do simple things since I was 8 and I love cooking ever since. I learned to cook from my mum, everybody loves her cooking so they like mine too. I like to change up my mother’s dishes and then show it to my brother (my personal food critic).

When I tell my mum I want to become a cook, she says that that’s not a job for me because it is a hard job and it’s different from cooking for family. I did listen to her and went to a regular university. But even when I’m in class, I think about food, ingredient and daydream about have my own restaurant.

I have nothing but love and respect for my parents, but sometimes it crosses my mind if maybe some of the things they worry about are somewhat needless. I’m the only child in the family, and I know it’s only normal for parents to worry, but here are a few examples of things they’ve said to me:”I worry that when you get out on your own, and say, go into a restaurant, would you know what you have to do once you’re in there?”"I worry that when we’re driving in separate cars, would you pull out into oncoming traffic just because you see us about to pull out.”"I worry when that when you’re in university, will you know what to do in between classes and I’m afraid it will be like culture shock to you.”

I went to my parents house last week and they suggested a certain restaurant. I wanted to know what they had. All I got was a generic listing. They had no website so I had no information. Why doesn’t anyone post menus online?

why she is avoiding me now.
I am handsome 29, working with MNC

4 months back from now, at my work place one charming girl came to sell some product. She is 24 and living with her parents.

After Few days I asked her to meet at some restaurant in town and we met for a coffee and spend 2hrs time. In subsequent second meeting initially she told me that she is busy and can give only for 5 mins but actually she stayed there for 3 hrs.

Last month I asked her to meet at Hotel Room for a privacy. She agreed and came.

Unfortunately that decided day the hotel was closed. I told her that will go to another good hotel but she refused. And then after that as she insisted we again spend 2 hrs in a normal restaurant without privacy.

We came out from restaurant and heavy rain started. We decided to return together in a cab. During that romantic rain I could not stopped my self and kissed her twice .

At the destination we get down from cab and she told me that “ she will never meet me again” and ran away.

When I text her for 2,3 times, she replied once that “she don’t like a person who is not stable on his own words.”

I have patience and not contacted her on cell from last 25 days, keeping fingures crossed. She also has not bothered to contact me. This is really strange. I had spend 25 sleepless nights. can not think except her.

Now I don’t know what to do? Why she is avoiding me?
how to give her some way out to rethink.? How long shuld i wait?

Pl help me asap.

Thanx for reading

Basically I am 29, have been enagaged since I was 18 so long realtionship.
My fiance cheated on me last year and has now been relocated because he got fired. He dumped the other girl after a month and he promised we would make it work etc and get married but I have found out he is living with another woman. He is now living in a different country from me and I havent heard from him in a while. I still love him and am missing him so much. He was my life. I have a few pals but they are so wrapped up in their own lives I NEVER see them. I have a good job and am struggling to pay the mortgage on the house my fiance and I were meant to occupy until he buggered off. I am so alone, I have no social life at all and want to get out and about but nobody else works so I dont see any of my pals as they are alwys in. I want to just pack up and move far away. I see my parents every day but i have nobody else except my two cats. I am so miserable because I just want to be able to smile again and there nothing to smile about. My ex is now in a sunny beautiful country with his new woman and I cant stop imagining them on the beach etc. I want to go on holidays but on my own its not so nice. I cant sit in candle lit restaurants by myself and its makes me sad to think hes doing that with her. I want to emigrate and just go to New England and start all over. Anybody know how I can start the ball rolling. I dont mind taking a low paying job, I just have to get out of my country before I just disappear one day. Nobody would even notice me leaving, I just need to start a new life. Please help?? My doctor said he cant believe how strong I am and I should be traumatised by this whole event (especially because of the way he cheated on me.) He wanted to sign me off work for 6 months becuase i was on verge of breakdown and did suffer a miscarriage due to the stress. But I said no, I have got to keep active or I will go insane especially s my so called friends have done nothing to help me. My “best” pal, when she found out we had broken up said to me ” I’m sorry to hear that, on the plus side I am getting married” What kind of a selfish ***** says to their best friend who has just had her heart broken after 10 years a thing like that??? Especially when the guy she is marying is 10 yrs younger and she has known him 1 month. Please help.

Ps my ex wasnt young. When I was 18 he was thirty. when he cheated I was 28 and he was 38. The girl he cheated on me with was 18 so 20 yrs between them.
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Ps no he wasnt young. He is 15 yrs older than me. I was 18 and he was 33. The girl he cheated with was 20 yrs younger than him. She isnt nice. I said to her we are in a relatinship and she said “who cares, I want him, Im having him”