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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I assume she herself pays for her education, and if so, why is it your concern?
where is that assumption coming from?
If she’s paying the freight, she determines the route. If parents are paying, she follows their direction.
Anonymous wrote:OK, he'll get a summer job cooking french fries. But that doesn't make him particularly compelling to any competitive colleges, right?
He shows no drive or enthusiasm for anything besides gaming. We couldn't afford any good summer camps or activities for him that his friends did. We sent him to the cheap county or federally funded stuff in middle school and he hated it and refuses to go to anything that's free or cheap anymore. Honestly they are really poorly run, so I stopped forcing him to go for the experience.
He has this idea he'll get into some competitive/selective colleges because of his grades and test scores, but I'm thinking that's not likely, and especially not likely for merit scholarships. State school is most likely?
Perhaps a year or two cleaning toilets, unloading trucks at Kmart, or washing dishes at the Waffle House may inspire him...
Not just no, but Hell no!
VA limits your negotiation position. In this market you are not without options. No VA.
VA limits your negotiation position. In this market you are not without options. No VA.
No children? Speak with a good divorce attorney, but leave.
Anonymous wrote:How can I meet people who are my age but youthful? Not religious. Not looking to get married again but would like long-term monogamous relationship with city-dwelling yet outdoorsy intellectual male. I am female.
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Anonymous wrote:It’s really hard to live with him sometimes. He refuses to use our echo as the government would spy on us. He refuses to live in the city because of the “liberals”; he has eclectic interests and is reclusive. He has a hard time relating to other people.
I am the polar opposite. I don’t know what to do.
The biggest concern is around privacy, as these devices are always listening and sending encrypted recordings to the cloud backend once an assumed keyword is heard. As recent issues with Google Home Mini have shown, it is possible for these devices to go haywire and send a lot more recordings to the backend than intended.
Users of these devices must also remember that someone who has your Google or Amazon account credentials can listen to your recording history.
Earn partner, lateral to another firm.
Anonymous wrote:It was surreal. She's not particularly hot, and I am in a relationship. I didn't act on it, and sort of just moved away, then left. But now I'm not sure what to say to him.
He is a good friend. Not a best friend or anything. His wife is nice. I've met her a dozen times or so.
This happened last week when we were out. We were all drinking and having a good time at a house party. Somehow i found myself alone with her outside (I smoke, i know bad habit) I was talking to someone else, who finished his cigarette and went back in. Suddenly she appeared from nowhere, we spoke a bit and she kept getting closer, complaining about the cold. I didn't make much of it, and then suddenly she leans over for a kiss. She catches my lips, but i immediately turn my head. I told her i was sorry (don't know for what) and left. I remember this perfectly because it was so cringeworthy.
I get an email two days later from her telling me how much regrets what she did and how she just had a fight with her husband and that I've always been so nice to her. She begged me to not tell him. She also said she was a bit drunk and just finds me cute overall.
I decided I won't tell him. Nothing happened after all. I see her again yesterday, and we act like nothing happened. She has a few cocktails, and while sitting at the bar with my girlfriend, she starts playing footsie with me. She then puts her hand on my thigh. I decided to move chairs and then leave. I sent her an email that night telling her that she needs to stay in her lane and that I am going to tell her husband if this continues, especially because she may be doing that with over people.
There is a part of me that wants to tell him anyway. But if he stays with her, then my relationship with him is likely over.
Drop the matter. Stay away from her, and especially avoid any situation where the two of you are alone.
Anonymous wrote:We need to sell our house and move to another for proximity to our jobs. We’ve been in our current house for more than 10 years and have a perfect mortgage history with our credit union lender. Unfortunately, due to a long period of unemployment that ended 6 months ago, our credit is not good. Even though we were never late with the mortgage and have caught up on all other debts, including paying off some medical debts we incurred, our credit is not bouncing back very quickly. By selling the house we’re in, we will be able to pay 30-40% of the purchase price for a new home but will need a mortgage to cover the rest. Given our established good history with the credit union that holds our current mortgage, are we likely to be able to get the mortgage we need to buy a new house after selling ours? Secondarily, are we more likely to get the mortgage we need if we sell ours first and then apply for preapproval or can we go ahead and apply for preapproval so we can buy/sell almost simultaneously?
I think it would take a couple of years for our credit scores to creep back up to where they were, and we just can’t stay where we are that long. We each have a nightmare commute and would really like to move at the beginning of summer.
With 40% down, you will find many eager lenders, even with a bruised credit score.
Why 300k down?
Plastic interior doors, builder grade windows, long expanses of tile in many rooms, including the kitchen. Tile is hard, cold, unforgiving, and very slippery when wet, but tile is cheap and relatively easy to install compared with better quality flooring materials.
For $1.2 million a buyer can purchase a far more valuable property.
For $1.2 million a buyer can purchase a far more valuable property.