Just call me

• Just wondering how many of you pet people SM - Dog crazy!
  • Just call me - ginny
  • Yes! I always use one of my pets' names! nm - ER-MT
  • I use one of my cats for every password nm - trose
  • I just use cat and dog names. Have enough I haven't had to go to poultry/rabbits yet. nm - Sherry
    • We have 9 to choose from, not including - the stray my son just brought home...nm

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to ask the kid exactly what the "stick" is before you jump to conclusions. He picked it, maybe he can handle it.

My daughter has some friends who have a son. The child, while very young, had a medical condition that was hard to diagnose, resulted in bruising of the body, some failure to thrive, etc. A neighbor thought the child was being abused, called the authorities and because at the time (10 years ago) the couple wasn't as responsible as they are now (some partying, not that great housekeeping) the child was taken away because of neglect. He and his wife were put in jail; once the other prisoners found out why he was in there they literally beat him to a pulp for supposed child abuse. He has plates in his head and face and is on permanent disability. Come to find out the child had some medical condition that was so very rare and caused the bruising and FTT. After about 6 months of a living h*ll, the authorities apologized to this guy and his wife and their child was given back to them.

Get as many facts as you can before making that call.  

If your apartment is individually metered, it probably is something as simple as they read the meter wrong.  I had that happen at a job one time and the meter was 1000 and they read it as 10,000.  They corrected it quite quickly for me.

This should be something that is fairly easily corrected once you get them on the phone.

So much as I would call it in love with one's spouse...

I do feel that if my husband and I divorced or were otherwise separated, I'd be completely lost, like I were missing a part of my body...a very important part. He is honestly my other half, I know no matter what happens, he will be there. It's wonderful to have someone that you know is coming home to you every day after work. To have someone to hash things out with, bounce ideas off of...and it's even better cause you're both on the same page, wanting the same things out of life.

It's funny cause my husband and I talked about the "what ifs" this weekend...what if we got divorced? what if one of us died? I couldn't imagine living my life without my husband. I love him and wouldn't want to go on without him...

In September I cosigned on an apartment for my niece and her friend.  At the time I had been to the ER three times with 102+ temp, then went in the hospital for about 2 weeks (know that is no excuse).  I actually do not remember signing the lease and believe me if I had read it I never would have let her sign because it has so any restrictions..  To make  a long story short, they have now moved out and the lease says in order to break it, they must pay 893 plus 2 months rent (another 1200 total).  Well guess who the sucker is left holding the bill on this one?  My niece says she has no money and won't even ask the other girl for her half.  Just a warning do not ever cosign anything unless you want to pay in the long run - I either pay or it goes on my credit - anybody have any suggestions or any ideas if I can do anything else without going broke?

Thanks

ME:  Hello?

CALLER:  Hello, does anyone at your home speak English?

ME:  What?  Of course I speak English.  I was born and raised in the US and speak no other language.  Why do you ask?

CALLER:  I'm so sorry ma'am.  This is Jody with the Police Benevelance fund and we'd like to ask for a contribution for.....

ME (immediately cutting her off):  Ma'am, how dare you have the audacity to call my home, ask me if I speak English and then want to ask me for a donation?  Donkeys would fly before I'd give your organization a penny as you have now totally insulted me, a bona-fide English speaking American Citizen - one without an accent other than being Southern. 

Can you believe it?  My husband stood there shaking his head as I let into this lady.   It's bad enough to call somewhere and hear "press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish...." but to have someone call you and ask if you speak English is absurd.

I have privacy director from bellsouth and also am on the donotcall.gov list and phone#.  However, I continually get a call with no one speaking from a SEBELL - I looked up SEBELL and it's a telecommunications company that once got into big trouble - with telemarketing - and now it *looks* as though they are back.  The only thing I could do with that number was STAR (*) 60 which blocks only 6 telephone numbers via bellsouth.

Check at the link below and find out what similar houses in your area are going for. If there are houses in your area with "for sale" signs with the name of a realtor, look up that realtor's listings and see what they are asking.

That way, when you do contact the realtors and they come out and give you an estimate, you will know if they are being honest with you or not. Some realtors will give you a low-ball figure because they want a quick sale and a quick commission. Some will price property too high and when it doesn't sell, then they will hit you for the lower price for a quick sale.

That is not to say all realtors are dishonest - there are lots of good folks out there. But, like any other profession, there are a few bad apples, too.

We just sold our house last year, so I do have some recent experience in that area. Here is where I found my realtor: http://www.daveramsey.com/sa/realestate/ .  You can also find some very good financial advice on that site.

Good luck!

And keep monitoring your BP. If you have trouble getting through to someone at your doctor's office, call your pharmacist. A lot of times they are more knowledgeable about drug interactions that doctors are.

I'm sure you'll be fine, but you need to check it out.

My daughter have had a lot of tears over the years and I know there were a lot of days she wished I wasn't her mom but I never stopped loving her and I WILL never give up on her even when she has given up on herself. That's what moms do.  When they lose hope, your there holding their hand, and I held on even when she tried to get away LOL..I hope someday she knows how very much I love her.

I am never late paying my bills, but ONE time BOA (bank of america) Visa didn't get my bill when they should have - and they charged me $39 late fee - I called them, because I pay the bill in full every month and it's HIGH......I told them, since I always pay it in full, that I insist they reverse that charge because I sent it 10 days prior, and if they wouldn't (because at first they were hemming and hawing) - I would take my business elsewhere -

don't you know THEY IMMEDIATELY REVERSED THE LATE FEE.....

Give them a call, the worst they'll say is no, and you'll argue, and perhaps they'll then say yes.....we'll reverse it..........

I, too, feel badly for you.  I personally don't think you sound like the kind of woman who could live with what will most definitely come, and sooner than you think.  I'm not here to judge whatever you decide.  Just know that we're all very sorry for your situation. Betrayal is probably the worst thing I've ever had to endure, whether from a friend or in any area of life.  But I must agree based on where I've been in life that he's down-playing the sex. We all know anatomy well enough here that there was obviously some kind of pay-off here for him (hate to go "Dr. Phil" on ya, but you can't ignore this--he clearly wasn't thinking of you when he was in the arms of another woman)!  You didn't mention exactly how you learned of this.  Did you find out on your own?  If so, that would speak volumes in my world.  If that's the case, I can't see where he had enough guilt to bring it to the table.  You also didn't mention the dynamics about this other woman.

I know from my own experience how many men cheat on their husbands, as I've been hit up on for as long as I can remember (and still am).   And trust me, the ones you'd never expect are out there doing it.  No, not all of them.  Fortunately there are some really decent men who don't.  I'm just jaded based on how many have just assumed that I was a player, too.  Whether it was at the hospital, the gym, or even the grocery store, I was amazed (and of course disgusted and disappointed).  Even more surprising to me was over the phone!  I could look like CIrcus Fat Lady and they still hit up on me!  Now how screwed up is that?

I had a boyfriend long before I got married who was behaving this way.  I'm ashamed that I even spoke to him after that!  Of course, we're friends now, but if he had it his way, he'd have me again (we're both married).  So that tells me nothing's changed.

I personally could never trust a man after this.  Only you can answer that, but I think you're in for a long, painful ordeal by dragging it out.  I learned long ago that no man is worth it, no matter how "good he looks on paper."  We can spin it anyway we want in our own minds to pacify ourselves.  I just know that I'm worth far more than any liar or cheater who could bring something back to my bed. That's a huge turn-off for me.  I'd personally cut my losses and move on and be a princess yourself.  You deserve that (heck, we all do)!

Either way, we're all here for you and will support you and help you through this.  What a horrible thing to learn so close to Christmas, bless your heart...

Please keep us updated on whatever it is you decide.  It's a very personal decision.  I'm just glad you felt you could reach out to us.