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I just got engaged and knew the minute I met him that he was the one for me.  He felt it too - we just waited until we dated a while before making it official.

How about you? 

This was just TOO funny!  As soon as I viewed this on YouTube, I immediately thought of everyone at MT Stars.

ENJOY!   

(Cut & paste, or see URL link below) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_kahA_wQo

I was first working. I have since bought them as gifts to starting-up MTs. I like the book. I have not seen Stedman's, but I don't generally trust Stedman's at all for anything. I use the books, I have a bunch of them, but I don't like them much. They're just all we have and it's better than nothing.

I think it speaks volumes that they have a "correction card" included with each book.

 She knows that I an understand people with accents in general, especially ESL as an MT.  So she had me "interpret" for her yesterday.  She tried to cancel a service and the co wanted to assess a fee.  A rep called to let her know that they were waiving the fee, and he left a voice-mail (thick Middle Eastern accent).  She calls to tell me me she only understands that he says [the name of the co] and "call customer service."  

So she does a 3-way call for me to listen to the saved voice-mail (Message Center).  I listened, and she said wait and was getting ready to play it again.  I said, "Mom...um...I understand," and proceeded to tell her everything that he said.  Her words, "You understand that?!?"  Yup!  She laughs hard and says, "Hey, I'm going to put you on the Oprah Winfrey show as 'The Whisperer!'"  I think all my neighbors heard me laugh.

That's not advice, that's rubbing salt in her wound.  Your other piece of advice about getting a loan is basically stating the obvious.  I'm sure the OP realizes she may have to borrow some money.  I think she was probably asking what should she do about the employer treating her unprofessionally.

Basically, you gave lousy advice and your only intent was to kick her when she was down.

I got the same deal with my ex.  He wouldn't leave me alone because he wanted his beloved 3 bedroom ranch house. 

I gave him the house (with my teeny share of equity) and moved into a teeny apartment with my 2 kids. HUGE bedroom bathroom and living room, teeny kitchen, great neighborhood.  We all bunked in the same bedroom as there was room for a double bed, single bed and a crib with enough room left over to dance and play with toys.  My kids were 5 and 2.   We loved that place and it's probably because we finally had some peace and some fun.

My ex did the same thing.  He accused me of  moving my kids to the "projects" because I wasn't good enough to give them a nice home like the one he had.  He still has that house and he lives in it alone and has for nearly 20 years.  The last girflriend lasted 6 years and finally gave up on him.

He gave up on his kids almost 10 years ago and they gave up on him the day we moved into the "projects." 

Best move I ever made.  Happily married now for 13 years with 2 more kids that are considered my older kids' brother and sister, though their donor dad always insisted on calling them "half".  "He's not your brother, he's your half-brother."

Idiot

Be strong, hang in there and don't give in. 

P.S.  I wasn't looking for another man, I just got lucky I guess.  He does forget to take the trash out sometimes though. 

I've said it before and I'll say it again...back that sh^t up with a specific name or a place so there can be actual consequences.  I can throw anything in quotes and say I heard it from somewhere or someone.  It holds no water and only serves to get people workedup for an invisible fight.

Am I doubting what she heard is true?  Maybe, maybe not.  It can't be proven because there is no factual evidence provided.  However, my mother was an LPN and she always said her higherups referred to her as nothing more than an overpaid candystriper or overpaid a$$ wiper.  My father, a machine mechanic, said he was referred to as an overpaid janitor.  It's a wicked old and wicked lame argument to get the reader or listener riled up to basically do nothing and it's amateur stuff.  But, that's just me. 

SHOW US THE NAMES!  Then we can gather our pitchforks, burning keyboards, and Betty Crocker aprons and go to war!

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when I'm just too pooped to type everyone gets "prepped and raped in a sterile fashion" (that one I already got on autocorrect just in case!

Sometimes, it seems as if we do everything the way we know it's right, but they nitpick about everything we do.  I have proved my use of proper grammar documented with my college English books, but they come up with this, "That's how the client wants it" stuff.  OK, so why isn't it on my account spec sheet?

I think the trick is to find a smaller MTSO, one who believes as we do style-wise.  For example, I learned to use commas quite often.  At one national I worked for, it was NO commas period.  If you had two independent phrases connected by a FANBOY, you broke them apart into two separate sentences.  I worked for two other nationals and a hospital, and they never had a problem with my work.  It was just this one certain person at one certain national.  You should see some of the other things I was corrected on.  I wound up quitting because this person went against everything I learned in my MT course, at college, and in all my years of work experience.  This was not a good QA person, and other people on this board have worked with her.  (PRINCIPAL vs. PRINCIPLE)

However, the MTSO I currently work for gives me rave reviews.  I don't have to relearn everything again.  We evidently went to the same school of style!  LOL  Keep looking.  You'll find your fit.  It's no fun working in a constantly negative and nitpicky environment.

When my husband was in the military and deployed, we had tons of "discussions" over finances.  It's a control thing.  He's gone and can't add his input into your decision making, so he feels a lack of control there.  I kept spreadsheets and quicken files to prove where I did or didn't spend money.  Then I'd send printouts to him so he could feel like he was part of it.  Granted, you shouldn't have to prove that you weren't blowing his money at the mall!  With my husband and I, our roles are reversed.  I'm the critical one when it comes to budgeting, bills, and finances.  My husband is more, shall we say, impulsive?  He'd be deployed and go sight seeing and out to eat because he'd never left our state before joining the military.  I'd be at home juggling the kids, the broken down car, the bills, my job, and everything else, so I'd get mad at him for having fun being the single guy.  Granted, some trips were definitely not fun for him.

Let's see, you two are married, therefore, his money is your money, your money is his, etc.  We had the whole his money, my money, our money thing going on as well.  Have you thought about a joint account?  Remember, he's responsible for supporting you and any kids you have, as well as for paying the bills.  DO NOT let him make you feel guilty about spending money on bills or the household or about not working.  I think the women of today have that problem.  Women of the '50s were expected to stay home, clean the house, cook the meals, and care for the kids.  Now, we're expected to do all that, plus work on top of it.  I tried being SuperMom for the first 8 years of our marriage before I snapped.  It's not worth it.  Don't feel guilty because you DO contribute to the household even if you don't have a paycheck.  He couldn't pay someone to clean the house, cook the meals, care for the kids, take care of your personal finances, and everything else that you do.

this ol girl has left the room

MQ kept wanting every year for me to invest more into providing profits

for them and yet never ever reacted to my inquiries of additional monies for

a line I produced.  Well, I'm a business too.   I need to increase my income to

meet my overhead and my cost of living goes up for me just as it did for them.

Yet all they could offer was "let me give you another account".......well, honey,

I told her--------there are only 24 hours in a day! or haven't you noticed.

  see ya

Yeah, I think it warrants a doctor visit.  I'll get it checked out and get a real ibuprofen dose.  (600 mg b.i.d.?)  Okay, I'll stop doctoring myself!