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Is he manipulating me?

I moved in the apt Feb of this year. Roommate(20) and her 1year old son was already in the apt and I meet her off of craigslist. Everything was fine until she meet this guy in June and she was pregnant by him in August(shame). He started to stay over all the time, and Sept I bought it to her attention. He is not even paying bills, and he stated that he wasn't. She told me that he is just there alot cause he takes her back and forth to work. (She has no car). In October I saw he was staying there entirly way too much so I had another talk with them and they both said no he is just spending the night. He lost his job. Eating all the food and drinking my damn juice. Thats twice. So on December 8, I finally took this issue to the property mananager, and she also said that she has seen him there for more than 14 consecutive days. So property manager gave them a notice saying that he is not allowed to stay over 14 days. Since then he has still been at my apt. And the property manager stated that they couldn't do anything until 14 days are over, but I know how they are thinking. he's gonna stay for 13 days leave and then start all over again. Property manager said that there is nothing more they can do. I could personally evict him, but that will still give him 30days. I need further advice on what other actions I can take. I am the one doing the right thing, and still yet how come I'm the one who gets screwed over? They are taking advantage of me and not giving me any respect. Help please!!!I have already told her that. I can't just up and leave. It'll be abandonment on my rental history.

Roommates boyfriend moved in my apt. I need further steps to take.?

We went to a friends house party recently. The crowd was in their 40+ plus a couple young boys (10-12). Everyone brought a dish. We ate & had cocktails, laughed a lot and then things went sideways. Most people were upstairs watching a movie. I saw the hostess taunting the 10 yr. old boy- repeatedly. I walked up to her side, put my right arm around her shoulder and patted her shoulder. Next thing I knew, she took me down to the ground (like wrestling) I pinned her and she said I don't know what to do... I saw that she was calm, so I got up. As I stepped away by a couple of steps, she took my arm and flipped me and she was on top, then we roll and I ended up on top and had her in a head lock. mind you, all the men were standing around watching two adult women doing this... no one stopped it or said anything til the end. My boyfriend walked up stairs and saw this. Her husband was downstairs picking up the kitchen. I got up and stood against the wall. I was so winded..I thought to myself I am so outta shape - I couldn't catch my breath. Everyone headed downstairs and began saying goodbye. It wasn't until I gave hugs goodbye, did I realize I was in trouble. I was in so much pain and it hurt so bad to breathe. I was quiet all the way home- trying to talk myself out of the pain. Went to bed. When I got up the next morning, my chest felt like someone sat on my chest- very swollen. It hurt to breathe or talk. My bf took me to the med center- xrays showed no broken bones. Dr. said its a soft tissue injury - likely to be a torn ligament at sternum due to the severity of pain while breathing. My chest is very swollen, starting to bruise, shoulder/arm very sore and hand swollen. Med Bill was $300 My bf let our friends know that I was injured pretty bad... they (husband or wife) did not say one word...not is she ok, do you need anything, we are so sorry, nada... we have not heard from them since he called. I sent them a text later in the day & gave them an update and inquired about her. No response. One I'm completely shocked by the chain of events and why it even happened. We're not kids, we're grown adults and friends...yet alone two women doing this...in front of friends and friends of friends. I can't wrap my head around this. My bf is bothered by the whole thing...I'm mad now. I know this has now affected how I feel about them...Do I ask them to take care of the med bill? What do you think?

Injured at house party... do I ask them to pay for my med bill?

I have this friend that ive known for about a month now ... I met her through one of my brothers friends and didnt mind befriending her cause she was hanging around a younger crowd and were the same age so i let her hang with me for a bit... anyhow i kinda got the vibe that she was into girls, and one time when my lip got cut i could have swore she almost tried to kiss me... well that same night she was revealing to me that she likes boys and girls but never really had any serious relationships, and she told me never to mention this to anyone... but a week or two later we hang out go bowling and decided to drink some, it was her idea she wanted to learn how to play kings cup. well when we were halfway down the bottle of booze she was saying how hot she was getting, and was putting my hands on her arms to believe her, but i was still cold, and just whatever cause i was thinking she was already gone. anyway somewhere there she decided to call her her ex girlfriend , and making promises to got vactaion together and stuff, anyhow i was making the next round of drinks while she was on the phone and i just sat down on the couch laughing to myself cause no one should be calling people drunk, especially ex's and that is exactly what she was doing. So well somewhere there she told me that the only reason she called was for me, and that she doesnt want get back with this woman, she has paid for her bills, and has kids... and she was telling me pretty much that i am the one that can keep her away from her ex by being with her... Im pretty sure she drunk the whole night and it was just the two of us drinking , she was telling me that she really likes me and then a boom i love you gets somewhere in there, and i was thinking in my head shit!!!.... damn what did i do... i tried to tell her that she wasn't in love with me but was in love with the tought of me but she wouldnt take it. well she was getting touchy feelly with me so i kinda kept pushing her off of me and pinning her cause she was getting even more touchy feely, anyhow i didn't know how to react but i know i didnt want anything to happen like that especially since she was out of it. The thing with me is that i had my heart broken a few times with people who just said I LOVE YOU within a few weeks so that kinda gets me a little peeved cause they might just be mistaking love and lust. well i don't know what to do right now... I just hung out with her the next day later playing cards and she was telling me that she had battle scars, which made me feel bad cause the only time i actually touched or layed a hand on her was to get her hands off me, so i was kinda laughing cause i didnt know that i would actually injure her. well when were playing cards there was some akward silence, i kinda wanted to talk about what happened but there was no privacy so i didnt mention anything. Im not sure of what i should do cause i know im not that kind of person anymore that just falls for someone.

i have a friend who tried just professed their love for me when she was drunk, dont know what to do?

. . some days are better than others that aren't but Christmas just sucks the money the lies you know you don't like Uncle Bill then why are you hugging him ? get real !!! and your sadness about not getting anything..screw you !!! you should be thankful you ARE !!! did you REALLY get anyone anything that matters? Oh yea...WHAT??? A watch ..woohoo a new toy...China thanks you how about something with potential ...like...a GUN !!! you know..where you can have an impact...be remembered..HA ! what did you get last year? HUH ? Don't recall...sounds like you didn't get what you wanted !!!! Oh and what did you give??? I bet you remember what and more so how much it cost ! ok, ok...so I'm an as*hole, right? walk to the mirror DON'T LOOK AWAY, DAMN IT now, question your every deed this past year think hard and long and true can you remember? the tip you picked up off a counter the guy you cut off that morning flipping the bird to that old lady not showing up for your kids game calling your wife a whore telling your husband you were at the mall forging your time card at work oh, enough you say? fair enough then..I'll stop heck, it's Christmas time Merry Christmas...now go out and enjoy yourself at those parties everybody's having...maybe print this and bring it with you for laughs...get all snookered up and drive home....maybe you can help someone else have a Christmas they can remember...for all the wrong reasons.. Thanks, Mr. Buk...I promise to send some good cheer to all. back atcha, Schultzie Frohe Weihnachten an alleno D Beardino...I am not kidding.and the end is a pleasant closing, inviting drunk drivers to go out and destroy more lives, keeping in tune with the rest of my cheery themed piece

Does Santa have a designated driver?

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The public option has been replaced by the Medicare Buy in, but both are terrible ideas, and the American public is slowly figuring it out. Yes, more people would be covered, but no Medicare could not stay solvent, so the coverage would be short, theoretical, and non-existent. The bill in its current form drives down payments to doctors so much that very very few doctors will be taking new Medicare patients, and they will treat their old Medicare patients at a loss out of professional integrity, so all their other patients will have to pay more to keep the doctor's office in business. This bill, will increase the out of pocket healthcare costs for all but a few. Those few are the poorest of the poor and the sickest of the sick, and the most uninsurable Americans. To give them some small benefit beyond what they get now, the whole rest of the country will be greatly impoverished, and taxed more, and given rationed Medicare, and gipped out of the Medicare they've paid for, waited for, and earned -- so that a really sick uninsurable 55 year old can get "coverage". That person is already treated at our County hospitals. If the government were actually serious about giving that person more care, the could mobilize the uniformed public health service corps to operate medical service centers. But no, the way of community organizers is to try to do it by socialism. The problem is that USA is not a socialist nation. So, every day that goes by where Reid doesn't have his 60 votes, the Healthcare bill becomes 2% less likely to ever happen. If the GOP can stall it till the end of January, it's dead meat. Too many Americans will have awakened to to contents, and intent, and the personal consequences of this bill to them. If something is going to add to the deficit, harm 90% of Americans, raise costs, raise taxes, and create rationed care for fully entitled Medicare beneficiaries that paid in all their working lives, then why do it? Only socialists and extremists would want to foist such a thing on their fellow citizens. Mainly, people want to be left alone, and this bill isn't going to leave anybody alone. If you like clipboard people, this bill is for you, cause they will be coming, you'll never be rid of them or get any peace, or have any freedom. 2% less likely every day it's delayed -- and it doesn't matter why it's delayed. If it's not signed by the end of January, it will never be signed, and a terrible black cloud will be lifted from the personal prospects of most Americans. Senator Leiberman seems to be the one who speaks for the national interest in this matter. He says if the Medicare Buy in is in the final bill when it comes to the floor, he won't vote for it. You can't add 30 million people to Medicare, which is already broke, and take away $400 Billion, and expect the program to add up. Sen Judd Gregg seems to see this too. I think Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins will see it. It looks like about 55 votes for the bill right now, prior to the scoring by CBO. Reid is on the run. He's lost his footing. He's in retreat. Now it's up to the GOP to hammer this vlctory home, make it Obama's Waterloo, make it the precursor to a blowout election year in 2010 in which all Dems are swept out of office, even Barney Frank, and Chris Dodd. America will find its way out of this miasmal swamp of socialist confusion and break free into the bright sunshine of liberty, freedom, and the American Way! What do you think? That is my question on which I seek knowledge by your answers.

Will the Healthcare Bill become law?

I am very sloow with work right now so i thought about going to laborfinders to c about getting a job,i really dont want to cause im so use to makeing 22 a hour and laborfinders only pays 7 and a hour but i have to pay the bills but thats not the problem,the problem is i have a small warrant out on me(i gotta do 30 days in jail)but im in no hurry to do that cause i have kids i wanna spend xmas with and take care of the jail time at the start of the new year...i call laborfinders and asked if they do background checks and they caid only on the factory jobs but im only interested in construction so i wonder if they do a backgound check would a warrant come up?:also if i put down on the application i dont want them to do a background check can they do it anyway?

im trying to get a job but......?

I am very sloow with work right now so i thought about going to laborfinders to c about getting a job,i really dont want to cause im so use to makeing 22 a hour and laborfinders only pays 7 and a hour but i have to pay the bills but thats not the problem,the problem is i have a small warrant out on me(i gotta do 30 days in jail)but im in no hurry to do that cause i have kids i wanna spend xmas with and take care of the jail time at the start of the new year...i call laborfinders and asked if they do background checks and they caid only on the factory jobs but im only interested in construction so i wonder if they do a backgound check would a warrant come up?:also if i put down on the application i dont want them to do a background check can they do it anyway?

Im trying to find out if they do background checks?

Hi, i seem to be having family problems recently and i was wondering if anyone could shed some light into this. I came home yesterday after work and the dog really upset me as she made a huge mess on the floor and chewed off half of it. My step mum says she has threatened to get rid off her several times, cause she sometimes does stuff like this. I went to my room and found a note, i wont say what was on it, but this made me really upset even more. Not long after my dad came home and he asked me 'Did you do what the note said?' I said 'No, i will go do it' I went to do it, but all i could think of was sad thoughts in my head about certain things that happened and sat down and had a good old cry about them. And then my dad said about 10 minutes later as i was sitting on the bed crying my dad came up and said 'you done it yet' I replied 'No', and he said 'Get up and do it now otherwise i will drag you by the hair!' and then he started saying horrible things about me out loud so the others could hear. I heard these and made me cry again, so he came and dragged me by the hair. He said 'Dont challenge me! Otherwise i will f***ing slap you one' And he stood there and watched me do what was on the note still crying my eyes out. And then when i did it, he was saying 'Your in my house and you follow by my rules' and said 'yes i know that and respect the rules, its just i was upset about something and i wanted to get it out' and he said 'i dont care what it was you were upset about, you never follow the rules'. He gave the example saying how i need to ask to use the bath (cause of water bills and stuff) either i have just been using it without asking or my personal hygiene is not good. He said my personal hygiene was not good. Well how can i ask for a bath if my parents are out working all the time or if i am out working as well, its really difficult. I hate being unhygienic and disgusting and I would bath every single day if i had the choice (but cause of water bills i cannot). I couldn't help but cry, and he walked out and said 'if you want to suicide, go do it outside, i dont want blood all over the house' They always seem to blame me for not following the rules and i hate it, and i am not sure how i am breaking them. I do things for example i bought my own cereal cause i thought i would treat myself to something, but they said that it was taking the piss, i said i didnt buy it just to take the piss and they said well it seems like it. I don't understand how I really wanted to tell them how much it hurts when they say bad and hurtful things about me and my siblings, they say it so loud that we can hear. It makes me cry. We clean stuff and they say 'Oh you dont do it all the time' or they say 'Thats not done properly, why do i even bother with you' or 'You F***ing idoit'. Because of these i seem to have low self esteem and i feel i cant do anything. I dont expect praise, but i wish they would say if i have not done something right 'you need to do this' or 'you just missed that bit there' I wish i could say but i cant. And they say i never do anything, even though for the past couple of months i have emptied the dish washer, put things in the tumble, cleaned my room every week, hoovered stuff, cleaned the bathroom etc. I do my fair share, but i get blamed cause my siblings dont do theirs. Its not fair. There was one week where i did not do much, that was because i was working on my assignment which the due date was coming quickly. I said to my father that i feel i cannot tell my feelings to my family anymore because of what they do. But he said 'well thats your fault'. And no matter what i said about my feelings to him he said it was utter 'B**locks'. I have felt so depressed because of these, and its got to the point now that i do not want to come home from going out with my friends or from work/college. Which is sad to think i must say, and i dont want to think like this. So is it just me or is there a problem? Properly what i did with the note thing i was properly stupid for, but i was really upset about something. I would really like some help. No being horrible please this is just asking for advice Thank you Im 18 turning 19 by the waySorry this was meant to be in family and relationships not in Singles or DatingThanks guys for the help, I really appreciate it.

Help or is it just me?

I have called myself a Christian all my life until very recently I've been teeter-tottering on the fence. My life has been less than great the last few years and I would say everything started with a miscarriage. I was very much in love with my soon-to-be firstborn but when I went for an ultrasound I learned the baby was not developing and would probably soon die. I went back 6 days later to only see a sac of blood and tissue where my child once was. After that, I hated.. no.. despised pregnancy and pregnant women. I avoided seeing them at all costs because it only reminded me of my loss and how no one understood my pain. It seemed like everywhere I went someone was pregnant. Many of my friends became pregnant. I became depressed and usually ended up with my friends at a bar after work to smoke and drink the rest of the day off. 5 months after my miscarriage my boyfriend and I found out I was pregnant again despite being on the pill. I now have a PERFECT 8 month old son who means the world to me but my life certainly hasn't gotten easier since he's come into my life. This last week has been so tough on us and I'm trying so hard not to cry thinking about it right now. We've had tons of expensive car problems, sickness, someone trying to break into our apartment, our washing machine overflowed and sent 10+ gallons of water onto our carpet, I have crazy family issues, and I've got thousands of dollars of hospital and doctor bills floating over my head that I can't afford to pay. I know a lot of this sounds like "life" but this isn't even the half of it. What I don't understand is why does God keep allowing these terrible things to happen to me? I was always told that God would only give you as much as you can take but I've reached my breaking point long ago. I'm almost numb to things anymore because I constantly walk around knowing something bad will happen. I'm miserable but I can't afford to see a doctor. If it weren't for my son, I wouldn't want to live. I know and have read the story of Job many times but he was a much stronger person than me. He knew God was real and he stood strong because he had a very strong faith. I don't. I don't even know IF I have any faith. Wouldn't God try to BLESS someone like me, or at least not make there life complete Hell? What could he possibly be trying to "teach" someone who isn't even sure of Him? It's hard to make me feel good or encouraged by telling me "God is testing you!" because I feel like resenting Him sometimes. Actually, most of the time I feel like resenting Him. And all the other times I just feel like I was dealt bad cards and just have to deal with it. I know this is long and stupid and venting but I guess I just needed someone to talk to. :/ If you're still reading, thank you. And I guess my question is this: Why would God do this to me? Why is He letting my life be so terrible and never giving me anything positive (other than my son) or showing me "the light at the end of the tunnel"? Why would He allow someone who hasn't been really certain of their faith get SO down and depressed that they totally question His existence? Any answers or encouragement is welcome. Thanks.