Mobile homes for rent williston fl

Hey Folks,
Need a bit of advice and collective wisdom from y'all.
I recently bought a home and would like to rent out my 2br basement apartment. Since I expected all sorts of prospective tenants to. Reach out, I wanted to know

• If it's better to rent out to a family or 2 separate individuals? Where are the chances of less hassle?
  
• Incase it has to go to 2 separate people (friends or whatever) should I put both of them on the same lease or should I sign sperate lease for each room Incase one of them leaves in the future?
  
• Do you guys really share your internet with them? I'm kinda cautious on it as the connection will be on my name and what if they do shady stuff and I'm on the hook for it?
  

Any other advice that you might have for me would be great.
Thanks a lot!

I've sorta narrowed my search down to two laptops.

1. The ROG Strix G16 G614JI-N4151WS (RTX 4070)

Link to laptop on official website.
I'll list out the basic deets here for the laptop.

Processor: 13th Gen, Intel Core i9-13980HX Processor 2.2 GHz (36M Cache, up to 5.6 GHz Turbo Boost, 24 cores: 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores)
Memory: 16GB DDR5 (8GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM *2) RAM expandable upto 32GB using 2x SO-DIMM slots

Storage: 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD expandable using 2x PCIe slot(s)

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 Graphic Memory MUX Switch + NVIDIA Advanced Optimus Mode ROG Boost: 2225MHz* at 140W (2175MHz Boost Clock+50MHz OC, 115W+25W Dynamic Boost)
Display: 16-inch QHD+ (2560 x 1600, WQXGA) ROG Nebula Display having 16:10 Aspect Ratio 240Hz Refresh Rate 3ms Response Time 500nits Brightness
Operating System: Windows 11 Home

1. ROG Strix SCAR 15 G533ZWZ-LN136WS (RTX 3070ti)

Link to laptop on official website
Basic deets ahead:

Processor: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900H Processor 2.5 GHz (24M Cache, up to 5.0 GHz Turbo Boost, 14 cores: 6 P-cores and 8 E-cores)
Memory: 32GB (16GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM *2) RAM expandable upto 64GB using 2x DDR5 SO-DIMM slots (Support dual channel memory)
Storage: 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Performance SSD expandable using 2x PCIe slots
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU with 8GB GDDR6 Graphic Memory ROG Boost: 1460MHz* at 150W (1410MHz Boost Clock+50MHz OC, 125W+25W Dynamic Boost)
Display: 15.6-inch Anti glare WQHD (2560 x 1440) Display with 16:9 Aspect Ratio 240Hz Refresh Rate 3ms Response Time (G2G) 300nits Brightness with Aura Sync
Operating System: Windows 11 Home

I'm gonna be using it for work (software development, hence I'm gonna be needing a really good processor) and I wanna game too, mostly AAA titles, really need to play RDR2 and Valhalla among others. Thing is, I was set on the 3070ti, because I thought the 4070 would cost as much and they'd drop the price for the 3070ti, but ironically the 4070 option is cheaper. I need a laptop that can run games smooth (I know both these laptops can do that for current gen games), and I need them to be respectfully future proof. My current laptop is repping a 960m and boy did it last long.
My main question is, is the DLSS 3 on the 4070 worth it, since it's got less memory and cuda cores than the 3070ti. Also remember in my case the 4070 is the cheaper option. I'd also like to know what were the launch prices of the 3070 mobile GPUs when they were released, I'd like to know what they were priced in the beginning so I can compare them to the rates today, cuz I'd like to know how far down can the rates for 4070 and 3070ti go. Also I'm wondering if the next gen cards (I believe they'd be named the tis, so I'd be looking at 4070ti laptops) would be priced same as the launch figures of the current 40 series cards.
Looking forward to your suggestions. Happy gaming everyone!

So I'm 21 will turn 22 soon but as the title says mentally I'm not a day older than 15. For the past week or two I have been having this train of thoughts, this realisation that I'm no longer a teenager and that my actions have consequences, not that that it did before but I hope you get what I mean. Only my age meter went up but my head and mind still stuck the kid me. When I was 12-13 there were some guys in the neighborhood in their mid and late 20s, they were bad in academics or no other skill, unemployed, struggling to make their ends meet. These days I get reminded or remind myself often of those guys. Because judging how things are going on in my life in the next 5-6 years I might be in that club too.
Everyday I'm hit with this realisation that I AM ACTUALLY IN MY 20s, I know stupid thing to say but it is like that, I can no longer live in the shadow of my parents and friends, I actually have to go out and be a part of society.
Till now I've lived a life of comfort, though we're in no means "rich" but my parents have always given me more than I deserved. I've always been the somewhat weird kid and struggled fitting in but in the end things just worked out, and I found actual good friends. I lived my life going with the flow, went where the mob went, and life was fine. My parents made sure my necessities were met.
But I've always struggled with being introverted, being naive, I always get carried away, I lack so much tact, actually all these didn't exist (a bit did but) till I was 13. At 14 I got my first phone and I started using social media and I was introduced to the world of internet. That's when all the problems I mentioned above began.
I've always struggled with finding my personality. I don't know who I am. So by default I chose to become the class clown. At that time being edgy and going goofy and being the center of attention seemed cool. But that was it, I never actually became close friends I was just the funny fat guy that you messed around with a bit and that's it. Looking back I realised it, but back then I was just happy with all the attention + the attention I got on social media, used to be active on insta and FB al day.
During all this my grades were decent and I wasn't doing any bad stuff and going with the flow just seemed like the right decision. But that was my biggest mistake. No skill no nothing, zero passion about any subject, no dreams that was me.
My life was just ; 1. Clowning 2. Above average grades 3. Social media adddict. This sums up my teenage life.
All these things lasted till I graduated highschool, then came the big drift. The me who had never made a single important decision in my life is now having to make a choice that dictates my life for the next 5-6 years and probably my work life too. So naturally as expected I ran, I ran away, this the best I can do while faced with a though situation, this is the only tactic I know. This was March 2020, but guess what? April 2020 the pandemic began and everything closed. Ohh God!. So I took a year gap, I took this to stop running away, clear my thoughts and decide my future decisions.
But knowing me this was never going to happen, up until now I was only hooked on FB and Insta, during the lockdown I installed discord, twitter, reddit. Oh boy oh boy. My main aim of taking the drop year was lost. The year 2020 went by in a jiffy, all I remember was scrolling a lot of Instagram, reddit and chatting shit on discord that's it 7-8 months of 2020 gone, then came 2021 now time came to make a decision about what college to choose I was reluctant, I tried to find ways to delay, postpone it, tried to run away but time catches you fast and you can't escape.
But guess what May 2021 things got serious again it was the 2nd wave apparently, and things got postponed again, and I got more time, more delay. So again I went back into doing what I do best, wasting oxygen.
But again the year 2021 wasted. Entire year just gone by November-December I had to make a choice, I had no escape, I cried. I had nothing in mind. I told nobody, my parents probably thought I was making some wise decision, so I just chose this college where I heard some of my previous classmates went to, chose some random course.
But guess what first semester was online, for me it was the same routine like in the pandemic only at noon I had to clock in for some classes, but I never paid any attention, and as for exams you know how we did it in online classes.
But Aprill 2022 things were getting back it was time to go. We decided to rent an apartment and my roommate was my dad's colleague's son who too was in the same college. But guess what first day of offline classes I had an emotional breakdown I ran back home literally, I embarrassed my dad infront of this colleague, I even argued with his colleague, who was just trying to give me good practical advice, I still regret that. I didn't go to college till the next week, by that time I realised there was no escape and I HAD TO.
Even in college I have the lowest attendence, barely passing, even showing up drains my energy, each second feels like an hour. See just doing the bare minimum gets me so so tired. I do zero work, events and fests at college are just an excuse for me to run back home. I've only talked to like 2 people.
I can't start anything as soon I try to, in my head several voices start running up and down about the ifs and but, on top of that I'm a wannabe PERFECTIONIST, so that doesn't help either, for example; if I plan to have to have 6 hour study session tomorrow and my goal was to wake up at 6:00 am and start at 7:00 am but then for some reason I overslept and woke up at like 7:45 then my plan is off, ruined, and it gets postponed and now I'll be using my phone and the internet for the rest of the day. That's how a typical day in the life of mine looks.
As I've said earlier in the post I've always gone with the flow and things worked out somehow, so I don't have any experience of working hard for somthing or being passionate about something, or even taking decisions for myself, even the smallest decisions overwhelm me and I go into this state that I mentioned earlier of running away, it's so much so that I can even feel it physically, my body feeling weird and my mind feeling sad, that's how it is.
Fast forward to today I have backlog exams in few days and if I don't pass them then I'm done for but as you'd expect I'm the state of running aways so here I am, haven't studied anything, know nothing. Well I was able to finally delete Instagram, fb. But I still binge YouTube shorts, scroll reddit, twitter, and chat shit on discord. So deleting insta and FB made literally zero difference.
So overexposure to the internet made me feel 51 at 21. The fact that I'll be 22 soon and will keep growing and can't longer be that worry-less 14 year old scares me so much. My mom always brings this up. People my age so responsible doing this doing that achieving what not and here I am can't even leave the house. My dad said it too that it was better if I was even like those rebel, spoiled, rude kids because now I'm just an empty shell no matter what I'm said or told I don't react nothing fazes me. I'M JUST THERE. I have no hopes no aim, nothing for the future, I'm 22 but till now I've never had any romantic relationships. Leave that I haven't even had a proper conversation with a girl that lasted for more than 5 minutes, leaving work related conversations aside, sounds unbelievable but it's true. As a kid, I mean no kid does that, and as a teenager I was so busy being the class clowns I had no female friends either. But as I've drifted into pessimism the past few years I think I don't deserve any love and honestly felt indifferent about it. The me who has no hope for the future, so what's the point of hoping for a partner, right?
Didn't realise it went for this long, if you've read this far then tell me what you think, have to say.

I’m on a burner account here.
I’m a screenwriter with some moderate success, currently on strike as part of the Writers Guild labor action against the Hollywood studios.
My wife is a senior manager for a Bay Area FAANG, currently working remotely but traveling a bunch to her team’s HQ. She’s got about 3 years of tenure and has been told sky is the limit in terms of her career growth.
Her employer hasn’t pushed too hard, but I know it’d be easier on her if we lived in the Bay Area.
So the topic’s come up often… should we move up to the Bay?
My career is based in LA, but screenwriting can be incredibly unstable. Nothing’s guaranteed and it’s very much feast or famine.
And with the studios tightening their belts in content spend over the next couple of years, jobs are going to dry up.
The stat I’ve heard quoted most often is that 2 out of 3 currently working screenwriters won’t be working in 5 years.
OTOH, my wife is in a high-growth area for her company, with a possible path to director-ship. Financially, her path is much more secure and a more of a sure bet.
As we try to plan for the long term — we’re both mid-30s — we’re wondering what’s the best move.
Stay in LA or move to the Bay?
A few other considerations — we own a home in LA with a sub 3% mortgage in a great school district that we’d likely rent out over selling, we have 3 little kids, and both of our families (parents, siblings) live nearby in Southern California.

Now that I know Amazon Prime is ditching Atmos support, what are the best streaming services for renting new movies in Atmos (are there any)?
I want to watch new movies in Atmos. I prefer to watch most of my most anticipated movies in my home theater, rather than a movie theater, because it's usually a better experience.
Now that they're available to rent or purchase on streaming services, I'm itching to watch films like the new Avatar, Dungeons and Dragons, and a few other movies in Atmos.
I used to rent or buy them in 4k blu-ray until streaming on Amazon Prime got good enough to make the earlier availability worth buying the streaming version.
But now that they're dropping Atmos, Amazon Prime Video is pretty useless. No way am I paying $20 for a new movie rental or purchase and not have Atmos.
Are there other services that offer a broad range of new movies for rent like Prime, but with Atmos?
The other big streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, Max, are all great for the content they offer, but they don't offer a wide range of new movies like Prime.
What about Apple TV or others? Can I rent Dungeons and Dragons in Atmos? Avatar 2? John Wick 4? Etc..

I always think about the 'endless content' we have now, and how it is so very different from what we had access to in our younger years. We had a very select amount of content to choose from as kids.

• If you wanted to listen to a song, you had to either buy the CD and listen to the album or rip it on the computer to then download on an ipod if you had money. You could also download from limewire and put a virus on the family computer if you had internet.
• If you wanted to watch a specific TV show or movie, you had to physically rent it from blockbuster, buy the DVD or wait for it to come on TV.
• The internet had very limited capabilities. No real options to watch content. Even early YouTube was very short 'viral' videos and some skits.
• Video games 'on the go' had its limitations. The DS was incredible for its time, but if you wanted any real 'graphics', it had to be at home on a console.
• If you wanted to learn how to do something, you had to buy books or physically take classes on how to do it.

2011-2012 felt like the turning point for all of this. I remember that's when my family finally got wi-fi and I noticed a renaissance happen on YouTube. Instagram was very new, eventually we got vine, and I remember sitting on Spotify for HOURS on my computer being amazed that I could listen to all of this music for free..... And then Netflix, I just couldn't believe it.
We have so much endless content now. If I showed my younger self what we would have access to today, younger me would not have the capacity to understand how much content we have at our fingertips.
If I wanted to learn to make an entire video game from scratch and sell it to millions of people starting right now, there is nothing stopping me from doing it. No financial limitations, no (general) technological limitations. But instead I'm wasting time on reddit.
Anyone using the internet in 2023 can do anything they want. AI is going to make this so much more accessible. We have to figure out how to insert ourselves into this everchanging world that will not stop growing.

Sorry if this post is all over the place; it's my first time posting on reddit. I thought I might describe the whole relationship we had and what went down, in case it changed the etiquette. I'll put the beginning of the current situation and the actual issue in bold if someone wants to skip the massive backstory.
So, the thing is, I (now 24F) became really close friends with a girl (now 23F) from my grup at university 3 years ago. We were both good students, liked similar things, watched some of the same movies and shows, loved cats etc., so we quickly bonded. We became nearly inseparable, we studied together, shared all our notes, hung out after classes, I met her gf and spent time with them, and when they unfortunately broke up, I did everything I could to support my friend (and I was really really worried about her mental health, I got like 3 hours of sleep that first night between physically staying with her and then texting, I started inviting her to my family outings etc.), eventually (near the end of the friendship last year) I was even invited to spend a week at her house with her family and while I was there, I was also invited to her older sister's wedding that was happening about a month later (a lot of people started saying they wouldn't attend so the thought was that if I came, then at least some of the money wouldn't go to waste, I suppose).
While things started off great, they changed over time. Like I mentioned, she got that gf and I didn't have the time for dating and wasn't even particularly interested in the guys around me to begin with. She also got cats and then fostered kittens. So her life got busier while mine didn't, and I understood that. The workload of sharing notes started shifting to where I was doing increasingly more. But I was doing it mainly for myself anyway, so I saw no harm in sharing what I had.
But I'm not going to lie, it started getting more and more irritating. Sometimes we'd agree to split the questions between the two of us 50/50 and the day before the test she'd text me saying she wouldn't be able to do her part because she had had a migraine (I got that) and then she took her cats for a long walk, and also her new gf showed up at her place too (that I didn't get). By the time I finished the whole thing, she was asleep and read what I had prepared in the morning. Whatever.
Things started getting bad a year and a half ago, around the time of her sister's wedding. I live in the city where we study but she only rents a flat for the two semesters and goes home halfway across the country for any longer breaks. She was looking for a new place and I went to see one of the flats for her but ultimately, it fell through. Later, she found a place and decided to take it without sending me there to look at it - but she did ask me to get the keys from the owner. It happened the day before I was leaving for that wedding so I could take the keys with me. I agreed no problem but then she changed her mind, calling the whole thing off - only to change it again after a few hours. I told her it's okay but to please let me know earlier if we're ever in a similar situation again (I still had to pack, also it was quite some distance for me to travel so I lost about an hour on public transport, and ofc I had to buy myself tickets - but I didn't mention any of that). Which apparently was a wrong thing to say 'cause she got mad and started ignoring my text messages, including the ones where I asked what time I was supposed to meet the owner (I didn't have the lady's number). When she finally responded, she said she didn't know. Always one to placate others, I started politely asking her to please find out because I didn't want the owner to wait for me, blah blah blah. Eventually, we figured it out, I handled it and went back to preparing.
The wedding was a disaster in itself. It involved her absurdly creepy cousin who clearly had never spoken to a girl and after just 1 day was convinced we were in love and would be together. I understand she found my following her irritating but I didn't really know anyone else and I was freaked out by the cousin - and her egging him on didn't help xd One of the instances was when he kept openly staring at me (y'know how when you look at somebody and they look your way, you look away? well, he didn't) and I decided to kind of show him I wasn't there specifically as his plus one, so I asked my friend's plus one (he's gay and we had met a few times before) to go dance with me, and he was happy to go with me - but my friend said that no, he was there with her and I could go dance with the cousin. And when I finally snapped and glared at her and said firmly but quietly (so no one else could hear) to stop (she was laughing about how he and I should get a photo together for the wedding photobook), she got mad at me. Well, fine, it was just a few hours, I could sit at the table and endure the creepy staring, it's not like he'd try anything with everyone watching. My friend's plus one had a cold or something so I decided to leave with him. Apparently, she was upset that we left so early. The next day, she wasn't speaking to me until we had to leave for the afterparty and did some shopping together etc. But during the party she kept to her sister and her bff and I didn't want to cause any more trouble between us so I stayed on my own - until the cousin showed up. Now, I'm the type of person who freezes when in a sudden, stressful situations, and that's exactly what happened. He tried holding my hands, again stared at me, didn't realise my constant fiddling with my phone was an indication that I didn't want to spend time with him, and generally made this whole day miserable for me. I was so stressed out I couldn't even eat anything. In the evening, hours later, my friend realised what was happening and decided to drive me to her house early. Ofc he tagged along but she made sure to take him back with her. He kept texting me, saying he was going to go to the train station the next morning to see me off and that he would soon come to my city to visit me, and he could stay at my place while he was there. The next day, my friend's mom drove me to the station (my friend woke up too late to go), and once I was on the train, I blocked him. I also texted with my friend and found out that she, as well as her other cousins who sat at our table at the wedding, had approached the dude to tell him to stop but he ignored them. They eventually got his parents involved and that was why he wasn't at the train station. It made me feel much better about the whole thing, since she didn't abandon me like I thought she had. And again, I understand I was kinda a nuisance - a shy stranger at a family gathering.
After that, things were good for a while. But then, the classes started again and it was becoming stressful and taxing again. We have extracurricular classes we have to attend, and our group needed to prepare a short "article" on a topic we chose. I wrote the whole thing but asked the others to please read through it and let me know if they were okay with what I managed so I could send it to the teacher (they did). I also reached out to my friend and asked her specifically to let me know when she had a moment to read it because I valued her opinion a little bit more, since she would tell me if she didn't like something and the others wouldn't (it wasn't even 2 pages long), and she told me she would. Well, she never did, she started sending me memes and talking about the tests she re-took instead. So at the end of the day (the deadline), I asked her how her test went but because I was quite fed up, I didn't stop myself from adding, "thanks btw. next time, let me know you don't feel like doing something we agreed on so I won't have to wait unnecessarily". Should I have just ignored it and went on with my life? Yeah, sure. But I was angry and I don't think what I said was all that bad. Well, to her it was.
I had already noticed she didn't like any sort of critique of herself, even if it was something like us disagreeing on how to perform an experiment (the difference between us was that I had read the instruction). I suppose we both instinctively assume a bit more of a leadership role and sometimes we clashed because of that. She would get very defensive, and I suppose I did too. But in this particular instance, she clearly misunderstood me and an actual argument ensued. What I wanted to say was that I didn't like what our dynamic was, how I was doing so much and was held to those previous standards while she changed her mind whenever she felt like it, was much less reliable and I had to accommodate her almost all the time. But she seemed to think I was looking for gratitude for some reason? That's not what I care about at all; whenever I had some notes or excel sheets or whatever before the rest of the group, I always shared it on our group chat, and never expected thanks or anything. When I discuss a question that may be on a test with somebody, once I find the correct answer, I send it to them, even if it's days later, simply because they wanted to know at one point. I don't care about gratitude and in fact, it makes me uncomfortable. I want to have a good relationship with everyone and if my openness with sharing means that in the future when I need some help, I can go ask one of those people and they will willingly help me, that's an added bonus. Idk why my friend would ever think that but once I realised there was that misunderstanding, I tried to explain what I meant before trying to placate her.
She, however, was really mad, and said a bunch of really hurtful stuff. That, in turn, made me remind her of how she had treated me at the wedding (apparently I was still salty about her initially egging her cousin off), and that prompted her to say that she never wanted me at that wedding in the first place and that I inject myself wherever I can. Now, I never told this to anyone other than my very best friend, but I think I might be somewhere on the autism spectrum and I really don't know how to read between the lines. It's not clear to me what's appropriate and what isn't. So when her mother came up with the idea of me coming to the wedding, my friend's sister gave me an invitation and my friend encouraged me to go, I simply thought it would be okay for me to do so. Now I know to keep to myself and to turn down any offers unless they come from my closest friends and family. But once I got those texts, I got really hurt and was desperately trying to just end the argument, let her be mad at me for a while and we could go back to normal again.
Well, she was apparently done. She ended the friendship and blocked me. Honestly, while it made me realise just how lonely I am, it also did me some good, I think. I focused on myself, my own studying, and haven't had to retake a single test up to this day. She, on the other hand, had to retake almost all of them. Idk if it was just her being used to me doing so much for her or if something else came up in her life, and frankly, I don't care anymore. I wasn't going to go out of my way to antagonise her or anything, we just ignored each other. Eventually, we had to work together on some project and that led to us sometimes talking to each other during a chat with other people from our group. We say hi when we see each other. But nothing beyond that. She unblocked me (idk if she needed to do that in order for us to be able to create a group chat with a third girl for the project, or if she just randomly decided to undo it, don't care) but we don't text or talk when it's just the two of us. I realised that even if she wanted to make amends, I wouldn't want to be friends with her anyway. I got burned and I learned my lesson. Sometimes I feel like I was being used, sometimes - like I overreacted and was too self-centered. At one point, she saw me crocheting something for a colleague (I picked up crocheting fairly recently, she didn't know about it) and asked if I would make something for her (a specific project that she'd pay me for). I was a bit hesitant and mentioned it to my best friend and she told me not to ever do it. She said my ex-friend treated me the way she did but wanted to still gain from me. So I decided not to do it after all. If she wants it, she can learn or find somebody else.
Now. After some time, when I was still blocked by her, I realised she had two of my books, and I had one of hers. I have been struggling with what to do since then. They're my books and I want them back. I have read one of them and the other one suddenly disappeared from all bookstores here so I couldn't get it if I tried. I'm upset over the fact but at this point I'd rather buy them again than have to reach out to her. But on the other hand, I have that one book of hers - and it's supposedly her favourite.
Now, we're probably going to see each other for the last time for an exam on Tuesday. The next time would be at our graduation in March of 2024. So here's my question: do I bring her book on Tuesday without saying anything? Do I hand it to her and tell her to keep my books or give them away to a library? Or do I keep her book as a hostage in case she ever wants it back?

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Sling TV is an ideal solution for anyone who's looking to cut the cord without losing their favorite shows, thanks to its affordable prices and compatibility with multiple devices. Though its streaming quality might not match other services, Sling still offers access to many channels at a low price point and makes an attractive alternative option when trying to reduce cable bills without giving up access to favorite programs.
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Hi Folks,
This is getting serious at my sister's place. Need your help.
Last night the in-laws came at our place to 'sort' things out but instead left my sister here at home and intimidated us not to take here back in case she doesn't cooperate. They tried to fake a brawl by removing their own turbans and beating themselves and started shouting loudly to create a scene.
So here's the background:
The husband is not at all supportive to wife in major decisions. Since 3 years of marriage, he has been giving taunts to my sister that she has done the whole marriage in 3 Lakhs (3 Lakh mein shaadi krdi, jaa leja apne 3 Lakh aur nikalja yahaan se). Even while FIL being a gazetted officer and MIL being a school teacher (MIL), they expect my sister to do household chores - all while she is working from home with stressful jobs and earns enough to hire a full-time household with her medical conditions. Both my sister and husband are working from home IT professionals.
Some time back because of a quarrel, my sister came back at our place. She stayed for 1 Week, after which my father took an initiative to call her husband to sort things out. Husband came to our house and created a scene by saying that she doesn't contribute to home expenses. So the issue was my sister denied giving some money to her husband because he wanted to buy a new car. She realized over time that relationship the husband has kept with her has been materialistic and transactional. He counts every small expense and asks my sister to contribute. Recently he started demanding Rs. 50 for a pack of biscuits, because she has started liking those that her husband ordered for himself! He threatened to leave my sister at our place. Next time, something similar happened and my sister came home. She stayed here for 1.5 months and the ass did not do an effort to call her and get things fine. My father had to call his father and meet him and then take my sister to their house. They disrespected my father, shouted at him told 'what's is even your standard?" (Tumhari aukaat kya hai). My father had enough, told my sister to stay their, be strong and fight them.
An important Note: My sister has had 3 operations in last 1 year -

1. Abortion because of Fistula Surgery
2. Fistula Surgery
3. Miscarriage Abortion (no heartbeat of the foetus)

Since then, the in-laws have been planning something. Husband started saying that my parents health is getting deplorable, they do not want to take stress of family issues and want me (him) out of this house. He started asking her to pack bags and move to a new house on rent. But she doesn't trust him and fears that he will leave her there and will go back to live with his parents leaving my sister completely on her own.
Their Concerns:

1. My sister should respect her in-laws (she does already, touches feet till today)
2. She should not believe in any other god. (My sister has faith in Guruji Bade Mandir wale)
3. Give contribution to monthly expenses (does that already orders household stuff)
4. Not have a maid (while the poor girl has had 2 miscarriages in last 1 year, makes food for herself and husband 3 times and also looks at household chores)
5. Not 'lend' her ornaments to her mother which she did for one day (because my mother did not have anything to wear at a family visit) and my mother returned them back the very next day.

So, Last night, they came to our place to sort things out and did this brawl faking that we had beaten them. Left my sister here and refused to take her along. I threatened that "she will go with you, if not I will take her along". And that's where things went ugly where they removed their own turbans, started shouting very loudly.
What we did:

1. As soon as they left the place, we went to the Police Station (nearby in-laws) raised a complaint (not an FIR, police did not write it) of Dowry and Harassment.
2. Took policemen along, got her laptops, essentials removed from their house
3. She's staying with us now.

What we want:

1. Get rid of this man forever and his cheap mentality
2. Don't want to drag it for long but teach them a lesson for sure (My sister had a miscarriage because of this ass***)
3. Move on as their is a b'ful life ahead for my sister.

Please suggest!

For some background I (17f) live with my best friend (17f), my parents and little brother. My best friend lives with my family due to her parents losing custody of her (issues with substance abuse). We became close due to our first job, where we had a manager who was extremely creepy to us and we had to file reports against him. Since she has started living here, I feel disregarded as a friend and as though she disrespects my family.
My dad had one request upon her living here which was for her to pay rent and she keeps avoiding it and complains to me about it. My parents voice their struggles on affording a new addition to the household. She receives ~500 a fortnight from the government my dad requests 100 a week. The rent covers water, electricity, unlimited food/meals, hygienic items, bedding and furniture in her room that we provide for her.
She seems to feel entitled to my belongings and assistance, but will not do the same for me. When i’m away my parents say she wears my shoes and clothes, goes through my belongings in my room. She will spend hours in the bathroom before school leaving me with little time to get ready. We do similar classes at school, I will show her my assignments and assist her but if I ask for the same help on an assignment she has done or a test she had before me she refuses.
I am a supportive friend and genuinely congratulate her on her achievements and am excited to see her succeed. I notice she gets in a bad mood when I succeed and will sarcastically say “nice” or something and has stormed off on occasions. She seems excited more when I fail. Sometimes when i’m speaking to her she will say after i’m finished “to be honest i wasn’t even listening to you” and laugh.
My mum works a job where she needs a clean record for security. My friend smokes weed maybe ~3 times a day. On occasion she has done coke. My mum fears of losing her job if she is caught possessing drugs in her home but my friend does not change her behaviour despite being talked to.
She has a boyfriend who she begun dating after moving in with my family. We originally had plans to move out together after finishing school, but she abruptly told me she was moving in with him. I was upset, but understood and made plans to live with my own boyfriend after school. She then recently told me her boyfriend wants to live with his friends instead of her (she never discussed it with him in the first place). She said that I should drop my plans with my boyfriend for her.
Often she uses me as a therapist, I listen to all of her problems and try to be as kind as possible. When I complain I don’t think she really cares. I have brought up the things I’ve mentioned but it’s hard as she laughs it off and changes the subject.
I cant help but hate her due to the reasons i’ve listen above. I feel guilty for this as obviously her actions aren’t her own fault. Her life has been pretty traumatic so her past clearly has had an effect

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I don’t have an answer for this, and all the comments I read are just that we need it, and developers should just build more affordable housing as opposed to ‘high end’ buildings.
With the current cost of building anything, what is considered as affordable for a developer that needs to build and finance a new property?
I have priced out the cost to build a modest home, and it is cheaper to buy currently in my findings.
Even going bare bones without fancy kitchens and high end fixtures, is building anything major doable with rents that can be comfortable even for lower middle class folks? Remembering costs of borrowing is almost 2x what it was 2 years ago as well.

I’ve been renting an apartment in large home that’s split up into four apartments for the last twelve years. I’m a great tenant. When I moved in, the bedroom carpet wasn’t in the best shape. Now, twelve years later it’s looking pretty rough. It’s been cleaned once and that didn’t seem to help matters. If I had to guess, I would say that the carpet is at least fifteen years old. The house is owned by a management company who owns many rental properties throughout my town.
I would love to have the carpet replaced. I’m wondering if it would be okay to ask management if the carpet could be replaced? I’d even be willing to contribute to the cost.

I'm 25 and I've been offered a very rare opportunity to train in my dream field for 3 years starting in the end of September.
Last November I started saving for a deposit and currently have £13.5k and I will have around £6-7k extra to save/spend between now and my course start date.
For the first month of the course I'm unpaid but I will be for the rest. By the end of the 3 year training programme working in a qualified role my salary will go from it's current 30k to 45k-61k (the latter being more likely if I go to Oxford University).
Here's where it gets complicated. I've been offered this programme at two universities.
The programme at a London University:
I could live rent free but unfortunately in a toxic relationship dynamic that is not good for my mental health. But I would have a great support network around which is really important for my mental health.
While at this uni all my work placements are within a 30 minute radius. I also don't have to learn how to drive immediately before the course starts this September.
I would be on a 42k salary (£2600 after tax, NI and SFE) so I would be able to save a very large deposit over 1-3 years. But there is no guarantee this living arrangement will be permanent and I could end up renting in London after the 1st year.
I could comfortably save anywhere between 24k (1 year of savings) to 70k (3 years of savings) in that time for a deposit. This doesn't include a small wage increase half way through the programme (to 44k), LISA bonuses, interest or stocks and shares returns.
The programme at The University of Oxford:
I really want to go. There are so many things I like about the course which I won't delve into here. It was my first choice.Being able to have this opportunity is a big deal. An added bonus is I will be able to leave my current toxic living situation - the fresh start here on this course is really exciting.
But I will lose some of my support network though they are not far in London. Another caveat is the pay will be 35k (£2162 after tax, NI and SFE). I have to learn how to drive by the end of October and I will have to pay some kind of rent/housing expenses. On top of car costs and learning to drive and a deposit for a rental contract (which I could deduct from the 6-7k).
Rent costs could be anywhere between £850-1200 depending on whether I flat share or location. Which would reduce my deposit savings over that 3 years to 14-17.5k.
This is ssuming life doesn't come at me too fast and I can live a very minimal spending lifestyle, an old banger with no holidays. This doesn't include a very small wage increase half way through the programme (to 37k), LISA bonuses, interest or stocks and shares returns.
I was debating getting a shared ownership property (probably new build) property in Oxford as it works out about the same as renting and I'd be able to put down a 20% deposit with what I current have. But I'm not familiar with the process. Legal fees, surveyors and sorting out my driving will eat into the 6-7k I'll be getting between now and September.
Some of these properties are 2 beds with one ensuite. I know some fellow prospective course members looking to flat share to stay closer to the city centre. So I could have a lodger at discounted rent to cover the service charge and ground rent.
Even without having a lodger my ground rent service charge and mortgage combined are the same as just renting further away from work in a smaller property (with out accounting for any potential rent/service charge rises or repairs).
I would also be losing my FTB status and potentially 3k if I waited 3 years to buy with my LISA. but on the other hand I'll be building up some equity. An important caveat to all of this is I'm not sure how mortgage lenders would take my current 1 year contract, then 3 year paid training programme contract and an understanding of my qualified role pay increases.
And if I take too long to close a home ownership deal before September I still have the option to store my stuff for free and I can get a short lets for a few months in Oxford (around 600 a month) which I don't mind.
As generation rent I'm butthurt that huge housing prices has to be factored into rejecting my dreams. I know it should be a no brainer to choose my mental health and my dream course in Oxford, but equally a no brainer to choose the housing ladder but I don't know if I can have both.
I'm caught between whether I should stomach my current scenario for a bit longer for a larger deposit, rent in Oxford or try to buy a shared ownership property in Oxford to build up some equity over at least 3 years? What would you do in my shoes?

Tens of thousands of South Carolina mobile homeowners manufactured before 1976 & renting the land it sits upon, can be legally evicted without cause if the Appellate court upholds the verdict of my eviction based solely upon the wording of the 30-day notice of the end of the term of their expired lease agreement.
Many, if not most renters of land in a mobile home park, have leases for one year, which likely have never been renewed from year to year, as the law states.
If my case is not dismissed, it will become 'case law', which can then be used by any greedy, unscrupulous landowner who wants to own your home to evict you and take possession of your home, whether there exists no cause or reason for the eviction.
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Just back from a glorious 9 days in Rome. There's no other place like it and I felt so lucky to be able to go, My three initial aims in this trip were: (a) see my hometown hero Bruce Springsteen amongst my ancestral people (they literally sing along to not just the lyrics but the guitar riffs etc too) as well as (b) sink or swim as I continue to practice my Italian language skills (I've been taking lessons with a tutor for 2 years but there's nothing like just being thrown into the world of the language to sharpen up and get very comfortable conversing) and (c) do hours upon hours of photo walks (I ended up averaging 30k steps a day every day aside from the two sick days).
In brief, I split the trip up into two halves: the first half I stayed up on Avantino hill (it's very close to the Circo Massimo, so it was an easy spot for the concert) and the second half in a quiet pocket of Trastevere a block or two west of the river south of Ponte Paladino. My Avantino air bnb host gave me some great neighborhood places in nearby Testaccio (another wonderful neighborhood that tourists don't seem to wander into very much), and I found a fantastic and slightly quirky place for espresso also in Testaccio (I'm an espresso fiend). If you haven't been to Avantino, it almost reminded me of the Italian Beacon Hill (for those familiar with Boston). It had the feeling of a Tuscan village that just happened to be somehow in the middle of Rome. It's where the famous key hole is that frames St. Peters, as well as the Giardino degli Aranci and Santa Sabina's, which is a gorgeous church from 422 AD. Staying here felt very relaxing and peaceful and even though some tourists did make their way to the keyhole every day, it had a very tranquil vibe, despite the fact that Circo Massimo was 5 minutes north and Testaccio was 5 minutes south.
Given that my favorite thing to do on vacation is just wander around with my Ricoh GR, I would begin every day in Avantino thusly: Get up, have an espresso at Tram Depot (always at the bar), walk around for a few hours and just see what I can find. Maybe I'd get a quick breakfast bite at the outstanding Casa Manco in the Testaccio market. Then I'd go to for a big lunch at the wonderful Pecorino (also in Testaccio). This lunch would usually last an hour or two. It's a very cozy restaurant and the waiters are all very nice and so I'd often bring a book along with me or a notebook or I'd transfer pictures from my camera to my phone for editing in between courses. Lunch was often my largest meal of the day and sometimes my only "meal" of the day. (In normal life I train for marathons and am in the gym often and I'm super on top of my macros and making sure I get X amount of protein etc...on this trip, this was not the case.) If I couldn't get into Pecorino for lunch or didn't end up in that area for lunch time, I'd either go there for dinner when they opened, or another excellent Testaccio spot called Perilli's. (There's also Piato Romano, which had excellent food but not quite the same cozy ambience as Pecorino.) I pretty much mainlined Amatriciana and Carbonara along with involtini, braised oxtail, and as much tiramisu as I could politely hurl into my maw. I like establishing some routines or rituals when I travel, especially when I travel solo, to help give the trip some grounding. It's also nice when you are far from home to be able to walk into a place where people begin to recognize you and accept you into their little circle, even if it is temporary. For the second half of the trip in Trastevere...I got COVID! Sort of. The day after the concert, I noticed a heavy feeling in my upper airway/chest, but I figured it must have been all the second hand smoke I inhaled during the concert (from my observations, Romans thoroughly enjoy cigarettes). I wear an oura ring and while my HRV was low, nothing else stood out. That night though I developed a fever and spent the entire next day in bed. I was bummed, but frankly, after 5 nights in a row of being out from 8am to midnight, I needed a rest day anyway, so it wasn't bad timing. (How's that for spin?) Not sure what my actual temperature was, but my oura ring said I was 4.3 degrees above my nightly average baseline, so I'm guessing my temperature was around 100-101 as my normal temperature on a thermometer seems to be around 96.6. I spent a good chunk of the next day in bed also, just napping (which was fairly pleasant as the cool breeze came in through the window, carrying the sounds of the three churches on Avantino, not to mention the bird calls and the pleasing sounds of people enjoying their meals on the street below). My baseline temp deviation was only +2 degrees the second night and by the end of the day, I felt good enough to have an appetite, but not quite good enough to stand upright, so I ordered some Trapizzino on uber eats (the polpetti/sugo and the melanzane were both glorious) and that revived me. By the next morning I was better! (In the end, I think this was covid because while I only had the fever for the two sick days, I lost most of my sense of smell sometime Thursday afternoon despite feeling fine. So maybe Covid? In the end, I missed out on a trip to Ostia Antica and a food tour, but the trip still felt extremely full of experiences.) The rest of my time in Trastevere was great. Just wandering all around those crazy little winding streets, snapping away, always fueld by a caffè from the gruff but character-rich Bar San Calisto or the one across from my apartment, which was called "404 Name Not Found." I did eat lunch one day at Da Enzo which was good but not sure it's worth the hype given how much excellent food I had at restaurants with very little fanfare. Da Enzo ended up being a great experience though because when they asked me how many and I said, "da solo," they asked if I would share the table if there was another single. I said sure, and ended up being paired up with a fellow endurance athlete, this one from France. Just one of the many fanciful moments that can happen when you travel solo. We also hung out again the next day for most of the morning and afternoon, and this was a sort of theme for my trip: running into people left and right, connecting, and making fast friends. This is how I found myself getting invited to a Roman birthday party at the Piazza Testaccio one night for what felt like my 10th "out past midnight" night of the trip (again, a far cry from my normal life of "in bed at 9"). In the end, what I will take away from this trip are a few things: -the magic of learning a second language, and noticing your skills improving with every chat. Just the pleasure of hearing the Italian language and getting to practice it all day, every day (while making many mistakes). If you're going to Rome or Italy in general, I highly recommend you try and get yourself up to A2 in Italian. It's such a pleasurable language to speak and embrace, even if it's just at a beginner's level. -the many conversations I had with shop owners or fellow bar patrons and the high-five I would give myself in my head when they would ask "if you're American, how come your accent is so good?" (Again, I'm a B1 speaker on my best day, but the compliment would always make my day given my beginner's nervousness at the start of the trip). A few times, people even just began talking to me, assuming I was Italian. (I am Italian-American, but having a Roman just start talking to you as one of their own meant a lot to the part of me that loves being Italian and feels a strong connection to the country, even from afar.) -The Italian crowd at the Bruce show. Just a blast to sing along with them into the Roman sky, surrounded by ruins. -Mornings in Avantino spent in quiet contemplation in Santa Sabina or St Anselmo. A few times, the respective organists were practicing and I got my own concert. -After my two days sick in bed, when I returned to the Tram Depot and Casa Manco for sustenance, the proprietors both asked me one version or another or "tutto bene?" (as if to say, where ya been?). The man at Casa Manco blurted out "buon tornato!" when he saw me approach. Very warm-hearted people and they made me feel at home (along with the Pecorino staff, who were very kind to me and likely a little amused, wondering, why is this random American dude here every day eating for 2 hours?) -A basic observation: I appreciated how people across seemingly different walks of life all talk to each other as equals. I saw street sweepers chatting with businessmen in the street in a way that would seem less likely in America. Maybe this is a class thing? Perhaps the gap in salaries is not so large like it is in America, and therefore people feel like one giant middle class together? Related: many younger Italians I spoke to told me how hard it was to live in Rome as a young person, as salaries were not very good, and unless you had 1-2 roommates or parents who could pay your rent, you would most likely have a longer commute coming into the city every day. -The fact that behind every nook and cranny and around every corner, there is something spectacular to see. Whether it's the ruins that stand adjacent to the jewish ghetto in a reminder of the layers upon layers of civilizations that once existed in this city, or just the way the morning light creates a shaft down some medieval cobblestone street, it is a magical place to walk around. By the end of each very long day, my mind was just fried, both from working overtime with trying to speak Italian and from the sheer overstimulation of seeing so much beauty. Anyway, this was not my first trip to Rome, but it was my first trip in MANY years, and it was precisely the life affirming and humanity affirming trip I needed this year after a rough and precarious start to 2023. Next trip, I will likely fly into Rome, spend 3-ish days there, and then head somewhere to the southern coast. As much as I love Roman food, it would be nice to be inundated with fresh sardines the same way this trip found me OD'ing on carbonara.
To me, this trip really captured the beauty of solo travel: I had plenty of experiences to enjoy my own company, but my enjoying the language and culture, I was eager to seek out interactions, and many of those interactions lead to further interactions. Whether it was helping an older Italian woman find the church she was looking for and the ensuing 20 minute conversation in Italian as we navigated, or wandering into a green juice place in Rome and expressing my shock and appreciation at the sight of vegetables to the owner that lead into a conversation about my union's current strike or finding an amazing children's book store while searching for a gift for my nephew and talking to the owner of the shop about books for an hour, just seeking ways to meaningfully engage and having a curiosity about the people and places I encountered really made for an enriching solo travel experience, because as Rolf Potts points out, had I been with a friend on this trip, we would have created our own bubble, and this bubble would have kept others out.
Anyway, thank you to Rome and it's people for one of the best times in my 39 years. (If anyone is curious, I'll be posting many photos from this trip at my IG@ rovinglumix.

Well I am trying my luck here probably looking for a genuine connection with someone who can relate to my hobbies and interests. My name is Chris, from the philippines. I'm a classic smart, ambivert girl who likes anime, gaming , food and arts.
I have been gaming a lot on my switch to entertain myself so I am kinda looking into meeting possible playmates
I do also some mmorpg games on my spare time but mostly i do rpg games on my laptop like old playstation games since i missed them a lot. I also just started gaming in pc mostly just mmorpg like Lost Ark or Mir4. I am no good at FPS games cause they trigger my vertigo and it usually makes me sick after gaming for 30 mins. At times catch up on my JRPGS while being idle at work currently finishing Tales of Vesperia.
I also know mobile legends, LOL and other games like genshin ( though i stopped early).
Looking for friends who can play with or someone to bond with to maybe lesser the time i overthink. Feel burned about life as I have been doing intensive parental caregiving the past months.
I am also an anime fan and a former cosplayer and a roleplayer. Also I am into movies a lot and watch almost everything on netflix. Maybe we can movie marathon or what or watch anime ( I am a 90's kid who really watched a lot of animes). I love horror movies but I am a coward so if I movie with you expect shrills and screaming from me .
I am also into fan fiction writing in archive of our own which i have a few works with thousands of reads. Maybe we can discuss about relevant topics about writing or so I don't know but i am no expert.
I just really hope to speak to someone of different culture or learn about their lives or talk to someone casually. I feel so overwhelmed by worldly probs and I do want a friend that keeps me sane and in check while i face everyday to live and breathe one more day.
Right now i am not looking for any relationship as I want to build myself up and be okay again. Well normally people think I got my shit together at my age now but right now i'm burned out. I have quit several of my hobbies due to my past relationships. Currently bombarded on caregiving. Even though I have struggles I do just want a company and I don't need of saving on my problems. The savior complex of some does stress me and i dont like being dictated on what i should do and what.
Being cooped up at home tremendously gets mundane and I am hoping to meet people to share interest in or at least exchange relevant topics about life.
Also I draw digitally and try to do fan arts for Bts the korean group since I am a fan of it.
I am into photography, doll photography and food photography and love to dress up and make up. Also I am into culinary and love cooking. I binged a lot on baking shows and cooking competition shows like top chef or master chef. I love taking food pics of what I cook so pls feel free we can be chef mates and share recipes and such and also i am into baking I love to eat and taste different cuisines so a food buddy is preferred.
Anyways a friend who is into my interest I would love to speak and bond with.
People say I am a good listener maybe i can help too and give advices though I am not in the proper mental state to help with people under going immense stuff but I'll do my best to listen and advice as much as I can. They say I have great empathy and mindfulness of others and I am quite apologetic when I reply late.
I am normally awake in EST time american since my work is based in New Jersey. Americans or people in western countries works better for me since I sleep opposite of asians.
I am just a cute filipina who is a closet otaku looking for friends. i have a good sense humor and talk ample a lot and just chat literally almost about everything. But please do make efforts to converse and not let me do the talking it's really hard sometimes if communication is forced. If I offended you and you don't wanna be friends anymore that's fine just tell and I'll back off rather than being ignored intentionally. No drama promise .
Please do not come into my dms with the intent to sexualize me ...i have enough trauma from a sexual assault years ago...so pls if you have ill intentions.. do not dm me. I am not applying for any girlfriend position or be your future waifu. So please do not ask me sexual questions or any sexual preferences. At any point I am sexualized without consent I would block immediately. Again i am not looking for boyfriends or spouse for now nor I am looking for hook ups so stay away from me.
If you wanna see how i look check I can send pics. I am not a catfish yes I look 20's and i don't know why. Dont bother asking my snap i wont migrate there for you to validate my identity. I am not hooking up.
I am 5'3 1/2 yes I am small, my body type i am more on a curvy side for now and I am working out and dieting. I gained weight due to depression and anxiety from my sick ex . I am tan as you expect from filipinas and short hair, doe eyes and cute.
To be honest im scared partially with my post but either way. I just wanna feel a bit myself and meet pepple and I do want genuine friendly connection with someone. If you also do not like the fact I am living in asia and makes a big fuss i live far away...sorry I am not the girl for you.
So if you have reached this point I have a pending question
What is your favorite anime/game/ movie ? and why?. Send that to me when you mssg me here and I will entertain your pm. If someone doesnt follow this sorry i wont entertain. Since I believe good reading and following directions means a good intent towards someone.
This is a test someone reads my post and with the intent you really wanted to get to know me. Yeah I might sound demanding a bit but i really get a lot of mssgs and some are just after sex and such and really I am not for that at this point. Thank you for reading.

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Well I am trying my luck here probably looking for a genuine connection with someone who can relate to my hobbies and interests. My name is Chris, from the philippines. I'm a classic smart, ambivert girl who likes anime, gaming , food and arts.
I have been gaming a lot on my switch to entertain myself so I am kinda looking into meeting possible playmates
I do also some mmorpg games on my spare time but mostly i do rpg games on my laptop like old playstation games since i missed them a lot. I also just started gaming in pc mostly just mmorpg like Lost Ark or Mir4. I am no good at FPS games cause they trigger my vertigo and it usually makes me sick after gaming for 30 mins. At times catch up on my JRPGS while being idle at work currently finishing Tales of Vesperia.
I also know mobile legends, LOL and other games like genshin ( though i stopped early).
Looking for friends who can play with or someone to bond with to maybe lesser the time i overthink. Feel burned about life as I have been doing intensive parental caregiving the past months.
I am also an anime fan and a former cosplayer and a roleplayer. Also I am into movies a lot and watch almost everything on netflix. Maybe we can movie marathon or what or watch anime ( I am a 90's kid who really watched a lot of animes). I love horror movies but I am a coward so if I movie with you expect shrills and screaming from me .
I am also into fan fiction writing in archive of our own which i have a few works with thousands of reads. Maybe we can discuss about relevant topics about writing or so I don't know but i am no expert.
I just really hope to speak to someone of different culture or learn about their lives or talk to someone casually. I feel so overwhelmed by worldly probs and I do want a friend that keeps me sane and in check while i face everyday to live and breathe one more day.
Right now i am not looking for any relationship as I want to build myself up and be okay again. Well normally people think I got my shit together at my age now but right now i'm burned out. I have quit several of my hobbies due to my past relationships. Currently bombarded on caregiving. Even though I have struggles I do just want a company and I don't need of saving on my problems. The savior complex of some does stress me and i dont like being dictated on what i should do and what.
Being cooped up at home tremendously gets mundane and I am hoping to meet people to share interest in or at least exchange relevant topics about life.
Also I draw digitally and try to do fan arts for Bts the korean group since I am a fan of it.
I am into photography, doll photography and food photography and love to dress up and make up. Also I am into culinary and love cooking. I binged a lot on baking shows and cooking competition shows like top chef or master chef. I love taking food pics of what I cook so pls feel free we can be chef mates and share recipes and such and also i am into baking I love to eat and taste different cuisines so a food buddy is preferred.
Anyways a friend who is into my interest I would love to speak and bond with.
People say I am a good listener maybe i can help too and give advices though I am not in the proper mental state to help with people under going immense stuff but I'll do my best to listen and advice as much as I can. They say I have great empathy and mindfulness of others and I am quite apologetic when I reply late.
I am normally awake in EST time american since my work is based in New Jersey. Americans or people in western countries works better for me since I sleep opposite of asians.
I am just a cute filipina who is a closet otaku looking for friends. i have a good sense humor and talk ample a lot and just chat literally almost about everything. But please do make efforts to converse and not let me do the talking it's really hard sometimes if communication is forced. If I offended you and you don't wanna be friends anymore that's fine just tell and I'll back off rather than being ignored intentionally. No drama promise .
Please do not come into my dms with the intent to sexualize me ...i have enough trauma from a sexual assault years ago...so pls if you have ill intentions.. do not dm me. I am not applying for any girlfriend position or be your future waifu. So please do not ask me sexual questions or any sexual preferences. At any point I am sexualized without consent I would block immediately. Again i am not looking for boyfriends or spouse for now nor I am looking for hook ups so stay away from me.
If you wanna see how i look check I can send pics. I am not a catfish yes I look 20's and i don't know why. Dont bother asking my snap i wont migrate there for you to validate my identity. I am not hooking up.
I am 5'3 1/2 yes I am small, my body type i am more on a curvy side for now and I am working out and dieting. I gained weight due to depression and anxiety from my sick ex . I am tan as you expect from filipinas and short hair, doe eyes and cute.
To be honest im scared partially with my post but either way. I just wanna feel a bit myself and meet pepple and I do want genuine friendly connection with someone. If you also do not like the fact I am living in asia and makes a big fuss i live far away...sorry I am not the girl for you.
So if you have reached this point I have a pending question
What is your favorite anime/game/ movie ? and why?. Send that to me when you mssg me here and I will entertain your pm. If someone doesnt follow this sorry i wont entertain. Since I believe good reading and following directions means a good intent towards someone.
This is a test someone reads my post and with the intent you really wanted to get to know me. Yeah I might sound demanding a bit but i really get a lot of mssgs and some are just after sex and such and really I am not for that at this point. Thank you for reading.

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About me: Heyo, I'm very passionate about love and romance. I love all things silly, cute, and colorful. I like vidya, memes, youtube, nature, singing, etc. I would adore something long-term and monogamous. I'm pretty handsome and cute. I'm a 5'4" smol, skinny boi. I work retail for a decent wage and live with a roommate. Due to my chronic depression (among other mental illness), I get physically and mentally exhausted easily often, but I still do my best to take care of things and try to have fun. I'm always striving to do better, to improve, even if it's just baby-steps day-by-day. I've really come a long way, year after year. I range from being playful, feminine (in personality), and bubbly to more tame, relaxed, serious, to dank, derpy, and silly. I am rather clingy, but I respect time away for any reason. I am very introverted and prefer to stay home and relax. Otherwise I like going out sometimes and talking loads with My Special One.
I'm a huge videogame buff, from N64 to Wii U, Gameboy Advance to 3DS, is my area of expertise. I do a bit of PS4 and mobile as well. I'm super into youtube documentaries of all sorts: Corruption, Game Industry, History, etc. I like other types of videos, like let's plays, creepypastas, podcasts.
What I'm looking for: Preferably a lovely lady within the age of 18-35 for a monogamous relationship.
It'd be really nice to have somebody thoughtful, affectionate, silly, supportive, likes to spend lots of time together, communicative. Open-minded, really. Encouragement, support, affection, and love that goes both ways. Gameweeb/goob/clingy are huge pluses for me. Roleplay/cosplay is good too! I don't care about your job, status, height, weight, or anything else. I just want true love.
Ideally, you'd be assertive, but gentle or even strict. Not cruel though. As long as you're active in trying to do your best for your partner, that is great too. MDLB/GFD as part of the regular romantic relationship structure is a huge plus! For me it's moreso about soft, assuring loving and doting. I'm open to discussing that more in private, should you like. I want you to be comfortable with everything as well. As long as you try your best, I would love to meet you. I want to take care of you as well. My main thing is that I'm always the one putting in all of the effort with no reciprocation.
I'm easy to please when it comes to appearances. From skinny women to really, really fluffy women. You don't have to be conventionally attractive at all. I would say that I would like to trade pictures early on though, please. Personality is more important to me and being able to connect with a kind soul is more important.
Important:
-Don't want kids at all.
-Not religious, but I don't mind if you are.
-Please don't be shy! Reach out to me! I'm always up to chat. I value effort above all.
-I do have abandonment issues from being love-bombed a lot.
I hope to hear from you soon. (´ω｀)
Pictures of me. https://imgur.com/a/8MWmSNP
https://postimg.cc/gallery/LmXfDTx Album of Cute Images.

Okey first of; sorry if the formatting is a bit off, I’m on mobile and English is not my first language. I’m also dyslexic so sorry for any spelling errors. Off to the story. So I (25F) just had my birthday a couple of days ago, I live with my partner (27M) of 5 years. As we have been together for so long I have tried to show my partner that on birthdays, anniversary’s, holiday and big days I like to do something special of it. If it is a better dinner, not having to think of making your own birthday cake, going to the movies with food after (even McDonald’s after is okey for me) a small party/gathering with close friends or just planed out a movie, snacks/food at home and then we play video games together on the ps5. Just something. In short I saw my boyfriend for a total of 3 hours on my birthday, he had to go to work in the morning so no breakfast or cake in bed (of course I’m not mad at that) and then when he came home he didn’t imply anything, like “hey birthday girl, anything you are in the mood for to eat today?” He just came to the living room and started to play on the ps5. After 3 hours at home he got a call from one of his closest friend who wondered if he could borrow him for a few hours because he needed to talk. I didn’t have a problem with that as long as I got to know when I would get him home to celebrate with me. I was then told 3 hours tops, and usually they have always kept the time sett so I was okey with it all. Well 3 hours turned to 6+ and I then had baked my own birthday cake, skipped dinner as I thought we were going to eat together and took our dog on a walk by my self. When I went to bed I called my boyfriend to see what was up, only to find out they had gone bowling right up the street from where we live, without me. I blew up on him and told him to find somewhere else to sleep tonight as I didn’t want him home. (The first time I have ever said that to him, usually when I’m mad at him I sleep on the couch) After that I just hung up on him and went to sleep, 30 minutes ish after the phone call I hear the lock in our apartment and he walks in (we live in a small studio apartment ish) as he gets to the bed I ask if he didn’t hear what I had said, he said he did but then asked. “ did you seriously think I wouldn’t come home?” I then get out of bed and start to look around for my clothes as if he was here I would not be sleeping here, he starts to talk to me trying to get me to go to bed and I break starting to take the pillows, my stuffed animals and the blankets and throw them at him as I cry and scream “you left me alone on my birthday, you know how much I try to make birthdays special and yet you left me alone. Just like everyone else!” He doesn’t say anything just try to hold around me as I break more. I literally push him away from me as I just wanted to be left alone. After a few minutes of me screaming he looks at me and says “ I don’t know what kind of excuse would be good enough here” I then ask straight out “ did you prevent a suicide tonight?” “ no I don’t think so, but he is still not having a good period in his life and what were I supposed to do? My friend was the one paying and I asked if you could join too, he said he wanted boys time.” My response was: “Well I’m so sorry but I have to decline for tonight, it’s her birthday and I have already given you 2 hours of the time I could have been with her celebrating. But if you want to go out tomorrow night I’m available.” I didn’t even hesitate in my response and looked him dead in the eyes. I don’t know what was looking back at me as all I remember was his face empty and cold. After that I didn’t speak much to him, I went to sleep as I was exhausted from crying so much and the day after I barely spoke to him. Unless it was necessary that I spoke to him like when the dog had been outside last and if she had gotten food, I didn’t speak to him. This isn’t the first time he plainly didn’t plan anything for my birthday even though we have spoken about it a lot since I have spent the last 7 birthdays in tears and the last 6 alone. We even have talked about it before and I have tried to show him on his birthday how I’m used to do things; I ask what he wants for dinner, if there is anything he wants to do, what kind of cake he wants, anything he wishes as in birthday gifts and so on. My question is what do I do now? I’m so hurt over this that I had to call the mental health line just for someone to talk to and to not go back to my self harming ways ( 4 years of not hurting myself so I’m doing anything to stay on my streak, yes I am in therapy for it) I don’t know if I can forgive him or how to talk to him about it?
TLDR; Boyfriend forgot the time and spent huge amount of my birthday with a friend while I was home alone. Haven’t spoken to him since as of how hurt I am. Any advice on how to get thro this or how to talk this through?