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My column is dedicated to telling it like it is. I will always give you the best information available to me or the best advice I can. I will be upfront and never hide the truth from you.

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I was having a rough day yesterday because this girl kept saying I was talking *hit behind her back which was completely untrue, and she locked me in a classroom, and when I calmely told her I didnt have a problem with her and she was starting problems with me, she woulnt let me out. I finnaly got out, but did she harrass me? Can she get a ticket for that?

I can't say from what you have written whether she harassed you or not. What I can say with certainty is by locking in a classroom she did violate your right of freedom which is a form of kidnapping. Kidnapping is a felony in any form and you should report her to the principal.

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Hello, I'm a college student so I wasn't able to have two jobs during the semester, but now it's summer and I recently started at a second job that earns 2000 a month on top of my first job where I make about $700. I have around $600 a month in bills and life expenses so you can see why before I wasn't able to save much.

Anyways, now that I have another paycheck coming in it's been hard for me to figure out what I should do with it. Especially considering I might have to quit my second job in three months when summer is over because it's not flexible and I don't know that I can manage it while taking a full load of classes too.

I owe money to three sources: a car I'm financing that has $9600 left on it, $1000 to an old debt, and I owe my mom around $800.

With paychecks added, expenses taken out, and bills taken out; at the end of the month I should have around $1300 in excess. I know this number is low, but that's because I spent most of my paychecks this month on paying off two old debts, giving my dad $200 to help with his bills, and buying some things I desperately needed. In future months though I'm hoping to be able to save much more of the paychecks.

Of course the third debt comes first because I need to start paying it ASAP, but plan on paying it in parts.

I really want to also be working on the other two debts, but my dilemma is that I know my car payment doesn't need to be paid off in a hurry (I have years left on the loan) and that I already pay $400 towards it a month. I still really want to pay it off quicker though because I'm sick of that huge chunk coming out of my paychecks every month.

I also want to pay off my mom, but at the same time it's at the back of my mind that she greatly exaggerates the amount I owe her and that my whole life my dad paid 80% of my bills and she never offered to help him when she makes just as much as he does and on top of that received child support from him. She'll also go from telling me not to worry about paying her back to complaining to my family members about me not paying her back and hounding me for the cash. She also constantly relies on me to help her, but doesn't hold my brothers to the same standard. With all these things in mind it makes me hesitant to pay her back. I still love my mom to pieces of course, I'm just very cautious of wasting my money especially if I cease to have it in three months.

My car also really needs some TLC (all cosmetic) that I'd put the cost around 2k for and of course seeing as my car is my method of transportation that's really important to me too.

Of course there are other small expenses that I know will come out that I'm not foreseeing right now, such as makeup, clothes, eating out, etc.

Can you help me sort all this out? What should I start paying first? How should I split these up into monthly payments so I'm taking on too much at one time?

The cosmetic repairs to the car are to my mind a luxury. As long as the car is mechanically safe to drive dents and scratches can wait. The cost to repair won't grow more then inflation if that.

The object of a summer job for a college student is to bank as much money over the summer so they can concentrate on their studies over the school year. That is my suggestion. Pay your monthly bills bank the rest less a small amount for yourself to have fun with.

Before you return to school you should have enough money to pay you mom in one lump sum. Have her sign for it. Yes a note that states on this date my son, put your name, paid me $800 to [ay me back for what I loaned him. Have her sign it and keep it so the next time she says you still owe her money you can send her a copy.

As for the $200 for you dad unless he has asked you for it don't volunteer it. I think it is admiral that you help him out. As I said the money you earn during the summer and what you earn during the school year is meant to keep you in school.

By my calculations based on what you have given you should have just about six and a half months of funds to carry you through the school year. If you work more hours during semester breaks you have more funds.

You don't say who besides your car you owe money to. Most banks or finance companies will put debt into forbearance just like your college loans until you finish school. I suggest you talk with those you owe money and see if they will do this or lower the payments for you.

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I am a special education teacher. I teach traumatized-behavioral students at a last-stop school. This job is hard.

Here is a history of what you will need to know. This is my first year teaching. I have been in 4 classrooms for this past year. I started in middle school for the first week, but my co-teacher had two new employees with her and we had a new student who was very impulsive. I was switched out with another staff and was placed in elementary. I liked it more because the students were sweeter and I felt like I was making more of an impact.

However, when a new student was added, it turns out all of the students my co-teacher and I had were all autistic. None of us have experience teaching autistic children. Because he was leaving the job, the principal moved a high school teacher to teach elementary. I ended up moving into her classroom.

I was miserable. I have learned a lot from her and I loved watching her teach her subjects. But the classroom was not a team. I felt like a lost black sheep in the classroom. I was consistently overwhelemed and I felt like I was failing at everything I was doing. The blame was consistently blamed on me. I was carrying so much--paperwork, teaching, behavior students. I have had two kids wrapped around each leg, and another student baiting another student of mine. I had an aide stand across the room watching me and was on her phone. This was my work environment for 5 months. I asked my principal to be switched to another classroom because I did not want to feel like I was dragging myself out of bed to be at a job I was not happy in and did not feel successful in.

I was switched (and now currently in) high school. It is a lot better. I feel a lot more relaxed and the staff is surprised that I get along with the high school students really well. There is one student who is the most difficult one throughout the classroom--she has depressive-bipolar disorder, and she does cut herself.

Me, being depressed myself, I feel like I can understand her. But I have not said anything because I would like her to open up to me whenever she is ready. We have been getting along and she thinks I am easily amused and overly happy, when I'm not. I have learned to think positively. My previous co-teacher told me that she thinks my student could use more "cuteness" or "positiveness" in her life.

Back to her, she is difficult to handle. Everytime at 3 o'clock, she starts acting up. She curses, she leaves the room, yells at staff, and fails to follow directions. The rest of the staff in the high school classroom does not want to deal with her because she is so "mentally exhausting." She says nobody is able to help her. She blames everything on her disorder instead of taking ownership of her actions. She has been difficult and had been picking on one of the staff members in our classroom. People are saying that she's trying to find things to be mad about.

Because she has been leaving the room, speaking with the principal, teachers, etc. She has been begging to be in her own classroom. The principal decided to give it to her because it's the end of the year and NOBODY wants to deal with her anymore. They literally told me, "Right now, I am in survival mode."

I was told by ANOTHER coworker that I was going to be put one-on-one with this student. I was really confused. I have been in this classroom for two weeks, barely know her, but we get along, I was assigned to be one-on-one with her. My current co-teacher didn't even know. I was agitated because I wish that it was discussed with me instead of being assigned with me.

The reason why I was moved to the current classroom was being my principal knew I was wanting to find a general education job elsewhere, and she thought this classroom was more likely to be the most "normal." All the sudden, I'm being placed one-on-one. She said that we would figure out a way where I won't have to be with the student alone all day, everyday. I asked if the student works her way back to the classroom, she said at this point, they're all trying to survive and she'll just be by herself for the remaining 2-3 weeks.

Since I told the principal I was relocating and I was resigining from the district, I feel like I've been getting the short end of the stick or thrown under the bus, a lot (there were more situations similar to this). I've been trying to stay positive telling myself that everyone is struggling. Maybe they chose me because the student hates me the least in the classroom. Maybe they think I'll change her life in some way.

I am just wondering what should I do? Should I just push through for the remaining 2-3 weeks and leave? Do I talk about it? Is there a way I can be more positive about it?

My oldest niece is a special ed. teacher and has been for the past four years. The difference between you and her is she trained to be a special Ed. teacher you have not been. It takes a special person with special talents and training to be a special Ed. teacher.

You may be that special person, you don't have the training and may not have the talent. By placing you in the positions they have they have set you up to fail.

Is it possible to just refuse to take on the position for the last two weeks. You can cite the fact that you are not a special ED trained teacher and this would be nothing more than a baby sitting situation for the next two weeks. It would be far better to just allow the child to stay home for the next two weeks and work with the parents to find a school that has the ability to work with her that your school lacks.

Most schools do not want to make this recommendation as it cost the school district the tuition if they lack the ability to supply the services the child needs. Putting you and the child in a position that literally is that of baby sitting her for two weeks is not serving the child's needs. This is the position I would take.

My dad was always absent in my life and I was basically raised by a single mom. For the first time, he is showing interest in getting to know me. I'm 25 and he is 60. Do I have a moral obligation to tell him about my life? I would prefer not to.

I would say no. Your dad being 60 is suddenly looking at what could be the last half of his life and could be trying to make amends for what he did wrong during the first half.

What you might want to do and to just satisfy your own curiosity is meet with him and find out why he was absent for a quarter of a century.

But a moral obligation to fill in the gaps for him? No you are under no such obligation.

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My ex is 22. We broke up recently and it broke me completely. I moved cities a few years ago and when we broke up i came to stay with family in my old city to be with my best friend. My ex and i got in q very big fight and he started accusing my mother of things. I sent my mom the messages but now she wants to message his father. Im now scared because he knows all my secrets. Ive had sex with him and i had sex with others before i was in a relationship with him, he knows about me getting drunk and smoking. He knows i took the morning after pill he knows all of my secrets. He will tell my mom. What do i do?

The first thing you need to do is check the age of consent in your state. In most but not all states the age of consent is now 18. If he had sex with you prior to you reaching the age of consent he is guilty of STAUTORY RAPE AND THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. These two charges will get him life in a 10 by 10 cell in some prison.

You should tell him that he is guilty of statutory rape for which their is no statute of limitation and if he say one word to your parents about anything that is secret between you and him you will press charges.

Fact is every boy who reaches puberty knows about statutory rape and how ten minutes of fun with a girl under age can get you life in prison. I'm sure your 22 year old boy ex boyfriend is aware of this.

If I was your father and he was to come to me with the things you mentioned the one thing that would upset me most is him and you having sex. I would call the police a charge him. By the way if he ever took you across a state line there is a federal crime called the Mann act. It assumes he took you across the state line for sex even if you didn't have sex and he can be charged federally as well with a violation of the Mann act.

Your ex should be well aware of these things. All you need to do is remind him that running his mouth to you mom will get him life in prison.

First off, I do plan on seeing a doctor for this if it continues, but I wanted to get other people's opinions on it first.

For years off and on I've had this issue come up with my knees where if I walk more than one mile, go up more than a couple flights of stairs, or otherwise put strain on my knees that they'll feel as if they're dislocating. One is usually significantly worse than the other and it gets so painful I can't walk or put weight on my knee(s). It's even worse when it's cold outside.

I hadn't experienced it happen in about 5 months, but today I moved to a new apartment that's 3 stories up and had to make probably around 8 trips up and down the stairs and by the end of the night I was limping and could barely walk.

It didn't hurt going up the stairs nearly as much, mostly down the stairs, but it was still incredibly painful.

I would have seen a doctor sooner, but the issue is the pain is usually gone the next day. There's also never been any swelling, redness, or other visible symptoms and because I'm young I don't feel like a doctor would take it seriously.

I'm also worried that this is normal after putting stress on your knees?

Am I overthinking it that something might actually be wrong?

No this is not normal. While I am not a doctor your symptoms sound a lot like what I have and I waited too long to see a doctor so eventually I will need a new knees.

What my problem was and continues to be is I tore the meniscus. This is the cartilage the knee slides on. What they do to correct it is the go in, usually arthroscopically, and shave the tear. The bigger the tear the more they have to shave. In one knee I have very little meniscus left and about half in the other. My orthopedist treats me with shots in the knee that act as a lubricant replacing the meniscus.

You should make an appointment with an orthopedic doctor one who specializes in knees and ankles. Their practice is usually listed under sports medicine. Do not wait to long for if you do have a torn meniscus the long you wait the bigger the tear.

Will anal sex disvirgin a Female

It depends on how you define the word "Virgin" and your own moral character. In the dictionary the word "Virgin"" is defined as someone who has never had sexual intercourse.

By definition "Anal Sex" is sexual intercourse as a male penis has enter the females Anus thus intercourse has taken place.

By tradition a female is a virgin until she has vaginal intercourse with a male and her vagina is entered by the males penis.

Todays standards for a female follows the traditional interpretation of virgin. This is where you moral character comes in by choosing which definition of virgin she wishes to chose.

Note. The word "disvirgin does not exist. You are either a virgin or non-virgin or you have lost or will lose your virginity.

I'm 13 years old and I'm pregnant. I don't know what to do. Please help.

Okay you’ve made a mistake I’m not going to lecture you on that. At your age you don’t have a lot of options. Of you were a year older you would but that’s not the case.

Before we go any further; how sure are you that you’re pregnant? Missing a period at your age is not unusual. If you have had unprotected sex and are worried about pregnancy that can cause a missed period as well. More women miss periods over stress about being pregnant than actually being pregnant. Have you taken a home test? If it was possible did you test again in 10 days after as many positives are false positives?

The first thing you need to do is tell your parents. Will they be upset, yes? Will they holler and scream; most likely it is a normal reaction. Why because you made a mistake that they could not prevent and now you and your body will have to pay a price for this in medical terms. At your age carrying the baby to term is probably not going to be recommended as it is not in your best interest to do so.

There are several different ways you can go about telling you parents. The first way is to tell them yourself. Of course this way is going to allow them to fly off the handle and maybe say some horrible things they really don’t mean. The second way is to ask your guidance counselor or school nurse to help you tell your parents. If they won’t help you directly they can get you help from Children’s services if you are fearful of telling your parents yourself. If you are so fearful of what you parents might do when you tell them you can also go to any Police or Fire Station or any hospital ER and ask for help.

After everyone calms down be prepared for this question it will be one of the first. “Who is the father and how old is he?” It is important that you tell your parents the truth about who he is and how old he is. The next question is going to be along the lines of did he force you. This is a tricky question as there is physical force and coercion as in a form of sexual harassment to the point you give in. Some boys especially older boys have a line that goes something like; “If you love me you’ll have sex with me.” This is forced sex by coercion. He didn’t physically force you but let you know either you give him sex or find another boyfriend. Boys that use line like that don’t love the girl they lust for them. Once they get what they want they generally move on any way. Also the boy is just as responsible for you being pregnant as you are. You did not get pregnant by yourself and he and his family need to share in the responsibility and the medical bills.

Yes you made a mistake but it is not the end of the world. You may not like the idea of abortion but if the doctors say it is medically necessary for your health. Then I suggest you head your doctors advise.

Your body is not ready to carry a baby to term and the complications can be life threatening to you and the baby.

So long story short I live in an apartment that I pay for through my college and I paid 2k for summer housing and was told I wouldn't have any roommates.

I was really excited because I've been living with my current roommate for a year and until about 3 months ago we got along fine, but then she started becoming more and more irritating. She would constantly invite friends over until 3am in the morning, was having her boyfriend live in her room (and trying to pretend he wasn't), was becoming a huge slob completely wrecking the kitchen to the point it was so gross I didn't want to step foot in there, got in an argument with my dad twice when he visited (which was only twice), and invites her ENTIRE family to stay in the apartment without my permission.

Obviously I feel very uncomfortable with her now and I was really looking forward to her being gone and having a place to myself for 3 months (I'll be getting new roommates in August). Well summer started two weeks ago and she's STILL HERE and I'm very aggravated.

She was supposed to be gone by latest last Friday. Last night I walked into the living room and her family was sleeping on the floor, which made me angry.

I feel like I cant go to the kitchen or even leave my room so I keep having to eat out when I just bought groceries to avoid running into her or her family.

I want her OUT! She has all her stuff all over the living room like she's planning on leaving, but she doesn't. I feel like she just plans on staying until the school finds out and kicks her out.

However, I also don't want to make a scene if she managed to get late stay and I just wasn't informed since I'm actually moving into a new apartment in 4 days.

Should I just wait it out or should I ask her when she's leaving?

Why make a scene with her if you are moving to a new apartment in 4 days. Go to student housing and find out if she has received a late stay. If she hasn't then inform them she hasn't moved out and let them handle it. Inform them her family is living in the apartment as well. This could be a violation of the fire code. If so they will want to correct this immediately as well as to bill her for her and her family for staying in the apartment.

If she says anything to you about you going to student housing, just ignore her and say you know nothing about it. Just go about getting ready to move to your new apartment and make sure you move out when you are suppose to if the new apartment is ready.

IN short it is best to let the school handle these things.

Should something like this happen with your new roommate, such as having her boyfriend live with her fulltime, an occasional overnight should be expected, you should let student housing handle the problem not start a fight with your roommate.

I've been working under my mom for a year now (in a different office) as I'm in college and it's hard to find jobs that will work with my class schedule. The job pays decently and it's with a bigger company (my mom just works there) so it looks good on my resume.

My main issues with the job are that they send paychecks a week late sometimes when they can't cut the check by Friday and that's left me in a bad position before with bills, and that my mom can be unreasonable at times and will call me on her personal phone to scream at and insult me when she thinks I've done something wrong.

This usually isn't an actual error, but a miscommunication. For example the most recent time she sent me something that said it was due on the following Monday on a Wednesday and then the next day she called me screaming at the top of her lungs about how much of an idiot I was and how I have no work ethic and I screwed her over by not getting it in overnight. She even hung up on me when I tried to explain to her why I didn't do it immediately. Whenever I try to reason with her she screams for me to shut up and tells me I'm just fighting with her.

Obviously this strains my relationship with her to the point I don't want to speak to her AT ALL. I had plans originally to visit her for mother's day and had already bought her gift, but now I don't want any kind of communication with her.

Anyways, I refuse to take this kind of abuse so I found another job that makes more money. I don't know how stable this new job is, but so far it's been working out pretty well.

I actually plan to find another job too so I can have a back up (this one is PT).

There's really no reason for me to work for her anymore, but I know if I tell her that I found something else she's going to blow up and call me ungrateful and tell everybody in my family how horrible she thinks I am for quitting working for her.

Help what do I do?

I've tried to tell her before I can't deal with her screaming at me and she blames me and says it's my fault that she has to scream or else I don't listen.

I may have gotten this wrong but it sounds like you don't work for mom but work under with her somewhat. If I am correct you really do not need to notify her you are quitting. You do need to inform the company you are quitting and you do that by informing your immediate supervisor in writing giving two weeks notice.

When mom comes unglued you simply tell her you found a better paying position with a company that gets paychecks out on time. I don't what state you live in but you may want to talk with the state wages and hours division. Many states require a company to pay a penalty when checks are late. If you company is one of them your employer could owe you some serious money.

So usually i am on this site, to give my advice. I come to my fellow website friends to ask a question in hopes to find a answer that will finally bring my brain some ease. So to make this story brief as possible, i have been seeing a gentleman for about 8 months now. It started as a friendship. Spending endless hours talking and exploring life in ways that we both agreed we have never been able to do with another human being before.He is a deep, emotional type person. He prays to the universe and loves the rain. He is the type of person i have been looking for my entire life. After about 3 months of me and my "friend" being able to escape these moments that would happen, we finally kissed. The type of kiss that i never thought actually possible. The goosebumps giving type. After this we spent many days together, from the moment we were off work until crazy hours in the am. He got me back into writing, and taught me to play guitar. We would watch every documentary we could find. I feel like every person i have loved before now, i am completely over. Because the way i feel for him is absolutely a feeling i have never had. Now for the twist of the story.
He is Married.
With three children.
Most of our talks in the first months, were about how he was stuck in his relationship and how he was very unhappy. But he choose to stay with her for the kids. He would actually say "i feel like life is longer for me, but to just please the people around me".
He works away from home, he spends monday-friday here and goes home for weekends.
I guess my question is, how come he has not left his wife yet if he was so unhappy. Do you think i am getting played? He says to me often that its just very hard for him to just leave because he has so much invested, and he is so scared that his kids will think less of him. In which i have been telling him, take your time to do things right. I made him promise to me that if he leaves him wife, he has to do it 100 percent because its best for him. And i should be absolutely not a part of that decision.
Do you think i am still a very horrible person? Because i get in this mood, when i start to really think about it, and i feel like the worse person to ever set foot on this earth. But most of the other time, it was his choice. And now i am deeply in love with him and i cant imagine my life without him, but what do i do now. He says every weekend he leaves basically, that this may be the weekend everything happens. But it still hasnt. Please give me some insight on what i am to do.

This is going to hurt but the man is a player. He is never going to leave his wife. Why should he, he has the best of two worlds. Contrary to what he tells you he gets what he wants from his wife at home and you’re giving him what he wants when he is with you. Then of course if he really does divorce his wife he stands to lose at least half of whatever he has worked for.

If you know me at all you know my column at all you know I don't usually, in these situations, give straight out advice but lead them through questions that hopefully will allow them to come to the right decision.

I'm going to make an exception for you and tell you to walk away. The ending you want is not going to happen. If you push too hard for what you want he will walk away from you. He will probably never learn but at least you will have the satisfaction of telling and showing him he can't play with a woman’s affections like this.

As for finding Mr. Right I will give you the same advice I gave my son and now I am looking forward to his wedding to a very sweet young lady that has captured all our hearts.

You’re looking for, as he as, a perfect fit in an off the rack world. That is hard to do in the open dating world. I recommend you go on one of the dating sites like Match.Com. Fill out the profile and what you are looking for. I suggest you have a friend with you when you do this as we all tend to be too hard on ourselves and a friend will help you soften your profile.

Trust me there are plenty of fish in the sea and there is one out there who is looking for someone like you. You have given your heart to a player who will only break it.

I am 28 years old and have received SSI benefits since I was 12 and my mom is my payee would I be able to get my money out of my account if my name is on the account, but what would happen if my name is not on the account if something happened to my mom. I am really concerned because my mom's health is not the best anymore. Would my stepdad be the one to take over my funds for me if something happened to my mom or would I be able to be over my own money?

This is a question that someone at the Social security Administration should be answering for you as it depends on why your mom is your payee. Unless it was deemed you needed a financial guardian; when you turned 18 you should have been able to have your checks come directly to you.

You need to call Social Security and find out why your mom is still your payee. If there is no reason for your mother to be your payee then if you have a savings or checking account you can have the checks changed to your name and sent to your bank account while you are on the phone with Social Security. The number to call is 1-800-772-1213 follow the prompts to speak to a representative as the automated machine will not be able to help you.

If there is reason why your checks must go to someone else then find out how to set up a secondary payee in the event of your moms' death.

I have been cutting now for a while. Before you start hate typing please finish reading. I have had a series of my mothers boyfriends be abusive to me and my siblings since our dad left when I was about five (14 now) I have been moved all over the country several times for my mothers countless lovers and cutting seems like the only thing I have control over. But now it is getting a bit out of control any ideas on how to stop would be helpful.

I am so sorry to hear about the abuse you and your siblings have had to put up with. There is help and it is as close as a trusted teacher at school.

Your teachers and principals when advised of children being abused at home must by law take action. Child protective services(CPS) will be notified. After interviewing you and your siblings they will decide what the best plan is to protect you at home. Mom could be ordered by the court not to have any live in boyfriends and that boyfriends not be allowed to visit after a certain hour or at all.

Question are you in contact with your dad? Does he know what is going on? It could also be that CPS might find it better you live with your dad even if the divorce agreement gives custody to your mom they can override the decree.

As for the cutting I believe at this point you are going to need professional help to stop cutting. Please include in asking a teacher or your principal for help the fact that the abuse you are suffering has led you to cut. They will see to it you get help.

The why of you cutting is easy to explain the stopping is harder. You cut because the abuse has sent you in to a clinical depression. You cut to feel something because the depression does not allow you to feel anything. The depression needs clinical help to resolve. Generally talk therapy with a psychologist.

There is one other thing you can do to get help if you do not wan to talk to a teacher. There is an organization called RAINN which stands for; Rape, Incest, Abuse National Network. There phone number is 1-800-656-HOPE. People trained to help you answer the phone 24/7 365 days a year. The call is confidential and they can help you get the help you need to end the abuse at home and to stop cutting.

I am 16 and have been babysitting my younger siblings/cousins for years. I want to start saving for college and just need money I enjoy babysitting and was looking for tips to start a business with one of my only skills thank you for reading this

When it comes to babysitting people trust the people they know. I would start by making up a flyer something like, see below

BABYSITTER AVAILABLE (CENTERED ON PAGE)

Name:

Phone:

Available times
to baby sit.

Hourly charge: $

References available upon request.

Your references would be your Aunts and Uncles for who you have sat fro and of course your parents. Ask each to write you a short reference.

Take this flyer around your neighborhood to homes you know have small children.

when you sit for someone have note you can leave on their kitchen table. It should read.

Dear________,

Thank you for the opportunity to sit for you. The money I earned today will go towards my college education. Hopefully you are satisfied with my service. If so I would appreciate you referring me to your friends or family in the area who might need my service.

Warmest Regards.

Both the flyer and the thank you note are part of a marketing plan you are putting together to run a babysitting service. You of course than them personally when they take you home. The not left on the table show that you are sincere in what you are wanting to do and that this is a business and not a way to earn spending money.

What is the primary book of entry for credit sales?
How are credit purchases recorded on books of accounts?
What is the primary book of entry for credit purchases?
Whoever answers will get a cookie!!
Please answer!!

These sound like accounting questions from an accounting class. I'm not sure we have any accountants or accounting students on this site to answer your questions.

If these questions stem from an accounting class and you are unsure of how this all works. Then I suggest you speak with the teacher for extra help or find a tutor.

I'm not an accountant so I can't help you.

Me and my had protected sex 2 days before.i think he came inside me. But with condom on. According to my app i was ovulating on 27th so the fertile period was over by 28th. I had sex on 30th. Today i found brown spotting. Am i pregnant? Also i feel his nails were big. Cause it hurt my vagina once. And he did finger me. And even after sex i was bleeding a bit. What are chances of me getting pregnant? Please help.

Condoms are only about 80% effective when worn correctly not 98%. So the chances of you being pregnant are somewhat slim. Now the bigger question is this one.

How well do you know your boyfriend. Guys are playing a nasty game by poking pin holes in the condoms making them effectively useless for pregnancy protection. You need to ask yourself if your boyfriend is the type of guy to do this to you. Because guys are doing this I would suggest to you any other girl that you not the boy supply the condom and that you put the condom on him. Doing this assures that the condom has not been tampered with.

No as to missing a period. More periods are missed due to anxiety and stress over pregnancy then pregnancy itself. The best thing to do is to take a home pregnancy test and put your mind at rest. IF the test is negative you should be able to relax and your period will return.

18/F .. I am 18 and a few months and my mom is still telling me when to go to bed and what to do. She is constantly trying to run my life and won't let me do things on my own. I tried talking to her but she just brush it off. I'm sick and tired of it. I just want to do my own thing and I need her to let go of me a little. Please help me??

There is an old saying that is very appropriate here; "You live under my roof, you live buy my rules." I don't know a parent that has not said that to, a newly minted, 18 year old adult.

Yes by law you are legally an adult and we as parents have no legal right to tell you what do, when to do it or anything else. In the same vain we no longer are legally responsible for you. We no longer are required to feed you, cloth you, see to your health needs or pay for your higher education. We do this because we are you parents and we do feel the necessity to see to it that you get a good start in life.

Right, not what you wanted hear. But you are also correct in that you mom should not be telling you when to go to bed. This is something she should have stopped doing years ago and switched for telling to suggesting. At your present age she does not have the legal or moral right to even suggest when you should go to bed.

If it is every consolation every teenager who has graduated high school and turned 18 has this problem with their parents. The operative words here are graduated high school. If you are still in high school there is this gray area in the law that a parent finds themselves in regarding your education that keeps you in the child zone until graduation.

If you have not graduated high school yet and will graduate in June then the best advice I can offer you is this. Start nicely reminding mom that upon graduation you will be a full legal adult. That you love her and you will respect the house rules in regards to civility and such. But bed times, who you see, where you go and when you go is entirely up to you. If there is a family event she would like you to attend with enough notice you will do your best to accommodate her but you cannot be forced to go.

You need to also remind her that as of your 18th birthday she no longer has control of you medical health. She cannot tell a doctor what she wants the doctor to do, she cannot force you to have female examination and she cannot be in an examination room with you without your permission. This is a law she has no authority to override and no court will give her unless you are found to be incompetent.

Hey there! I'm Laura and I'm 16 years old. I've been with my boyfriend for a year and a half now, and I'm emotionally prepared to have sex with him, though this question isn't completely about that. See, I have this problem where I can't get ANYTHING into my vagina. I first realized when I was 13 and tried to put a tampon in and couldn't get it in. I couldn't ask my mom how (she's very strictly religious and conservative and we don't talk about anything, she doesn't want to talk about my body and has made me uncomfortable talking about it. We kind of have a shit relationship which is why i came here with this issue), so i found some online tutorials. I still couldn't get it and it hurt very very bad, so I gave up. I used pads until I was 15 (at which point i tried tampons again and was once again in pain) and only masturbated clitorally, having tried to get my fingers in myself a few times but never succeeding. It began to worry me again last month when i was at my boyfriend's house getting hot and heavy and i realized we were getting pretty serious in our relationship and he asked me if i would like for him to buy condoms if i'm ready. i told him that i would like that but i wasn't sure if i would be able to. he's a very mature, progressive 16 year old boy, so i told him about my problem and he told me it was okay and that he or understood and that we could stick to just doing other things and it didn't bother him and so on and so forth. he really is a nice boy, but i'm going to want to have sex and use tampons at some point in my life, and when i turn 18 i'll have to start seeing a gyno yearly and i want to be able to have access to my own vagina before someone else tries. i've used diagrams and mirrors, so i'm fairly certain i'm in the right place, but no amount of lube or muscle relaxation or advice has helped at all. if anyone knows what my problem could be, insight would be greatly appreciated.

You appear to have a very tight vagina or at least the muscles of your vagina have not relaxed enough. By age 15 you should have matured enough that your vaginal muscles have relaxed enough to accept a tampon or fingers.

Since you are 16 you may take advantage of a federal known as HIPPA. When Congress passed this law they were thinking of young adults just like you who could not discuss issues like this with their parents.

Within the HIPPA law is a section that allows any teenager, male or female, to seek out help from medical professionals in regards to their reproductive system without the knowledge or permission of a parent.

You may go to any women's clinic, doctors office or hospital emergency room and be examined, ask any question you would like answers to without mom knowing or being able to find out why you were there. This section of HIPPA gives you full medical confidentiality when it comes to your reproductive system. Only you can release the information by written authorization to your doctor and you cannot be forced to do so.

Therefore I suggest you make an appointment a gynecologist for an examination. While there discuss with the Doctor the vaccine for Human papilloma virus (HPV) and ask any questions you may have. The doctor will also instruct you on how to insert a tampon if you ask. I would think you would be more comfortable with a female doctor and this is your choice.

When you check in for the appointment remind the doctor you are there under the HIPPA law of medical Confidentiality. You will need your health insurance information. If you know the name of the health insurance company and who the primary insured is; either mom or dads work insurance, their social security number you can get this information from the insurance company website.

I went to college late, starting at age 20. The reason for this was because I worked for a few years first to figure out what I wanted to do.

Now I'm 2 and a half years into college and my GPA has fallen from a 3.8 to a 3.2, but I'm still hoping that I can raise it to a 3.5 . My issue is I'm bad at the math classes in my major, but fine at everything else. I also have some classes with a teacher who doesn't believe in giving out A's so I usually wind up with a high B in her classes. She's a great professor though and she teaches quite a few courses of the courses in my major and to be honest even if I could take those courses with somebody else, I wouldn't.

Anyways, I've never applied for a job before where they asked me what my GPA was and I'm wondering if all the hubba bubba is true that "real jobs" ask for this?

I've heard of employers asking for GPA's but most don't or didn't. I believe those that do may have more qualified applicants then positions and asking for GPA's is a way of deciding who they will make offers to.

Question are you applying for jobs or internships in you chosen files. With 2 1/2 years of college behind you I would think an internship would be more appropriate.

A 3.2 GPA is nothing to be ashamed of and a GPA is only a measure of what you have learned in class not a measure of your ability to translate that in to use or productive work. An internship is a way of proving to a prospective employer, as many internships result in a job offer, that you have the ability to take your class work and translate it into productive work.

Unless you need the money to continue your education I would suggest and summer internship would be something you should look into.

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