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Push for post-Labor Day school start mulled by state hotel association - Arizona Daily Sun

PHOENIX -- Arizonans hotel operators want families to take an end-of-summer vacation -- and, hopefully, fill their empty rooms. Kristen Jarnigan, spokeswoman for the Arizona Hotel and Lodging Association, said ...

House takes break from summer vacation to debate jobs bill - KTNV

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A week into their summer break, members of the House are about to return to Capitol Hill to take up a $26 billion jobs bill. The House is being called back into session on Tuesday to vote on the ...

Wednesday, Aug. 18 is first full day of school in Unit Five - Carmi Times

Carmi-White County Unit Five schools will open Monday, Aug. 16. Students will not attend classes on Aug. 16 but will attend a shortened day Aug. 17. The first full day of school will be Wednesday, Aug. 18. All students ...

The long summer vacation - Today's Zaman

This year's seemingly endless summer vacation from school has had some parents scrambling to find something for their children to do all summer long. For single parents, or families with two working parents, having the ...

How I spent my summer vacation…. - Albany Times Union (blog)

I grew up in Albany. The “mean streets.” Ok, I never left the house, or more accurately, my grandparent’s grocery store. However, my well intentioned parents thought it wise to send me to SunShine Camp. This is ...

'Kate Plus 8' On Bald Head Island: Exclusive Details On The Gosselin Family's Working ... - Huffingtonpost.com

Kate Gosselin, her eight kids, bodyguards and a TLC crew took the ferry to Bald Head Island, N.C., on Sunday for a week of camera-ready beach fun. The next day I arrived with little more than a swimsuit and a stack of ...

For most Santa Clara County students, summer's lazy days end this weekend - San Jose Mercury News

For a summer that's offered too few play-in-the-sprinkler days, doesn't it seem so unfair that school starts next week? Believe it or not, this weekend is summer vacation's last hurrah in many school districts ...

Summer school ends with celebration in Abington - Montgomery Media

Hugs and goodbyes signaled the last day of the Abington summer school session July 30, as the school buses arrived at Copper Beech Elementary for the last time until fall. Before they could leave, however, the ...

First day of school preparations - KABC

FRESNO, California (KFSN) -- Thousands of Valley students are making last minute preparations for the first day of school on Monday. Students are loading up on supplies like pencils, binders, and paper to get started as ...

First Family heads to Gulf Coast for 27-hour vacation - YAHOO!

President Obama is taking his family to Florida's Gulf Coast this weekend in what the White House is billing as a show of support for the region's struggling businesses after the BP oil spill. The president ...

Open Question: Help! Im gonna be a fatzo one day if I keep this up!?

Ok so Im 12 years old 5'5 and about 110 lbs. I gained like 4 lbs over the summer. :( I was on vacation, I let loose, I kinda binged some days. But I still ate fruits and veggies and drank water and not much soda and stuff like that. But like last night my sister made chocolate cake and I didnt get a piece last night so I had a piece this morning. I had a piece then I went back for some more. I get addicted to all this crappy food! I usually have like one sweet a day. But some days at a sleepover, party etc. I have more. But once school starts I will be eating better and trying to only have sweets on the weekend. I will also try to exercise everyday for at least a little bit. Because Im very busy but I also work hard in gym. I also exercise almost everyday now. I swim and ski and stuff when Im able to. But otherwise I rollerblade like 6 miles and bike and stuff like that. Im also doing a mini triathalon next summer and Cross Country next month. So as you can see Im fairly healthy. But I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to resist and stay away from junk food. Thanks! more

Resolved Question: What is your opinion about the Obamas going to the Gulf for a "vacation"?

Do you think this trip to the Gulf is an attempt to do damage control over the highly criticized trip to Spain and is just a PR stunt? Some people are going to answer that she's a private citizen and can travel wherever she wants to. However, she's not a private citizen. She's the First Lady of the United States. What are your opinions on the Obamas and the decisions they're making during a Recession that many of us are still struggling through. Thanks. President Obama is taking his family to Florida's Gulf Coast this weekend in what the White House is billing as a show of support for the region's struggling businesses after the BP oil spill. The president, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are scheduled to travel Saturday to Panama City, a popular tourist spot that has seen a huge drop in visitors this summer after tar balls from the oil spill washed ashore. Last month, the first lady traveled to the city in a bid to boost visitor traffic, calling the beaches there "pristine." "Everybody should come!" she urged. But the First Family won't actually spend much time in the region. According to the White House, the Obamas will spend roughly 27 hours on the ground in Panama City -- far less than they have on other vacation jaunts this summer. All told, this will be the seventh vacation that the first lady has taken this summer. Last week, Michelle Obama came under fire for a four-day trip she took to Spain with Sasha and several friends. The White House has said she took the trip to comfort a grieving friend. more

Open Question: What's with my subtle guy friend?

I'm just so confused. I have a friend, we've know each other for 9 months and he has been my crush when I met him. During those times, he's been acting so gentle and kind towards me, somehow special. Then summer came and we've been texting each other most of the time since we're both on vacation but as time passed my infatuation faded, so that time I just regard him as my simple friend. So now, it's been three months since this school year started and we're classmates. When the school year started, he's been acting normally towards me, like simple acquaintances/friends. We were assigned on seats far from each other but later on, he asked our Adviser to transfer him to the seat behind mine. We started to be closer to each other and our friendship grew. So we became more close and until now. Almost always together and happy, making fun most of the time and cooperating in school works together. We are FRIENDS. But from time to time, he tends to be sweet, the sweetness not a normal friend would give you. [He's not sweet to his friends and our classmates.] He always show some care, gentleness and concern towards me in front of all our classmates and friends. Through his acts, he seem to want to tell everybody that there's something in him for me. The entire first three months and until now, he's been showing things like that to me. Last week by his request, we exchanged coins and he said that those would be our lucky charm. It's always on his pocket whenever we are at school. Our school we'll be having a trip soon and 2 days ago we've been excitedly talking about it then he said that the two of us should be together on that trip. --> " It will only be the two of us on one ferris wheel balloon/area. We'll be sitting beside each other on the roller coaster ride and we'll held hands on the ice skating rink. " [He said that in a half kidding and half serious tone, so i don't know if its true !! :( ] BTW, we both excel in school so we understand each others' time and tasks. We are senior students and the two of us is on a high-rank position in school which forbids us to have a boyfriend/girlfriend that is a junior or senior student. That's our sacrifice to be on that position, school rule ! ugh :| So what's with him ? I'm so confused :( Help please. What's with him and what should I do ? Thanks ! more

Open Question: I am 14 yeara old and im feeling depressed and unhappy, i need advice.?

I am a 14 year old guy going into high school. Its summer time and my friend has been gone most of the summer so ive hardly been able to hang out with him. Halfway through the summer i have been feeling quite unhappy and i dont no what to do, i want school to start and i am bored of summer. I have done nothing this summer besides sitting around, its hard to do things when i live in farm country and my friends are working or on vacation, im not aloud a job tell next summer. Their is about 20 days left in summer and my friend just went away for 2 weeks, i think im just very bored wich is why im unhappy. I need advice, i am a guy wich is why i dont tell my other guy friends about this or they will just laugh. I dont want people nowing this because i think its kinda embarrasing. Though i need advice. Thanks. more

Open Question: Am I right in grounding my son to the motel room during our vacation?

Some of you may have seen my other questions...I grounded my 14-year-old son for the entire summer for failing math. We arrived in the black hills/ badlands area in South Dakota today, and we're staying here for a week. I decided to let my son come, but he's going to be grounded to the motel room the whole time we're here. I didn't trust him at home for a whole week and I was worried that a baby sitter might not be able to keep him under a control, plus I think this is more of a punishment since he had to come all the way here just to sit in a hotel room all week. He's been looking forward to this vacation since we started planning it in February. I'm worried about keeping him under control, though. We're going to be gone all day each day, hiking, sightseeing and the like. He's not allowed to watch TV, so I'll be bringing the remote with us whenever we;re gone. My laptop will be in the room but its password protected so he wont be able to use it. He won't have any books, either, and we'll be taking all the key cards so if he does leave the hotel room he won't be able to get back in. Do you think we'll be able to keep him under control? I think I may ask the concierges to check by the room each hour, to make sure he's behaving and hasn't escaped. Also, when we get back each day, we're going to tell him about all the fun things we did throughout the day. I feel it's necessarty to add to the punishment as much as possible so he'll get the message and learn his lesson. My wife thinks I'm being to harsh and that I should un-ground him for the vacation! I can;t believe she wants to let him off liek this! What do you think? I s this an appropriate punishment?? more

Open Question: im really depressed and need help?

im really depressed :( i need help !...my boyfriend broke up with me a few months ago ( because it was a long distance relationship and it was hard to be together)..but he kept talking to me like we were still going out :( ...and a few days ago he told he is starting to go out with someone else :( and that i should move on with my life too!..but i cant :( i cant let him go..i dont know why :(... i feel like i need him in my life to b happy !...withouth him i feel alone ! pointless ! :(... people tells me i should go out..do stuff to keep my mind busy..but i dont have alot of friends...and most of my friends are out of the country for summer vacations :(..and i feel completely alone !..everytime i see him get online or read something about him i cant stop myself from crying !....i havent sleep for 2 days in a road...and im afraid i wont get over this :( i never felt this waybefore...can someone help me ?are there any solutions :(?? ( english is my second language, so im sorry for my bad grammar) i live in long island ...does anyone know if there are any activities..clubs..dance school or anything that could help me ?.. more

Open Question: I haven't see her for the whole summer. What do I do to get back in touch?

Okay Im 15, and shes 14. I knew when I was in 8th grade, and she was in 7th. I kinda liked her and danced with her at a couple of dances. she still went out with differnet guys, but she always talked to me for problems. When i went to high school we didn't talk much yet my friend talked to her and found out that she had liked me the year before. Now at the end of my freshman we got back in touch, and texted a lot. i only saw person-person at my brother's graduation, her brother and my brother are the same age. so we txted a lot. and she mentioned her b-day party. I unfortunately told her I was going on vacation for the summer in Italy to see relatives. she seemed upset, so I said we should hang out before I left. she agreed, yet she didn't respond any of my later txts. I left and then didn't hear back from her. She isnt really the "good" girl so she gets in a lot of trouble with her parents, so gets privileges taken away (phone). she also had asked me to get her something while I was gone. Okay so now i just got back but I didn't get her anything (my parents don't really like her) hard to get away, etc. i tired txting her and my phone says they were never delivered. I called and it goes straight to the answering machine. What do i do? School startsin 5 days, but she doesn't go to my school. Shes pretty hot so I sometimes feel jealous, yet I have lots of friends that are girls at my school. also it doesn't help that my best friend talks to her on facebook and told her about my crushes at school. So any advice? more

Open Question: What should i do with my life?

I am bored with my life atm. I dont have anything to do besides play World of Warcraft all day. My mom dont trust me going out with friends cus shes caught me drunk a couple of times and if i do go out no does anything fun besides smoke weed and get drunk. im 14 years old. And no i cant make friends right now cus its summer vacation.I go to sleep at 3 in the morning,wake up at around 1 in the afternoon cus i cant sleep at all!!! and its been like this for a while now.I just need some ideas of what i can do off the computer and I need a goal. And im lazy and i dont like to play sports lol. more

Open Question: Good movies to watch?

Summer vacation is ending in a few days for me. I need really good movies to watch. And they don't have to be very recent either. I finished watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory earlier today. more

Open Question: vacation help please! easy easy question!?

hey! i am going to the beach this year for labor day weekend as like a last little vacation before summer is over....i was wondering if people go to the beach during labor day weekend cause i don't want to get down there and be bored. thanks!! more

Open Question: do a lot of people go to the beach during labor day weekend?

Open Question: I'm going to be a freshman?

I just moved into a new neighborhood, and I know no one. I moved here a couple weeks ago during summer vacation, so its not like I know if anyone from school lives around here. I have to take the bus to school, and I need to make friends in this neighborhood so I don't seem like a freak. How do I make good conversation with people that I don't know on the first day? I'm so nervous just thinking about it. more

Open Question: Why are people on this section too dumb to see that more hours in school won't help American kids that much?

I was thinking about keeping out of the arguments going on with the "Tired and Going" guy posting questions. Well I decided to look into his sources and it was said that American students spend the most hours in school, more than kids in any other country, yet the least amount of days. Obviously, we are still stuck on summer vacation, which I believe should be abolished, year round school is better. Now I have friends in Europe and I used to live there. Kids there do better than kids in America because kids in Europe go to school to do what, wanna guess? LEARN. I have been to many schools in the US for visiting purposes and talked to some education directors and I have noticed that schools spend more on sports, gyms, and other equipment rather than on education. Most classes taught are useless like "Health", Home Ec and PE. Less emphasis is put on math and sciences. Also, I notice American schools care so much about sports and usually athletes with less than stellar grades get into top universities while A students with good SAT scores usually have to worry about their acceptance letters. It is like we reward students who can catch a football well but only do average in school and punish those that don't play sports yet perform well in school. Also I notice in Europe, schools don't HAVE sports, rather students play sports at clubs or other local places. Students come to school to learn. So will more hours in school even help? Other students spend less time in school and outperform our students, our students spend more hours in school and still flunk out.hey, Home school kids do better than public school kids, nice idea! Typical liberal BS.oh wow, call me out on grammar =/ more

Open Question: If American students spend more hours in school than students from any other country, why make the day longer?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Students+in+the+U.S.+spend+1146+instructional+hours&btnG=Google+Search Read any of those sources, students in the US spend more instructional hours in school than kids in any other country, why does Obama want to extend the school day and cut summer vacation then? more

Open Question: i'm 15 and my life have too much problems and i could use helping ?

hi all my name is Sanad (i know it's weird) i'm 15 and my life is mess not for me but for my surrounding people like my uncle and aunt's forget all that and focus on this main problem i would like to solve please first at the start of the summer my cousin the daughter of my aunt M was getting married in a foreign country and we couldnt make the wedding so we sent her a 100 $ among a gift wth her parents 2 weeks before the wedding surprisingly she seent us a message telling us that she is not honored that we are her relatives and her parents are mad at us and then every problem just kept coming with my second aunt MA. that have problem's with her husband and comes to our home every summer after a fight with her husband and to see my grandma who lives with us (she is really old and don't recognize me sometimes and doesn't know anything about the problem's) when she came this week to visit us their was a problem of some kind while we were on vacation out town while my uncle and my grandma where at our home . here is the main point the problem is mysterious and everyone is saying his own story and there was an argument and my uncle just left the home and said he doesn't want to live with us anymore ( he said that because he was mad ) and now my father is upset and cried 10 times today and my grandma just keeps asking about my uncle and we can't tell her he will not come to home because i think she will die before we even finish telling her now my uncle is just 40 km away and doesn't want to talk with us and i know that by tommorow things will get better but i need a way to convince my parents and my uncle to make up so please just help me make the day better and make my father happy along with my uncle and my grandma soplease help me and don't forget that i'm 15 and that my grandma can't live away from all of us and she can't even go to the bathroom alone!!! so we can't just buy them a house more

Open Question: What do you think about Obama's plan to end summer vacation and make the school day longer?

Basically his plan is to end summer vacation and make the school day last till 5 PM, basically the school days will be longer and summer vacations will be abolished. Now I agree with ending summer vacation but having gone to school in Europe, I noticed that their school ended earlier than ours did and our school days are longer than theirs. It has been proven that American students spend the most hours in school but the least amount of days in school, obviously a longer school day will just make students more tired to do anything and even burn them out. Anyways, your thoughts. I am still a level one account so I can't post links but you can look this stuff up on google. more

Open Question: do u think this guy really likes me or was he making an excuse? guys opinions please?

kk so this guy started emailing me this summer and was just like hey whats up just checking in cuz all my buddies r out of town? so i replyed and told him a bit bout my summer and at the end i was like MISS U lol so he replyed again and said he missed me too and asked if i had a cell cuz texting would be easier then email. i dont have a cell though so i just told him to keep emailing so he said kk sooo what do u wanna talk bout and i said umm idk..who do u like? and he said you...and im guessing since u asked u like me back so yeah i said i liked him back but thennn he didnt reply for like 2 weeks. so i sent him a message asking if he got my email and a few days later he replied and said sorry i went on vacation but i read ur message before i left. so i said so u know i like u? and he said yeah and i said and u still like me and he said yes again. thennn i said so i like u...and u like me...what do u wanna do know? (btw i was hinting for him to ask me out) so he replyed again and said he thinks in the summer it would be hard cuz its well summer but he said we could maybe start up when school starts. so i said yeah sure. anyways do u think this guy really does like me? or was the wait till school starts thing just an excuse? thanks more

Open Question: Help me please!! im really bored!!?

im 13 years old and its summer i cant do ANYTHING all my friends r on vacation and my parents r working day n night n so r my sisters i cant go anywhere im home alone i havent gone anywhere n im REALLY bored i dont want to go to bored.com or adictinggames i got bored of that i CANT GO outside i dont wanna watch tv i dont wanna read not cleaning or cooking please help me please!!!! :( more

Open Question: Which Obama vacation doesn't fit - 2wks Spanish villa, 10 days in Martha Vineyard or weekend at Gulf of Mexico?

Following Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation renting all 60 rooms at a Luxury Spanish Villa with her youngest daughter & 40 of Michelle's closest friends and before the whole family 10 day get away to Martha Vineyard in Massachusetts the advisers to Obama got him to squeeze in a 2 day weekend getaway in Panama City, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico just to counter the ELITIST IMAGE there many, many vacations to most luxurious spots the taxpayers money can get them to on Air Force 1 & 2. I guess they needed a 2 day weekend getaway to help them rest up from all that luxurious vacationing they have been doing this summer. In the past 18 months the Obama has taken 8 vacations - HOW MANY HAVE YOU TAKEN? ARE THE OBAMAS SLUMMING IT DOWN ON THE GULF OF MEXICO ON A TWO DAY WEEKEND GETAWAY? Oh, and those who want to attack Bush to try and defend the elitist vacationing of the Obama's - Bush in 8 years took 77 trips home to his ranch in Crawford - and stayed in his 1,300 sq ft home and cut brush. Oh and the house was fully wired and connected to allow him to do everything he could do at the White House. The second place he spent most of his "vacation" time was at Camp David mostly on weekends and again Camp David the presidential getaway is wired up like the White House allowing him to do everything he needed to from there. Congress left on vacation Aug 2001 and when George W. Bush decided to spend most of August at his ranch in Texas instead of the White House the Press had a conniption criticizing Bush. So far no such thing from the press even in light of the recession, gulf spill and Michelle's Spanish luxury get away w/ 40 best friends. http://theblacksphere.net/obamas-true-black-royalty/ more

Open Question: Calling all Girls!! What is she doing?

Ill try to make this story as short as possible even though its over 3 years. We are both 16 and are gonna be Juniors in Highschool. so we met in 8th grade became friends but didnt really talk after 8th grade. Around Christmas of our Freshman year we talked alot and then in Febuary i asked her out. we went out for like a week cuz her parents found out and said she had to wait till she was 16 to date. so we had just done a in school thing for about 3-4 months. Then school let out and i was on Vacation and she was trying to make me jealous or something and pissed me off and i just called her out and we didnt talk until the last month of summer. that last month we went to football games together and it really seemed like she liked me so i started to like her again. Sophomore year started and about a week in i saw her in the hall and she completely ignored me and flirted with a guy (this guy became her boyfriend for the school year) and i just gave up on her for the rest of the year and never spoke a word for her the whole entire school year. Even though we saw eachother in the hall we never spoke a word. we make eye contact and quickly look away. Then about a month ago she sent me a 5 page text saying how pissed she was that we stopped txting and how she wanted to be friends. so we became friends and now we cant stop texting eachother. she works behind my house at the community pool and when i go (rarely i do go) we usually talk for 3 hours and then when one of us has to go we txt afterwards. One day i was playing online monopoly and she was having a sleepover and she played with me until 3am durring her sleep over. and she says she wants to play me more. she always asks me how i am, she claims that its just a convo starter but idk cuz she has asked me it 10times in the past 5 days. Now my friend had found out about her and her boyfriend broke up a month ago and asked her stuff about him. she said she still loves him and stuff. and he asked the guy and he said he was over her. I do like her so i was planning on makin a move when she gets over her ex. BUT another problem is that her grandma who lives with her was just told she has cancer. What should i do? wait a little longer to ask her out?? what is she doing? does she like me? thanks for reading and answering :) more

Open Question: Is this a fake friend?

During tenth grade I met who I thought was my best friend. We would have math class together and always talk. He even invited me to his house. During my junior year it was the same thing. He even joined the tennis team because I was on it. But what I found odd was he would never pick up his phone or check his e-mail if I called or e-mailed him. If he did pick up his phone, he would always have an excuse and end the call short. Since now that school was over, I thought we would be able to hang out. I went to Florida for a week and told him I wold be gone for a week. While I was there I got a call from him. But when I tried to call back he wouldn't pick up. After I came back from Florida I called him after two days and he finally picked up. He told me he had to go to the doctor, isn't that a coincidence? Then I was fed up trying to call him and keep in contact with him. So i decided I wouldn't call him anymore. It's already been one month and he still hasn't called me back and it's summer vacation time. I decided I wouldn't call him ever again or talk to him in school. It's sad, I thought I finally found someone I could call a best friend, but I guess I was wrong. more

Open Question: Should I call him out?

I've been with my boyfriend a year now and, to be honest, I'm the guy in the relationship. He's the one that likes to talk about our "future together" and all the sappy stuff, while I'm just trying to get into law school. That being said, we're both in college, and right now he's home for a few weeks for summer vacation while I'm taking summer classes and interning, and we both decided that, since we've pretty much been inseparable since we met, it would be good for us to have some space during this time. Not take a break--he insisted that he didn't want us to see other people which, of course, I was fine with, considering that I love him and I'm quite happy with him. He just needed some time to get back in touch with himself after the small dose of freshman identity crisis he's been dealing with, and I'm not really the clingy type so I was fine with it. The problem is, for the past week I've called to talk to him and he's been busy and promised to call me back later, then hasn't. Today I told him that if he didn't want to talk, that was fine, he just needed to tell me, and he insisted that he did, but, once again, I didn't hear back from him. How do I handle this? Do I wait a few days until he gets back in town to confront him about it, or do I call him out via text? I want him to have his space, but this is really freaking annoying and I don't understand what his deal is. more

Resolved Question: What would you do if 15 year old daughter stole?

My daughter has smoked cigarettes (I caught her), smoked weed (I caught her), and now she has stolen which made me lose all trust in her when I kept giving her chances and punished her heavily with no going out, no phone, no shopping, no makeup, basically making her stay home and study. Then now when I found out she stole (first time) I have gone to a breaking point and all resulted in a huge punishment, no mercy. - no going out for the whole summer vacation - taking completion courses for school - staying at the library and studying more - no phone - computer/television use half an hour a day unless for educational reason - no makeup - no back-to-school clothes shopping - no going out anywhere unless I'm there - taking more clubs in school and volunteering at places I approve of - no "hanging out" with ANY of her old friends I am punishing her for two years. Do you think this is reasonable?also making her doing a lot of extra chores (mowing the lawn, dishwashing/drying, laundry, grocery shopping, cooking her own meals, cleaning washroom, mopping floor, vacuuming carpet)Also I have given her a lot before, shopping up to $500 on each school break, giving her an iPhone, letting her wear heavy makeup, going out and having curfew of 11pm.I give her a time limit to come home after school, if she breaks it then I will pick her up in front of everyone which is she is already embarrassed of. Also when she goes to the library I'll be close around so she can't fool around and act up again. I have given her a lot before already, I don't know what will make her stop rebelling.. more

Resolved Question: I got a speeding ticket and left america?

i go to school in america and i left for summer vacation the day after i got a speeding ticket. Now that i have to go back to school what will happen during immigration? there wasn't anyway for me to pay it cause i had to in person. I got it on may 16 and now i'm going back 3 months later. Please help me. Will i be arrested? or what? more

Open Question: What should I do? my friend is treating me so badly but I miss her so much.?

Okay, so it all started with her birthday party (we'll call her Summer). So I went to Summer's birthday and there were a few things on my mind. One of our mutual friends had been giving me the cold shoulder and recently I had some problems with not feeling like I was apart of our 'friend group'. We all went to this restraunt and I sat down first. The order was, me, a friend who's really quiet, our mutual friend, Summer, and then a fun friend who is sometimes on my side. I couldn't hear anything that they were saying and I sat by Summer's sister and parents. I felt really lonely. so she thought that something was up on the way home cause she recogized the expression on my face. She called me later, telling me how I'd ruined her birthday and she knew I was mad when I in fact wasn't. I was trying to not be mad about the seating stuff because I wasn't fixing to blame her for it. Before the whole birthday thing, we were best friends for real. It was so fun being with her and we'd hang out everytime we got the chance. So, as far as i knew, we had the problem resolved. She had invited me to go on vacation with her to a town over three hours away with her family. I still went after confronting her about it because she said everything was cool. For all of the three days out of possible seven I spent there, she treated me like crap. She wasn't herself and she ignored me the whole time. I went home early because I felt so lonely. About three weeks later, I talked to my mom about it and got stressed out and called her. I told her how it wasn't fair that she had done that to me and she hadn't even called me to tell me how much she missed me when I had been missing her that whole time and it wasn't fair that she took me away from my family and treated me like that. she was busy when I spoke to her but I finally had it out. So then a couple days later, she called me while I was babysitting and wanted to talk. I could get my point across cause the kids' mom was expecting me to keep a close eye on the kiddos. So I called her back when I got home and we "worked things out", or so I thought. I told her that we should hang out soon. So she came to church about two weeks later with one of the friends from the birthday party who was sometimes on my side. Around my mutual friend, she was happy and stuff but when we were alone, she was serious and not herself. So I asked her if she wanted to get together and we didn't establish a real get-to-gether or anything but I thought we could go to the movies or something. So then all of this week, (the following week) on facebook, she's been posting pictures of herself with her friends and hasn't been talking to me at all. We used to text and write on each other's walls so so much but now she doesn't even comment or like my status's anymore. The worst part about all of this is that I miss her so much. We used to be totally best friends but I don't know what happened and I don't think I should be the one trying to form back our friendship. It's not fair and she's being so mean about it. I just don't know how to tell her that her ways are unfair without her telling all of our mutual friends and it would be so so so hard to just let it go, just like that. She already thinks that she knows everything and she can just run over me. Ugh! (I'm really really sorry this is so long...) more

Open Question: how can i convince my mom to go on this ride at disneyland with me?

well we all go to disneyland once a year during the summer. my mom has never been to indiana jones adventure. how can i convince her to ride it with my family and me ( my older brother dad and i) we are going next saturday because her days off are during the weekend. i asked if we could go on sunday because of less people and my dad said we are going on saturday because my mom goes to work on monday so he doesent want her to be tired. its always crouded on saturdays. do you think im being selfish? its the fact of being together as a family going on vacation right? more

Open Question: Is it just a pesky summer cold?

Hey everyone! So todays question isn't exactly like my others. If there are any medical related people, or anyone who may know the answer, please help me out. Last Saturday morning, I came down with a fever that hovered between 99.0-99 6. It got no higher then 99.6, and this lasted until about Sunday night. Since either Friday or Saturday, I have had a really bad cough, however my throat doesn't hurt, I don't wake up in the night from it, I am still eating properly, and it is VERY breaky. It has practically been a week, so I was beginning to get concerned. I went to my doctor and he said it looked viral, but being a hypochondriac that didn't satisfy me. I rarely get coughs (knock on wood), so this is all new to me. My cough is at it's worse at night and in the morning- I barely notice it throughout the day. So back to what I was saying before: I looked up summer cold, and it fit my exact criteria (cough that lasts a while, slight fever, etc.). So it's a cold, no biggie. I get atleast 4 colds every year, if not more. (I work in a school so if i'm not careful I can catch colds from students). Then I scrolled down a little bit, and it says that the cough from a summer cold can last up to 4 weeks in length. This scares me. I am going away exactly 1 week from this coming Monday (to Orlando for 10 days). If I weren't going away, this wouldn't really concern me. I am worried that this will be with me throughout my vacation, and ruin it. My doctor said "You will be fine for Orlando", but perhaps he doesn't know that I have a summer cold. I want another doctors opinion- do you think it will last until the trip? Will it affect swimming, etc? Thanks for your help, best answer get's 5 stars plus amazing feedback! Court <3 more

Open Question: Guy problems...? ten points, help!?

me and this guy met at the beginning of summer, but we just started talking 3 weeks ago & hit it off fast. we texted all day & eventually started talking on the phone & video chatting. he told me he liked me & he wanted to hang out when he got home from vacation, but ever since he got home last sunday he's been weird. he doesn't want to talk on the phone anymore (he used to every night), & he never makes conversation in text anymore. when he said love you in text today, i asked if i was the only girl he said that to. he said yeah, but he talked to other girls but doesnt like all of them. he said he likes me but he doesn't want a gf, & then he said we should be good friends for now, but i hinted that i didn't want just that. then he said he doesnt know what he wants, then i told him i get that he didn't want to be tied down to one girl, but he said that's not what he's said. last week he sounded like he wanted to be serious with me, even if we weren't technically boyfriend & girlfriend. he told his parents about me & told other girls that he was talking to me so they would back off. now he seems totally different. should i just stop talking to him & see how he takes it, or should i just keep trying to be with him? i don't know what to do, help! more

Open Question: how was your first kiss?

im just curious. :) & wanna know details. i know no one cares, but here's the story of mine. when i was 12-14 yrs old i really really liked this guy, and he liked me back. idk y but nothing happened in that time. then i moved to another country, life changed and i hadn't seen him in 2 years. and then one summer he came for vacations to the same country that i was living, so we decided to see each other. i was 17 by then. we had a very nice day, walking around the beach and talking about a lot of stuff the whole day. in the night we decided to go to the hotel's hot tub. and then he kissed me. it was sooooooooooooooooooooo romantic. it started as a normal kiss and then we french kissed, i was a little bit nervous, but he was a good kisser and it was so romantic. :) now tell me ur story... more

Open Question: Im falling in love with a guy that lives in cuba?! ( Long)?

So i mett this guy in Cuba this summer, he works at this store where people go buy things at night in whats called a "malecon". I thought he looked gorgoues but i didnt say anything because he was working, later i dared my causin to ask him his name, she told him i was interested in him and i wanted to know his name, he laughed and said gabriel. we later went to the store to buy some things for this river trip we were taking the next day with a big group, i guess he saw me with my causin but didnt say anything. Just so happens that the next day at the bus place he was one of the ones invited to the group, i mean its a big city, what are the odds?. the entire trip he starred at me, and when i would look at him he looked away. my last nigto his job since he works until 6 a.m and just stayed there talking to him and getting to know him, i told him i was from here and he was so sweet he asked me if i liked cuba, and how long i had stayed and stuff, of course he was working so i had to share my time with te customers, i wrote him my email on a paper even though he has not email adress and my phone number, and i told him " are u honestly gonna call me" and he said " you never know". He starred at me that night and smiled at me, but hes a cancer guy and hes very shy. Hes very honest and presentable. when it was time to leave my causins kissed him on the cheek (he was sitting down) and when it was my turn to say by, he stood up and gave me a kiss on the cheek and said ( i hope you have a good flight) its so soon, but im head over heels with him, my causin whos a male that knows him said not to worrie that he would write me, i really hope so. What do i do? does it sound like he likes me? cause i was positive that night, but im a women we ask too many questions lol. Thanks for reading this long essay and pls help(: and p.s i live here but i visit every vacation. more

Open Question: Should I still be best friends with her?

I met this girl last year in my dorm, and we very quickly became best friends. It got to the point where we both started having feelings for each other and we flirted for months...unfortunately, she had a boyfriend. Over the course of the school year, we became closer but she started to grow apart from her boyfriend. She began to constantly complain about him and started to contemplate breaking up with him multiple times. She even told me about her dreams of making out with me... Once summer vacation came, we texted and Skyped with each other daily. She also kept telling me how much she missed me and that she wanted me to make the first move. She wound up flying to my house to visit me. She finally broke up with her boyfriend a few weeks later, and I flew to her home to visit her soon after. We spent the week at her house hanging out, holding hands, and cuddling at night. She also constantly complained about her ex and why she broke up with him. The week after I got home, she started complaining to me about how depressed she was and how much she missed her ex...it had only been 2 weeks since she broke up with him. A few days later, she told me that she was getting back together with him to try to work things out. She told me that she loved him too much and that she didn't have deep feelings for me like she thought she did, but she said she had to find out for herself. I got extremely angry and said some regrettably mean things to her. We have resumed talking, but it is still a little awkward, and I find myself getting angry and jealous for no reason. I know her boyfriend doesn't respect her and that she deserves so much better. I really wish she would wake up and see what she's doing before it's too late... I'm positive she has feelings for me but she doesn't want to hurt me anymore and keep me hanging on since she can't let go of her boyfriend just yet. What should I do? Can I still be friends with her and still have feelings for her, or should I let her go? more

Open Question: Maternity leave and FMLA?

When I go out on maternity leave in late January, I will have been with my employer (which has over 500 employees) full time for three years. leave will only be 6 weeks NOT the full 12. 3 of those weeks will be paid sick time, 3 weeks will be unpaid. I will be returning to work on a specific date in March due to starting classes on that day (I can not attend school and be out on FMLA). So, I will return to work on let's say March 15th (the day classes start). My question is, once I return that day I am no longer bound to the "leave" rules correct? For example, in 2010 I took 5 days of vacation in May and another 5 in August, even though I technically did not "earn" them yet. Pretty much everyone in our company takes their vacations prior to earning them since they aren't really earned until the last pay period of the year and everyone takes their vacation, not surprisingly, during summer months. Since I will NOT be using vacation on leave and will have earned my 2 weeks of vacation at the close of 2011 just as I have every other year, I should be able to take my two weeks anytime after I return from leave right? Even if it means I come back to work for TWO days and then take my two weeks vacation? Come back March 15th, go out on vacation March 17th? Simply put do companies require you to return to work for a specified period of time before you can begin to take sick/personal/vacation time again? Or once you're back, you're back?Sine they allow everyone else to do it, anyone of my co-workers could take their 2 weeks in March too, wouldn't it be descriminatory to tell me no and then let Susie Q take hers? more

Open Question: Maternity Leave and FMLA?

When I go out on maternity leave in late January, I will have been with my employer (which has over 500 employees) full time for three years. leave will only be 6 weeks NOT the full 12. 3 of those weeks will be paid sick time, 3 weeks will be unpaid. I will be returning to work on a specific date in March due to starting classes on that day (I can not attend school and be out on FMLA). So, I will return to work on let's say March 15th (the day classes start). My question is, once I return that day I am no longer bound to the "leave" rules correct? For example, in 2010 I took 5 days of vacation in May and another 5 in August, even though I technically did not "earn" them yet. Pretty much everyone in our company takes their vacations prior to earning them since they aren't really earned until the last pay period of the year and everyone takes their vacation, not surprisingly, during summer months. Since I will NOT be using vacation on leave and will have earned my 2 weeks of vacation at the close of 2011 just as I have every other year, I should be able to take my two weeks anytime after I return from leave right? Even if it means I come back to work for TWO days and then take my two weeks vacation? Come back March 15th, go out on vacation March 17th? Simply put do companies require you to return to work for a specified period of time before you can begin to take sick/personal/vacation time again? Or once you're back, you're back?I'm not afraid of them denying my vacation, my immediate supervisor approves those and she would LOVE her employees to take vacation during a non-busy, non-competitive time such as March. more

Open Question: Do you think he likes me too? (: SOMEONE ANSWER PLEASE!?

Last night I got a text from my crush, ( we talk often so it wasnt any surprise that he texted me) He said "blahhh." I asked if everything was okay, because he usually says hey =) or something along those lines, he said he has no time and is so tired. ( hes been working a lot, and failed one of his regents so he has to retake it next week and hes really nervous) He told me how hes really scared he wont do good. and then after that week hes going on vacation far away from where we live and hes scared to go so far. Weve known each other for a little over two months, and i know he doesnt trust people easily. We flirt VERY often, we have TONS of inside jokes and since its summer and he lives an hour away from me and we dont get to see each other at school, he told me he misses seeing my face everyday, and wants to see me, we MIGHT get to see each other this friday at a play in the middle of our towns, at our school One of our conversations went like this "Me: haha yeah im really weird, Him: I know =p me: b-b-b-but you love me anyway? Him: Yea I do ^-^ We are really excited for the school year to start, and last year when school was in session he'd give me highfives in the hallway whenever we passed each other because i told him highfives make my day, in fact one day after school he texted me and said i had small hands. lol. Hes cute :P but anyways, hes also waited for me outside my class to walk with me to my next one. he asked me for my number because he didnt want to stop talking & at one of our band concerts i was helping clean up and everytime i had to walk by him hed put his arm infront of me so id run into him. i REEAAALLY like him. any chance he like mes too? btw. hes a senior. and im a sophomore. but he doesnt have his own car or anything so he cant really drive over and and see me any advice on what to do? more

Open Question: Calling all girls!! What is she doing?

Open Question: help me please. my camera wont turn on ):?

On Tuesday I will be going to a Jonas Brothers concert and sadly my camera is broken ): my sister friend told her how she can fix it but my sister never did. we are currently fighting so i don't think we will talk any days before that day. so maybe someone on here knows how to fix it ? my camera is a Cannon Powershot SD750. It was working fine until one day when i went to use it it wouldnt turn on ? i was really shocked because the day before it was working perfectly ? then i was thinking maybe the battery needs some charging. so i charge the battery until it was fully charged and put it in my camera.......... it didn't turn on. please help me i need a camera for this day ; or in act ANY of these remaining days of my summer vacation ): once again my sisters friend said there is a way to fix except i never found out. PLEASE S.O.S D: more

Open Question: there this guy . please help !?

okay so there this guy. and well see he use to be a flirty with me and then i stoped being friend with my old bffs and this other girl started being friends with my BFFs and joined there group . (her code name is #9 for this small story) ... well the guy started flirting with (#9) like the way he use to do with me. and maybe alittle more than he use to do to me. But when there were only 4 more weeks left of school he started flirting with me again. not as much as he use to, but a little. BUT never infront of (#9), and he use to flirt with (#9) right infront of me. so iunno if he was shamed to but whatever. When it was the last week of school he touched my ass. but he made sure no one saw. and the next day he touched my chest making sure i knew he did. and i just smiled. and on the forth last day of school he sat infront of me in are table groups and start sliding his leg up mine. (if you understand?like going up my leg) . and all i did i smile and touched his leg. but that same day everyone was leaving the room and there were only me , (#9) and him left in the room and (#9) was staring at me so hard and giving me a hint to get the hell out. so i did and as soon as i left i saw (#9) going to him and started poking him and signaling him to do something to her. ... ( i don't know if he did or not?) - but yea. -- So LOOOONG story short . i want him to be mine! like how do i flirt with him ? like when he goes up my leg i wanna do something too . what do i do while he is . (how to flirt) and when he touches me i wanna do something to him too . like flirt or thouch him too . (how to flirt) PLEASEE HELPP ME I REALLY WANNA KNOEE . and honestly i dont care what people think of me cause' . So if you can actually help me then please give me advice! I SWEAR IF IT'S AN AWESOME REPLY I WILL CHOOSE YOUR ANWSER AS THE BEST ANWSER !!!! please and thankyou! (oh and additionale deatil, during summer vacation i talked to him on msn and well he started the convo. he wrote 'hay' and then i wrote 'hay' and etc. but he also wrote if i wanted to F*** . and i wrote LOL iuno . and he was like Lol ye wid me... .(but befor on msn he use to saay WAAY more) anywayss PLEASE HELP ! more

Open Question: Need a vacation, don't know what to do?

So the summer is winding down, as a stay at home mom, been trying to keep my two boys, 11 and 2 year olds, busy with activities and enjoying the summer, but feel totally drained and tired. Husband has been working, then took a few days off here and there to spend some time with us, as well as his son that is visiting who is 11 years old. Then I also have in laws that came to visit, but they are cool and we love them. But we also have a little nephew visiting who is 4 years old, so imagine a house full of 4 boys ranging in ages, and one is on the Autistic spectrum, and one has ADD, although I suspect the 4 year old has ADD as well, but we're not sure.....I really feel like I want to go away by myself I feel so drained and tired trying to keep an eye on these guys, who also fight on a regular basis. So the question is, should I disappear with my two boys and visit my family out of town to take a break? What if I committed to something else a while back? I don't know what to do so totally drained........ more

Open Question: what do you think, cruise or trip to florida?....more details?

Ok so basically to end the summer my parents want to go on a cruise since my brother is graduating college this year and im going into my 2nd year. We are going to discuss it tonight, but meanwhile I need to make a decision. I can either go on an 8 day cruise with my mom dad and brother to the carribean, which might I add we have never been on a cruise or to any tropical place, and the last time we went on a vacation was a long long time ago....orrrrrrrrr I can go to florida for a week or so with my mom dad brother AND boyfriend. My parents are willing to pay for his trip to florida and everything. So there are pros and cons in both situations.. If we go to Florida we have to drive cause my brother has panic/anxiety attacks on planes... but we live in NY :( What would you guys pick?? Thanks in advance more

Open Question: Calling all girls! what is she doing?

Open Question: Would he do this if he didnt like me? Do you think he does? :D?

Open Question: Do you think he likes me more then a friend? any advice? :)?

Resolved Question: How can I be a good "parental figure"?

A month ago I was awarded full custody over my niece Sabrina (12). Both her parents (my brother and sister-in-law) died and I am her only living relative. I am only 20 myself, but I am fully independent (I have my own three-room apartment, car and I also have a stable income and right I am working on my PhD so I teach some classes at the local university and in two weeks I am starting a new job as an executive assistant), so I can fully financially support both myself and my niece. So far I have had no problems with her but as it is her summer vacation and I only work from home until I start with the new job our life has been like a vacation. We play, we go to parks and museums, she meets her friends and so on but we don´t have any "house rules" or anything similar yet and I think she needs some kind of a routine or stability since she is still just 12. I don´t mean that now she does whatever she wants to, I always make sure she eats properly, baths every day, brushes her teeth, that she is safe and not spending her time by the computer daily and so on. But when she starts school and I start teaching again and going to the new job things will change and I think we need to figure out how to function effectively. My idea is like this: I start my classes at 9, she has to be at school by 8.45 so we can go together as her school is only a few minutes from the building I teach in. So we get up, we have breakfast together and I drive her to school and go to work. I finish teaching at 11, I have lunch and then I start at my second job at noon and finish at 4.30pm. She finishes classes at 2pm but at school they have a "children´s club" she used to go to - a place where kids stay until their parents pick them, do their homework, participate in extracurriculars etc, there is a teacher watching them all the time - so I though she could continue going there until I pick her after work. Then a normal afternoon and evening I guess - we have dinner, she does her homework, we play, read, go out or watch TV together. Then she gets ready to bed and goes to sleep, I prepare my things for the next day´s classes and go to bed myself. Sorry it was so long but I need someone to approve on this idea. I know we will manage but I´m also kind of insecure, I want to be a good "parental figure" as they call it. So - is it alright? Will it work? And could you also suggest some "rules"? She´s great and I rarely have to scold her, she always obeys me but still I feel like we need some house rules or something... more

Open Question: Can I get custody of our two children, 7 and 9, when my wife goes to meet her boyfriend for 77 days in a year?

My wife started a love affair last summer and now wants to relocate to Europe, taking the kids with her and being supported by her much older lover (22 years). She comes and goes (5 disappearances) since last October for a total of 77 days. She's not willing to work, she neglects the kids (educationally many absences, she rarely cooks and I do most of the household chores while working full time). She just sits around webcaming her beau and continuously texting him). I filed first for the divorce, and I take care of the children's needs whether or not she's here or not. She's so confident that she'll get the children with all this neglect and abandonment. I have stayed in the home the whole time, our son is receiving cancer treatment,so the whole summer I have taking him to the hospital while she was 'vacationing' for 23 days and taking our daughter to summer school to improve her reading and writing skills. She's constantly depressed and has little energy to provide for the needs of the children in all major aspects. Historically she has sought out rich men or was supported in a European welfare system. What are my chances? Thank You!I'm in New York and right now we're going through with the forensic psychologist. She went only once because she needed a translator even though she's been coming here for the last 15 years. I just have to go one more time with the children. She's stalling the whole process mainly I think because I have provided a lot of documents, photos, love letters, etc.. One of her ambitions was to join a dance club while our son was receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatments. How can I file for sole custody while the litigation is still pending? Can I go to Family court and ask for it or through the judge? When she leaves, she sporadically has contact with the kids and especially lately they refuse to talk or write to her even though I do encourage them to do so. When she returned the last time in late July, I gave her a check for four weeks of 'pendente lite' and automatically she demanded 4 checks not realizing that I had placed all four weeks on one check! Whole summer and no job! more

Resolved Question: He told me he loved me? He hit it & quit it, then apologized for being a jerk? LONG story please help?

First off thanks for reading my question hope you are having a nice evening :) Looking for some advice on this very weird situation. I met this guy in Jr year of high school, immediately we became close friends, and he claims to of like me since then ( I knew it, and so did everyone else, it was that obvious) at the time I had a bf so we didnt have a chance to date. Years passed, he came back for vacation from the military and we went out and we kissed, it just happened. The downside of all this is he has a gf, but the way he kissed me was sooo unique his heart was racing I could hear and feel it, no joke, and he couldnt continue to kiss me but just stair into my eyes... We lost touch after this because I deleted the social networking site I was on due to work problems. He said he never stopped thinking about me, and looked for me everywhere, months ago he found me on facebook, we talked for hours and hours catching up, my birthday passed and he sent me a gift valued at $100 more which was so special considering he is overseas and thought to send me this. We talked every week for hours again, webcam and all. He told me repeatedly he thinks we were meant to be in the past, and in the near future ( he is still with his gf). I mentioned to him where exactly was this going? His response was a bit unclear, " I know its wrong to be talking to you, but I would be an idiot to not give it a chance with you,Ive always liked you, youve always been something special to me... I have a lot of thinking to do about what I want in my future, its just soo hard" he mentioned he had tried breakingup with his gf in the past but she wont allow it she crys and begs and he doesnt want to hurt her. he also ssays they fight a lot. He was coming back home to visit this summer and he said we would spend a lot of time together. Well he came home on a saturday, and he didnt call me till thursday, we had sex, and I asked him whenwould I see him again? We agreed to see eachother monday he never called me, he sent me a txt msg the next day saying he missed me, and I asked him what happened ? I thought we were going to hang out, he said he was sorry he was extrememly busy with being his fam. So then came thursday, he said he was going to call me in the evening, then he msg'd me and said he would call me in an hour, I got dressed up and he never came or called. Before I knew it, his time to go back overseas was just 3 days away and I had only seen him once, and that one time we had sex ( he said I love you during sex too??? ) I was really hurt that I was stood up twice, and I hadnt spent any time with him. So I message him telling him if he all he wanted from me was to have sex he should of just told me and not lie to me or sugar coat it, immediately he responded for me to not think that way, it wasnt like that at all, he was just busy with his family, the days were going by so quickly and it was hard to manage his time. I told him it was how he was making me feel, and I didnt know what to think because he had barely called me while being home, or even messaged me. His response was that he was really sorry. I didnt text back because I was so angry and sad, being in that state of emotion I didnt want to say something I would regret, I wasnt ready to talk to him. The following day he said he missed me, and he that he had been a jerk and apologized for the way he was acting, I asked him why he had been like that with me? I told him I was not a piece of a meat and that I had feelings. He never responded, and left home to go back overseas. Not only did I not get a response but he didnt even say by or give me an explanation of anything. Im completely puzzled at the whole situation. Prior to him coming home he said he loved me, couldnt wait to see me and spend time with me. He was happy with where we were at in our relationship, because we both always liked eachother and until now we became close ... Im soo confused, sad, angry and hurt guys, Any advice would be appreciated thanks more

Open Question: Does it sound like he likes me? help please :)?

Resolved Question: Do we have enough to get custody of child? AGAIN?

My husband is going for custody of his son. He will be 10 the day after the hearing. He originally started the process of trying to get custody of his son because his mom was wanting to move to another state. She did NOT file the intent to relocate with the courts or notify him with a certified letter as is required by the state of Indiana. In Indiana the person with intent to move is required to prove it's in the best intrests of the child to move to the other state. Her reason for moving is because she is moving in with another man. She had a new job, but the way it sounds it was a part time job which wouldn't be "bettering herself". She just met this man in March and was divorced in February (not from my husband, a different man) So far, we've found her public intox, her OWI, her ex husbands OWI, her new boyfriends OWI, criminal conversion, check deception. Also, her new boyfriend has been sued by everyone and their brother.... this would prove the new man has little money and also, not "bettering" their lives. My husband and I have NO criminal records what so ever. She also had the police called on her because she was leaving the child home alone. The child is NOT responsible enough to be home alone, he can't make himself pbj sandwich. Only eats snacks all day, this was admitted to us by the child. Sex offenders live all around the area.... looked this up on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry. When police arrived mom happened to be home and lied to officer, officer told her if he got called out again, their would be more consequences. Right now mom lives in duplex apartment with no ac, so child is NOT allowed outside of home when she's not home, but there's no ac!! Child has been at his grandmothers house for at minimum of 6 weeks this summer and dads house 3 weeks. Mom was told that she was to offer child to dad if she couldn't care for him. She didn't. Mom hasn't seen child MOST of the summer because she has no daycare..... left him home alone when he was with her. She also told dad that because the police were called on her and she had no sitter, she had to take child to grandma... didn't offer to dad, that dad had to drive the 2.5 hours to pick the kid up from grandma... or not get him. She wouldn't meet him. This states that she won't drive to meet him if allowed to move to another state. Dad has always provided child with new shoes for school, new clothes throughout the year. Takes child on great family vacations. Includes child in everything family does. Mom does NOTHING!! (But drink) Dad lives in a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath home with living room, family room, game room in GREAT school district. Kids in dads custody only missed 3 days of school last year, child in question in mom's custody missed 12 (just the second semester!!) If mom asked dad to do something, dad ALWAYS did it. Child is ALWAYS first in dads eyes. What do you think? BTW... I have a huge paper trail to verify EVERYTHING!!We have a lawyer!! AND... you DO NOT pay child support if you have custody, we are going for custody. Quit answering questions just to get points.and we already pay support which she uses on beer and cigarrettes.READ!! I said we have a LAWYER!! He's a GOOD one!! HIGHLY recommended. It's NOT about the money, we really don't have one. She used to have a nice house and a nice life till she cheated on her ex husband and threw it all away. She makes more then I do, she just drinks her life away and doesn't think about her son.If she moves him to the other state, she is moving him away from his three siblings here, one of which is one of his best friends. So we have that going for us too. He loves his brothers and he NEVER wants to leave us to go back to her. Always makes me feel terrible taking him back to her. BUT... I tell him she misses him and wants to see him too.I know lots of fathers who have custody of their children so I am sorry, I don't believe that mothers always win. Your story is also hard to believe. Sorry! more

Resolved Question: What happens if a child misses the first 4 1/2 weeks of 4th grade?

My ex fiance and her daughter went back to her home country on vacation this summer. She was supposed to be back before school starts (Aug. 23) but decided to extend her vacation till Sept. 20. The time difference is 12 hours so im sure she will need a couple extra days to get used to the time difference and the jet lag from being on the plane for nearly 20+ hours. I'm wondering what the school will think/do about this. We are still close friends and her daughter is like my own. So i was pretty mad about her putting her wants over her daughters education and i think its selfish. more

Resolved Question: just friends or does he like me?

Open Question: Take bus back, miss my meeting, or have sis miss friends celebration?

I am a college student and next semester I will be a Learning Assistant for a lower level math class (to get experience teaching math). To the huge class of students, I will be known as a TA (teachers assistant). This job entails various duties and the professor I am doing this for wants me and 3 other math education majors to meet up before classes start on the 23rd of this month (13, almost 12 days from know)....and he was thinking 3 days next week and I chose Friday, August 20th. My sister (who I am staying with right now for summer vacation) is planning to come back home to visit one of our brothers (who will be returning from Korea) so the plan was that she would bring me back with her. I just found out about the meeting recently so didn't have much time to plan. My sister has plans to go to a friends house on the 21st for a celebration they are having. So, do I try to take a bus back home (will cost a lot and will require her taking 4 hours out of her day to get to and from bus station), do I miss the meeting and try to work something out with the professor (will be hard to do), or ask her to skip the friends house and come back home earlier than planned? more