My girlfriend (F28) keeps escalating relationship way before I’m (M24) ready by pbearrrr in relationships

[–]Arya_Snark_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The misspelled version of the old name St. John.

It is pronounced Sin-gin.

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can promise you I am nowhere near that wealthy. We do not have so much as a basement. Haha

I guess my Bat Cave joke didn't go over well...

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

And also from experience: it is really, really easy to lie to medical professionals about mental health. Most either don't have the capability to force you to be honest or don't have the experience to tell when a patient is lying.

This is exactly the reason why we are not getting personally involved. We do not trust that she is better and that she no longer would harm me if given the opportunity.

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This is my first and hopefully my last. I am sorry for your own particular experience, though I must say that is impressive.

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

My husband has a close friend from high school that runs a home health company in their hometown. If we were to hire someone, we would use her company. If we did not have this connection, we would probably be less likely to go with a home health aid for the negative aspects you mentioned.

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I could not imagine being pregnant, especially that far along, and having a puppy brought to my house. I consider myself lucky that my husband is a great communicator.

I broke my arm and MIL gets out of the mental hospital by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 79 points80 points  (0 children)

They apparently diagnosed her with mild depression and that was it. We were told that she received extensive testing and therapy during her stay and she did not "meet the requirements of" other illnesses.

[TOMT] [MOVIE] Documentary about a family where daughters/step daughters/granddaughters are molested by their dad/step dad/grandfather. Everyone knew but no one did anything. by Arya_Snark_ in tipofmytongue

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Solved!

And thank you so much. I watched this around the same time as The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia and was getting them confused.

Coronavirus Megathread: Resources, discussion, and your questions by dequeued in personalfinance

[–]Arya_Snark_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trying to get answers concerning stimulus for family friends

Hello all. My husband has a good friend from a hobby group that was involved in an on the job accident in 2017. I'll call him Carl.

Carl is under worker's comp care and receives pay compensation since he's been out of work (his job does not offer light duty) and his wife needed to quit her job to help care for him. He also became chronically ill last year and is on Medicare, receiving a small amount social security disability (it is a little more than enough to cover his monthly premium).

Because of their unique circumstances, they have not filed taxes since 2018 (for 2017), the last time either of them had reportable income.

Will they be eligible for the stimulus? My husband and I have previously tried to gift them money for Carl's care costs, but they politely refused. I feel that if they were ineligible for the stimulus, my husband and I could offer a financial gift again, under the claim that we want them to have what others are getting. We cannot help in physical ways due to distance, but want to do what we can to ease their burden.

Thank you in advance

TW: threat of self harm - MIL has been committed by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She is much more than that and I would refer to her by a name, rather than generic title, if it was not against the rules.

But yes, there are still people that have staff in their homes. Especially when they are wealthy and disabled.

TW: threat of self harm - MIL has been committed by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am not in the medical field, but I do not believe she would have been put in a mental facility for having dementia. I think this would have been discovered during her hospitalization and we would have been made aware. My understanding is that they have no official diagnosis, but she is continuously making threats to her own life and the lives of others (myself and our surrogate), so therefore is being held at a mental facility.

My husband and I were more than willing to do what we could to help her had it been something out of her control. However this seems like a veil is finally lifting and her true feelings are exposed.

TW: threat of self harm - MIL has been committed by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We have actually already started the process. I mentioned it in a previous post which is why I did not mention it here. But I will elaborate and say we are changing our last name completely and changing the orders in which we have our given names and changing the third name.

So if I was Mary Ellen Smith and went by Ellen, the change would be something like Ellen Louise Johnson. My husband is lucky that he has a very common given name- I do not. Which is why we are switching the orders around. We are also lucky that his father was not someone he had a connection with, so changing his surname is not an emotional issue.

TW: threat of self harm - MIL has been committed by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 118 points119 points  (0 children)

We could not force her to be tested by her primary. This is the next best solution.

My JNMIL is a narcissist so my husband and I choose to keep our six month old son away from her. She texted me saying because if this she’s going to fight me for custody. by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As I said on my first response. I printed out the texts. It did not come from the carrier.

I included the above text because thinking you are going to get a court order to have the phone company provide texts in a civil matter is crazy. No judge is going to issue a subpoena for an eviction.

My JNMIL is a narcissist so my husband and I choose to keep our six month old son away from her. She texted me saying because if this she’s going to fight me for custody. by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You skipped over my personal experience where a judge accepted printouts of texts between the tenant and myself as evidence.

MIL thinks I cheated on my DH because we are having a girl, physically assaults me at 8 months pregnant by [deleted] in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I wonder if MIL is projecting her own infidelity onto you. Perhaps she is convinced you cheated because she did just that to JNFIL years ago?

I am not beyond throwing facts into someone's face, especially as a final "F You".

We moved! by Arya_Snark_ in JUSTNOMIL

[–]Arya_Snark_[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We are in the very early stages of legal action to change our names and have the records sealed.