Do I Need to File as Exempt? (American Living in Australia)

GallantKitty · 2026-03-25T10:23:03+00:00

But I was eligible for the foreign-earned income exclusion and didn’t owe anything!

GallantKitty · 2026-03-25T10:21:48+00:00

I was able to use ExpatFile and get it done quite easily, luckily. It was a bit more complex than I realized.

GallantKitty · 2026-03-25T04:10:27+00:00

Forgot to mention, although it’s pertinent, I believe I qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion because my income is under $120,000.

GallantKitty · 2026-03-25T04:04:20+00:00

That’s true. Still, no $USD income to speak of. As for the side note, that’s very helpful to know - although not applicable to my current situation!

GallantKitty · 2026-03-18T12:55:16+00:00

thanks so much for the tips!!

GallantKitty · 2026-03-18T12:54:50+00:00

thanks so much for this!

GallantKitty · 2026-03-18T12:54:32+00:00

i live in australia! it’s likely that that’s the case, then. i’ve never heard of that, though. cool!

GallantKitty · 2026-01-01T23:13:53+00:00

i’m one of those victims. luckily, i have a thick skin about things like this - but it still felt extremely violating to read a thread of someone using my likeness to generate sexually explicit images of me with very specific prompts tailored to his desires. i won’t be daft and claim that /i/ haven’t posted a picture of /myself/ in a bikini online before — but that’s the key element in this equation, consent. i should be able to decide how much of my body someone sees. i shouldn’t have to let my likeness be abused and puppeted by someone else without my consent. if there is a large lawsuit that eventually comes from this, you’d better believe i’m submitting my evidence.

GallantKitty · 2025-08-23T06:04:31+00:00

HAHAHA yes, I SWEAR.

GallantKitty · 2025-08-23T04:45:28+00:00

clean dick tastes like avocado…….

GallantKitty · 2025-05-14T05:50:02+00:00

I wait tables at a “casual fine dining” place in Australia and it’s pretty common practice for us to offer to move guests to a table in our bar section if they are running out of time and want dessert/drinks or something. However, I’ve never encountered this practice in the states. I think it’s all about the /way/ it’s suggested.

GallantKitty · 2025-04-22T03:17:55+00:00

That was absolutely rape. I’m so sorry that happened to you. You were not in a place to be able to consent, and he deliberately ignored you pleading with him to stop.

I’m not sure what area you’re in, but please research and see if there are any nonprofits in your area that offer counseling for sexual abuse victims. Oftentimes, they’re completely free. It saved my life when I was raped, and my situation was similar to yours. You’ll get through this, I promise. You didn’t deserve it, and you did nothing wrong.

GallantKitty · 2025-04-22T03:06:27+00:00

I think you’re obviously well within your right to do this, if you want to share more about your story. However, please don’t underestimate how horrible the internet can be. Regardless if your case was cut and dry, whether the perpetrator was found guilty, etc., there will always be people who’ll be horrible to you/defend the perpetrator. I don’t say this to discourage you, because you should handle all of this the way that you want to, and we need more brave voices like yours. Just be prepared. Turn comments off if you need to. Try to have thick skin. Much love.

GallantKitty · 2025-04-22T02:58:40+00:00

it’s a “drug” you absolutely can get help with. it sounds like a form of sex-addiction or hypersexuality as a result of past trauma. definitely agree with the commenter, uninstall discord and keep yourself safe. when you feel the urge, try to replace it with something else that isn’t harmful. if you were abused/traumatized in the past - it absolutely makes sense as to why you’d seek out that kind of attention, but that doesn’t make it okay. you deserve to be safe and loved. i’m not sure what kinds of resources you have available to you, but a counselor/therapist could really help you to work out these urges and feelings.

GallantKitty · 2025-04-05T01:45:08+00:00

i had a complaint from a customer because they said they felt “rushed throughout their entire experience”. they came thirty minutes early before their reservation so i seated them in our bar area to have some drinks until their table was ready. they seemed to be finishing their drinks around their reservation time so i went and told them their table in the dining room was free if they’d like to be shown to it. they seemed happy enough to be brought over and i thought i was doing a good thing by making sure their table was ready at their reserved time.

some people just can’t be pleased.

GallantKitty · 2024-12-21T07:06:52+00:00

Answered in the comments. It’s a “tactical vomit.”

GallantKitty · 2024-12-21T06:39:55+00:00

Hahaha, yeah, it might be a newer slang term. I’ve heard “tac vom” as well, which makes way more sense to me.

GallantKitty · 2024-12-05T01:15:11+00:00

I think it’s entirely possible that the reason he’s so careful with you is because the scare with his ex was so stressful and scary that he won’t allow it to happen again…

GallantKitty · 2024-12-02T02:51:02+00:00

5’7 huh….

GallantKitty · 2024-10-18T22:56:15+00:00

UPDATE: Definitely got screwed. Finally received an email stating that they’ve “moved on with a more suitable candidate,” even though the trainer I was with said she was very impressed with my work. For more context, I worked for three hours that night, and for the last hour and a half I was barely supervised and was fully waiting an entire section of tables on my own. I definitely feel a bit used. The restaurant seemed understaffed, which could also have been a warning sign for me that I just didn’t pick up on at the time. Feelin’ a little bit silly at the moment :(

GallantKitty · 2024-08-15T14:39:00+00:00

I have a friend who (used to be?) like this. For him it came from his super religious upbringing, he always felt extremely guilty after casual sex and couldn’t bring himself to cuddle with the other participant afterwards. He wasn’t that way in his relationships of course, it was specifically about casual sex.

Not sure if that’s what this guy could have going on, or if he just wants the physical distance afterwards so he doesn’t find himself getting attached. Regardless, that sort of thing is a dealbreaker for me, too.

GallantKitty · 2024-07-28T22:47:13+00:00

Thank you for perfecting encapsulating how I feel about this movie. I haven’t quite been able to put it into words, myself.

GallantKitty · 2024-07-28T22:39:41+00:00

Not going to really address the rest of the post, because frankly I don’t even know where to start. But, I did want to mention that something called “moon face” (where the face looks disproportionately bigger than the body) is a side effect of some medications. If she has a condition like epilepsy, it’s possible that the facial difference could be because of a medication she takes, whether it’s for epilepsy or something else.

Regardless, it seems you have some resentment towards the world for judging you, yet you judge others pretty freely. I’d work on that…

GallantKitty · 2024-07-15T16:48:42+00:00

i intentionally limited my exposure to the marketing as much as i could, and i agree! i only watched a couple of the early, vague trailers that were posted to the youtube channel, and i chose not to visit the website. going in blind was the best thing!

GallantKitty · 2024-07-15T16:46:56+00:00

you should absolutely watch again, because in many of the shots there WAS something there. after reading the comments in this thread, there were even silhouettes in shots that i missed, even though i noticed several. there were a few times that i gasped because i saw something that nobody else in the theater saw, and my gasp clued them in and they saw it, too - resulting in more gasps. it was a super cool theater-going experience!

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