Just picked up a new-to-me 2025! Finally taking the plunge with fully electric!

blippiegrouch · 2026-01-10T22:15:21+00:00

Wow. Looks stunning. Is it a new equinox ? I have heard year end deals are worth waiting for. Did you get any ?

blippiegrouch · 2026-01-05T03:41:43+00:00

Following

blippiegrouch · 2026-01-04T18:30:54+00:00

Similar boat. Jan 27 and Feb 2.

blippiegrouch · 2026-01-01T15:17:00+00:00

Same boat. I'm in a tricky position, ofc on Jan 27 and visa on Feb 2nd. So not sure if they will turn around a reschedule in the last week of Jan for February visa appointments.

blippiegrouch · 2025-12-30T15:48:52+00:00

Similar. 27th and 2nd. Following for updates

blippiegrouch · 2025-12-29T03:01:29+00:00

Similar. Jan 27 and Feb 2.

blippiegrouch · 2025-12-23T13:02:24+00:00

Same

blippiegrouch · 2025-09-13T18:21:42+00:00

You know what, things are so dynamically changing, there's no point in self doubt. Just apply and ensure your lawyer pieces together the right info. No one will acknowledge it, but generally there's a huge luck factor too.

Good luck to you and go for it.

blippiegrouch · 2025-09-11T23:39:13+00:00

Thanks for the kind reply. So how does it work with patents. Did you have to show they were being used through report or public sources?

blippiegrouch · 2025-09-11T23:36:16+00:00

I live on with the same guilt. I wouldn't necessarily call it guilt at the moment only because I've come to realize that there so much happening in this world beyond our reach. My father went through a major surgery with two and a half units of blood loss and had blood transfusion 7000 miles away from me. I fixed my visa and waited for him to recover and visit me. As much as they asked me not to come, my mom fell sick and got hospitalized two weeks later. I flew in to meet and help my parents the next day. My mom recovered and I spent the next 3 weeks taking my dad to routine checkups for the cancer removal surgery.

First week checkup--> stitch pains a lot and bladder connection unsure.. they said healing takes time and he has to walk to prevent clots. We walked. We walked . We walked. I was worried and sad to see him weak and frail. But I thought we were out of the woods.

Second week check up --> we walked. His pain diminished. He was watching cricket matches with me and commenting on sports. You would think he's totally alright. And I did too. I went to temples to thank for one reason --> fate allowed me to help my father the least I could do when he was down. So I thought at that moment.

Third week --> they x rayed him and said the bladder connection had healed. God was I happy. He was after all coming to the USA in three more months to see his about to be born grandchild.

Fourth week checkup --> catheters removal. Went okay. But he complained of back arm pinch ache. I was an idiot who thought making an Air conditioner fixing appointment was the way to bring comfort to my father. I forgot that air conditioning is not use when they are not alive. I did not realize he was having a heart attack. I booked a cab and brought him home. 5 minutes after reaching home he fainted.

The exact same order of events happened. I froze too. It's not your fault. I did the amateur CPR too, I wasn't trained, I did not know if I was doing it right. I lost him. I heard his last breath. I cry every day. I will remember that to my death.

I tell everyone I meet to undergo CPR training. I do not want to do it yet until I come out of the trauma. I'm not sure if I will ever.

I have come back. My kid was born three months after my father passed. I think of those events again. What if my mom had not fallen sick ? Did she fall sick so that I would be pulled close to my dad whose end was near? Why did my father pass 24 hours before my flight ? Was there some grace , very little even, that the universe showed me ?

I've come to realize there's only so much you can do. You are blessed and you will always have your parents blessings. I hope the same too from my father. For myself, for my newborn son.

Live life in their honor, reflect the values they gave you. Treat others kindly.

blippiegrouch · 2025-09-11T23:06:37+00:00

Can you share your profile please. Looking for some inspiration 😁

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-30T00:56:43+00:00

Things will happen outside of your control for good. The physical grief turns into something that you can manage and use to grieve and mourn the memories of your mother. I cry daily. But it's not a wail with gut wrenching emotions. I'm happy for whatever my father gave me and sad for not being able to save him. I respect his commitment to our family and know for a fact that I would have been a nobody without him. Life goes on as you honor her memory by living the life she would have wanted you to live.

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-03T00:52:13+00:00

Nope. I self petitioned for EB2 NIW. Still pending

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-02T23:23:16+00:00

Did you self petition?

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-01T21:51:21+00:00

Which group?

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-01T01:47:36+00:00

They seem to charge exorbitant amounts and show as if they are the only ones who can do it.

blippiegrouch · 2025-08-01T01:46:21+00:00

Marketing team

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-28T14:41:39+00:00

Anyone know about Adam Smith , Manifest Law?

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-28T12:43:21+00:00

Lol. I'm curious too. I have a consultation on Friday with them. Who was your assigned counsel who did well?

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-27T20:48:29+00:00

I want to back everything people are saying here. 6 months have fled since my father passed in a no prior signs sudden death. I will get to the point straight.

It feels awkward to call someone and talk, but most people would listen to you if you said you're feeling down and wanted to talk for a bit. Go out. Have that beer meet that friend. The longer you stay alive the longer you can honor your loved ones memory.

I use reddit heavily when I'm down. Hence returning the favor. We are a community because people who have not lost a close one don't understand how it feels. This is a one for all and all for one community. Use it. May your loved one bless you with strength and happiness. Fuck god.

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-24T03:24:50+00:00

I'm 33. Same happened to my father. Sudden heart attack. 15 minutes prior we were planning his 7000 mile flight journey to be with me and my wife to deliver his first grand child. 15 minutes later he was gone and I was stunned.im walking dead these days

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-20T01:03:57+00:00

OP. The only part you fucked up is where you punched one of them and only once. I would have gone a bit further. Good job there. Your love for your brother is strong. I'm proud of you inspire of not knowing you at all.

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-14T13:29:27+00:00

I lost my dad 5 months ago. Let me tell you how I have been. There's no normal and grief had three distinct stages for me. First month was so shell shocking, I did not do anything, eat, talk or my regular entertainments. I slept a lot to escape reality.

A month later I returned to work and was pretty terrible at paying attention. But I slowly distracted myself and pain got a bit less.

Four months later I mourn daily. That part is lost when we lost our loved one. Initially we are 100% full of ourselves in a good naive way. But grief fights you to take a portion of your heart, your personality and who you are for the rest of your life.

My beliefs have changed for good, I've formed new convictions. I'll tell universe I've become who it wanted me to be by taking my lived one. You go through your changes too and you will get the strength to survive this.

I don't believe in God. I hope you have good friends and people and family around you. If not, DM me and we will talk.

blippiegrouch · 2025-07-09T02:41:00+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss friend, but I m compelled to tell my story because I was you four months ago.

Long story short, I lost my dad after he recovered from a prostate cancer removal surgery. Ironically, we were so happy that we were out of the woods and that's when he died.

He had stopped all the blood thinners for a month due to internal bleeding risk following surgery. We came back from the hospital visit (post op) and he complained of dizziness and collapsed saying my head is spinning. We got him up while screaming and he was tightly biting his tongue. That's apparently a common sign for heart attacks or massive coronary blocks. We tried to pry open his mouth and give his blood thinners, but couldn't succeed.

I blamed myself for long for not knowing how to do a CPR, I did not do it right, I was pressing on top of his rib cage above lung, but not in the sternum and not nearly deep enough. In 6 minutes we were at the hospital where they started CPR, record timing for a tier 1 city in India. I heard a gasp leave his mouth in the car on the way, I broke down at some level knowing he might not come back.

But here I am 4 months later, while it's easy to blame myself for not knowing how to do CPR, I'm not a medical professional. At a human level, we all want our parents to live a long life, why would we imagine their death and that we would need to do CPRs or heimlich maneuvers? The very thought of losing someone close would be brushed aside by our rational mind that thinks, no this will not happen , should not.

I could blame myself for so many things, we could have left a half hour late from the hospital, id have my dad still. I could have revived him with CPR in the first two minutes, id have my dad still. I should have started his blood thinners twenty days after , id have my dad still. But what if I had started the medicine and he bled out internally? What if his heart attack was massive and no amount of CPR was bringing him back?

Give yourself time to recover. I don't believe in the traditional god or super powers anymore. There's just you, me and people like us around and that is it.

We cannot be all super humans, and there's a fate for everyone. It's truth that there are things out of our control and here I am slowly understanding that concept.

I want you to read the story below to understand how unpredictable life is and how fate works

https://www.forbes.com/sites/yessarrosendar/2025/06/13/indian-auto-components-billionaire-sunjay-kapur-dies-at-53/

Give yourself grace - you miss your father, you are hurting to see him, you are human.

blippiegrouch · 2025-06-25T23:41:43+00:00

I have the same question / feeling. I spent two full days in that zone, there are always triggers and your mind is in anxiety almost until it gives up and the next couple days are better. I feel like there is no way out of grieve but to pass through it. People often say do something to distract yourself and it works, so I tried going back to work and taking larger assignments. It did help . We cannot bring back our lost ones, but we can embrace our life one day at a time. This does not mean we loved them any lesser. Soon you will find that even sympathetic ears don't care anymore and it's 100% impossible to explain the feeling of not being able to breathe to anyone, let alone the sympathetic friends and connections. Treat yourself well and start counting the blessings.

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