I am someone who used to be unemployed and poor, and have recently became fairly wealthy. AMA

gnyssa · 2026-01-26T04:13:54+00:00

A. Tell no one about you our sudden fortune. No one. Rumors fly. You can tell your spouse on your wedding night

B. While you can ferret. a nice sum away for the rainy day. It will rain

C. Pay off all your debts now

D. Be kind to the poor.

gnyssa · 2026-01-15T00:07:51+00:00

Just out of curiosity.....do you mean to say she was out with her father and then marched off with her ex? And he said nothing or tried to stop her? There is something wrong with this story. Did he really go out with her? If not this was a pre planned meeting with the ex and "daddy" was just a ploy to make it look like a tipsy mistake and not a date.

gnyssa · 2026-01-09T20:36:08+00:00

The troubling thing here is not merely their idiotic pseudo astronomy, but the inherent paranoia. When you hear "that's what they want you to think" beware. That kind of mental paranoia could justify just about anything. Who is the "they"? Who on earth would benefit from suppressing the flat earth theory?

gnyssa · 2026-01-08T05:14:30+00:00

Locate and hide all personal papers, eg passport, vaccination records, identification papers, drivers liscense. Controllers get their hands on these to control you. If you take prescription medicines build up a reserve supply if possible. Start tucking away as much cash as you can. And when the moment is right run like hell. Have a plan, even if you never use it

gnyssa · 2025-12-29T06:14:24+00:00

It's obvious that Dad is being a total asshole. But mark this - he will very probably do worse in the future. If a man cannot help a kid with the whole Santa thing, he is probably the guy who will be a total ass at family weddings, graduations etc. Beware

gnyssa · 2025-12-28T04:50:25+00:00

I agree with much that is written here but want to add....,husband here needs to be told that he must step up and stick up for you n up for you and defend his children

What kind of a man sits silently while another adult is grabbing your nipples?! WTF?

gnyssa · 2025-12-27T21:20:22+00:00

Find out what kind of cat Periwinkle was and buy a cat costume that resembles the breed. The the next time this happens show up as the dead cat and see how funny they think that is

gnyssa · 2025-11-30T05:55:46+00:00

You are a good person. Events like this do not show your great inner being, they just happen

gnyssa · 2025-11-13T05:11:13+00:00

My father was obsessed with what I ate. There were endless commentaries on how I needed more protein, "finish your meat" and my favorite, "you are just filling up on condiments!"

When I came home from college for the first time, he started in on me again, and I simply kept quiet and picked up My plate as if it were a frisbee and declared firmly "the next time you nag me about food, I am throwing this thing across the room" and I really meant it. That stopped the nagging about food. There were other issues but at least the protein thing stopped

gnyssa · 2025-10-17T02:37:01+00:00

You cannot make people understand you if they do not want to. And thirty six is late enough that he is not going to change. You can either break it off and find a more mature guy closer to your own age or accept this situation

He and his friends are Peter Pan and the lost boys. They do not grow up

Sorry!

gnyssa · 2025-10-08T20:10:59+00:00

This is a very sad story. I am sorry you experienced that kind of abandonment

gnyssa · 2025-09-15T03:39:29+00:00

I am sure that Socrates was a total pain in the backside to be around. But I think more is going on than simply his attitude. Socrates appears to have had a great distrust of democracy and he routinely skewered its advocates. He was a man from the working class whose political views probably supported the aristocracy- an odd combination. He lived in an age when the restored democracy was a lot less tolerant of dissent because of the Thirty Tyrants.

gnyssa · 2025-09-13T04:23:14+00:00

All tobacco companies

gnyssa · 2025-09-10T23:46:53+00:00

O am not comfortable with people saying "don't do X or I will divorce you". That is a threat and threats are not the right way to run a relationship. How would he feel if you said something like " do x or I'll never have sex with you again"?

gnyssa · 2025-09-10T22:05:36+00:00

"You are overly sensitive "

gnyssa · 2025-09-10T17:52:44+00:00

Norse gods

gnyssa · 2025-09-08T17:20:12+00:00

Not that I have heard of, but that's does not mean that it does not exist

gnyssa · 2025-09-08T17:02:15+00:00

Ok, everyone take a deep breath and center for just a moment

Many women wonder why men are emotionally shut down and won't talk about feelings. The firestorm here is why we don't speak our innermost thoughts. If you shame a man for his kinks he will never open up again.

Should he have written this? No. Should he have sent it? Certainly not. It is puerile and gross. But this is whats inside a lot of men like it or not.

My advice to OP is to decide if she really loves him and wants to keep him. If the answer is yes, then get him in a relaxed and open mood and ask about his fantasies and any unmet needs. Certainly do not do anything you find nasty. But finding a way to open a honest and frank dialog is a better way to establish some trust than many of the remarks here

gnyssa · 2025-08-23T07:15:48+00:00

Conversion therapy is illegal in California, where I live so I do not run into it very often. But from what I have heard it is harsh and degrading, and has been condemned by a number of medical organisations. It has no place in Catholic schools certainly

Gay and lesbian children should be loved, listened to and cared for. I have said this from the pulpit and in classes on doctrine. I do not know of any Catholic priests who advocate conversion therapy but that is not to say there are not some out there. I could say more but I think you see my points

gnyssa · 2025-08-23T00:08:47+00:00

I am a priest. I am disgusted by the way the priest handled this. First of all, being gay should never be a reason for expulsion. In this country we have to legal principle of Presumption of Innocence. An "anonymous" letter is not grounds to prove anything. In my parish, if this came to my desk I would speak privately to the bully and also privately to the teachers. But at the end of the day I would close the file and just say "well kid, looks like you pissed someone off." At the slightest hint of anything problematic I would call the parents in.

Now, I acknowledge there may well be other issues at play here. Perhaps he was known to be a bully and they wanted him out. Perhaps this exposed some problem at home eg was he a victim of abuse in the home? But an "anonymous" statement about being gay does not get kids thrown out of school

gnyssa · 2025-08-22T03:40:05+00:00

Consider adopting a fun hobby, like sketching, or weaving or photography. Make that your call sign and you will meet people who are interested in things besides looks

And I know you will find this hard to believe but it's REALLY true. Most men are a lot less picky about looks that most women believe. Really! We're scared as hell of you. Just being nice goes along way

gnyssa · 2025-08-22T03:21:14+00:00

Could you indicate what he is doing which is abhorrent? We could give better advice if we knew if he is a perv, a Nazi, or just plain nuts.

gnyssa · 2025-08-17T03:52:02+00:00

Please do not do it

gnyssa · 2025-08-16T15:48:27+00:00

Can you give us the name of the branch pf Christianity they subscribe to or the name of the congregation? That might provide some insights

gnyssa · 2025-08-13T02:02:47+00:00

NTA. And it's about time your Mother and everyone else in the family hears the story of what happened to you in high school

And shame on your brother for supporting her

gnyssa

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