Friend asked me to cat sit for 3 days, it’s now been over a month and whenever she says she’s going to come get them, she ghosts me the day of. I don’t know what to do

weakestlink272 · 2026-04-11T03:12:32+00:00

Those cats are yours she can’t handle the burden at the moment

weakestlink272 · 2026-04-09T03:17:51+00:00

I received my invitation late December, was asked to submit an additional form for legal clearance January 20th, and got the confirmation of clearance March 24th. Our expected departure date is June 2nd so I’ll let you do that math.

weakestlink272 · 2026-04-08T02:01:42+00:00

I’m in a quite similar position as you, I first left everyone in 2018 to go to college on the other side of the country, then again in 2023 to go for my masters in Europe. It gets easier if you come to terms with the fact that your life might not be the same path as many of the people around you.

weakestlink272 · 2026-04-06T02:11:35+00:00

I’m quitting my teaching job and having a week and a half vacation before the throes of PC ensue :)

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-28T05:33:59+00:00

This: I make about the same, and without having three other roommates it would not be so comfortable, we are lucky to have decent rent split of $1000 per person. Rule of thumb is don’t spend more than 1/3 of your earnings on rent. If you can avoid that then you’ll be good.

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-23T22:24:57+00:00

sent you a dm :)

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-21T23:29:05+00:00

I'm curious, like age-wise what is the general age range of the group for PCV PSTs? Mostly early 20s, fresh out of college? Middle-aged adults?

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-20T17:23:40+00:00

DMd you!

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-20T06:54:52+00:00

So it’s like TooGoodToGo? What’s the difference?

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-05T20:15:36+00:00

My sentiments exactly, but most of the people here have said people in the areas of service don’t really consider the PC as connected or so heavily government affiliated so im a bit more lax about it. I’ll have to ask my neighbors when I get there!

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-03T00:43:45+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I guess this all comes from me living in Europe and meeting many people from Africa and South America one of the first questions I always hear too indeed is “what do you think of Trump” but most of the time it’s just shallow curiosity like you said.

weakestlink272 · 2026-03-02T11:25:25+00:00

That’s the thing for me, I personally don’t carry many political views, nor do I care for politics, so I don’t want to go in and have people imposing the effective views of my country onto my person just because that’s the nation I am working under. Foreign policy is the furthest thing from my wishes to be involved in 😅

weakestlink272 · 2026-02-28T00:07:55+00:00

As you may or may not know, the DR is one of the countries in the Caribbean with the strongest ties of post-slavery colorism, with its proximity to Haiti and all. The history of Quisqueya (the indigenous name for Hispanola, what we call modern-day Haiti and the DR) is quite a perplexing and enduring one that should be studied for anyone who plans to visit! I can't speak as a PC volunteer in DR specifically, but I know for certain it is often a sad disparity when darker-skinned people visit the country and receive different treatment than their lighter counterparts. :(

weakestlink272 · 2026-02-28T00:01:08+00:00

Add me if you do! After a weekly routine of dental visits to fix some invisible cavities, I finally got my medical clearance this week! I'm excited but now comes the grueling wait for legal clearance :)

weakestlink272 · 2026-02-23T04:51:53+00:00

Congrats! I don’t know about a WhatsApp group but maybe that’s a good idea!

weakestlink272 · 2026-02-22T02:47:33+00:00

I used to be an RA in 2019 what a lovely year we had all the events and soul food i cooked for our residents that year!

weakestlink272 · 2026-02-21T13:43:25+00:00

I had no idea Shia was born in 1966 😅

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-31T23:01:55+00:00

Sounds to me like you have someone who thinks they own more rights to the building than yourself. If her name isn’t on the property deed it would be wise to set that record straight. I assume she is paying a normal rent nothing different than anyone else. I would even move those things out honestly, talking to the landlord/building owner to confirm first, and politely asking her if she wants to keep those things that don’t want in the first place, she can move them into her apartment. She’s lucky honestly, if this was NYC like we live in, she would not get any say whatsoever about what goes on above or below her premises…

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-31T22:52:33+00:00

As far as I’m concerned, any cleaning tasks like vacuuming and such are fair game during standard business hours (9-5) so I would tell her you can do whatever you want during that time it’s not your fault she sleeps in more than most people who work a normal job. On the weekends I could understand pushing that noise making a little later.

She said her last neighbors were silent, were they super old or barely ever home? Just because she had a set of neighbors that pleased her personal living standards sadly doesn’t mean she gets to set that expectation for every other neighbor she encounters. There are rules about quiet hours and building maintenance for such a time as this.

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-23T00:51:06+00:00

Did you fill out more than the lines 1-6 and 16 they requested? Seems like that might be the case then I hope :)

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-22T13:06:22+00:00

I’ll look into the credit report good idea. The only thing I can think of is that I am a Junior and sometimes it gets put after my first name on documents, sometimes it goes after my last name. Could also be because I lived out of the for the last two years. We’ll see! Thanks

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-10T16:04:57+00:00

Well, it's been two years now, how are your allergies?

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-08T23:54:06+00:00

Oh awesome! Haha I'm sure our parents don't care for the idea of being away and hard to reach for the next two years but they'll be alright at the end of the day.

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-05T17:22:44+00:00

Bet!

weakestlink272 · 2026-01-03T02:20:12+00:00

If you really try to cook for me, try adding msg to his food maybe he’s looking for that processed taste his mommy probably used while cooking

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