Okay. My boyfriend and I made him an online account for his checking account, that way he can stay on top of things. We did it together, so obviously I saw some of his things.

He’s a carpentar and makes about $800/wk. He’s been working there for about 5 years; therefore, I’d thought he’d saved a good chunk of money.

Another key factor is that he goes to a casino with his parents EVERY weekend with his parents that’s near my house. He always promises me that he doesn’t spend his money there, that he just watches since he can’t drive do to a seizure disorder.

Well, when I saw his account tonight I saw that he only has $51 in his savings account! I’m appalled! He also had quite a few charges that were on the highway of the casino. Banks don’t put a full description online so I can’t be 100% of where the debit card was used, but I can’t think of any other place on that highway he’d use it!

I don’t know what to do! I can’t imagine bringing it up and actually asking him about it
It’s not like we can’t get involved, we’ve been dating for almost FIVE years! I don’t know what to do, if the money really is being spent at the casino, it totally makes me not trust him!….and he does have a problem with stretchingggg the truth!

I am going into 10th grade next year, but I already have most of the credits that I need because I’ve been taking high school classes since 5th grade. At my school, however, regardless of how many credits you have, you still have to take one core content class from each subject each year. Also, many of my classes are a huge waste of time; specifically, English, because I’ve already read every book on the list, know all of the grammar and vocabulary, and get 100 in English every year. The school is forcing me to take extremely high level mathematics courses that are irrelevant to my chosen major, even though I have taken the highest level maths course and am well over the credit minimum.

To make things worse, I have a sleep disorder called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, which, even though I have prescribed medication, makes it basically impossible to sleep before 6 AM, which is over an hour after I have to wake up for school. Last school year, there were weeks where I went three days (Monday through Wednesday) on absolutely no sleep, and then the last two days on maybe six hours total. This caused me to have migraines, feel sore, have my vision blur in and out, etc. I have tried exercising, but it doesn’t work, and basically I know that there’s almost nothing I have tried that works and that my doctor doesn’t know what else I can try.

In my school system, any student can participate in a program that allows them to take classes on an online high school (which I used to take some classes when I was in elementary school) for $10 a course with a full return of the money at the end of the course. Taking this would mean several things for me:

1) It is highly likely that I can finish high school this year (2 years early). The only thing holding me back is that I will need two more English credits, but I think I may be able to test out of them.

2) I will be able to start college in the 2011-2012 school year. I will not be able to go to my chosen college for the first year, but I can at least get the general courses out of the way and then transfer my credits.

3) I can take more classes that interest me, and less that don’t.

If you’re wondering if I’m ready for college: I don’t think it would be right to say absolutely yes, because I doubt anyone is. I have succeeded in advanced classes, performed well on standardized tests and written good essays, and narrowed it down to two colleges with a good idea of what major I want to pursue. I can also cook for myself, write a check, write a resume, be on time (assuming that the classes aren’t during my abnormal sleeping hours), etc.

There is one drawback to the online school that I’m not entirely sure about. If I do the online school I will not get to see my friends very much. I already don’t see them very much as it is. I also don’t have a “best friend”, just a few people at school that I talk to. There is a new high school in my area for next year, and they are splitting my school from last year in half to go to it, so that number is even smaller next year. I just don’t have much in common with people in my school. Just so you get some sort of idea, I listen to bossa nova and watch Godard films, which apparently the kids aren’t “down with” these days. I tried joining a club, but no one in the club was really serious about it and none of them really wanted to do anything with me. The only things I ever get invited to are heavy metal concerts, and I’m not interested in bruises and headaches. I am just having trouble imagining finding many friends.

So basically, it comes down to this: Should I…

A) Go to the real high school for three more years, enduring extreme tiredness and migraines, uninteresting and often too easy classes, etc.

B) Do school online, finish high school two years early, not being able to see my friends as much.

I’m leaning toward B, mainly because I feel that high school is indirectly detrimental to my health and a general waste of time.

Thanks for your help!

Ok here’s the deal.

I met this girl online. This is the first time I have ever let anything come of meeting a girl online. Her and I have talked over the phone for about 3 years now, Well phone/online and during are time talking we often talked of dating and of course we had sent pictures back and forth to one another. She expressed great interest in me she often spoke of how handsome I am. Well in February she asked me if I would like to come to Northern Colorado to meet her in person, which is roughly 650 miles from were I live. (662mi) from my front door step to hers. Well her and I are both going into the military and I happened to have the cash at the time for the drive to Colorado as well as some spending money. The timing was perfect. And on-top of that I had never been to Colorado so I jumped at the chance. Well I drove the distance alone. And got there after nearly 10 hours of driving. And we met. At first it seemed great. We shared a good strong hug and talked about how glad we were to finally get to meet each other.

Well that didn’t last long at all. After a short time of being there and things going ok…and a few awkward moments had been the worst of are issues at this point. But we decided to get some vodka and make screw drivers (this is about after 3 days of me being there). Well we did this. Her family drank with us as well. But after only one drink she started acting very childish. When I tried to sit beside her she would almost burst into tears and tell me stop making her so uncomfortable. And I did nothing out of line. The most I had attempted to do at this point was put my arm around her. (We hadnt even kissed or anything yet) Her family loved me and thought I was great. Her friends felt the same way as well. But anywase they noticed that she was acting like this. And finally her sister stepped up and told her to stop acting like a baby and treat me with more respect than that because I drove 650 miles to be with her. Well after being told off by her sister she retaliated by throwing a temper tantrum. This was a major shock and turn off for me. Well half her family stayed downstairs with me and the other half followd her upstairs to talk to her. Her two sisters and one of their boyfriends stayed downstairs and comforted me as I had mixed emotions.

Well anywase after that night things were never the same between us. Her family pretty much told her she was really Effing up if she didnt jump at the chance to go out with me. I guess she has dated some real jerks before or somthing. I was baffeld this whole time because, All the while talking on the phone/internet she spoke to me in such a way that led me to beleive that she wanted a relationship. So I drove all that ways with my main reason hoping to start a real relationship with her.

After all of that mess happend she went into complete lockdown. I ended spending one whole day there with her sister watching T.V simply because she was to weirded out by the situation and (needed a break) as she put it. Not only did I do that (which kinda worked out because her sis and I turned out making really good friends with each other) But not only did that happen she also started calling off plans her and I had made together. Small things like going out to eat or going for a drive threw the mountains. All this also hurt me. Numorus other things happend as well that are pretty much the same thing as what I had just described to you. But anywase this whole thing got me so down during my time there I ended up staying the night with one of her friends, then going to a rave in the middle of the night and rolling extasy and almost got arrested. (stupidly) After all of that mess the last day I was there with her she wouldnt hardly let me touch her. She was acting like she was so repulsed by me that she barely hugged me upon my departure.

It really sucks though because over the course of two years I have grown an attachment to her and I really do love her. No doubt. But whats the best way to get over this situation. I mean I feel like she is just flaking on me and I want to be friends with her for now. But she is clearly not ready for a relationship she simply does not have the maturity for it. I want to know what the best way to get over somthing like this is. I feel heartbroken and somewhat insulted that I put so much time and effort into trying to be a sweet good guy with her and she kinda just treated me like crap.
I am about to turn 21
She just turned 19.

This is my first time ever to try dating online. I would not do it before because I knew this kinda crap would happen..haha im more a in person dater. However, I figured I should at least give it a chance.

Hi, everyone.. I need an advice well Im 28 yr old girl single mom of a 9 yr old boy I used to be involved in Real Estate & Mortgage since 2002 and was doing pretty good money but the market went down as all of you know., However on 2007 I didnt give up and opened up a business it was a video store, that went down as well Thank God I kept the equipment, so after that I’ve been working here and there and trying things on the side to start a new business again, you know all those business you see online & on tv that u can get rich all you have to do is buy the program and sucess is guaranteed” that’s totally scams. So on 2008, I was very desperate and I started working as an escort for few months then I saved some money, and I took off because I didnt like that kind of work, with the money I saved I got myself back to school again to get a degree, then money obviously was gone because I wasn’t working, so I went back in work as escort with another company and I got a ticket from police suppose to be for “Private Dancing without License”almost got arrested in California
all I got from there was Comunity service, due to the fact it was my first issue with the Police, my background is clean, then I got scared off and that’s when I stopped myself from doing that, I sold my car to survive with my son and my mom! I know its bad what I was doing but don’t judge me, I have a sick mom, and I am a single mom without child support. My question is I’m thinking working as Stripper in Nevada, because of the money fast until I finish school or get into a business Im graduating from school this June 2010, unfortunally with that money I can’t survive until I get more experience, I have friends they been asking me if Im a stripper, even on stores, I have been asked by guys if Im a stripper, they told me I’ve the body for it, so that’s not something I obviously want to hear from guys. Im just a regular girl inside, Im shy well not very shy but Im not that show off type thing, I remember every time I have to work as escort I had to be drinking alcohol, because I could not do it sorber! I don’t judge any occupation, dancers, escorts, etc.. But I would like to hear from a girl that currently works a stripper or any job that bring me money a little quick because I do not plan it to do for a long time, because Im worried my son can’t find out later & judge me.. my savings from the sale of my car is almost gone, and Im not working, my mom is sick can’t work and I have full custody of my son!

A couple months ago I did what is called a ‘group order’ with myself and a few dozen other members of a forum. For a group order, you team up with other people who are all wanting to buy items from an online site and you each get the items you want until you qualify for free shipping from the company to save on costs.

For example, say you want to buy a $20 sweater from a clothing site but the shipping alone on the item is $30, making that single sweater really cost $50. Meanwhile if you team up with two other people with one getting $150 worth of pants and the other getting a $30 skirt, you now qualify for free shipping from the company since it is over $200.

You have the items shipped to the person who bought the pants with the agreement that they will ship your sweater to you for $5 so you can save on shipping and they got free shipping when it arrives and the skirt to the other woman for $5 as well. You pay the person with the pants the $20 to cover the cost of the sweater up-front from the website and the woman who bought the skirt paid up-front, too.

Then the box of clothes arrives to the woman — but she never sends you your items. She keeps them and won’t answer any of your emails, phone calls or letters you have sent to her address regarding the issue. The amount of time it was possible to file a Paypal claim has already come and gone.

I have the woman’s name, phone number, email address, home address, the names of everyone who lives at her address. What else can legally be done in this situation to get either your items or your money back? Is there anything that can be done legally at all? Is it possible to call her local police department, would they do anything?

– Also, the example given was just an example. The amount lost on this failed venture is actually much higher than just two people out $50 between them both. This woman has ‘scammed’, if that word is correct to use in this situation, more than 20 people this way and between us all we’re out about $2,000. –