many of you know what a year i have been having... .
things got a wee bit worse for me... .
i work for a non-profit membership based high-technology corporation.
Amanda,
Hang in there, sweetie... what a bunch of crap to have to contend with all at one time. Pullin for you here. It's a weird shocking feeling, I know.
Right now where I live they are like going nuts for lack of skilled nurses. There is a nursing shortage just about everywhere. Go for it hon
lauralisa
HEEYYY Uncle Bruce is out of the bush!
Welcome back! laura
Tera, that was good....
this is a bit off topic, but i hope someone might give me a little insight on a delicate matter here.. my significant other has applied for life insurance, and of course must have the obligatory "home visit" where they take his blood pressure, blood sample, pee sample, etc.. we are barely making ends meet as it is, and are trying to sign him up a a non-smoker.
(he's gonna quit, anytime now.
i swear.
Comf,
I'm sorry about your mother's situation. It must be horrible for you to have seen someone abuse your mother so.
My situation is not like that. He is the primary money-earner now. He's a good and honest man. Sh*t happens, and it happened to him, a whole lot of it, too much at one time. 9/11 was a part of it.
I'm working part time, and I'm good at "bookkeeping", and it takes HOURS to just get one minor issue resolved, so I'm voluntarily handling this stuff.
What grieves me so is how callous creditors are, and how they capitalize on people when they get into a vulnerable place. I've spent the past month on the phone and writing letters, and am just reeling from the exposure to so many sharks. I am literally dumbfounded by the things I've heard people say in trying to slog through this stuff... I guess it pays for them to be vicious and hateful.
Southland,
Your kindness in providing that information meant a great deal. Thank you. We are tying his life insurance in with our car and renter's policies, and for the same amt per month, (well, those are the non-smoker's rates) we can get a $250,000 policy.
Lisa!!!
I have not received any mail from you... could you please try again? Another addy is [email protected]..... LOL - benefits.... HAHAHHAAHHHAAAHAHAH!!!! At least I'll get health insurance from his employment after we get married. Until the school loans are rehab'd and consolitated, they are not Federally insured, and I'd be liable for them if I was his wife and the unmentionable happened. Please know I love and believe in this man, and he's NOT a slacker. Thank you for your helpful response.
{{{{{Wendy}}}}}}}}
{{{{{sKally}}}}}}}
I'll be in touch. Love you guys.
laura
ps to kiz (?) my co-worker is a 20 year old athlete who's cool and waiting to get into the Airforce. He's the one who suggested the idea in the first place....
this is a bit off topic, but i hope someone might give me a little insight on a delicate matter here.. my significant other has applied for life insurance, and of course must have the obligatory "home visit" where they take his blood pressure, blood sample, pee sample, etc.. we are barely making ends meet as it is, and are trying to sign him up a a non-smoker.
(he's gonna quit, anytime now.
i swear.
Thank you all for the information provided; I'm a lot more clear on the issue now. No fake pee.
The morality lessons are also just SO helpful as well!!! I'm ALL ABOUT fraud, addiction, and getting stuff I don't want to pay for.
Teejay, ok. (You got me back.) Why am I asking this question on this board? Because I don't know anyone else to ask. Because I'm desperate. I have tried to hold myself to the highest standards of honesty and integrity my whole life; as a jw, of course those standards became even more stringent, but I've not tossed integrity in the two years I've been out.
What HAS changed for me since my experience as a witness is THIS: 14 years of adhering to cult behavior cost me my family, all of my lifetime friends, and affected my judgment when I got divorced. (Jehovah will provide! The end is JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!) I am 45 years old, have no assets whatsoever, am at the peak of my earning capacity in my chosen profession, but I can not afford to support myself.
Of course, now that I'm "out" of the cult, any friends I DID have at the hall wouldn't pee on me if I was on fire (sorry. Couldn't help that one). My mother disowned me when I became a witness, and my millionaire pedophile father lives in luxury enjoying the company of any remaining blood relatives I have; they think hideous things about me because they believe the crap the pedophile says to justify why I won't allow him to see his grandchildren, why two of his children have committed suicide, AND because they want to inherit his stupid money.
I've moved recently 1300 miles away from the few friends I had started becoming close to after leaving the borg to stay with the one person who shows any personal compassion or concern for me. He was unemployed for nine months. He got a job here. I love him. We are trying to avoid bankruptcy right now.
Lisa, you asked: "What will happen if your husband dies with no insurance?" Well... he asked me to marry him six months ago. I've assumed $15,000 of his personal debt. (I had no personal debt and a fabulous credit rating.) I am furiously trying to rehabilitate his defaulted school loans so they can be consolidated and kept in his name only so I won't have to be responsible for THEM - an inconceivably large amount of money after the penalties and fees and interest and .... whatever. If something happens to him I'm HOSED financially, so it makes sense that he acquire life insurance before we get married. We can't afford it, but we'll eat ketchup sandwiches, etc.
Hence, the stupid question, posted on this discussion board, because I actually thought I'd get some useful feedback (I did.) I am scared, alone, without resources, and clueless about stuff like this. I am watching myself drown. I am tired. I'm not bitter that some people can go to the dentist, have clothes that are not second hand, and have support from loved ones when they feel hurt. I AM so raw, though, and even a well-meant but critical comment from someone on this board hurts so much that I can barely dredge up the courage to post anything anymore.
Have a great day.
this is a bit off topic, but i hope someone might give me a little insight on a delicate matter here.. my significant other has applied for life insurance, and of course must have the obligatory "home visit" where they take his blood pressure, blood sample, pee sample, etc.. we are barely making ends meet as it is, and are trying to sign him up a a non-smoker.
(he's gonna quit, anytime now.
i swear.
This is a bit off topic, but I hope someone might give me a little insight on a delicate matter here.
My significant other has applied for life insurance, and of course must have the obligatory "home visit" where they take his blood pressure, blood sample, pee sample, etc.
We are barely making ends meet as it is, and are trying to sign him up a a non-smoker. (He's gonna quit, anytime now. I swear.) But... he does smoke and nicotine does run through his veins. It will cost almost double for him to buy a term-life policy if he's a nicotine-addict, and... well, you know the rest.
Anyway. I have some "clean" urine from a co-worker, and it's in the freezer. I know what temp it has to be, etc; BUT... the guy peed into the bottle in the middle of the day, and it's supposed to be a "first thing in the morning" sample.
1. Can they tell if it's been frozen and unthawed?
2. Will it completely hose the sample if it's not after "fasting"?
3. Are we gonna get arrested for insurance fraud?
4. HELP!!!!!!!
thanks in advance,
lauralisa
being spiritual, what is it?
that title looks like a watchtower article, doesn't it?
i raise this question after reading a recent thread, regarding what people believe now that they are no longer a witness.
Hi larc, what a good thread.
I think one's spirituality has to do to a large degree with how they reason.
No matter how "reductionist" one is when approaching an explanation for anything - reducing things to their essential components (ideally for some: a physical equation) so as to keep all things confined to our three dimensions, there's still way too much that defies our comprehension.
Attributing the "supernatural" for lack of better term (metaphysical?) to a "higher power" is one approach.
Just being open to discussion about such stuff is being spiritual, imo
lauralisa
a few of us last week were discussing the hmong in chat.
for those of you that don't know who the hmong are, they are an asian people that live(d) and farmed in the mountains of laos.
during the vietnam war, they were recruited by the cia to fight a secret war on behalf of the us in laos.
Hi Andee,
"Female circumcision" was the first thing that came to mind when I pondered your question.... thank you Hillary Step for the well-made comparison.
I wonder what the situation would be currently for that family if the child with the club foot was female.......?
America is SUCH an interesting country. Each "right" to which we are entitled under the constitution is open for moral debate; too frequently though there are irreconcilable issues - ends up being a power struggle in a courtroom...
Still formattingly clueless,
lauralisa
oh man....check this out.. my brother, an active jw, whom i am very close too, called me sometime last year to tell me about the un issue.
i never cared to talk about religion .... most of my family is in and i'm not.
so i boringly reply,'oh yeah'..not really listening.
{{{{{tera}}}}}}
hi friends.. lots going on in my life.
i've been busy and thus post seldom these days.. my health -- my right leg is still giving me trouble but not nearly as bad as it was.
i see a chiropractor once a week and that helps a great deal.
Joelbear,
It's good to "see" you again. I've been wondering how you are doing.
I've worked for one of those major chain-store operations; it's corporate america at its best: take the "human" out of the equation. It's all about the money. Actually, it's all about the numbers, which are manipulated by the store manager, followed by more fiddling by the district manager, again by the whatever manager, etc.
You take care of yourself and know please that you are well regarded
lauralisa
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congradulations on making emperor.
i knew you could do it.
{{{{{{Harmony}}}}}}}}}
You are a sweetie. Thanks for all you do here.
love, lauralisa
