"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Caring for a terminal parent, overwhelmed

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I'm trying to find out if there is any way to keep my bedridden mom's debt collectors at bay. I lost my job around xmas, pretty sh*tty that I got laid off for taking care of my dying mother. Anyhow, I would rather work when I can than collect UI. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever been in a situation where they had to spend all their time caring for a sick parent, and pay their bills as well as their own. Is their any temporary relief I'm unaware of?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Bible_Belt

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That's rough, man.

Bankruptcy is about the only thing that will stop debt collectors, but if her health is that bad, it may not be worth the effort.

Good luck, regardless.
 

Heart Break Kid

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My best friend's mom was terminally ill due to cancer last year. He got a bursary from his house at the university for about 2000$. If you're a student, it's probably the best thing to do.
 

Julian

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man cant imagine what your going through

theres gotta be some kind of gov agencys to help. or something.

do whats important make your moms remaining time comfortable and happy. worry about these collectors later
 

Rollo Tomassi

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I feel you brother. I've been dealing with my father's Alzheimers and dementia for almost 5 years now.
 

“The 22 Psychological Triggers That Make Women Chase You… Starting Tonight”

Forget the cash, the cars, and the chiseled jawlines. Female desire operates on a completely different frequency. Primal. Subconscious. Triggers that bypass her logic and hit her on a gut level. Most guys are totally blind to them.

I know because I was one of them. The overthinking. The paralysis. The silent drive home kicking yourself for freezing up. Watching average guys walk away with the girl while you stood there stuck in your own head.

Then I decoded the psychology behind what actually makes women tick. 22 hard rules.  Subtle behavioral shifts that rewired my entire reality. The anxiety evaporated. Women started leaning in. Investing. Chasing.

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The Inside Man

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Blessings and prayers to you, man. What you are doing is the right thing, and you know that. **** everything else.
 

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If it's any consolation, i'm going through something similar. My mom has a condition of the nerves where her muscles basically give her pain all the time.

She can't work because of this and I've been looking for a job for 6 months but no one wants to recruit a 16 year old with no experience, especially with the way the economy is.

Banks ring us up everyday...
 

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Check with your Government to see if they have a care payemnt

Mate in Australian we have a regular payment for people that have sole or part care of a person in medical care need...like your situation. Check out the situation with your government and get some support. Call the Cancer or what ever the problem is Authority in your city.

Hang in there and take one day at a time. I've been there and although you will not believe it now you are stronger than you imagine.
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