Where I live it is all snob except for one region, which is ghetto. I run into ghetto down to earth women. But cannot find down to earth normal women, any suggestions?

I am writing a book and I need the parents of the two main characters to argue over something big and lose contact with each other. I need it to be something that they could make up, so not anything like cheating or murder or whatever lol. Thanks!

So yesterday afternoon i came back from a long day at school, was tired and stressed as there are upcoming exams. I usually would ride my bike to this tunnel down the road and smoke couple of cigarettes or sometimes just one but on this occasion, i was being lazy and decided to smoke in my backyard (i sometimes smoke in my back yard). Got a chair went to the side of the pool( note: my pool is like an L shape and the and so i went to the very end of the pool . As i was having my cigarette i look behind me and hear a scratching sound on the window ( the blinds were down) and literally saw my older sisters pants and then my twin sister looking from underneath the blinds. I immeadietly knew i was effed. I then went inside and pretended like nothing happened and hered my sisters telling my mom upstairs. My mom told me to go outside and had a conversation with me, however she said " i swear to god if i smell that smell on you again and i have heard enough excuses from you on why you sometimes smell like that ( my snitch twin sister always tells my mom i smell like ciggies and my mom just says its sweat) and so my mom said im a liar and i wont trust you in anything anymore and i should believed your sister all the time. She also said thatif i smell like that again she will hate me from the deepest of her heart and i will have a miserable life and no goodluck if your mom hates you. I felt a bit guilty and especially angry on my self for. cant quit. What should i do to not getcaught

He moved in with me 5 years ago.I did everything to help him get his life together. He had a DUI that I helped him clear it by taking classes, etc.. He had difficulty getting a job so I told him to enroll in school. He did that, but kept dropping classes. All the while I was supportive and accepted minimal rent of around $150/month from grants. He was an abusive alcoholic and gradually got worse over time.He finally got a job in May of 2017, but instead of contributing, he became a full-blown alcoholic, increasingly abusive verbally and sometimes physically.He kept me up all night even though I was working two jobs to pay the bills. I planned on escaping in January, but waited for the lease to end. The apartment was in my name and I knew he wouldn't leave. I finally got family involved, found a new place, and it was hell getting him out of there. He even climbed through the window on the last day after I'd taken his key and I found him drunk and smoking inside when I needed to clean the apartment. It was hell on earth. Everyone says it's the best thing I could do, OBVIOUSLY for myself, but for him too. It's been two months and he is homeless, dirty, and suffering. He's made no efforts to get his life together and I feel so horrible.He hasn't taken a shower in a month and wanders the streets. He's managed to keep his job, but wastes the money. I still have tried to help him by finding housing resources and sober livings. He blames me. How do I rid myself of this guilt?

Let me elaborate, we were together for almost one year. When he broke up with me he was sobbing in tears and so was I. It was a shock to me. He explained that he truly loves me and it was one of the hardest decisions to ever make. He told me he feels like he lost himself and loves his alone time and feels that is unfair to me for him feeling this way. He knows he loves me, but he doesn t want me to wait for him since he doesn t know how long it will take for him to find himself. He also explains that his feeling of being lost and feelings of inadequacy may be the reasons for our constant bickering and arguments. I too have issues of clinging on to the person that I love and he and I both agree I was consumed bey the relationship. He told me with the way things are going he cannot see a future with me, but if we take this time to be single, learn to love ourselves, and be independent, maybe we could get back together. Should I try to keep working with him with his demons? Should I wait for him? Should I let him go completely? What should i do? Thanks!

Im now in my early 60's and I can't help but notice how unhappy most people my age are So I've got to ask.. are most people happy and proud with their lives or are they just 'settling' and don't mind it, but it could be better, but not bad? I've got a great husband who's intelligent and kind and brings in a lot of money. I'm self employed and I love not going into a 9-5 typical commuter job, but that I'm my own boss! We travel a lot, go on great vacations whenever we want due to the flexible schedules. Have our own amazing condo. Go out on the weekends for dates and time out together. We've had vacations where we've stayed there for like a month, (cheap places mostly in Asia). We've got kids who are grown up now but when they were younger we traveled the world with them and they went to 'normal' school sometimes, but we decided it was equally important for them to experience the world so we taught them things while we traveled as education is still important. We never let our children stop us from doing anything, and I feel like so many of my friends and what not are trapped into the lifestyle of working a commuter, or living in a certain place & not liking the area just for their kids school etc. There were times we struggled with money, and each other and ourselves but it's always sorted itself out. my question is... do people enjoy life as much as me, or Do I really live differently from the MAJORITY of people (not saying no one does this, I mean majority)

This guy (who is my friend) is 25 years old and still has some anger towards his mother, because when he was 10 years old, his mother married a guy that he did not like because of him being mean to him, and also he didn't like the guy's children. Ok, so the children of my friend's ex-stepfather (that he did not like) falsely (which was proven) accused him of sexual molesting them. And at that time my friend's ex-stepfather and his ex-stepfather's ex-wife were in court fighting over custody of their children, and so the children's mother used this false accusation against my friend's ex-stepfather in court. Ok, so my friend had to go to counseling as a result of this false accusation, and his mother kept putting up with it until the judge wanted to have psychotically tests done on him. So my friend's mother gave her husband the option of either giving up custody of his children or leave her, in which he gave up custody of his kids. Later in life though, my friend's mother and her husband ended getting a divorce anyway, because she didn't want his kids living at her place because of the false accusation against her son. So my friend still has a grudge against his mother, because he thinks that she was selfish because she married a guy that he did not like and because he thinks that she should have divorced him at the moment that his kids were starting to accused him of sexual molesting them. So do you think that my friend has a right to still be mad at his mother? I'm not sure why those children accused my friend of sexually molesting them, but one of the many reasons why it was proven false was because they kept telling different versions of the story. Their stories didn't add up at all. My friend's mother and even his ex-stepfather (who is the father of the children) thought that the stories told by the children didn't add up at all, and I know this because they told me in person. My friend's mother and his ex-stepfather think that the reason why the kids lied about that was because their mother told them to. Keep in mind that this happened 14 years ago, and my friend was 11 years old at the time that it happened.

So there's a manager at this grocery store I work at. I can literally talk to everyone but him. Whenever I say anything to him it sounds stilted and awkward. Most of the time when I see him around I just pretend he's not there. At first i was in denial and hoping that any sort of feeling wasnt there. However, i just spent the entire day thinking about him. Ive barely talked to him much yet i feel attraction even though hes not what i am usually attracted to. Its weird because theres another guy that ive been talking to fairly regularly at work who i thought i had a crush but then i keep thinking about the manager. How do I get past this? I dont know if it's that my hormones are all out of whack (I am 20 btw) and for all I know the guy has a wife and kids. He may even be in his 30s. I am not entirely sure. I just feel like such a mess and that I need/want to just chill.

I'm a Birder and have my yard set up as a bird retreat. They know that. Now they put out the same bird feeding stations as me. OK-it's not illegal and everyone has them. I added a birdbath, and two weeks later-BAM-they have one. OK, so do many others. I planted flowers and guess what?-they are looking and doing the same. I planted privacy bushes (lol), they see me planning the layout and I hear a screen door slam shut, and he's right up in my face making comments about my plantings. Saying things like he likes how I put the big bushes on the ends. He then tells me that he was going to plant bushes and I'm saving him time and cash. Understand that my plantings are way on my side of the property. If they see that I'm away, they email me asking if I need them to take care of my plants. They ask where I've been now and then, and if I tell them it's like they didn't hear me, they just start rattling off all the places they have been. What? I get a really creepy vibe about these people. Now the wife is hanging giant bird pictures all on the inside of her screened porch. You can't miss seeing them from my yard. OK that's their business. I just am trying to figure out what drives these people? Ideas? It's would be interesting to hear what you think the motivations are?

I was outside and saw this cute girl.We were walking in opposite directions, and soon as our eyes met she smiled at me, continued smiling as she walks past me,didnt break eye contact.I look back, she still has a huge grin on her face.why?

i've been dating my boyfriend for two years now. hes 34 and i'm 25. i've met his family and he's met mine. we've been around each others family for quite some time and really gotten to know one another, i've met a lot of his family but still have to met his dads side of the family. this is first time i've felt like i genuinely love a man. he's been there for me through everything. he's an amazing man and i'm blessed to have him in my life.if i tell him i'm upset or i'm not feeling good he calls me right away. during the time i was unemployed he was giving me money and sending me lots of motivational quotes. currently i'm in college and i'm working two jobs, i graduate in may and i've been saving money and so has my boyfriend, the plan was to move in together after i'm done with school, but i feel as though my mother will never speak to me again if i do. she told me she doesn't believe in shacking up before marriage, she even told me to my face she will not allow me to move in with him. first of all, i don't feel safe living alone in this day and age, i feel a lot safer with a man around, and also we can split costs of living making it more budget friendly. my mom calls me the B word a lot, she's called me worthless countless times, and constantly makes me feel bad about cooking. she complains because i cook a lot, she complains about the type of food i cook, and whenever i cook for the family she says " don't eat what she cooks, she's trying to trying to poision you etc". i offered to cook her some food and she said no because i try to poision people. so i baked my dad some brownies and she was like " all that fudge isnt good, i don't want my husband eating that" and i was like " but i only make it once every two weeks plus my dad loves my brownies" and she was like " i don't care dont make it at all" cooking is my passion so i tend to cook a lot. my mom never cooks and she also buys fast food for everybody to eat my boyfriend was saying that his dad's side of the family are having a family reunion next month and he would love for me to be able to come with him and meet and spend time with his dads family but he said we might not be able to go because i'm still going to be in my parents house until after graduation and my mom wont allow me to leave the city with him. i was like " i'm sorry" and he was like " i just miss my dads side of the family and i wanna see them they are getting old" i asked my mom if i could go to my boyfriends family reunion and she was like " no youre not going anywhere where you can be laid up with that boy". its crazy because she lets my younger brother who's 21 go across the country to california with his girlfriend AFTER the fact that she found condoms in his car. she even says stuff to my brother like " are you excited about going to california, the only thing she says to my brother is " make sure yall sleep in seperate beds" my mom told me " if i go to a different city with my boyfriend i better have a ring on my finger because shes not letting me back in the house"

I know a married sales girls, we get along very well. I am single though. We talked about a recipe - told her she could pick sample from my house- I live next to her office. She said her husband gonna pick early. She asked me to bring sample on her working days and she gave her number to text recipe. I told her I would rather give her a demo at my house, she said with a smile that would be great. Before this happened ...couple days ago...while she was helping me -find stuff she got really very close to me; there was literally no personal space. I saw a spark in her eye. Would you visit someone's house with no romantic interest? I really like her, not sure if she is into me -what are your thoughts? How should I proceed further? I appreciate your morale concern(s) but that's not what I am looking here for. We both are adults and I really like her...May be she is the one. I just wanna know how to proceed further, not making things awkard in case if she isn't into me