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Ask George & Chuck: Tax lien foreclosure should wipe out inferior lien claims
Published 11:45 am, Friday, May 2, 2014
Q: I bought a vacant lot in Fort Bend County in a tax lien sale on Dec. 4, 2012. Now a holder of a "Deed under Re-sale Pursuant to Texas Tax Code 34.05" has sent a communication. How do I interpret the judgment of the suit of Fort Bend County versus the defendants, particularly the homeowners association? In the judgment the HOA is a Texas non-profit corp. (lienholder, in rem only), that was duly served with citation, which has been returned to this court and has been on file for more than ten (10) days, failed to appear and wholly made default."
My concern is the HOA has sent me by certified mail that I owe it $6,236.83, and growing by the month because of administrative cost and for the forced mowing or maintenance of the property prior to becoming the new owner. The tax sale was done on Dec. 4, 2012, and filed and recorded in Fort Bend County on Jan. 11, 2013. I have paid my member assessment to date after becoming the new owner.
Am I liable for said accrued past charges prior to becoming the new owner? What is the meaning of "Lienholder, In Rem Only?" Thank you so much.
A: "In rem" means the HOA has no liability for the tax debt beyond the value of the property. In essence, no personal liability for the tax payer. The tax lien foreclosure should have wiped out all inferior lien claims. Should you require more explanation, we suggest you hire your own attorney.
Q: In your comments about the increase in escrow by the lender for increases in taxes, some readers may want to know other factors contribute as well.
My experience is there are three increases. The first is to make up the shortfall from the previous year. The second is to match the increase that caused the shortfall. The third is a 20 percent increase to cover continued escalation of the taxes. While the borrower could choose to pay a lump sum instead, it's still painful. I made the mistake of making 13 mortgage payments one year and 11 the next thus overstating and then understating my escrow contribution.
A: You are exactly right. Thank you for your comments.
Q: My lawyer keeps telling me never to use a general warranty deed. It creates too much liability. The Texas Real Estate Commission form requires it. Which form is better to use?
A: This is a great debate. Lawyers often make this an issue, but in reality there is very little difference. A general warranty warrants the title all the way back in the chain of title. A special warranty deed only warrants title during your ownership. Most title companies will insure title on either type of deed. If you obtained title insurance when you bought the property, the title company's duty to defend you continues on after your subsequent conveyance to another, based on that warranty. So if you use a general warranty, your title coverage exists forever into the future. It may be the better choice.
Q: The city of Houston is repairing water mains in my yard. Who is responsible for cleaning up my yard after the repairs are completed?
A: First of all, thank them for repairing the water mains. It may save you a lot of trouble in the future. Obviously, the city saw the need for the repair. After the repair is complete, they will return the property to its prior condition, but I guarantee you it won't be perfect if you're a yard lover. The best advice: spend a little time putting it back in perfect condition. It probably won't cost a lot (other than your time). The fight with the city is not worth it.
To send us a question visit www.AskGeorge.net and select the "Ask A Question" button. Our answers to questions do not contain legal advice. If you wish to obtain legal advice, you should consult your own attorney. George Stephens is the broker of Stephens Properties. Charles J. Jacobus, J.D. is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law.


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The Duluth Police Department has asked for the public's help in locating a 72-year-old man who has been missing since Sunday.
Larry James Crabtree was wearing a tan jacket, jeans, and black shoes when he was last seen on Sunday in Duluth. Police describe Crabtree as a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 170 lbs, with blue eyes and gray hair.
Friends and family members have expressed concern that Crabtree, who has schizophrenia, is probably without his medication. He is not considered a danger to others, and has not gone missing before, police said.
Crabtree has lived in downtown Duluth for ten years and frequently spends time at the downtown library.
Police have asked that anyone with information about Crabtree or his whereabouts call 911.

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It's Good for You to Die for Our Country'
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer evaded a Palestinian plot to assassinate him this week, although it is possible that the true targets were the Chief of Staff or other senior Israeli officers involved in military actions in the territories.
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer evaded a Palestinian plot to assassinate him this week, although it is possible that the true targets were the Chief of Staff or other senior Israeli officers involved in military actions in the territories.
Describing the gunshots of a single Palestinian gunman near the military camp that houses the general staff as an attempted assassination of a senior figure in the defense establishment sounds ridiculous, and rightly so. But it is simply a translation for Israeli newspaper readers of corresponding claims that Israel attempted (and did not succeed) to eliminate Mohammed Dahlan in his convoy in Gaza, or Jibril Rajoub in his home in Ramallah, or Marwan Barghouti in his aide's car. The truth is not always as strange as the fiction.
Just over a month ago, the commander of the Benjamin regional brigade (in the Ramallah area) summed up his investigation of the shelling of Rajoub's home back in May. He found that the soldiers on duty went strictly by the book - perhaps too strictly. At every stage of the surveillance and shooting (which was meant to silence the gunfire directed at Israel Defense Forces troops), the proper authorization was requested and received. The house was damaged by a last - and unneeded - tank shell, the last of four shells that were fired by the tank. The commander of the tank, following standard armored corps procedure, fired four shells, instead of ceasing fire after the third shell had scored a direct hit on the source of fire next to Rajoub's house.
The policy of assassinating terrorists and the people who dispatch them is also a source of controversy within the defense establishment. The policy was adopted only in the absence of a better alternative. It is seen as a success if it obviates the need for a large-scale operation in the territories, and if it proves to the decision-makers in the Palestinian community that they might pay a heavy price if the violent conflict continues.
Despite cries of distress by individuals in the Palestinian Authority's security apparatus and by members of the Fatah and Tanzim leadership who are mixed up in the terrorist attacks, Israel's political leadership has not decided to target "national level" leaders like Barghouti. Jamal Mansour and Jamal Damouni were attacked last week in Nablus, not because of their senior Hamas ranking, but because of their direct links to terrorism. In IDF terms, the two men were "regional" leaders.
The army's decision not to strike at the upper echelons is a matter of deliberate calculation. Anyone for whom a replacement will quickly be found - a substitute who might even be more effective than his predecessor, or whose death will only release a larger wave of vengeance and animosity - is not worth killing. Morally speaking, those at the top of the terrorism command chain are not immune to the same dangers posed to those whom they send. Those who send the terrorists may preach that "it is good to die for our country," up to and including suicide - so long as the death is of someone else; but if they do so, then it is only fair to bring them into the circle of those putting their lives on the line.
It is also somewhat surprising that shooting at enemy combatants can be sanctioned only if they do not have a name or a face. If and when the unknown soldier is given a specific identity, he is ruled out as an assassination target.
This is the distorted logic that led the Americans to kill hundreds of Libyans and Iraqis in the hope that among them would be Muammar Gadhafi and Saddam Hussein - assassination is against the law, but bombing is legitimate. Like all human beings, the Americans are shocked by the deaths of innocent children who happened to be near the assassination target. But the lethal effect that their sanctions against Iraq have on thousands of children there does not cause them to call off those sanctions.
On the eve of the Sinai Campaign, Israel Air Force pilot Yoash Tzidon was dispatched to shoot down the plane of Egyptian chief of staff Abd al-Hakim Ammar, on his way from Damascus to Cairo. The plane was indeed intercepted, but it turned out to have been carrying other members of the Egyptian general staff. Ammar and his entourage were aboard a different plane. Based on pure legalistic logic, only this erroneous result can be justified, since those officers who were killed had not been targeted in "personal" crosshairs. This sort of hair-splitting is unfamiliar to the Egyptians, who tracked down and killed division commander Albert Mandler during the Yom Kippur War, and to the Hezbollah, which killed Brigadier General Erez Gerstein.
The intelligence and operational capability that is brought to bear in assassinations is a hint that the only thing standing between senior Palestinian officials and their deaths is a decision by Israel. The first cracks are appearing in the determination of Palestinians to pursue violent conflict, but they will only begin to have an effect when they extend to Yasser Arafat. So, in spite of his usual show of being picked on by the neighborhood bully - as if, without foreign observers, his life is now in danger - there are still no signs of that happening.
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An audience of 100-plus thrilled to the sounds of The Delta Sons live at Uckfield's Civic Centre last Friday.
The Brighton-based band performed numbers including Hendrix, The Doors and Elvis and was complimented for technicality and style.
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Alex Burmistrov was one of five players on the MTS Centre ice Thursday who have spent most of this season with the AHL's St. John's IceCaps.
The 21-year-old Russian forward hasn't played since early December due to a shoulder injury, but he returned to St. John's last week and skated three times. He figures he'll be ready to go for what will be an important training camp for him.
"I don't know. I guess we'll see," Burmistrov said. "I've been on the ice for a week, so I think it will be fine, my conditioning."
Burmistrov, who scored two goals and added nine assists in 22 games for the IceCaps, enjoyed his time on the Rock.
"It's a fun city. It's a good place to play hockey, too," he said. "Great fans. Great organization. It's all connected to the Jets. Team was good. Lots of young guys. Everybody was working hard. It was a good experience for me."
There were 19 players on the ice Thursday afternoon at the downtown arena, including goaltenders Ondrej Pavelec and Al Montoya. They skated for about 90 minutes under the tutelage of former Atlanta Thrasher and Manitoba native J.P. Vigier.
"It was nice having a few more bodies out there," captain Andrew Ladd said. "We got a little extra rest, and you could see the pace was a lot faster. Guys are excited to get going here."
The NHL Players' Association began its online ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday night. The process will continue until Saturday morning … Blake Wheeler was back in Winnipeg on Thursday for the first time after spending most of the lockout in Germany. "The jet lag has kind of got ahold of me right now," he said … St. John's defenceman Derek Meech is also expected to be at Jets training camp, according to Robin Short of The Telegram, but the Winnipeg native is dealing with a groin injury that could delay his arrival … The Jets will skate informally again on Friday morning and Saturday afternoon at MTS Centre.


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By the time we had finished around half an hour on the phone, he had established that we had been to the same school (three years apart), he knew many of my old school friends, and he remembered the name of Fairfax photographer Louie Douvis, who took his picture outside Mona Vale Library on Sydney's northern beaches two years ago (spookily, he was back at the library when I called).
He didn't hang up until he had my email address, knew what suburb I lived in and the ages of my two children.
The man is a super-connector on Linkedin – coming in at 77th place in the world – but it is also easy to see he is an accomplished "real-life" networker.
Evangelidis, like many of LinkedIn's top 100, is in the recruitment game. He specialises in finding accounting legal professionals through his own company, Envoy Professional Search, and has more than 30,000 connections.
He says he only found out his status on LinkedIn when he did a Google search of the "most connected on LinkedIn" out of curiosity. There are certainly no congratulatory "upgrades" or medals for reaching that milestone.
"I like to meet new people. I'd much prefer to know someone than not know someone," he says.
Three top Australians
Evangelidis is one of three Australians that make the Top 100. The others are Brisbane-based senior technology consultant, John MacAskill, who took 85th place, and the general manager of member and member services at the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Iggy Pintado, at 88th place.
Pintado says he has not yet leveraged his social media connections into his role, which he took up four months ago, but it has been useful to help connect friends and family with new opportunities.
"And it is really helpful for my brand profile," he says.
"It is just good to have a network you can call upon when required for a variety of talent, experience and skills."
The Top 100 Most Connected People on LinkedIn is a list compiled by Randstad's vice president of sourcing,
Cathey is the 26th most connected person on LinkedIn
It's a male thing
Cathey notes that in the Top 100, there are only five women. Two are in the top 10: US recruiter Stacy Donovan Zapar at Tenfold Social Training (eighth) and IBM India social media recruitment specialist, Pardeep Kour (ninth).
Evangelidis says he suspects men dominate the top 100 because of their competitive nature.
"I told my wife that I was in the Top 100 on LinkedIn and you know what she said? 'So what? What does that mean?'," he laughs.
The US accounts for more than half of the top 100, followed by the UK (11 people) and India (six).
Up to 28 per cent of the super-connectors are in recruiting. Other top industries are: IT, management consulting, financial services and marketing and advertising.
Mother Teresa of social networking
The world's most connected person on the network is
He also has nearly 165,000 Twitter followers.
In an interview some years ago with CIO magazine, Burda said he liked to network in his own time to help others connect: "They call me the Mother Teresa of social networking. I help people find jobs or secure VC [venture capital] on LinkedIn. There are plenty of places that charge all this money to use their job tools, but I help people without seeking anything in return. I firmly believe the karma comes back to you eventually."
Evangelidis says he used the LION (LinkedIn Open Network) tag to his name to expand his network after he joined the service five years ago. Using LION indicates to others that you are happy to accept all connections, rather than just those you know.
"I was inundated for a few months," he says. LinkedIn caps the number of invitations you can accept at 30,000. After that, you have to send out invitations yourself, which is time-consuming and tends to slow things down in terms of growing much further.
Both MacAskill and Pintado use the Openlink Network, which allows anyone (even those outside your network) to send you a message for free and results in more invitations to connect.
Evangelidis says his massive LinkedIn network is nice to have, but doesn't deliver anything in the way of business. However, it has helped him find case studies for the two books he has written for financial planners and accountants.
"It is a very useful directory. I needed CFOs and I found two-thirds of them through LinkedIn," he says.
The networking service does not create relationships, but is a good starting point in terms of locating them before "reaching out" with an email or phone call, he says.
He says he did not really spend any time building up his numbers and only checks the site two to three times a week.
"Funny thing is, I prefer to get an email and get someone to phone me," he says.


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All 3 have some annoying tendencies, but all in all I've never not enjoyed a raps game because of them. If Jack ever stops scaring the crap out of me with his random BACAADIs, that would just be icing on the cake.
What I would like to hear is completely unbiased commentators who aren't afraid to say when one of our teammates actually does something wrong. This would help to educate the common fan so people stop thinking that Bargnani is good (as an example from a few years ago)
I have a couple of friends that are casual hoop watchers and they think that the refs absolutely have a vendetta on the Raptors. Mostly (I think) because all they ever see is Raptor feeds.
The only time you'll ever really see almost totally unbiased announcing is when you watch the ABC or TNT feeds.
(Pic taken off Leo's twitter feed). Fun on the road. I swear I still cannot understand the value of Twitter....so much noise and gets one into trouble mostly if in the public eye or as in this case derision..lol
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When watching sports you want to be entertained. Leo just isn't entertaining. Compare him to JVG for example. JVG just has so much more enthusiasm and that makes it so much easier to watch and listen to him.
I have no problems if they replace Leo.. just don't know if they will and with who? It has to be someone that is well versed in basketball so an ex coach or an ex player. But they probably need some connection to the Raptors or Canadian basketball. I wouldn't want Magloire in there for example.
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Release date: November 4, 2015
Guest: Nupur Rishi
Running time: 08:50 minutes
In this episode of our "Top global mobility issues facing Tax Directors" series, Nupur Rishi looks at the taxation of non-resident director's fees, and the distinctions that arise based on the type of remuneration received and location of services. The podcast also discusses potential treaty relief, as well as Canadian payroll withholding requirements.
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Chantal: Hi, it's Chantal McCalla of PwC Canada. Welcome to another instalment in our podcast series on the "Top mobility issues for Tax Directors to think about." Today we are discussing "Non-resident Director fees". We have Nupur Rishi with us, who is an experienced Tax Manager from the PwC Human Resource Services tax group. Nupur specializes in international assignments and expatriate tax management at PwC, and has been working in this field since 2004. Welcome, Nupur.
Nupur: Thank you Chantal, it's a pleasure to be here.
Chantal: Nupur, generally speaking, how are director's fees taxed in Canada?
Nupur: Under Canadian domestic tax law, a corporate director is seen as an "officer" or an employee of a corporation. Therefore, director's fees received by a person are taxed as employment income.
Chantal: I see, so if the income is taxed as employment income, how would that affect a Canadian non-resident director? Would they be required to report 100% of the director's fees received in Canada?
Nupur: Great question Chantal. Non-resident directors are taxed on their Canadian source income only. For example, director's fees for meetings held in Canada, which the individual physically attended in Canada, would generate Canadian source income.
What is important to note is that the different types of income received by directors are sourced differently when determining Canadian taxable income.
Chantal: What would these types of income be and how would one determine the Canadian allocation of the director's fees?
Nupur: Director fees could include various types of remuneration ranging from annual retainers, committee chair fees, or meeting fees to long term compensation such as stock options or restricted stock, to name a few. In order to apply the correct sourcing methodology, it is important to understand exactly what type of remuneration is being paid.
Some types of income may not actually be subject to Canadian income tax, while other types will need to be sourced on the basis of workdays. As an example, retainer fees may be excluded from Canadian taxation if they are not being paid for services rendered, but are instead paid regardless of whether the director is expected to attend any meetings or not.
For income sources allocated on workdays, it will be important to understand the total number of workdays allocated to director's meetings. For instance, one should keep track of the total number of workdays spent inside and outside of Canada preparing for meetings, including any time spent trying to keep abreast of industry developments. This will help to reduce the taxable income sourced to Canada.
Therefore, to mitigate tax costs, it is essential to review the different types of income and their sourcing methodology.
Chantal: Nupur, for those companies engaging outside talent as directors, I imagine that those individuals may not be spending that much time in Canada. With that in mind, is there any treaty relief available to non-resident directors?
Nupur: Yes, Chantal, potentially treaty relief does exist. If we look at the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention as an example, it provides an exemption from Canadian taxation provided that the non-resident's remuneration for employment exercised in Canada in a calendar year does not exceed 10,000 Canadian dollars. Accordingly, a director receiving up to 10,000 Canadian dollars in director's fees for his or her work done in Canada would be able to file a Canadian personal income tax return claiming treaty exemption and can recover any taxes withheld.
For other treaty countries, director's fees may or may not be separately addressed. Please bear in mind that the $10,000 exemption described previously only pertains to the Canada – US tax treaty. Many countries have no de minimus threshold. To determine whether any treaty relief exists, the treaty between the two countries must be reviewed.
On another note, treaty exemption will usually not affect the company's withholding obligation.
Chantal: Ok, so on that last comment, is it possible to avoid withholdings all-together if a treaty exemption does apply?
Nupur: Yes, it is possible to apply for a waiver from the withholding requirement on the basis that the individuals will not earn enough to exceed the treaty limits. This application has to be filed on an annual basis and approval from CRA must be obtained before any payment is made.
Chantal: What about other tax withholdings such as the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance?
Nupur: Interesting that you ask this Chantal – provided that the director is not ordinarily a resident in Canada, is not otherwise an employee of the corporation and his employment as a Director is performed wholly or partly outside of Canada, then the fees should not be subject to Canada Pension Plan. I will mention that although the director's meetings would likely take place exclusively in Canada, it is probably arguable that his duties are performed at least partly outside of Canada. Employment Insurance is not deductible on director fees.
Chantal: So in tandem with the withholding requirements, can you elaborate on the employer reporting requirements and the director's compliance requirements?
Nupur: Sure. The Canadian company would be required to comply with all payroll reporting and remittance obligations, such as the issuance of a T4 slip annually. Multiple T4 slips may be required in instances where services are performed both within and outside Canada or in more than one province.
I might also add that for US resident directors, the Canadian company will also be required to issue a Form 1099.
For the non-resident director, they would be required to file a non-resident Canadian personal income tax return in Canada to report the Canadian source portion of their director's fees. The director should be able to claim a foreign tax credit on his or her home country return for the Canadian taxes paid to eliminate the element of double taxation.
Chantal: Thanks Nupur. Is there anything else the corporate tax director needs to think about?
Nupur: Yes, for directors who are US citizens or residents who have Canadian or other foreign deferred compensation plans, it is important to ensure that these plans comply with US requirements. Internal Revenue Code Section 409A can impose severe penalties on plan participants if the plan is not compliant with the regulations. This may necessitate changes to director deferred compensation plans so that the plans comply with both Canadian and US requirements.
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
Fix Version/s: 2.9
Component/s: core/index
Sun JDK 6 update 12 64-bit, Debian Lenny
Lucene Fields:New
DirectoryIndexReader has a finalize method, which causes the JDK to keep a reference to the object until it can be finalized. SegmentReader and MultiSegmentReader are subclasses that contain references to, potentially, hundreds of megabytes of cached data in a TermInfosReader.
Some options would be removing finalize() from DirectoryIndexReader (it releases a write lock at the moment) or possibly nulling out references in various close() and doClose() methods throughout the class hierarchy so that the finalizable object doesn't references the Term arrays.
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I'd be inclined to remove the finalizer at this point. Apps should not be relying on GC to release the write lock, and if they are, at best they get very buggy behavior (eg we don't flush changes to disk, other writers will sometimes to acquire the write lock because GC didn't finalize, etc.),
If we remove the finalizer then the closed SegmentReader should be GC'd promptly.
I suggest removing finalize() from IndexWriter too.
If someone forgets to close IR/IW - that's his personal problem. (Which, in the abscence of finalizer he'll going to notice and fix pretty soon)
I suggest removing finalize() from IndexWriter too.
At best you get buggy behavior if somehow you're relying on these finalizers...
I plan to commit shortly.
I would still additionally null the references Brian notes for even faster release by GC?
Does that really help GC? (I thought not)
Had we left finalize in place, I agree nulling would help, because stuff can sit in the finalize queue for a while and nulling would have severed it. But now since all of DirectoryReader will be GCd "at once", I didn't think nulling would help?
Though, I suppose what it would help is when someone closes the reader but then still hangs onto it, so perhaps we should do it?
Does that really help GC? (I thought not)
It really depends on the VM implementation. In a dalvik VM people start nulling stuff all the time because it helps GC. In that case where a lot of memory can be collected I guess its worth to null the references. I generally do not null references but in this case I would really to it.
so +1 from my side.
Reopening for nulling at least termInfosReader; we should probably null other memory intensive things like deleted docs & norms.
I wonder if it's also worth examining the (very few) other places that have finalize()?
The mere presence of a finalize() method triggers different handling by the garbage collector. Since all remaining finalize() methods appear to close resources that should have been closed explicitly, the same principle applies for those as for the resolution of
SimpleFSDirectory.FSIndexInput's finalize() protects you from running out of descriptors, if you fail to close your reader; NativeFSLockFactory protects you if you forget to release the lock (close your writer).
I agree, I think we should remove both of these.
I object nulling references in attempt to speed up GC. It's totally useless on any decent JVM implementation and if someone uses indecent JVM, I doubt he's concerned with his app efficiency.
And support removing finalizers everywhere if their only point is to guard against forgotten close().
I agree nulling is not a good practice to make GC faster.
But... for freeing up memory even if the app still holds a reference to the reader after closing it, I think this is in fact worthwhile.
I is def. not good practice and I agree that a decent VM should not care. In some environments you don't have a choice (mobile phones for instance) and if selected pieces of "nulling" code can speed things up we should do it. I will run a benchmark on a dalivk VM (Android) to show the difference with the change. I might not have time today or tomorrow though.
This change is not visible to anybody using lucene so to me its not that much of a deal.
To be honest I'm not a fan of doing that at all but in this case it "could" be useful in some corner cases but does not harm anybody.
There's in fact one case where nulling harms. I'm going to try making as much of IR as possible immutable and final. Load everything upfront on creation/reopen (or don't load if IR is created for, say, merging). Unlike nulling references, making frequently accessed fields final does have an impact under adequate JVMs.
Well, nulling can be added now and removed when/if I finish my IR stuff.
OK, attached patch nulling just a few things... I plan to commit in a day or two.


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I Believe Actions Speak Louder Than Words
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"Don't tell me about the girls laugh,or her eyes, or her smile, or even her spirit.Don't tell me about her history, her intellect, or her passion. Don't tell me how you found her,how she was there for you,or that the girl lifted you up from nothing.No,Tell me only what you intend to do with those things.Tell me...
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Are WW aware that BM are flocking to thembecause they get free housing, car, their child support payments paid, free food, they don't have to work and if they do work, they're taking care of some side piece chick while giving them mere crumbs. While their away, they get to play. These BM are merely PIMPING WW. A...
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"A boy speaks. A gentleman?Acts."
It's the little thingsthat mean the most.
How are you supposed to believewhen what they are doing is the opposite of what they are saying?
cindymariee 51-55, F 12 Responses 34 Dec 3, 2014
I think the biggest roller coaster relationshipthat I ever had was in my late 20s and looking back, it had a lot to do with "actions speaking louder than words". She always talked a big game and always knew exactly what to say the first couple of times I was going to break things off. In the end I just became tire of her...
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I need answers. I have a boyfriendwho is constantly looking at this girl at my school, whenever I bring it up he says he is not, when I try to breakup with him he breaks down crying. I don't know what he wants, he cries if I leave him and he says he loves me so much, then why is he staring at this girl and even...
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I am Midas, everything I touch turns to gold!It's been that kind of a day!
fakeintrovert3 26-30, M 4 Mar 10, 2016
People can vehemently deny intentions,but actions reveal true motives and feelings when words declare the opposite.
MikeindropD 26-30, M 1 Response 15 Mar 14, 2016
Feeling much better this morning.The sun is out and the sky is blue. Tonight we will go see Iggy Pop - super excited to see him but also another first for us - going to a concert together. My friends will be there. Last week we saw each other several days in a row. Last night you went home after spending the...
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There's no future with someonewho lies & steals
notAloneWithYou 36-40, F 4 Responses 16 Apr 13, 2016
your actions speak so loudly,i can not hear what you say...
mscindydfw 51-55, F 1 Response 32 May 25, 2015
I believe actions speak louderthan words; But I also believe that with three-to-six months of sessions with a good Speech Therapist, words could significantly increase their volume. Not saying they would speak louder than actions by that time, but I think it safe to say, there would be a tangible...
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Even in the deepest love relationship -when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions. Duane Michals
Wantsfortomorrow 41-45, F 2 Responses 11 Apr 14, 2016
Please talk to me first.I need to know that i am not the only one trying. P/s: Well, except for when i'm in my stealth mode. Then; don't talk to me.
When someone shows youwho they are, believe them ~ Maya Angelou
Melanie05 36-40, F 6 Responses 27 Mar 24, 2015
Maybe I'm old schooland don't mean to come off as judge mental, but whatever happen to things like commitment, honor and respect for the one you're with? Since when did things like cheating, affairs, one night stands and being with multiple people become such a hobbie or hot trend?
Why would WW leave a race of menwho take care of their own, have decent jobs, empower and build up their own race of women for a race of men who PIMP them, have no integrity, abandon their kids 9 times out of 10, have FELONIES, can't hardly get or keep a job and TRY to tear down their own race of women? I...
Sheilatruelove 36-40, M 0 Apr 19, 2016
Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say.. Is nothing at all. Dignified silence sends a message clearer then meaningless words. Silence is beautiful when someone expects you to be enraged. Keep your power.. Keep silent.
BijouBlue 41-45, F 6 Responses 32 Jan 10, 2016
I disagree. you expect a person to trysomething. its the way of the world. but to me at least what you say you mean.
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Love is true when it comes from the heart notfrom the mouth.
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My son had a 3Musketeer bar... He offered me half. Surprise lit his eyes And a smile, his face, When I gave it back. Sometimes......... It IS the thought that counts.
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I am sick of people on EP,mainly males, asking me all sorts of personal questions yet not offering their own i formation. I get peppered with questions. These people come across (to me) as selfish, bossy, unaware and rude. Offering your own information is a sign of good will, respect and understanding...
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Sometimes creating a little distance helpspeople recognize how much you actually mean to them.
DeathThrone 22-25, F 10 Responses 26 Feb 18, 2015
Actions prove who someone is,words, prove who they wanna be.
Ruben1970 46-50, M 3 Apr 4, 2016
Words are easy, but I think it's moreimportant to demonstrate you truly care for someone (friend/lover/spouse/etc.) by the way you act and the little things you do for them. Whether you can be with them to demonstrate in person or find ways to show it from a distance, actions truly do speak louder than words.
alteregoeleven 51-55, M 3 Responses 29 Jul 11, 2015
If only we realised this,it would save a lot of heartache.
Nothing turns off a person morethan broken promises. ************************************************ when you make a promise, keep it. no matter what. when you say a word, stand by it. whatever it takes. If you really can't keep it for some (valid) reason , try to apologise and do your best to make it up to...
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I can't stand someonewho says all the right things, falling on their sword, and then acts completely differently. Actions do speak louder than words. My husband keeps asking if I think he's crazy. I keep telling him "crazy" is not a clinical term.... But I told him last night that I do think he...
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They sure do... But words can cut like a knifeand wound forever...
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A person who truly loves you will never let goof you...no matter how tough the situation is. Remember that.
Why are people so selfish they insist onpumping out baby after baby? Doesn't anyone realize a child is a child even if u didnt giv birth to it. So many countless unwanted children and you HAVE to hav your own instead of adopting or taking in foster kids. It's really sad to hear ppl say how much they wanna hav a kid...
burnout95 18-21, F 24 Responses 38 Nov 19, 2014
I've always been a believer of thisand sometimes I neglect to accept the truth. If it's not reciprocated, then it isn't real
notAloneWithYou 36-40, F 2 Responses 16 Apr 12, 2016
A person's actions tell you everything you needto know about that person.
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I am always very ambitious at midnight.Some exciting ideas just come out and haunt in my mind! I feel I have a lot of things to do! I can find a internship during the summer vacation. I can read some books after finishing those final papers. I can do something really meaningful, like volunteer work in my free time...
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If you could, would you?Damn If I could and knew where, I would for that special one. wonder what you ladies would say if this happened to you from you significant other. well that mattered.and if they looked and saw...and called you, read tt them a poem. Sing them a song.
IGWMH 56-60, M 3 Responses 6 Mar 10, 2016
You tell me you love me ,but you end it without a word?
luvmegd 41-45, F 10 Responses 30 Aug 11, 2015
A persons actions will tell you everything youneed to know.
Ruben1970 46-50, M 2 Responses 15 Apr 6, 2016
So True....... my very favorite author said itbest: It's not what we think or say that defines us, but what we do. Jane Austen
However, I work in lawand it is words we concentrate on in order to react to actions and other words. Employment law is an interesting aspect of the law.
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Friends can help each other.A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Jim Morrison
Whether one believes in a religionor not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. Dalai Lama
Stop telling me how you're gonna get fit,how you're gonna get a nice job and a wife I've heard it all before. You just have to Ignore your emotion and procrastination, just do it. If you're gonna use words talk about what you have done not what you're going to do.
I left my husband about 3 weeks ago.He had been cheating on me with an old high school friend of his. The day after I moved out he started calling and texting tell me how much he loved me and wanted to work things out. He did this up until 4 days ago and now she is moving in with him. This tells me he doesn't...
Selene73 41-45, F 19 Responses 29 Aug 31, 2015
Words are cheap. It's the actions behind thosewords than have true meaning:)
littleangel47 46-50, F 4 Responses 28 Jul 20, 2015
I noticed in the past,a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you're not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you're not strong, they're like, 'Oh, no, no, no.' Salma Hayek
why cheat when you have someonewho loves you as you are?
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Sometimes you hold back from talking to someone...not because if your pride or because you fear rejection, but because you know deep down that if they wanted to be in your life, they would've made the ******* effort.
Lucca9 41-45, F 12 Responses 39 Feb 8, 2015
It isn't what we sayor think that defines us, but what we do... Jane Austen
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Today I have been deeply reminded of how worsethings could be but also how much better don't take what you have for granted but fight for what you could and want to have
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You love me? Okay prove it *****.I won't believe another damn word a man says till he proves his worth. Proves his word
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The lazy swaying of the ground began again and we looked across the playground, watching long, low, quick swells pass across the surface, and the ground vibrated like gel as aftershocks came through. Sometimes the ground seemed to rotate slightly, as though the playground were a bowl of pudding with us at the center, and it was being twisted back and forth by someone gripping the circumference. This is impossible, of course, even in an earthquake. And yet there it was.
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Choosing the RouteBuckley Mountain is the tallest and southernmost mountain in a string of mountains that run north to south, and just west of the taller peaks such as Cascade, Shingle Mill Peak, Freedom Peak, Provo Peak, and Corral Mountain. From north to south, these lesser peaks and mountains start with Buffalo Peak, Squaw Peak, Y Mountain, and Maple Mountain, with the last being Buckley Mountain, which is situated due east of south Provo and north Springville.
I'd had my eye on Buckley Mountain for some time due to the fact that it had rarely been hiked and how it was rather isolated, piqued my interest. There were a couple of different options I had in choosing a route to the top.
Here on SP, I'd read the climber's logs of the attempts of climbing Buckley. The Slate Canyon route, which is north of Buckley was an option, as well as Little Rock Canyon, which is south of Buckley, as well as Buckley Draw, which is a drainage that leads directly to the summit, are all approaches that start on the valley floor and work themselves either straight up the west face or east around to the back of Buckley and then up. All sounded like a huge elevation gain, 7+ miles RT, and not to mention, a bushwhacking for the ages in any direction.
A friend, peachey, a year and a half earlier had hiked Buckley via the Kolob Basin Overlook, which is a very promising route if you have a high clearance vehicle and the patience to drive for nearly two hours from Squaw Peak turnoff from Provo Canyon. From the Kolob Basin Overlook, hiking Buckley is due just west up and over Horse Mountain and then up the east ridge, clearly the most direct and shortest hiking distance. However, the Squaw Peak Road, or Squaw Peak Trail as it is called after passing Rock Canyon Campground is very rough to the Provo Peak parking area and then extremely rough and rugged past that with the 'trail' deteriorating more and more the farther south it heads toward Hobble Creek Canyon. While Kolob Basin Overlook sounded the most appealing, just getting there was going to be the biggest obstacle.
Adam vs. Buckley....Round 1... Point Buckley.While I have an all wheel drive vehicle, it's not a high clearance vehicle. I'd already gotten enough stares and head shakes when I would drive to the Dry Fork TH in my A6, and going past that in it was nearly suicidal. So, on Pioneer Day, I was in my work vehicle, which just happens to be a high clearance, 4 wheel drive van. It was a slow day and I had a long lunch break, so I decided to take advantage of it and drive the entire Squaw Peak Road/Trail from Hobble Creek to Provo Canyon. I figured if I made good time, I'd size up Kolob Basin, and possibly tackle Buckley.
The Squaw Peak Trail turnoff from Hobble Creek is very non-descript, and is easily missed. It looks almost like a glorified rancher's driveway. The entire trip from Hobble Creek to Kolob Basin took over two and a half hours, and involved driving nearly impassable roads, even in my high clearance vehicle. Once I got out of the foothills north of the Hobble Creek, the views started opening up which made the drive more enjoyable. After bouncing my way to the Kolob Basin Overlook, I had the chance to size up Buckley from the southeast, a view I'd never had before. I finally made it to Kolob Basin, and saw that if I pushed it, I could possibly hit the summit, and then head straight back, and still make it back to work.
One thing I noticed as soon as I got out, was the over abundance of flies, large and small. They were all over the place, and they liked to bite as well. I sized up Horse Mountain, which is little more than a little bump just east of Buckley, decided to hit the crest there and then routefind up to the Buckley summit. It looked pretty tame. It didn't take long to realize I was over my head and was unprepared. Upon reaching Horse Mountain, I opted to just routefind straight up. Bad idea. First of all, by this time, the flies were really bothersome. I ended up killing 52 biting flies, some two at a time, they were so thick. My next mistake was that it looked like I chose the route with the most thick underbrush, scrub oak, and in general, the crappiest, most miserable way up the mountain. I was just in shorts, and I got tore to shreds. After bushwhacking brush and flies for about an hour, and without my GPS, I made it to what I was hoping was the summit, but turned out to be the saddle between the lower southern Buckley peak and the actual Buckley summit. Looking at my watch, I knew I didn't have time to hit the summit and make it back, and go the rest of the way north on the Squaw Peak Rd/Trail and still make it back to work. So... 200 feet short of the summit and I resorted to bushwhacking it back down, which was worse than going up. I got back to my van, bitten, bruised and bloody... Buckley had won this round. But I was not going to be denied. I now was on a mission.
Adam vs. Buckley... Round 2After three weeks of letting my wounds and my pride heal, I was determined to stick it to Buckley. Kolob Basin was clearly the best way to summit the mountain, but the road was impassable with any vehicle of mine, other than the four wheel drive work vehicle, which I didn't have the luxury of joyriding with any time I wanted.
I had decide to tackle some of the other peaks north of Buckley before returning to the scene of the crime. In the three weeks after my Buckley debacle, I had reached the all the summits Cascade, the summit of Shingle Mill Peak, and Provo Peak. Provo Peak gave me a great perspective of Buckley. From the summit, I formed a new attack plan. Also, I had perhaps even better news... on the way to Provo Peak with my buddy, we saw that a bulldozer had been through and leveled out the low points and most of the huge rocks that prohibited a passenger vehicle from making it to at least Provo Peak, and maybe beyond. The day after Provo Peak, I decided to take my little Ford Escort (Pepe) that I've had since returning from my LDS mission some 11 years before on the trek of a lifetime. While the road was still extremely rough, the bulldozer had done it's job. I managed to go from the Squaw Peak turnoff to Kolob Basin Overlook in 1 hour and 45 minutes, without bottoming out once! That was a good omen. After arriving at the KBO parking lot at 845am, I basically dipped myself in a vat of insect repellent, donned a thick pair of blue jeans, my Camelbak, and my GPS. Bring it on Buckley, let's see what ya got...
Adam with the Round 2 KOAfter seeing Buckley from Provo Peak, I found that on my first ascent, I had been a little too aggressive to go for the Buckley knockout punch by trying to go straight up to the summit through two thick groves of aspens. This time, instead of hit the crest of Horse Mountain, turning north about 200 yards and bushwhacking straight up, I opted to skirt south of Horse Mountain, and follow some terrace rows that led me about 300 yards south of my starting position three weeks ago. It worked like a charm. I bypassed all the thick scrub oak and aspens, and found myself just routefinding, not bushwhacking up the top. During points of my ascent I did come across game trail which made the hike even easier. After a mere 30 minutes of hiking I was on the saddle. From there it was just small rocks and grass tufts to the south, lower point of Buckley, and after less than an 5 or 6 minutes jog I was on the south peak, but I pretty much turned around as soon as I arrived and jogged back up to the summit. Once on the saddle, this mountain was gravy. I made it to the north and actual summit of Buckley less than 55 minutes after leaving the parking area. On the way, I found a pair of hunter's sunglasses inside a fuzzy camo pouch. Upon reaching the summit, I found that some one had erected a small rock wall next to the summit cairn.
I found a summit registry in the cairn in a clear plastic bottle. After reading the contents, I discovered that I was the first one to sign the register since April 28, 2008, when fellow SPer Bruce Christensen hiked Buckley via Little Rock Canyon. Unfortunately, the clear water bottle had allowed the sun to bleach out and fade many of the names on the registry. And there was no writing utensil. However, I came prepared. I had three sheets of notebook paper and one of my FedEx pens which I left up there to replenish the registry for future hikers. I also put the bottle in the dark camo sunglasses cover to prevent the names from fading more and then partially concealed the bottle from the sun, wind, etc, in the summit cairn. So, when you reach the summit, check the cairn.
After snapping some photos and doing a small victory dance, I descended. The views were outstanding in all directions, but especially south, toward the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon and Mt. Nebo. After following my GPS, I descended the same way I came up and made it back to the car in 40 minutes. I found it humorous that it took me longer to drive to the TH than it took me to hike Buckley, but it was totally worth it! Note to those routefinding up or down Buckley... I had the most success and easiest route when I would follow the yellow patches of flowers. Sounds silly, but you'll know what I mean. The made for such a great path up and down.
As I made it to the car, I felt triumphant, more so than many of the other higher peaks I've climbed, probably because this was the first time I had been denied on reaching a summit. Victory was sweet, and Buckley was down for the count!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in funds worldwide pulled $1.3 billion from stock funds in the latest week, as the U.S. government partially shut down because of a budget impasse and more concerns arose about the debt ceiling, data from a Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report showed Friday.
The outflows from stock funds, in the week ended October 2, extended the prior week's withdrawals of $1.5 billion, according to the report, which also cited data from fund-tracking firm EPFR Global. Congress failed to reach a midnight deadline to agree on a spending bill, leading to the shutdown on October 1.
The shutdown was the first in 17 years. Worries also grew ahead of a looming fight between Democratic and Republican lawmakers over raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The United States could face an unprecedented default if Congress does not raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit by October 17.
Outflows from stock and bond funds over the past two weeks have been small, compared with outflows of $60 billion over the three weeks beginning July 28, 2011, the report said. Those outflows came during a prior round of debt ceiling debates that led Standard & Poor's to cut the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA-plus.
Emerging market stock funds had outflows of $2.1 billion in the week ended October 2, marking their first outflows in four weeks, the report said. U.S. stock funds had smaller outflows of $600 million, less than one-tenth of the prior week's outflows of $7.4 billion.
Despite worries over the U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling, the S&P 500 stock index rose a slight 0.1 percent over the weekly period. MSCI's emerging market stocks index fell 1 percent.
European stock funds, meanwhile, attracted $900 million in new cash, down from inflows of $2.3 billion the prior week but still marking their 14th straight week of inflows. The inflows came despite the FTSEurofirst 300 Index's decline of 0.8 percent over the weekly period.
Investors pulled $900 million from bond funds, reversing the prior week's inflows of $4.5 billion, which were the biggest in five months. Despite the outflows from risky stocks, risky high-yield junk bond funds attracted $1.3 billion, marking their fourth straight week of inflows.
Emerging market bond funds had $200 million in outflows, reversing inflows of $600 million the prior week. Funds that hold Treasury Inflation Protected-Securities also had outflows of $200 million, marking the 25th straight week of withdrawals from the funds.
TIPS prices have been hit by a bond market selloff following signals in May that the Federal Reserve could scale back its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases this year. The Barclays U.S. TIPS Index was down 6.6 percent for the year.
Investors also pulled $600 million from commodities funds, which mainly invest in physical gold. The precious metal on October 1 slid below $1,300 per ounce to its lowest price since early August.
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But how can I let this pass, without being seen as weak, inviting permission for it to happen again?
He is defiantly in the fog right now. I feel im left with nothing else but 180. His only way to find out if the grass is greener is to start walking in it.
My inlaws have offered my son and I to stay with them. Both my parents passed in 2003.
What are people's experiences of 180 living with H and way from H?
My primary concern is my 3year old son. He deserves stability and love. He is due for an operation in just 5 weeks.
I'm writing this feeling numb, knowing if I let the walls down, I'll be a mess. I refuse to let my son see me so distressed and to let my H see me so vulnerable.
DD1 May 2013
DD2 April 2014
Currently wondering how someone who vowed so much, can care so little
I would think that "away" would be an aid to the 180 (you can read my story - that's what I did).
Keep in the front of your mind, while reading and implementing the 180:
- it is about getting into you. Your healing. Not about getting your defiant WH to do or see anything (not a manipulative tool)...
Sending strength, hugs, and prayers sister, keep posting.
We got your back.
The term "the grass is always greener" always pisses me off.
Guess what? The grass is greener where you water it!
Most Waywards quickly learn that ALL relationships take work! (and watering! ) and once they get what they "think" they wanted, they realize it's not all its cracked up to be.
You are right to be thinking of doing the 180. It's for you, not for him. You need to focus on only you and your son.
You can't "nice" your WH back into the relationship. You are definitely right that if you give him what he thinks he wants, he will surely see that he's in La-La land right now.
sending you strength!!
Together 10 years
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DDay: June 24, 2013
IN R...Working at it every day.
I'm not sure if putting myself in the middle of this is a good idea, but their emotional support is attractive. Suddenly finding myself alone from 7 every night once my son in bed feels like it could become a very dark place quickly.
[This message edited by CantSeeInTheDark at 12:05 PM, April 26th (Saturday)]
We all have a different story on here but they all seem to start with one selfish spouse that does a major screw up!
I think your MIL is a grand lady for not turning a blind eye to your husband's stupidity just because he's her son; instead, she's calling him on it. Good on her.
I don't know that going to stay at your MIL's and essentially 'ganging up' on your husband is the right answer. I really don't think you'll get the respect you deserve by doing that. It just looks like you two would be taking 'sides' against him, and that's not how you want to get him to pull his head out of his ass - because everyone's turned against him. He should pull his out because he realizes how ridiculous he's been acting, and because he wants to get back into the marriage. Not because he was forced to do it, you know?
If he can't do it on his own because it's the right thing to do, then you need to sit him down and tell him you won't allow this utter disrespect for even ONE more day and he needs to find another place to live.
Don't run to your MIL's to gang up him. Stand up for yourself and command the respect you deserve and to which you are entitled. I think we're much more respected when we stand up for ourselves, keep to our word, and show them that life can and WILL go on without them. Only then, do they realize you're a force to be reckoned with.
Listen. He needs to experience the full consequences of his decision to go outside of your marriage. That means that HE needs to leave the house, not you. You and your child need the stability of being at home, especially when your child is going to be put through an operation soon. He wants to be a free agent? Then he can go couch-surf elsewhere and find out what a pathetic sight a middle-aged loser presents to his buddies, when he decides to act like an arse. And if his parents mentally beat the heck out of him, well, actions, meet consequences! In the meantime, 180 him, finances and child care the only subjects you speak about, and start detaching to figure out what you need to help you and your child.
The only plus that I can see for you living with the MIL is that you'll assumedly, have some help with your 3-year old, especially post-op. But I would be rather leery about leaving your WH alone in your house when he's shown you that he is on the prowl for some Magical VJJ to make him feel young and OhSo special.
D-Day, June 10, 2012
Bigger - yes it's out in the open as much as I and his parents know about it. His response??? Ugh. Where to start. Last may I caught him in the early stages of an EA. H did all the right things.
The response this time is totally different. H admitted, but I've seen no regret, never mind remorse. That's the first time I've admitted that to anyone. This time I think he's well and truly in the fog.
I've sent first messages out to local MC and IC, but being the weekend I'm in limbo. I figure agreeing to MC could hold off 180, but only so long as I get NC and full access to his phone and iPad.
A few thoughts:
1. I think it would be better for your child if you both stay in the house. He needs stability.
2. The 180 doesn't require you to move apart. It does require you to refuse to treat him like a lover or a friend. You need to show him and yourself how strong and calm and independent you are. You need to remind both of you of who you are - under or before all this crap. You need to be the strong, wonderful woman he wooed and pursued. That is very hard when you feel broken and stressed and destroyed - but it will help both of you get perspective.
3. I would reach out to the OW - and let her know that she is shattering the life of a precious 3 yo child of of a woman who never did her any wrong. Remind her that a relationship build on lies and hurt won't last.
4. If the OW is in a relationship, her BS needs to, deserves to know.
5. If you don't know how to contact the OW OBS, a bit of investigation is in order.
6. Above all, try to contain your anger and pain around your WS. It does no good for every interaction with him to be fraught with anger and emotion. Cool and calm is the order of the day.
I know you are in pain, but it will get better. Even when he starts to come out of the fog, your marriage will suck for a long time - there is too much pain and anger for it to be otherwise. But given time and strength, marriages can survive, love can return.
Both of you need to set expectations that the next 2 years are not going to be much fun - but it can get better. Don't let him give up too easily - let him know there is light and the end of the metaphor.
Good luck.
Avoid the temptation of a revenge affair - but start working out and going out with friends - get out of your shell and your grief and give yourself a chance to breath. The working out is very important - use your anxiety as a catalyst.
[This message edited by Daddo at 2:27 PM, April 27th (Sunday)]
It's highly unlikely that I'll get the info from WS, even if he does give me full access, I'm sure she will be wiped prior.
I'm requesting call records. I've checked FB and other obvious sources, so that's all I've got left.
Thanks to everyone so far their advice. I'm hoping to hear back from IC and MC today. I'll see what his response to that is tonight.....
I know MC and IC are important, but when a family are already on a low budget, I'm left wondering what else is there to give up every month?!?!
I thought I'd kept it together well around my three year old, but now he's in tears whenever I walk out the room and I'm having to rapid return him at bed time.
This sucks.
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it.
I do appreciate that the 180 is for me, not him.
I've started a new thread, the denial if wearing off, as I felt I needed to share my full story. I'd been quite reserved when I said what was happening. I think perhaps I was still at the stage of nit wanting to hear it myself when I started this post.


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High-tech inventories shot up 30% in December, year-on-year. Toshiba, Matsushita Communications, TDK, and NEC have all issued profit warnings. Makers of high-end products such as flash chips used in cell phones are weathering the storm; manufacturers of low-cost hard-disk drives and memory chips are hurting.
Information technology inventories (excluding PCs) jumped 50%, year-on-year, in December. Makers of memory chips, printed circuit boards, liquid-crystal display panels, and other computer-related products are the hardest hit. With two of the world's three largest memory-chip makers based in Korea, plunging chip prices will shave billions off the country's trade surplus.
Shipments of made-to-order chip wafers have fallen 30%, year-on-year, swelling inventories. Contract manufacturers' average factory utilization has dropped from 100% last year to 70%. IT-related revenues are expected to slide 25% by March. However, PC makers could benefit if cost-conscious U.S. companies outsource more manufacturing.
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UK firms failing to seize new export opportunities - BCC chief
The UK has too few companies exporting goods and is slow to exploit new markets, according to a business leader.
John Longworth, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said problems with skills, infrastructure and access to finance were hitting export growth.
He told the BCC's International Trade Conference in London that a number of support schemes ha been launched aimed at boosting exports, but few, if any, had the desired effect.
He spoke as a new study showed that e xports have fallen to their lowest level for six years.
A survey of 1,250 firms by the BCC and delivery firm DHL found that just over half said overseas orders have remained constant in recent months, while 50% said sales have stayed the same.
Both measures have fallen to their lowest level since 2009.
Mr Longworth told the conference that the UK was not living up to a challenge on exports set by the Government three years ago.
The UK has had a trade deficit since 1998 and a current account deficit since 1984, he said, adding: "Even though the value of UK exports to non-EU countries has increased by 25% over the past five years - compared to just 6% for exports to the EU - we have not moved quickly enough to seize opportunities in the new markets.
"By British Chambers calculations, we're 14 years behind meeting the target of £1 trillion in annual exports, despite standout performances by so many individual companies.
"Government must fix the fundamentals here at home, use its own global network to spot the next wave of opportunities, and make sure that British trade is not saddled with unnecessary costs and barriers, whether in the UK or markets overseas.
"Businesses must put global opportunities higher on their own priority lists, and build a culture where risks are taken not just here at home but in markets around the world hungry for British products."


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I have been driving a school bus for 29 years. I love the job but it really interferes with my life. I own and operate a very cool Antique shop that is in walking distance to my home and in a unique historical uptown area. I am a power seller on Ebay and do some Photography on the side. I am a craft and vacation junkie. My friends like me because I am honest, down to earth, positive, non judgmental, dependable, creative and I throw a nice dinner party.
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Congressman Lamar Smith issued the following statement on Senate efforts toward a government takeover of health care:
"To pass this health care bill, which was written in secret negotiations closed to the public and media, the Senate Majority Leader is using the taxpayers' money to buy the votes of key Senators.
"It's small wonder that he resorted to shameless bribery. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this train wreck of a bill increases health care costs, increases taxes, cuts Medicare benefits, reduces health care choices, and burdens already struggling states with an unfunded expansion of Medicaid.
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Here's another mystery machine. It's hardly a quiz, nothing cryptic, just a guessing game.
Earlier this year this machine popped up on Ebay. The advert was brief, it said that it was a Singer hand machine in good working order, Buy it Now, £5. And this is all the photo showed, the case. So I sent a message to the seller asking would they put a photo up of the machine please, and they replied, oops, forgot to upload the picture, yes they will. Then I thought about it. If it's a good machine and somebody else sees it first, it's gone. It was within an easy distance for me to go and pick it up. The case is in good condition, so that suggests that the machine should be pretty good. Even if it's not fantastic, it could be good for parts. And the case alone was worth the money.
So yes, you guessed it. I hit the Buy it Now button and gambled a fiver. When I contacted the seller to arrange to pick it up I asked her what model it was. She hadn't a clue. So it was all suspense until a few days later when I arrived to collect it and she took off the lid.
Now you can all experience the same suspense until I post the pictures on the Vintage Machine Shop Photos thread. See if you can guess the model, year, and decals. I won't be giving any clues, so jump straight in with a guess.
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An Athens man who allegedly fired shots at police officers, held a woman hostage while sexually assaulting her and kept authorities at bay for 14 hours before escaping from an Atlanta Avenue home Christmas Day had the remainder of his probation revoked Thursday.
Marcus Lamont Easley, 20, appeared before Superior Court Judge Lawton Stephens during a two-hour probation revocation hearing. Easley, who surrendered to police a week after the standoff, was already on probation for a 1998 cocaine possession conviction when he was arrested in January on 15 felony charges stemming from the incident.
''I don't know that I've ever seen an instance where a probationary sentence was so completely and utterly violated as this,'' Stephens said after hearing testimony from five prosecution witnesses.
Easley must now serve two years and four months in jail as a result of the probation violation. The charges stemming from the standoff will be presented to a Clarke County grand jury for indictment, and if indicted, Easley will have the option of pleading innocent or guilty to the charges in a formal arraignment.
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Athens-Clarke Police Officer William Gibson said he was on the east side of the home as police set up a perimeter around the house when he heard the woman speaking through a window.
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Police heard a gunshot, which investigators later determined went through the ceiling of the home. When officers shone spotlights into the house, another shot rang out, Gibson said.
''This shot I believe was directed toward me,'' Gibson said. ''I could hear the sound of the bullet whistling through the (nearby) trees. ... It was a matter of 10 feet, at the most.''
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