Have her lawyer talk to the DA about rehab instead of jail.

But she needs to get right with society. And that means letting the legal system know and facing the consequences. And that is the only way to make you whole, too.

NTA

Channel.

Naw; "iron" underwent metathesis sometime in the Middle Ages. In Old English, it was "īren", but it had switched over by the Early Modern/Renaissance period.

Kohelet / Ecclesiastes is one of my favorite books of the Bible. "You know what? Life sucks and has no meaning. If God exists, It doesn't particularly care about us. There is no reason to do anything or care about anything.

"So here are some practical tips on living a good and fulfilled life in an indifferent universe and being happy anyway, and loving a God and universe that, even if it exists, won't ever do anything to help you."

I really wonder who let that book in.

 Now I have them calling and texting me saying I should be ashamed of myself for “denying the lord to people”.

Dang! You are either incredibly powerful, or they worship a remarkably pathetically teeny god. You've got the ability to overpower their deity. I have a rule not to worship and god weak enough for me to push around. Your grandparents think they are more powerful than their own deity. That's a bit conceited of them, don't you think?

It's folks like them that have made the term "Christian" something of an unpleasant word to the rest of us. I know a lot of Christians, count many of them as friends. Because they're not like that.

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They don't, not really. More the other way around. The "Annunciation" is a specific thing of a specific thing that an angel announced, but the word "announce" already existed independently.

That might be the mechanics behind it. It can be a little of everything - little emotion control so that nobody wants to start stuff nearby, or feels like procrastinating if they specifically intend to attack someone - "I mean, yeah, I am gonna go kill White Cloud, but I have to get to a save point in my game first. And maybe I should do a load of laundry", little weather control so there aren't storms, whatever. I'm less interested in the mechanics than the effects at this point.

Yeah, just the one little mistake of checks notes - ignoring you while you were hospitalized with a life-threatening illness for three weeks.

I'm not sure how more clear you could possibly be.

If "literally doesn't care if you live or die" isn't enough to let you know that he doesn't care if you live or die, what would you actually like as a sign?

Your mutual friends aren't mutual friends. They are henchmen associate bullies loyal to your ex-boyfriend.

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If it wasn't to start with, it would have become so eventually. That much emotional disregulation that long is gonna cause actual damage.

But the word does exist, and does follow the "pronounce/pronunciation" pattern.

I really like #3. I'm thinking about how superheroes with kids often need to hire other superheroes to protect and babysit their kids, like Squirrel Girl for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones's daughter, and Reed and Sue Richards's daughter being babysat by ... Doctor Doom, who decided that a good form of revenge on Reed would be to be the best godfather to his daughter that anybody ever had.

White Cloud could run a nursery. Which also is a place for people who are being hunted by supervillains to hide out.

Not being Christian, I get all this stuff second hand from Christian friends. I grew up in a heavily Catholic area, but my knowledge of Christianity is mostly the amount that a Jewish kid would have heard from Catholic friends who weren't really paying that much attention in CCD.

So, y'know, some, and sadly often more than Evangelicals know. But not a lot and not with any great deal of confidence.

At some point, your voice will give out or you will have go to sleep. You probably will stop saying it within 48 hours, at least for some amount of time.

Is it considered an error? I can't find any sources which accept it as an alternate spelling or pronunciation for official or academic communication.

No, that's correct. "Annunciation" is the "un" pronunciation and spelling, and "announce" is the oun.

It is a Christian term and holiday about people announcing the birth of Jesus.

Happy ending for everybody.

A single instance of paying off outstanding debt won't make her dependent. It will relieve an ongoing cost.

There is a difference between funding a family member who won't work for themselves, constantly, having them be an ongoing drain on your finances, and giving a one-time gift that makes life less painful to a person who is responsible and used to being frugal. You said she hasn't always made the best financial decisions, but has she made the worst?

She raised three kids on $30k a year. That isn't the same as someone who's always sat on their arse and waited for everyone else to do the work. You clear that debt, and she can start using that money to build up savings, or even just living a bit more comfortably.

Is it unreasonable for your girlfriend to tell you to be cautious about letting a family member become a parasite on you? No, that's a reasonable question to ask. But in this case, the answer is clearly, "no, that's not likely to be a problem."

After talking through that, and thinking about it that way, your girlfriend should see why it's reasonable and a good idea for you to help wipe out your mother's debt. And if she doesn't see it, well, you can deal with that situation if it happens. And maybe she's right about your mother's financial acumen, and some other form of aid would be better. I think it's reasonable to listen to her if she brings up that possibility and consider that.

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Hydrocarbons are ridiculously versatile in how they can build complex molecules. And while there certainly may be other groups of elements which can build equally complex molecules, hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon are three of the four most common elements in the universe, so you are more likely to get those three elements around than any other group of elements.

Doesn't mean that other life patters can't exist, just that carbon-based is going to be more common. Just because carbon is more common.

It's not for training you. You're supposed to bring your pets.

The difference, visually, healthwise, and lifestyle, between 335 and 225 is far greater than the difference between 165 and average muscle to 185 and totally jacked.

In terms of how much difference it makes, difficulty, and ability, and everything. You've done a more impressive thing than they, and they are acknowledging it. Only someone who's doing something similar will really appreciate the level of your accomplishment.

It isn't even spelled the same.

Un vs oun, both in spelling and pronunciation.

I was allowed to read anything I could reach. Stepladder was allowed.

The 1970s had some really weird and creepy feminist science fixtuon...

It has been 25 years of marriage with several years before that – I think we have been together for about thirty years. We are well beyond limerence...

Serious question, not intended as an insult or dismissive or anything like that: as far as you know, are you on the spectrum?

Because what I am saying is not completely literal and includes some symbolic phrasing which is supposed to be taken partially allegorically, and, if you are interested, I am happy to help break it down. But I don't want to do that if it if it will feel like I am disrespecting you, if you don't feel it is interesting, or if it would bore you.