I'm 20 years old; and never had driver's license?
I'm 20 years old and i've never had my drivers license, most of the reason being because I was raised in Germany and you had to wait until you were 18 and it cost over 1000 and 6 months of training. Now, im in desperate need of getting my license... Do i have to get my permit first or can i just get my license? I've had lots of practice drving so i know what im doing already.
I had a weird vibe about my 6 year old's bus driver. He hugs her and assigns her to sit front of the bus, against grade policy. When I asked the school to look into it, they said he blamed my daughter for the physical contact. What should I do?
You got some good answers here and I will add another. When you get your lawyer, make sure you make a complaint against the school as well as against the driver. Their response about “blaming your daughter for the physical contact” is total BS and as they are the employer, they are liable. The hug itself is inappropropriate. Adults today do not touch children. Period.Sometimes my young patients come around the desk to hug me but only when THEY initiate it and in front of their parents. For me to hug them would be weird and gross and wrong.I worked with sex offenders for over ten years and I am an official expert on this subject. You can ask the school to provide private transportation for your daughter, too. They have to. There is a lot here. I’d start with complaining to the police and naming specifically the person at the school who tried to blame your daughter, then go from there; you may need your own lawyer to get the ball rolling and later need to file a civil suit but you will get your money back later. Good luck.
I have a crush on this boy who is 2 years younger than me. is that normal?
Okay, so this boy a like is about 12 years old and I'm 13 but will be turning 14 soon and believe it or not, we just have the same height. So the boy is just in the same bus and school as me and we would act like buddies. Some of the other students would think its all lovey-dovey cause..he hugs me, sleeps and leans on my shoulder like.. a lot. So sometimes it gets REALLY awkward for me well because HE'S A FREAKING CHILD but has mature way of thinking. Sometimes I would deny of what the other students would say that I have a crush on him(which is true) but now... I have no idea what to do anymore. Then I thought that it might be wrong for someone like me likes a guy who is 2 years younger than me. So I sort of need some help. Perhaps a good advice or suggestions. Thanks :) xx
My 17 year old daughter still calls me daddy and it gives me a weird vibe. What should I do?
I think you need to figure out why that is.I was raised by my grandparents, but… All of our lives the 3 girls in my family called my step-dad (but my 2 sisters’ biological dad) “daddy”. Even though he has passed on, I still refer to him as daddy. I am 48. He walked (stumbled, lol) me down the aisle. When my husband and I were getting serious when I was 19, he took my husband to be, Scott, under his wing. Daddy was a mechanic. He took Scott out to the garage and said, “If you are going to marry my daughter, you need to be able to take care of things.” We were both in college when we got married. Daddy taught him about cars, and plumbing, and home repairs. Daddy taught him about tinkering around the house, to save money.Daddy taught my husband how to care for me by taking care of our cars and home. He was my daddy.My biological father is my dad. He is my friend. We camp with him. I really met him when I was 26. I saw him maybe 4 times between ages 4 and 26. I call him dad. I like my time with him but, to others I say Tom, while to him I say dad. When I say daddy, I mean the man who loved me and was there for me.One day in first grade my parents moved from town to the house by his garage. The school put me on the wrong bus. The bus driver knew my daddy — he fixed her cars. She stopped at someone’s house and said, “I have Harry's daughter, they put her on the wrong bus, will you drop her off?”So I got in a Jeep with a stranger. He dropped me at the driveway, before my siblings were home. When I wandered into the garage, alone, daddy was livid. What do you mean a stranger brought you home!?He was on the phone immediately to the bus garage: “I don't want any random strangers bringing my daughter home. Do I need to come down there myself to straighten this out? Find out who brought her home NOW!” They called back almost immediately. Turned out I had an alternate bus driver off duty drive me home, whew.Anyway, daddy was always there, he always looked out for me, he always loved me.
Is it weird for a 22 year old to be friends with a 16 year old?
The question doesn’t seem to assign gender to anyone as of this answer…so I’m going to say this:No, not really. However, in this age of ‘every stranger a potential perv’, older people are studied whenever they interact with younger people.I’ll tell you a true story.When I was about 15, a grandmother with her three grandchildren moved in around the dirt road corner from me. We lived in a rural county and the bus ride was almost an hour. The bus driver placed the 7yo boy in my seat since we were the last two to get off (with his two cousins).At first, I was annoyed. As a depressive, I was used to ‘living’ in my morose thoughts for the hour before I got home. However, this bubbly, adorable kid with his smiling and constant chatting warmed me up and the bus ride home quickly became the one bright spot of my day.One day, he wasn’t feeling well so he laid his head in my lap and fell asleep pretty early in the ride. The bus driver kept looking my way, enough that I noticed. Even back in 1990, false accusations of wrongdoing was a thing and in addition to being depressed I was paranoid. However, I didn’t want to wake the poor boy.We got off the bus without incident and nothing was said by anyone. The boy decided he liked sleeping on the ride home and even when he felt better he’d do it from time to time. All the way, the bus driver would be stealing glances at us.Nothing happened to warrant this, but it didn’t have to.After about half the school year, the bus driver forced the kid to sit up front and reassigned him permanently to that seat. I was alone the rest of the school year and the next two.I was crushed. That kid was the one bright spot of my existence at the time. While he walked down to my house from time to time on his own, and we hung out from time to time when his grandmother needed a break…it was never the same. My paranoia was triggered and I just couldn’t allow myself to be comfortable as I once was.He went from a ‘little-brother’ type to something to be wary of.While not exactly the OP’s situation, I felt it conveys the attitude of people now about friendships that are far apart in age…if one of those are a kid. We are well passed the age where Marty McFly and Doc Brown could hang out together without there being suspicion on them.
Why would the school bus come at 630 , if the school doesnt start until 830, does that sound weird to you?
so my 5 year old is going to start kindergarten , and they are offering transportation ( bus) , and theyre coming to my house to pick her up...now i could see maybe coming at 715-730, but why 630? on the bus for 2 hours??
Is it wrong to wear a mason's ring if I am not a mason?
Looks like all the answers on here are from women , conspiracy theorists, and other non-Masons, except for the one who is in Eastern Star. As a Mason, let me answer the question for you. The ring of a Freemason is one way that we recognize each other in public. People who wear Masonic jewelry are people who are members of the fraternity. Therefore, it does not make much sense for you to wear it. HOWEVER, let me be clear that if you wear that ring, nobody is going to come to your house and drag you out in the street and make you remove it. Nobody is going to tell you to take it off. This is the United States of America, and last time I checked, you were free to wear whatever jewelry you want, whenever you want. I can equate you wearing that ring to me wearing a red hat (from the womens Red Hat group). I can never be a member, and although I have family members who are involved, I would not wear the emblems of their organization, because I am not a member. That is just my personal decision though, and like I said, nobody is going to make you remove the ring. So as a Mason, I say, while that ring can not possibly mean to you what it is intended to mean, you are free to do what you want with it. If you have any other questions about Masonry, feel free to conatct me.
Who was the strangest person you've sat next to on a bus?
This question makes me laugh at an old memory.In the 80s and early 90s I commuted into San Francisco on B.A.R.T. I used the commute to indulge my passion for reading.One year I was riding home on Halloween. I was reading a novel so compelling that I didn’t look up at stops or register anything going on around me.When we reached my stop (long habit helped me know when to get off), I closed my book and prepared to de-train. I turned to the person next to me to indicate I would need to pass by to reach the aisle.The person next to me was wearing a full gorilla suit.My shock was visceral; I fell back and let out a shriek. I’m lucky I didn’t wet my pants; it was the most shocking thing I had experienced in my life. Somehow what made it even more surreal was that the person did not react in any way, just stood and gestured for me to pass in front of him. I mean COME ON, who wears the whole suit including the head for the whole ride and says nothing when the 20-something seat mate screams and nearly faints before him? I imagine he was laughing silently behind the mask.I survived to ride another day and eventually got past the trauma. But I never let myself get that disconnected from what was happening around me again!
Is it weird to sit alone on the bus?
My grade is going to Toronto for a trip soon and i dont have someone to sit with for the ride .Ive asked all my friends if I could sit next to them but they all already have a "buddy". The only people left over who dont have a someone to sit next to are awkward(lol).....So I think I'll just sit alone for the ride. :/!! ??! Is it weird if i did? Will i look pathetic and a "loner" or "dusty"?Im scared ill get made fun of if i sit alone. What do you think , thank you