Is it okay for an 18-year-old female to date a 35-year-old man?
I have 2 opinions and they are conflicting. I dated an older man. When I was 17 , he was 34. I think we both had needs. He had gotten married young and his wife left him. He was a good man, a hard worker, decent. I think he was just starting out where he had left off at.I was kind of innocent and young guys were very pushy and demanding wanting more than I was ready to give.He was stable for me and I was his friend and he was genuinely mine. Even after we had decided that love takes many forms we remained friends until he died years later. He helped me get through time until guys my age grew up a little. I helped him revisit his life and rebuild his foundations. Yes there was intimacy and it was oddly provocative and challenging and liberating and sometimes deep and warm and sometimes seriously playful. But that was not even half of what glued us together. It was the belief we could be good and caring and loving people and just be ourselves and relax and unwind and not pretend.This is the good side.The down side is not every man is as good as my friend. Some men like to take advantage of a girls mind and heart. They never try to build her character or encourage thinking. They really don't care if you have a mind. They want a show piece an ego boost. They do not want the challenge of a woman who is more on par with them. They are egocentric. It will never be about you as a person, not really. You are more of an accessory, kind of that pop of color they need to stand out in the crowd.So the bottom line is and be honest. How do you really feel when you are near this person? Now how do you feel when you are with this person? Those are two different realities. Listen to your gut before you waste your precious time because if your gut feels uneasy you have something better out there and you could miss it. Don't waste your time. It is something you will never get back.
How Old Must You be to be Emancipated in Rhode Island?
His parents have the right to make almost all decisions for him until he turns 18. There are very, very few things that he can decide for himself. There is almost nothing that they can decide that he cannot later reverse. For instance, if he wants to follow a certain career path, and they won't let him take the appropriate high school courses, he can still go to a community college and pick up those courses after he turns 18. Even if they pre-enroll him in a college, and prepay for it, they can't force him to attend that college after he turns 18. I don't know what, exactly, you're referring to when you cite the first amendment. It's perfectly legal for parents to force kids to go to church, even if the kids don't want to. Parents can also force a minor to attend a religious school. I'm an atheist, I've looked into this. All amendments apply to ADULTS, not minors, and requiring a minor to attend religious services or school or other observances is legal, and it's not a reasonable cause for emancipation. If the religion is extreme, then the minor might be able to petition for a change of guardianship with much better odds of success. Your friend will have a very hard time getting emancipated at all. Fewer than 1 out of 100 emancipation petitions are granted, and it's almost unheard of to be emancipated in a state that doesn't have specific laws and procedures to do so. Rhode Island does not have any specific statute pertaining to the emancipation of minors. He MUST apply for any legal matters to be settled in RI. Your friend needs to be able to support himself. This means that he needs to have a job BEFORE trying to get emancipated, and he must be past the probationary period. He needs to be making at least $1500 to $2500 a month (depending on the local cost of living), he must have a place of his own to live (no moving in with friends or relatives), and he must have a squeaky clean record, both legally and medically. If he has been truant, for instance, or has any sort of crime on his record, he won't be emancipated. If he has any medical problems, physically or mentally, then he won't be emancipated, especially if those problems are chronic. For instance, he'd have a chance if he'd broken his leg, but if he has diabetes or asthma, which is chronic, he has no chance at all.
How much will it cost to move into an apartment?
http://m.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Oklahoma/Yukon/Park-At-Westpointe/89699/ Me and my bf have been looking at these apartments and we are ready to rent our first apartment but I'm not sure if we are financially ready. He makes around 1200 a month and is soon to get a 2nd job and I make 1600 a month. We were wondering how much a down payment will be. It says the deposit is 150 but everywhere online people say it's usually double your first months rent. We don't plan on using a moving truck. We have people who own trucks and will help. We just need an approximate number on how much we need to save just to move in.
What is it like to move away from home and live alone as an eighteen-year-old?
When I was 19 or 20, probably 19, my mommy told me, "You pay car. You pay apartment. I go Hawaii now. Bye!"I stared at her in disbelief. I was working at Macy's earning about $1,800 a month selling women's shoes. There was no way in the world I could cover all these bills. I was completely freaked out, even though I didn't show it much. I started asking my friends what kind of work they did and how much they were earning. Yes, I was that guy. That annoying guy who gets into your personal business, even though none of that should matter. My friend John had told me he was working at Manhattan Beach Toyota. I said great, how much are you earning? He said $4k a month. I did the math. I could survive off that! So I applied. After a few interviews and a drug test, I was hired. I was excited that I could live on my own! Then, the cold hard reality kicked in. The first two months, I earned minimum wage. I couldn't afford to buy food, so I lived off the free popcorn that we provided to our customers. It was pretty darn depressing, but I was confident I could overcome it. Then, my manager sat with me. He had told me if I didn't sell 12 cars, I would be terminated. Then inspiration, mixed with fear had fulfilled me. I had to figure this stuff out or I would have absolutely nothing! So I put my all into my job. Then, by my third month, I was able to hit that target mark of $4,000 of which John spoke. I was free! I was saved! I could do as I pleased and take care of myself! So I did just that. Then I got into a friend with benefits relationship type thing with my best friend. We went out and ate and played everywhere. However, the person I loved with all my heart entered my life one day, so I let my best friend go. We then planned out marriage and all of that other fancy stuff. However, that just all slowly crumbled away as we became addicted to drugs. Then I just spent every day crying my eyes out feeling like a loser, because I lost everything I had. Eventually, I tried to make my own business. That failed. So now, here I was, with a ton of debt, no lover, no car, and an unhappy day each morning. Things didn't really get better until over half a decade later, but yeah. That's how it felt.
What is the most compassionate thing that you have done in your life?
A homeless man was drunk, had fallen at a bus stop and wedged his body in such a way that he was almost hanging upside down and his diaphragm was squeezing all of the air out of his lungs. He had smashed his head on the fall, too. He was obviously going to die because he couldn't possibly get himself out of this situation and he was beginning to suffocate. Nobody cared, and all walked by only giving him looks of disgust. Me, the angry white guy that everybody thinks is a psycho, pulled him out of the situation with the assistance of a kid that didn't look very respectable, either. I'm sick of this f*cking city (San Diego). Nobody gives a flying f*ck about anything that doesn't affect them. Pardon my French, but sometimes a little profanity is totally appropriate. Edit: I've been here for almost 11 years. If it wasn't for my job, I never would have stayed long enough to use the bathroom. I miss the places I've lived where people do care.
Emancipation? minor living alone?
I will be 17 in April and I have been considering emancipation for a few years. The only problem is I have three brothers- two adopted. By filing for emancipation i do not want any of my brothers taken away from my parents because the problems at home only involve myself and my parents, not them. I am especially concerned about my two adopted brothers, could the state take them away? I am not filing for physical domestic violence at home, but rather emotional violence and well I don't know the exact terms for it but in short: I, personally, am no long in the safest situations I could be in at home so I would like to continue going to school, but move into a single apartment. However, I am worried I might not be granted my emancipation rights and if i do, would it fully take place in less than a year- before i am a legal adult. I have found an apartment I could afford, and before I call to take a look at it, I would like to know the laws pertaining to my situation. Is there any way I could move out without being an emancipated minor? What if I could get parental approval. any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much! PS. I live in the state of Washington, incase anyone knows the laws of my state.
At what age can parents legally kick you out of the house in the United States?
Well, since the ‘law’ stipulates that an individual is an adult at the age of 18, and is legal in all states in the United States, the ‘legal’ age that parents can kick their kids out of the outs is just that….18 years old.Of course, depending on the attitude of some kids who think they know it all and make outrageous and unruly and ungrateful emands on their parents, that could be even at an earlir age, even if it would be illegal to do so and the parents could be charged with chile abuse or improper parenting.I like the claim my dad made when I was a kid and would get unruly or mouth back when told to do something. He’d say to me…’I brought you into this world. I can damn sure take you out of it just as easily’. If nothing else, it got my attention, let me know who the boss was and where I stood in the ‘pecking order’. And there were no rules or laws back then that would get him into trouble of any kind for speaking to me like that. But that’s back when people know what sex they were by age 4, kids were to be seen and not heard, and when seen they’d best be doing something productive NOT destructive or they’d get one hell of an ass whoopin’. And those kids grew up to be ‘men’ and ‘women’ who could deal with life and didn’t need any ‘safe place’ when things got a little ‘iffy’ or hard to deal with at the moment. Now what do we have??? A nation full of whiners and snowflakes. Something the wolf in the storybook tale of the ‘Three Little Pigs’ could have blown over or down with only half a breath and a sever case of COPD.