All categories - 2 October 2006

My wife & son went to dinner the other night. We don't eat out very much so this was a treat for us. It was a reasonably nice restaurant and I expected to pay $100 plus dollars easy. We could tell that the waiter had attitude and we felt uncomfortable.

Question: Would have it been okay to ask for another waiter...leave and come back later, what would be the best thing to do?...after all it's our money!

2006-10-02 14:42:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in New York City

I'm 14 and I need to talk to my mom about something but don't know how to talk to her. I've never been able to talk to her about anything, I've tried to improve my relationship with her, but it just doesn't work. Here's the basics, I'm trying to rebuild a relationship with my father who I haven't seen in nearly a decade. I'm not mad at him, I've talked to him over the phone for the past few months, and the situation is complicated, but yeah. I asked him if I could see him sometime and he said that was all right with him. I told him I would talk to my mom to make sure it's okay. I don't know how to talk to her about this, but I really do need her permission to see him. What is history for her is, in a sense, a future for me. My father isn't a bad person, he is fine now, and he loves me and I'm sure of that. Please, any help is greatly appreciated.
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17 minutes ago
He used to have gambling problems and went undiagnosed for bipolar- so he probably was very depressed at times and went into mania at others, but now he is on medication which seems to be working well.

12 minutes ago
Thank you for all of your answers thus so far..Just one more thing, I'm not sure how to get over my fear of talking to her. My fear isn't really that she'll say no, I know how to stand my own ground in a polite, respectful way, but just getting the nerve up to talk to her is hard for me. I've always had trouble with this.

10 minutes ago
I'm not going behind my mom's back. She knows I've been talking to him, believe me, I wouldn't do that.

7 minutes ago
To clarify things up a bit, there is nothing between them any more, nothing at all, they don't like or dislike each other, it's just neutral. I understand my mom has the right to put up a defense about this, and I understand she may have mixed feelings. I don't think they got divorced because she didn't love him anymore, it was becasue he was unable to take care of me, and she knew he wasn't a good father for me, and I love her deeply for that. But i still have a broken relationship with her. She has like 0 patience and I"m just so confused!
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6 minutes ago
I really need help..Please, I'm so stressed and confused!

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