Etiquette - November 2007

We grew up 3 hours away from each other, but have always been best friends. We're now 22 and 23, but she has been very distant for months (since I became engaged and told her she is maid of honor). She doesn't return my calls, takes awhile to respond to texts and cuts me short on AOL.

We have always had a vowel to tell each other EVERYTHING.. but earlier something happened to my other cousin and no one will tell me about it.

She wants me and all my friends to go see her next w/e, but I know I'll be bitter. Should I still go?

*Earlier I called her and got her voicemail of course, so I said "you have never answered 1 of my calls in the past month". She jokingly texted and said "I'll call later *****".

2007-11-09 17:38:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

How does the wording of this invitation sound? Which is better, "being got up" or "being held"? Any suggestions for improvement? (Please note that marriage will be held a few days before the reception>)

We have great pleasure to invite you with family
to the reception being got up/held
on Sunday, 13 January, 2008
at Centenary Hall, Calicut
to celebrate the marriage of our son,
Salim,
with
Salma.

Mr & Mrs Ali

2007-11-09 17:28:24 · 15 answers · asked by Inquisitive 2

2007-11-09 17:07:17 · 5 answers · asked by misterman 2

I wear my nice automic watch $200USD retail. I wear it while in sheet metal shop. I use a pnematic powered hammar. It vibrates my watch a lot while it's on my wrist. I think this wears out the watch movement faster but I'm not a watch expert. Will my occupation void the warrantee?

Is it OK for me to use the watch in this manner?

2007-11-09 16:53:51 · 5 answers · asked by ev1go 2

I was trying very hard to describe some women who were of the very same heritage that I am.(I am half Jewish by family only..I was NOT raised to be Jewish..and my mom is not Jewish..but, I still believe myself to be Jewish anyways, despite the fact that I will never be recognised as such!)
But, anyhow,, I used to work at a Jewish community center..and I over heard several Jewish women(mostly parents) talking about me...(I believe they were) that I should NOT be teaching and or helping out in the Jewish preschool..that they should have people who are ALL Jewish that teach there.. instead!!! (incidently, there were other women and men who were NOT Jewish at all, and they taught there,,and were quite good!)
anyhow, I felt really insulted and it hurt me..and I said something about this on some racial boards.and pretty soon, two Jewish women got really really angry with me..and told me that I was anti-semitic by me just describing what the women were..so was I?
Help!!

2007-11-09 16:51:36 · 20 answers · asked by ladyk 2

My Ex Husband today picks up my son! He decides he's gonna check on my son's 2 month old sea monkies. Instead of squatting down (he has no physical handicaps) to the level of the tank he decides to pick it up. In the process somehow he ends up dropping the tank. Sea Monkies and water goes all over my table including bathing my cell phone. I took my phone apart immediately and dried it off as best as I could. I told mark to take my son who was crushed and horrified to "Take your son and leave right now!" I was very upset.

After placing the cell phone on the heating block at the VA in the lab (which only gets to body tempature), and using a can of air on it. We've determined that its truely and utterly ruined.

Am I wrong for holding him responsible in replacing my cell phone? I do not have another phone line.

And I've started regrowing my 7 years sea monkies.

2007-11-09 16:32:51 · 11 answers · asked by washington_maverick 3

So my dad has an old LP of Abbey Road, which I listened to death when I was little. Of course, now is the day of the mp3 player, so I wanted to put music on my little iPod. Of course I would want Abbey Road on there, but I can't exactly put an LP on iTunes. So I went to the library, checked out the CD of Abbey Road, and uploaded it to my computer then onto my iPod, then gave it back to the library.

Considering I already owned the LP, which my father payed for, is it ethical to take the mp3's without paying for them all over again? I'm pretty sure apple records doesn't really miss the $14 or so i would have payed for the CD, but I am still wondering. Your guyses thoughts?

2007-11-09 16:27:09 · 6 answers · asked by Jeet 2

How do you feel about being affectionate with your significant other in public? Or about anyone else doing so? How far do you think is to far before it gets awkward and weird, whether it's you and your partner or someone else and there's. What do you consider acceptable?

2007-11-09 16:10:35 · 6 answers · asked by **boredom killz** 2

last week i went out with my son( who is 2yrs and 2months) to the bank. It was busy so i decided to go to the teller machine instead.Between making that 10 seconds decision my son had ran off to the next machine(which was 100cm).... next thing i knew a grunt ..."GO AWAY" ...."YOU GO AWAY!!!" from a woman at next auto teller machine,so i assumed my son may have interrupt her so i called out for him. BUt my son didnt come and so the cried "GO AWAY ....."grew to a scream continues. then at this point i turned and saw the woman slapping my son's hand with a piece of paper..not once but several times,i immediately turn to asked her why she did that,she said he was playing with the buttons while she was trying to make her transaction.then i told her, he's only2yrs and questioned her intelligence for yelling and hitting a 2yrs old. then she yelled that she had a very important transaction to made,(without even looking at me,she yelled and continues hitting the keypad on the machine!!!!)then

2007-11-09 16:00:01 · 9 answers · asked by omi-ijies 1

Question Details: He called me up and said he wanted to 'celebrate' my 21st birthday with me. We met in town, and he walked me around town to look for a restaurant. In the end we settled on this cheap low end cafe and the food was disgusting. He did give me something thoughtful as a present however

When he called me out, it sounded as if it would be something more meaningful than a day without even planning ahead what restaurant to bring me to. Come on, it's my 21st. And because of what it sounded it would be, I turned down other people's offer to celebrate it for me on that day.

Or should I be the one holding a party for everyone? Even then, I feel so angry that I effectively had no 21st celebration.

I want to hold a 21-and-one-quarter birthday party. I feel so demeaned that I let this guy ruin the most significant birthday in my life. I see my friends and I celebrated with my friends in th ebest way possible fo

2007-11-09 15:28:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

As I've researched this topic, I see many questions on Yahoo about men who like to see women crush insects , and I just wonder if women like to see men swat flies and such too.

2007-11-09 14:08:18 · 2 answers · asked by IwAsCuTeBaCkThEn 3

2007-11-09 13:15:22 · 10 answers · asked by ♥BEX♥ 7

Ok, I work at an after-school program for an Asian American community and quite frank I'm not used to their customs and habits. These kids are literally petrified about not finishing their homework on time and say that they will get "beaten" if they don't. Another kid told me that if she doesn't get higher than a 95 on every test that she gets beat by her parents. I don't know if I should report this because to me it is abuse but I was told not to because the supervisor said that "that's the Asian way to handle school" What bull.

One kid even got in trouble because he did more work than what was told. He said that his mother made him do more work than what was assigned because she felt that he needed to learn more and the teacher was wondering why he went ahead and did everything wrong. The supervisor mentioned that the Asians are told to do more work than expected and never stop.

Does anyone have any experience with Asian tradition here? What should I do about this?

2007-11-09 11:45:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

while visiting my mother, I noticed several relative just open the door and walk in. They didn't knock or ring the door bell they just walked in like they live in the house. I'm wrong or is the really rude?

2007-11-09 11:43:23 · 17 answers · asked by Cindy 3

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 5 years. After a year of being together we started having horrible arguments. After awhile things got better, then he confessed that during this time he cheated on me with someone I thought was just a friend of his. What angered me so much is that this person at one point needed a place to say and I suggested she stay with us. I didnt understand why he made such a big deal about her not staying with us until he confessed. I was angry but we had made progress and he confessed to me and things were finally okay between us so I chose to forgive him. Months later the problems arise again and we're battling to stay together he becomes close with another person and insists they are just friends but I can tell its more. Finally, in a drunken state he confesses his love for this other person and my heart is literally broken. The next day he apologizes again and again and for months things are fine...I keep forgiving him and I don't know why

2007-11-09 11:41:33 · 15 answers · asked by Rainey 4

2007-11-09 10:53:56 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love my best friend, I truly do. But some of the things she does really bother me. She doesn't get along with her family too well so I'm always letting her stay at my house when she becomes upset. I invite her for dinner all of the time because she never has any food at her house. I would never turn anybody down for a meal and my mother, being 100% Italian, cooks to feed an army. However, I feel that sometimes the hospitality is not reciprocated.

Whenever we go out for meals at a restaurant, I'm always the one who winds up paying more...and she's the one with the full time, high paying job. I have yet to graduate college and have a below minimum wage job at a department store. She also never says thank you to my family for her meals and says that she doesn't have to say thank you to me because "I'm not the one paying for the food." But I'm the one who allows her to come over for her meals, so shouldn't I get at least a little bit of a thank you?

2007-11-09 10:53:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am confused when the operator asks if my stay is for leisure or business when I make reservation. Why do they ask the question? Which one gets better rate?

2007-11-09 09:39:29 · 9 answers · asked by dumber 1

2007-11-09 09:11:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-09 09:10:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wondering if you need to tip when you get something pierced or if that's just for when you get a tattoo.
i'm not really sure.

2007-11-09 09:06:29 · 5 answers · asked by jae bee 2

I am so tired of people making excuses for men ... "He's a man and you can't nag a man or he won't do this or that" or "He's a man so if you want it done you have to do it yourself". When does a man have to step up to the plate and take responsibility for his own actions? That doesn't make sense.

But what I am referring to is cleaning house, doing laundry (other than his laundry), grocery shopping, paying bills, listening to issues, etc. My husband shuts anything out that isn't what he wants to hear about and it makes me so mad. He does clean but he only cleans the kitchen when HE wants to cook something and it's too messy. He does gather and set the trash out for pickup once a week, and he does mow the lawn once or twice a month. Other than that, he does what HE wants to do as HE sees it necessary. I used to clean all the time but stopped after I saw he didn't think he had to. I cook when I get ready. Maybe I'll run an errand that he asks me to or maybe I won't.

2007-11-09 08:40:31 · 19 answers · asked by Hoping he will bless me with #1 4

This girl in the common room today who is quite loud and outgoing was telling jokes today quite sick ones about babies, then she said:
What is red and found in four corners?
A baby with a chainsaw.

I was actually repulsed by it i dont particularly like her, people actually laughed or just did so politely, What would you do?

2007-11-09 08:12:36 · 22 answers · asked by nonoodles74 7

2007-11-09 08:05:06 · 16 answers · asked by swatthefly 5

2007-11-09 08:04:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am doing a school project, I'm looking for those who are against it. If you are..why exactly do you feel this way?

2007-11-09 07:55:45 · 9 answers · asked by cookieswithafork 1

Joined online community that set's up parents w/ sitters. Saw that 1 parent listed a job to sit for her kid on a sat @ 8 & we set up interview. The mom was going to check references & then let me know about job. I met her on a Thurs. The mother never called, i gave her my home & cell phone #'s, & she sent me an email on Friday @ 9, to ask my rate & said that she had left a message for one of my references, but STILL said nothing about a job. I was contacted by a different family, who asked me to babysit for them on sat & were paying me more $$,since i hadnt heard anything from the first family i decided to babysit for the 2nd. On Sat at 3 the 1st family still hadnt called me to schedule anything. Well while i am sitting for the 2nd family i get a call from the 1st family @ 9 calling to see where i was at, she was RUDE. I never heard the phone ring, it went straight to VM. Well this mom left me a nasty review on my profile & said that she wont recommend me to anyone.PLEASE HELP

2007-11-09 07:24:32 · 8 answers · asked by spy_gurl 2

for VN in questions and my account sent to cyberspace it was deleted

2007-11-09 07:13:15 · 8 answers · asked by NIFman 5

people at my work think I'm stupid because I dropped out of school and started working for my dad's company. can they do this and treat me this way and be morally correct?

2007-11-09 07:09:17 · 12 answers · asked by pookie 1

as a christmas gift to my close friends, i want to invite them over for dinner. i don't want it to be a huge party just a nice dinner gathering. but it seems that when i invite people, they invite someone and they invite someone else and so on. then i end up with a bunch of people over at my house whom i do not know. this would be okay normally but not for this particular gathering.

can someone give me advice on how to word the invites as an 'invite only' thing without sounding brash?

thanks all!!

2007-11-09 05:50:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anderson503 3