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Hello,
This is complicated. My sister and I (she lives very far and sucks at communication) have been closeted witches for an apparently long time. While I'm close to her, we suck at talking. My mother recently went down and my sister accidently out-ed herself to my mother, who was very religious for a long time. This led me to be very un-practicing. However, in an odd twist of fate, my mother has been leaning into witchcraft and wants to start her own grimoire. Since all of this is coming to light, I want to start my own as well.
All together, this came out to be a very positive twist of fate because my sister and I didn't think she would be okay with it. But, she is. Here comes the issue; I have terrible handwriting. Multiple broken wrists and some minor health issues, I struggle. Can anyone really recommend printable versions? Bonus points for free/cheap because we are on a budget.
What are your *go to* online references? We bought two books recently, The Modern Witchcraft boxed set and the encyclopedia of 5000 Spells. Both came highly recommended to us by others. However, for a good bit, that took up my budget. So, i'm reaching out for free/cheap references that I could use as an addition, but stuff I can also print out for my own journal because I suck at writing. I appreciate all the help. THank you

I [F43] met my current boyfriend [M48] about 2 years ago through work. I was at the final stages of my divorce and felt unlovable, broken and lost at life. My marriage was abusive and I was starved for attention, touch, sex, desperate for someone who'd actually be happy to see me.
We hit it off right away - it started with a shared drink at the bar before all the co-workers showed up for a work event. He asked me to be his girlfriend about 2 weeks into the relationship. 2 months later we were discussing marriage and moving in together. At the end of these two months I realized that things are moving way too quickly and I was dissolving in this relationship. He was pretty pushy about me letting him meet my son and moving in together, so I freaked out and broke up with him.
From that point, I'd break up with him 3 more times and then go back together. I understand the reasons now:

• I thought nobody would ever love me like he did
• I thought I haven't given us enough of a chance
• I hoped he'd get his life more together

Now it's the 5th episode of our on and off relationship and here is what I'm seeing: we are fundamentally different in our approach to life. He is laid back and chill and not very career-driven. He is in debt and in general, "bad with money", a pretty impulsive spender. He knew he'd be laid off months in advance, but did not upskill or start looking for a job then. He didn't really look for a job after the lay off actually happened, and it was extremely hard to have a straight conversation with him about it: he either felt attacked when I asked him about what his plan was, or got anxious and stopped the conversation, or had a full-blown panic attack.
Meanwhile, I also got laid off a few months ago. Since then I got a few job-related certificates, found a new job, picked up a few new skills in it, got into therapy, started saving money. I help my son who's been having psychological issues as well - I take him to events, extracurricular activities and signed him up for therapy as well.
So, basically I live life doing what needs to be done and he lives life doing what he feels like - gaming all night long with his friends and sleeping through the day, watching movies and YouTube, buying stuff online. Maybe sending out an application or two once in a while. It seems like he has an explanation (an excuse?) for anything that involves any kind of consistent effort: "I didn't apply for jobs because I took a huge nap, or it was Friday night - who does anything on a Friday night? or it was the weekend, and I just relaxed, or I felt too depressed..."
There are other red flags that exist and that I was happy to overlook before:

• he does speak badly about his ex (says she was abusive, "undiagnosed bipolar" and called him lazy since he was also out of a job during the pandemic)
• he gets mad very quickly at homeless people, bad drivers and people ignoring him. I don't even how what to feel about it - it is extremely weird and uncomfortable to me.

When we are together it's either me taking us out to dinner because I have a job and he doesn't, or we just stay at home to watch Netflix and cook something. I am feeling like I am losing interest and that I can't rely on him. I cannot see him as part of my future. I do not want to turn into a nag who is worried about his life more than him. It's like being a mom to a teenager! We haven't seen each other much in the past couple of weeks - I was busy with work and my son's activities, and that actually let me see what he would rather do with his life, which is more of the same.
So, how do I tell him that this time it's over for good? It's hard because I feel so guilty - I'd be leaving him when he's out of work, depressed and in this hard situation. I'm also scared he'll get angry and start guilt-tripping me some more. I've tried to be supportive and cheerful without being demanding, nagging or overstepping, but I feel like moving in together to help him out would be a disaster... Thoughts?

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Has anyone rented from iHome Property Management?
I tried to look up the agent and the company but nothing is found except a news article about how they messed up on one property.
No reviews anywhere.
Some of the listed agents from iHome Property Management, on the homes. co .nz website are actually from other RE companies — maybe side hustling with iHome? Except the agent I was talking to, they have nothing online other than the currently listed properties.
Just trying to not be scammed, I was hoping that maybe someone here is already renting with them?

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Seeking Submissions for Poetry Chapbook Prize
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The winner of The Headlight Review’s 2024 Poetry Chapbook Prize Contest will receive publication (a perfectly bound book with a full color or black/white cover), an award of $500, and 25 copies of the book. A list of finalists will be announced sixty days after the close of submissions. All manuscripts will be judged blindly. The finalists who make it through the first round will be judged by esteemed poet Valerie A. Smith.
2024 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction
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The 2024 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction will be awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication, and 53 copies. To Enter: Submit online with Submittable or by mail from September 1–December 31, 2023. Press 53 short fiction editor Claire V. Foxx will serve as the only judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 1, 2024; advance review copies sent to major reviewers and outlets; publication in May 2025.
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After Happy Hour Contest (Theme: Animals)
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For this year’s contest, we want submitters to go wild—or domesticated, or sentient, or whatever other form of beastly you’re feeling. Submissions should feature some kind of animal that is integral to the story. Note that this doesn’t need to be a real animal—it could be a cryptid, a hybrid, or a human-to-animal transformation. Each $10 contest entry covers 1 short story, creative nonfiction piece, or suite, or up to 3 individual poems or flash prose pieces. Winners receive publication and a cash prize determined as a percentage of total entry fees (full details are on our website).
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The Twin Bill’s Second Annual Baseball Lit Contest
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There are some artists I really like. Being authentic and having genuine alone time is great and all, but there is this little bug inside me urging me to share. And making posts on my profile that no one sees or cares about gets exausting after a while. I write lots of texts with my interpretations of songs and stuff and sometimes they relate to mental health in ways that are intetesting to me. Can I do something like: "Song X from artist Y and album Z is really good! I think it has A meaning and it hits me deep for reason B." And I may also say: "It relates to this other thing (often a hgg video because when my brain decides to post somewhere, its expectation so it immediatly crafts something that fits. I mean... not always. Ive been banned from 2 servers and in one the reason was: "r-word". Nothing else. So I was like: Did I call someone a r-word? Im worried! Did not get a response ever since. BTW I always thought I was a fan of rules, but now I dont really feel that way...) for reason C and I feel D." Like a review! Or is that... GlAzInG? (Pfffff.... F***** **** *********! Imagine making a genuine compliment ever. mEN CaN onLY ThRoW bAcKHaNdEd CoMplIMeNtS bECaUsE tHeY ArE tSuNdEReS bY dEFaUlT.) Its like that for some people observing or apreciating means your stuck...
What do you think? Do you think that me saying that the Polyneuroparty albums from Yakui the Maid really relate to Dr K'd addiction videos because of the overarching theme of a post apocalyptic, inner world colored by a "**** it" attitude where the person just decides : "thats it. my life is now my *****! Imma make myself and the world into a GTA5 lobby! Lets decay while lighting up existence itself" is Glazing and advertising?
Edit: Ok you know what? And that I really really really recommend it! And I will keep saying it, and saying it and saying it! Here and everywhere else! That is what social media was made for!

I am not The OOP, OOP is u/familysuck96
AITAH for snapping my parents after they told me they used what was intended for college to help my brother and his family?
Originally posted to AITAH
Thanks to u/queenlegolas for suggesting this BoRU
TRIGGER WARNING: ableism, favoritism
Original Post May 28, 2024
Obvious throwaway account.
I was not planning to go straight to college, I wanted to take a year off I saved up some money from work. More or less school, sports, and work is all I have done. I wanted to live a little before I go to college. I told my parents about this two years ago. I assured them I all intentions to go to school just wanted to live for a little before hand. It seems they were cool with it.
Advance about a year and a half I told my parents I was looking to start college next semester this is when they told me that I no longer had any money. They did not think I was going to use it, and my brother's wife was diagnosed with MS and can no longer work so they gave my brother my college fund. It was a sizable amount. My parents did not do put it into a 529 plan, my father created an investment account that was in his name but intended for me. Last I was told total amount was around $224,418. Account has been open for 19 and half years.
I get legally I had no claim to the money since it was in my father's name. I also get I am not entitled to my parents financial assistance with higher education. All that being said I lost it with my parents and told them off and said many hurtful things some I regret some I do not.
My parents have told my family and been getting calls and texts stating how hurtful my comments were and the money my dad gave my brother and his family saved them. My initial reaction is why is that my problem? I get it must suck going from two incomes to one, and having a two child ontop of a wife with MS has is appears to be aggressive. While callous how is that my problem? Why should my future he impacted over someone else's life?
My father is not even willing to cosign a loan with me. I mean I am still going to school, I know you go find ways to make it cheaper go to community college for gen Ed's and stuff the transfer. Many grants and scholarships.
AITAH for more or less telling my family they all ducking suck trying to preserve the future of someone that has no real future. His wife MS has aggressively progressed in the brief time she has had it. Gone from working to needing assistance getting to the bathroom. Sure it may not inherently be a life limting disease, but it sure is a mobility limiting disease and she is only 33 and she is already this bad? Hate to be that person my father made an bad investment. That money is going to get eaten up rather quickly.
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Agoraphobe961

Info: did at any point did you or other relatives besides parents contribute to the fund? Your first statement sounds like you did which could give you some leeway for a legal case or at least leverage to get your dad to co-sign.
While you are not “owed” the money, your parents did spend 19 years giving you a verbal contract that you had a college fund

OOP

No I did not add to the account. I lived off the money I saved from working while also doing side hustles for extra cash when needed.

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petitefunsassy

I don’t understand why they needed the entire amount right away.
I don’t get how you can be close and communicating you will be going to college and they give away the money you were counting on without talking to you about it?
I don’t get how your SIL ms issues aren’t covered by insurance and social security disability.

OOP

Living expenses, it appears getting disability for MS is rather annoying to get. I do not know the extra details but I do know his wife did make good money before, she made more than my brother. They also have kids so yeah I am sure they money helped them a lot.
I do not know the ins and outs of their situation to answer your questions accurately.

When asked if he was living at home and off his parents

I was not no, as mentioned I had some money saved up I lived off that and did side hustles when I need extra cash. I did not live with my parents either shared an apartment with my friends

OOP Updated the post the next day May 29, 2024
Update: Have not read all of the comments, but wanted to clear some things up I have seen. I am going to be 20 in January. I did get accepted to U of Penn I will have to see what options are available for me, if nothing is available I will probably just go the state school route. Thankfully I am going to school for electrical engineering with a focus in power systems. Hopefully means I will not have a hard time finding a job. Reason I took the year off before going to straight into college is because some friends I game with are also engineers and they told me if they had the option they would hold off a year or two before going to college since from that point on it is all a grind. So that is what I did, I told my parents my plan they said they were okay with it and even told me the account was not going anywhere.
It was my mistake to put my trust in my parents. I should have followed the the mindset only person you can count on is yourself. Which is what I am doing going forward. My family does not care about me, and that is fine. I acknowledge what I said was harsh and I could have framed what I said better. Point still stands as others have pointed out. The money is a band aide, they are going to run through it and find themselves in a similar situation down the road. Sure I have options aviabile, but comparing them isn't getting my SIL on Medicaid a much cheaper and more viable option? Insurance could help fund her treatments and assistance she may need for as long as she qualifies.
The money will run out, and what then? I hope for my brother's and his family sake our parents don't just pull the rug from underneath him later down the road. As I have found out their word holds little value.
I also do not believe for a moment everyone saying they would be understanding would be as understanding had this happen to them. It is easy to say from the sidelines but it is hard to be open minded to the situation when you planned around a certain thing being there especially because your parents promised you. You expect your parents to be the ones that will keep a promise with their child.
Does not matter, at this point I know exactly where I stand. My brother not only had his college paid for by our parents, he has got a house from them as a wedding gift. I am unaware if he knew the money he got was my college fund or what but I do not care at this point. I will be fine going forward this is not the end of the world for me. So many people go to school without their parents money I can also do it. This is less about the money and more so the fact they are taking a piss on me and trying to pass it off as rain. I would have been more understanding if they just came to me at told me what they planned to do. I would be pissed but I could respect their honesty. How they went about it was scummy.
To those that are also saying they parents would not sign my loans because of what I said. I asked about the cosigner before I said all those things. At first I was upset but I knew with them cosigning I could still pay for school, and given their financial situation hopefully my rate would be on the lower side. Everything blew up the moment they told me they could not cosign a loan with me. So yeah I doubt that is why they said no.
I will keep reading the comments and will answer some I see throughout the day.
RELEVANT COMMENTS
cgm124

Honestly I would go NC and block them from your life, what did your parents say to you when you called them out?

OOP

Nothing to me, they just checked out. Clearly they had a lot to say to my family though. Given the phone calls and text messages.
I know where I stand with them and yeah I am done with them.

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heepofsheep

Have you talked to your brother? He basically got both college funds… would he be willing to at least co sign your loans?
If your parents wanted to help that badly why didn’t they take a loan against their 401k?? Hell they could still do that fund your college…. Except of course they’d be sacrificing their wellbeing instead of theirs….

OOP

Part of me wants to I really do but I am also afraid. I want to ask if he knew it was my college fund he was getting. I am afraid of the answer. Doubt I will ask though if I am being honest.
Yeah that is a good question. Overall they probably feel the same way I do. Why should they have to suffer because another person is sick. They just come off as being the good guys in this equation because they offered help. Knowing my parents especially my dad the money was never part of their plans. It was more or less extra money.

Why take a year off after high school

I took a year off because I saved up most of my pay over from 16 to 18. Had I known they were going to give away my college fund if I did not go I would have just gone.
I thought it was best to take a year off now, cause after college I will be spending most of my life working. I had the means, I was using the money I saved nothing from my parents.
I made a plan based on a promise. You are right though if you cannot trust your parents to keep a promise who can you trust.

LAST COMMENTS FROM OOP

I am more so mad that my older brother got his free ride, a house when he got married, and on top got my free ride also. Yeah I came to vent, I also don't buy others wouldn't be upset either. My parents knew my plan, were on board, told me the money would be there when I was ready. Then when you go to collect they tell you it is all gone, and then when you ask if they would he willing to cosign they also say no. Pretty sure most people would be livid in that situation also. Sure maybe they would say what I said but the raw emotion probably would be present in nearly everyone. It is easy to say from the sidelines how they would handle it. Sure I am sure people will say they will handle it with grace. Good for you.
I will be fine, I am still going to school and I will make sure to learn my lesson that I cannot count on my parents to keep their word and I will make sure I never in a position where I am relying on handouts. My parents taught me a great lesson cannot trust anyone but yourself not even family.

When called on talking about someone with MS and what OOP said

So you have never said anything hurtful in the heat of the moment after you had the rug pull from you?

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