Comp plans discussed here have me feeling burnt
I sell structures that have a lot of moving parts and come packaged with a full suite of supporting equipment so it takes a lot of technical knowledge, time and effort assessing each customer’s need, and how we can value engineer a solution that works for the budget.
I get 0.5% and a $75k base for structural material sales (agricultural). Consistently a top earner and one of the two top reps in terms of technical knowledge. Pulled around $106k last year off of $5M invoiced.
They then moved me from my sales estimating/design role (technical sales, only dealing with qualified large scale accounts, not responsible for much more than doing the presentation and adjusting quotes) to full-cycle sales (qualifying, closing, quoting, etc) which is much more responsibility (at least 2x fold).
However, they kept my comission structure the same as when I was estimating, with the excuse that my base rate is 2x the other reps (their comission rate is 1.25% vs my .5%, I get $36/hr they get $18/hr). They also took away my 1 week per month of WFH while the senior rep gets full time WFH, despite me outperforming him consistently in terms of activity and entered dollars. When confronted about this, the track record “isn’t proven enough”
Even with no pipeline (I didn’t get direct leads when I was estimating for the other rep’s leads), in the past year I have sold 2x more than the senior rep (only guy above me in this division, who has been with the company over 10 yrs), and closed a $600k deal which would be our company’s most high-profile/prominent project last month. I am immensely ambitious and hungry, with the results to back it up, but this company seems hellbent on keeping me from advancing my career
Seeing a lot of the folks comp plans here has me feeling like I’m getting fucked hard. I’m 27 and have been in sales/estimating for 3.5 yrs at this company for reference. Worked in industry before, which is why I’m so much more knowledgeable vs other reps. I talked to my manager about these concerns and he said “I make plenty for a 27 yr old” which made me see red. Leapfrogged him and discussed with his boss (3rd in command) who will be “looking into options” which seems like a cop-out.
Any tips on getting a better pay structure when ownership/management act like a bunch of chodes? Job market is soft in my field so getting competitive offers has been slow going. I’ve made millions every year for this company but asking for just .2% comission increase seems to be like pulling teeth. Ownership is so greedy here. $120-140M/yr but there’s never any money for the reps….
Morale here is so low, but all the reps love eachother like family, it’s really just the top 5 managers ruining the entire company for the rest of us (I can go on and on about how under qualified they are for their positions). Ideally would like to stay at this company as I bought a home in the area last year, but logic is telling me it’s time to rip off the bandaid.

A friend of mines daughter committed to a division one college for her sport her junior year. She was promised scholarship dependant on whether the player she would “replace” took her 5th year. The family has text message exchanges between the coach and their daughter saying clearly she would receive funds under thoes circumstances. Knowing this she committed to the school, she took that risk. The player she was in line to replace did not take that 5th year therefore the money should have been allocated to her. The coach has not been clear or communicative and isn’t not respective to follow through with her end of the agreement. Is this allowed? It’s sounds very strange to me as I have had all of my children go through the recruitment process.

Hello,
I am a newcomer to Canada and currently have Interim Federal Health (IFH) coverage, which is valid until the end of July 2024. I am HIV positive and catch the flu easily, which often becomes severe and affects my ability to function. Over the past months, I've had multiple toothaches but couldn't visit the dentist because I needed root canal therapy (RCT), which isn't covered by IFH.
I contacted my social worker at the hospital, who informed me that I cannot apply for the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) until my IFH expires. I secured a job a month ago but was exploited and subsequently dismissed. Now, I am job hunting and fear becoming homeless. I plan to use my savings to survive the next two months until I can apply for ODSP, but I am unsure if I will be approved. I am a permanent resident with only enough money for two months' rent in my bank account.
My questions are as follows:

1. Can I apply for ODSP now, create an account, and start the paperwork, given that it reportedly takes three months to process?
   
2. Will I still be eligible for ODSP if I have a job, specifically to receive dental care benefits?
   
3. I understand that earning up to $1,000 per month does not affect ODSP benefits, but how is this income calculated, and is there an online portal for reporting it?
   

Thank you for your assistance.

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So I 20M currently earn 30k / month as an intern aspiring to get into Tech . I am in my 3rd year of Btech Cse from a Tier 3 college . My family has a loan of 12 L and pay interest of around 12k/month . I am confused on wether i should use the money to help pay interest or the actual amount or use it on myself to upskill and save some for emergency. My living expenses are around 15k. I also want to FIRE and learn more about how to plan it and calculate but i think priority should be to get off of debt . Thanks
Edit 1 - My father’s earning is close to null . My sibling is currently helping in paying the interest as well as the bills for my parents

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• Innovative Thinking: Don’t be afraid to try new approaches or start new projects.

By incorporating these principles into your life, you can create a foundation for achieving success and financial prosperity. Remember, success is a journey, and continuous improvement is key.

Hi everyone! I got my hands on a camera, a Nikon D80, not the newest one since it's about 15 years old, but it never had an issue before. I got excited and then disappointed pretty quickly upon finding out it's not working. There's an "Err" on the screen (like this one: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Q6gAAOSwGotWjTkQ/s-l1600.jpg) and basically I'm unable take a picture. The error just won't go away. I tried another sd card, removed the battery and put it back after some time, did a reset, removed the lens and cleaned both it and the body on the inside, nothing works, so it seems like the only way out is repair. Now, the thing is it was supposed to be my first camera, I never really used one but wanted to get into the world of photography. I got that one from a friend who didn't use it anymore so it seemed a perfect opportunity to see if I like it or not. The repair however costs around 75$ (more or less, calculating from my currency) and tbh it's an expense for me. An expense that I'm not sure is worth it. I'm pretty excited about learning photography but it's possible that I won't like it or whatever and then that money will be wasted. So i started considering my options and I thought about selling it along with the lens (Nikon Nikkor AF-S DX 18-135 mm) a buying a used camera. Do you think it's a good idea or should I repair the one I have? What woukd you do in my situation? I'd like some suggestions because I don't know how to approach this.

As the title suggests.
I'm currently an outside contractor via a limited company and my current contract is coming to an end.
I know i will still have outgoings via my limited company, i've calculated what those are monthly.
If i was to take an "Inside IR35 role" to tide me over.... How messy will this be? I know the inside role will pay me after tax into my personal bank account? but what about the expenses coming out of my LTD? Some like my pension i can stop on the LTD and move to making personal contributions but some won't go away just because the company isn't trading like my companies accountancy fee's.
Is there a way put money into the company from my personal accounts? i don't really want to close the LTD as i may need it in the furture if the market for Outside IR35 picks up.
Also on the tax front, it's just after tax year... when my personal libility is due in January, it's normally calculated from "Balancing payment" from last year + forward payment estimated for the following year.
If im getting payed PAYE then i shouldn't have "Personal liablity next year" but the tax man assumes its roughly what you earned last year which won't be the case if im paying through PAYE.
Is there a way of telling the tax man that your PAYE now and shouldn't need to make a forward payment? im Ok with making any balancing payments, i know that may be needed to close off the tax i owe from while ive been trading via the LTD... but the forward payment specifically estimates the tax liabilty for next year, but if im PAYE there shouldn't be one.

Alright, so you’re earning an X amount of money every month and you want to know if you can afford that dream house of yours? Well, calculating affordability only based on income is a job half done, hence here’s a piece on how to accurately calculate the affordability of a house.
But, since we’re here, let’s dance!

Total Income

Okay, first things first. You need to calculate how much is your total family income. Include all income sources here like taking weekend classes, any kind of freelance jobs, or income from second jobs as well. If your spouse is earning or a parent as well, then include that. Basically, all the people who are going to be invested in the new house.

Total Expenses

Now, minus the total expenditure. This should include any existing EMIs, insurance premiums, SIPs (that you can’t stop), grocery expenses, education expenditure, et al. All of those things that take money away from you, should be included here. Another aspect that you need to consider is your Future Expenses. Maybe your kid wants to go to Stanford or you feel like you should own an MG Hector because your colleague thinks that a new house deserves a new car. Does a parent need to undergo major surgery, or is one of your kids getting married within the next 2 years? What if there’s damage due to natural disaster, vehicle damage, job loss and God knows what can happen. What if a deadly virus breaks out, locks down an entire country, and crashes the economy! Would you be able to sustain yourself given that you would have an additional liability of monthly EMIs? Therefore, remember to have a Safety Net where you park money for your emergencies and unavoidable expenses. A general rule of thumb says to have at least 6 months of total expenses as a safety net amount. Apart from this, also have about 1% of the gross house price for emergency house repairs, maintenance, and enhancements.

Let’s suppose the following

Net family income – Rs. 50,000
Total Monthly Expenses – Rs. Rs. 20,000
Net cash in hand – Rs. 30,000
Now, you’re ready and you know how much EMI you can afford to pay.
Suppose you can afford to pay Rs.26,000 (approx.) EMI per month @ 8.5%. How much money can you afford to borrow? Rs.30,00,000!
Okay, let’s say you’re going to be borrowing 80% of the total house cost. So, 30,00,000 is 80% of which number? Rs.37,50,000 (Borrowed amount ÷ 80%). That’s the maximum value of the house that you can afford. And hey, don’t be flattered by my math skills here. I’ll be honest. I used this nifty EMI calculator to get all the answers. Just one disclaimer here – I’ve assumed loan tenure to be of 20 years because that’s the usual tenure that most people go for. But you can change that as well.

I've been playing my first journeyman save in FM. Normally I pick a team and manage them to greatness, or, you know... give up and start a new save.
This year I wanted to try something new and it's been great! I started as a sunday league footballer with the most basic licence to be a manager and jumped into the job market.
First job was Dalkurd from a neighbouring city in Sweden. They were in the third tier of Swedish football, and I took them over as they hovered on the brink of relegation. First seson I stable the ship and get them to a top half finish. Second season we get promoted to the second tier.
First season in the second tier, after some good recruitment, and we're fighting for promotion. Last match of the year we need to win to secure promotion. We lose... but so do the second place team. Off to the top division we go.
During this entire time though, the board has adamantly refused to give me any new coaching badges. We're maintaining a decent position in the top division, but half way through the season it comes to a point, and I threaten to resign unless they can grant me funding to improve my coaching badges. It ends with me resigning and looking for a new job.
It takes a couple of weeks, but in July 2026, IL Hödd in the Norwegian third tier offer me a position. They have a lot more money than Dalkurd did, I'm guessing it's all down to the oil.
IL Hödd is in a decent league position, I think their old manager left them rather than them firing him. I spend a bit of their money and get them some good, younger players. I manage to win the third tier in my first season with them and get promoted in 2027.
I sign some good players in the winter transfer window and decide that maybe this will be a long term project. They've also granted me a few coaching licenses so all is going well.
Then, in the summer of 2028, Bristol City wants an interview.
Now, I've been trying to make "realistic" decisions so far, and Bristol City are offering a lot of money. Also, they are in the Championship so it's a big step up, and will let me get a foot in the English league. With a heavy heart, I accept.
The Bristol City squad is full of old players with an attitude, and it's a bit of a fight to get them out of the club to free up wages and money for a transfer budget, but in the end I win and start the rejuvenation process. The marquee signing though, is a loan of Lucas Bergvall from Manchester United.
I break the transfer spend record in my first summer transfer window, €14.5 million spent, but I get some quality players in who are in their early to mid 20's in, with potential to improve.
The club situation is helped in part by a decent FA cup run where we end up beating Everton away 1 - 0, and in January the transfer total is up to 21 million euros. It pays off though, and Bristol City secures a top spot promotion to the Premier League, led by player of the year Bergvall, goalkeeper of the year Alex Palmer, and manager of the year, yours truly.
The Premier League, 2029/2030, the hallowed lands. I strengthen the squad buying Alfie Dorrington, a promising English centerback from Tottenham for four million. I secure Bergvall on a permanent deal and pick up a French wonderkid midfielder called Emmanuel Lebreton for a total of €60 million euros, an insane amount of money compared to my previous transfer windows. The both end up carrying the team for me, well worth it.
The Premier league is a different beast. We struggle a lot this season, sometimes it looks like maybe we'll get relegated but finally we end up in a solid mid table finish after some tinkering with new tactics. The high point of the season though, is the Carabou Cup which we manage to win, in part thanks to some unlikely wins, along with a lucky draw. This means we qualify for our first European adventure.
2030/2031 - Europe
At the start of this season I find the two best players I have found so far in the save: It's spaniard Angel Cañedo and frenchman Nicolas Duboc. Together they form a fearsome partnership with Angel on the wing providing assists to Duboc who can't stop banging the goals in.
It's another rough season in the Premier league, but we're never in the relegation fight. We're solidly upper mid table at this point. The Conference League goes amazingly and we end up winning the whole thing without any real issues, beating Roma 8 - 2 on aggregate in the semis, and Real Hispalis 4 -1 in the final.
2031/2032 - Europa league
This is the season where the plan is to push for champions league. The squad is ready, and the youngsters have become more mature. A few signings bolster the holes in the squad, but then, right at the end of the transfer window, Bayern swoops in an pays the release clause for Angel Cañedo. 109 million euros. It's a bit of a blow, and I can't find a good enough replacement before the transfer window ends.
The season does go better though, we're starting to make a claim to the top four spots, and the Europa League is going well.
Then Atletico Madrid fires their manager and asks if I want to take over.
I've built something special with Bristol City, and honestly, both the money and the players I have are way beyond what Atletico can offer. But it's a big club and a tempting offer, and a chance to rebuild something of a sleeping giant.
With a heavy heart, I resign at Bristol City, wish them all the best, and join Atletico Madrid.
2031/2031 The Atletico Madrid retirement home.
Holy shit, what have they been up to? The star of the show is 32 year old Fèlix, the rest are around the same age but not as good. Chilwell and Jurien Timber are decent but getting up there in age. They have two decent young players, and a minimal transfer budget to start the cleanup operation.
The new manager bounce is real, and I get them from 12th to 4th in relative short order. Barcelona seem untouchable, as well as Real Madrid, but the rest of the league is there for the taking.
They are in the champions league as well, and it goes alright and we qualify from the group in spite of a few losses from before I took over.
But then things fall apart. We lose at home to Benfica, 0-3 in the first knockout leg. We lose five games straight in the league. I try different tactics but nothing works and it's starting to look bleak. Morale is plummeting, then finally I stumble on a recipe that works and manage to claw my way back to the Champions League spots just in time for the season to end.
Now it's the first summer transfer window after I took over, and I am looking forward to rejuvenating the squad and see how long it will take until I can challenge Barcelona and Real Madrid for the title. I got rid of 35 year old chilwell and replaced him with an argentinian wonderkid from Leeds who had a relegation release clause. I sold Jurrien Timber to saudi arabia for 62 million (fans were very upset). I wish I could get rid of Félix but I expect the fans would have my head for that.
It's starting to look alright for the next season. The rebuild has started, and I expect I will stay at Atletico for quite a while.

I’m a very artistically inclined person so I like drawings portraits for people as gifts. I’ve always gotten a great response from the recipients and sometimes I’ve even gotten requests for these portraits as their gift instead of anything I can buy at a store.
For my aunt’s 48th birthday, I drew her a portrait. She loved it and hung it on her bedroom wall. It was of her sitting in a field of her favorite flowers. Now my cousin, however, is telling me I’m cheapening out because I did it digitally instead of painting it by hand. I told her I didn’t have the tools nor the money to buy supplies, plus I’ve lost touch with traditional art. She said regardless, because I didn’t put in extra effort, it’s tacky and borderline offensive to her mother, and to even gift it to someone because I didn’t put in extra care for it.
I know I’m at least decent at art. Just because I can no longer draw on paper (it’s become a learning curve for me) doesn’t diminish my skill at all. I told her digital provides me a wider access to a variety of tools, unique brushes and effects, but she refuses to back down and says I’m taking the easy way out. Fine. She’s a mathematician, so I tell her that her using a calculator is also the easy way out. She says it’s not the same. I tell her I’ll ask my aunt what she really thinks, but she says she’s just gonna be nice and say it’s fine.
Now I’m worried. I asked my aunt but she says not to pay it any mind, and that she loves it from the bottom of her heart. But what if she’s hiding her real feelings from me? Am I really “cheapening” the gift I worked so hard on because it’s digital? Have I been just giving out a low effort gift all this time? Or is my cousin just being an idiot?
TL;DR: made a portrait for my aunt with digital art. Cousin says it’s disrespectful and cheap because I didn’t do it the hard way.

I know that universe mode gets no love but in such a short amount of time I’ve experienced so many bugs that it’s making the mode unbearable and I soley play universe mode so it’s really upsetting that I may stop playing the game after a mere 1.5 months.
Can you guys let me know if you experienced these bugs and or have any fixes for them?

1. Superstars constantly getting double booked on a show. No correlation whether they are champ or not, and it happens on the tv shows and PPVS. For example, on Smackdown I can Bianca vs shotzi as match 4 and then right after it I get Bianca vs Charlotte for match 5. She’s only in a rivalry with one or neither of them and the matches don’t have any branching. What makes it worse is sometimes they can have a superstar as a part of a random tag team match and then fighting for a championship on the same card!
   
2. That point was meant to Segway me into this next one. WHY AM I GETTING A BARRAGE OF RANDOM TAG TEAMS. No, I don’t mean consistent tag teams that form, I mean one week I get John cena teaming up with my CAW and then the next week it’s John cena teaming up with the Miz. And they don’t stay formed, it’s like a one time and that’s it. This then can trickle into issue number 1, where then you’d see the Miz fighting in the money in the bank ladder match later that night on the PPV.
   
3. ESTABLISHED TAG TEAMS FIGHTING WITHOUT THEIR PARTNER. It has been irking me for so long that for some reason I keep getting Ludwig Kaiser teaming up with Kofi when they both have their RESPECTIVE TEAM MATES. I’ve tried everything to fix this (clear Ally’s, put them in different shows/divisions etc.) jt just doesn’t make sense to me.
   
4. LACK OF WOMEN! In a roster of around 50 per show, I make sure that the women superstars are atleast half. WHY DO I GO SEVERAL WEEKS ON A SHOW WITHOUT A SINGLE WOMENS MATCH.
   
5. Consistent Random championship matches on weekly shows. I’m not against a championship being defended on a weekly show, but it happens on every raw, every Smackdown EVER WEEK.
   

I know that universe mode gets no love but in such a short amount of time I’ve experienced so many bugs that it’s making the mode unbearable and I soley play universe mode so it’s really upsetting that I may stop playing the game after a mere 1.5 months.
Can you guys let me know if you experienced these bugs and or have any fixes for them?

1. Superstars constantly getting double booked on a show. No correlation whether they are champ or not, and it happens on the tv shows and PPVS. For example, on Smackdown I can Bianca vs shotzi as match 4 and then right after it I get Bianca vs Charlotte for match 5. She’s only in a rivalry with one or neither of them and the matches don’t have any branching. What makes it worse is sometimes they can have a superstar as a part of a random tag team match and then fighting for a championship on the same card!
   
2. That point was meant to Segway me into this next one. WHY AM I GETTING A BARRAGE OF RANDOM TAG TEAMS. No, I don’t mean consistent tag teams that form, I mean one week I get John cena teaming up with my CAW and then the next week it’s John cena teaming up with the Miz. And they don’t stay formed, it’s like a one time and that’s it. This then can trickle into issue number 1, where then you’d see the Miz fighting in the money in the bank ladder match later that night on the PPV.
   
3. ESTABLISHED TAG TEAMS FIGHTING WITHOUT THEIR PARTNER. It has been irking me for so long that for some reason I keep getting Ludwig Kaiser teaming up with Kofi when they both have their RESPECTIVE TEAM MATES. I’ve tried everything to fix this (clear Ally’s, put them in different shows/divisions etc.) jt just doesn’t make sense to me.
   
4. LACK OF WOMEN! In a roster of around 50 per show, I make sure that the women superstars are atleast half. WHY DO I GO SEVERAL WEEKS ON A SHOW WITHOUT A SINGLE WOMENS MATCH.
   
5. Consistent Random championship matches on weekly shows. I’m not against a championship being defended on a weekly show, but it happens on every raw, every Smackdown EVER WEEK.
   

(just a random mental notes, not worth reading if busy!)
So even though my estimated/targeted retirement age is 10+ years away, even in the calculations i push my retirement age because in the later stages of career the estimated salary is much higher than the current and i feel if just work for 2 more years i can live way more richly.
Now if I'm hesitate even in the calculations, i feel when the actual time comes to retire, I'll hesitate even more.
And i absolutely hate working, I despise my everyday. I would have said it's sucking my soul, but i feel there's no soul left to suck.
And even though I'm early in my career, i have let it effect my physical and mental health - I guess burned out.
Note to self - * Stop thinking that tomorrow would be better, just live in the moment. Spend that money, though be mindful. Don't count the days/years to retirement, enjoy the work. And you can make the calculation to get the estimates and not be an ostrich with head in sand, but chill on it.

• I'm gonna get a car!!! Though I absolutely don't need it, so that I can learn it as a lifecycle and grow and live the moment! Though it means I have to spend 6- 8 lakh which means 4 months of savings!

I…Without a source in void…Blank nothingness, no substance, material solidified, primordial concepts birthed from a dreaming consciousness left alone for immeasurable time… It was fear of the fragility to make existence…The first semblance of identity, already assumed the highest of dreamer, and miraculous freewill, a potential probability of "OM" unraveling. To vocally create after the amassed power to do so, could be a mistake of hellish surrealism, a failure of truth if it was to last eternity-should the beginning entities choose evil by choice, as made to believe, they're finite beings…inconceivable forever is a God… The perfection becomes the most vast elaboration conceivable, and, with a noise so loudly ultimate, the voice splices through the nothingness with a bang so violent, a literal universe awakens into momentary coalescence, attracting itself together into form at ultimate light speed, and yet slows down into a divisional amount of substances eventually labeled…linear, motion and time arrived…All of them asked if it was a perversion…no straight lines, folding on itself…ya, I smoke weed in my basement… The smartest said a vibratory process in an elastic inert medium, filling up universal space…a visible manifestation of a whole spectrum of electromagnetic waves, it's condensed hard, mixed within itself, from the inside out even made to expand…Gravitational warps, mass balls of weight create autobons, super highways ships can travel…sun's are harnessed, free energy exists, the utopian reality becomes actuality…some can only survive so long without destroying themselves before thousands of years fighting to survive…entire star systems or planets are capable to mobilize themselves into safety zones, remaining self sustaining and untouched by anything harmful for millions of years…in a bright future we'll never be "in"… "Swat!Smack!!!"...fly guts on my acrylic painting…cat urine soaked spotted drywall underneath the drop ceiling of a basement cellar attempt of a rental... space heater warmth resting on a concrete block of stone cold landlord profiteering, profit on an unbreathable musk heap. Mold permeates, damp dirt on a fresh spring rain, draining wetness into it... downloads of WiFi network binge watching the phone for t.v...Bi-law Officer's want to see me drooling on a pillow scratching my nut's in a torn up empty room, to drop an investigative neighbor's complaint of dwelling in decrepitude, that lowers the value of their home...at least my landlord isn't knocking with a human skin costume-because he's really a giant cockroach looking for "Orion's Belt", no, he's looking for regular handjobs from my ex's, and I know this from an eight minute recording of his request, obligingly sent to me from one of them...there are no bug's in the basement, just centipedes and daddy long legs, plus flies, attracted to the poop stained carpet above the bowing drywall, above me... there's no vent cover as the metal pops out through support beam's fitted with the heat tubes terribly hollow, this space is industrial...my particle board door has a dent two inches deep from a rock an ex took to it...it's about four inches thicker on the bottom, water has warped the wood to not close properly…I'm underground enough to survive like a roach in nukes,.though..Joe's apartment had company… People die of respiratory illness due to bedbugs or roach's...Overweight people run health stores, or give "qualified advice" for dietary athleticism…The most easiest of jobs make the most money, as nepotist's live as kings and queens upon the slavery of the less. The division is social and darwinian, brutality, and dominance…and it's a fluke for an individual to charm or be born into the luxurious…the unshared fullness may even morally be the great undoing… It is fear to lose such comfort or control. The very thought of equal entity implies shared power, and that is power to destroy. Why trust the loving power of another??? An epic story of hypocrisy and chosen specials… Dialectical psychosis to believe the purity is real. In cloud's to finally catch up to the surface of this original "bang", the noise gets louder…and I pop through the thought subjugated…big inhale… The entrance door, swelling out from the makeshift framing, jarring a gap that no seal's could fix. It's letting in breezes uncomfortable and chilling, and to get to that entrance, is a steep wooden step set that looks rather haunting... I was frightened I might have ended up in a freezer bag when I viewed the place before renting...took it because it was cheap, and I'd be alone with the grace of freedom, since a God's given none...the doorway is jarring to every female that's attempted a visit in this "abode", and bid farewell... I hear Shakespeare's dogs bark, the cat's patter as Ken's bus bird's chirp, flying over the nest, ambulance sirens, neighbor's arguing, and we have raccoons and squirrels inside, scratching and defecating along with the mice in almost every wall…it's Noah's Ark again…

Ay sorry mapapa rant talaga ako dito.. I have a classmate here in Global Spring Dipolog. Since CET/Admission Exams were out last last week, our common friend got into UST SHS and siya wala. She got pissed maybe and blamed the school for not checking the scores properly saying my friend doesn’t deserve it because they’re from a low profile family lang daw.
Low profile??? eh mama mo nga second wife! buhay na buhay pa ang first wife ng first legal family tapos umeksena na ang mama mo tapos nabuntis. Na annulled nga sila bago namatay ang first wife pero legally speaking, throughout the process of annulment your mom was the other woman. Kumerengkeng.
Imagine 26 yrs ang gap ng dad at mom mo! nagpakasal because of money?🫠 according from the people there and base sa stalking skills ko, they had a civil wedding last 2015. Your mom got pregnant with the first born around 2002. Kayo nalang mag calculate haha.
so first pregnancy- annulment- wedding 2015. The other woman ang mama mo kaya wag kang mapagmataas dyan and stop being a brat. You’re half siblings may have a good relationship with your mom and everyone else in your dad’s side kasi bala maldita si first wife, but it doesnt change the fact that they once consider your mom a homewrecker. Malaki lang talaga respeto and kind ang family.
You think youre better than anyone else? Take your bastard ass and cry about it!