Not giving back my engagement ring to dead fiancé family? Dead fiancé name “John” & I’ll start at the beginning, about 4yrs ago.

I was engaged to John, after dating for 4yrs. When he proposed, the ring he used was 2 sizes too big. We went to the store, that he bought it from (2 weeks before proposing) & he kept the receipt.

Gotten the right size & kept same style. We did plan to have to wedding, after 3yrs of planning & saving. 10 months after the proposal, John passed away in a car accident. I used the savings for wedding to pay for his funeral.

The day after the funeral, John’s brother came to me asking for the ring. I asked why, his response was that the ring had been passed down their family for 5 generations.

Told him that was BS, because I have proof of the ring was brought for me, less than a year ago. We argued for a bit & he then stormed out.

Then I get the calls from john’s family, saying I’m a liar & demanding the ring. Then I got a letter from their lawyer, in the letter they also demanded that I reimburse them for costs of John’s funeral.

We ended up going back and forth through our lawyers and I managed to keep the ring.

I thought that madness was over, until john’s sister recently messaged me. She & her BF are engaged, but haven’t gotten a ring & she wants John’s ring.

After I said no, she went crazy & messaging non stop demanding. I have blocked her over & over, but she finds a way around it.

I was having brunch with my friend, my mobile was on the table, a message from sister popped up & my friend saw it. My friend knows about everything, before sister’s 1st message.

I explained about her messages, friend believes I’m AH & I should give her the ring. She told my other friends & they are all saying the things. Now I’m doubting myself.

Restaurant had me work without hiring me

A few days ago a restaurant I had applied for messaged me on Indeed inquiring if I was still interested in a serving position and asked me to come in for “training” at a scheduled time we agreed on.

I got there on time and was directed by the owner to shadow the head server. I did this for 3 hours, taking my own tables at some points, and had some really nice interactions with the guests and the employees.

The head server was very kind and taught me their everyday routine, it was very apparent from all my interactions with the other employees that they were under the impression I was hired, as I also believed.

I want to make it clear that at this point I had not been asked for so much as an identification document or a resume or anything to prove that I was really me.

I chalked it up to the owner was still working on getting the paperwork ready and she would surely get my information by the end of the day.

Instead, 3 hours into my shift, the owner told me I could go home out of the blue. I was surprised as I was expecting to work the full shift and things had been going really well.

I asked the owner if she was sure and if she needed anything from me before I left, like the forms of identification needed to properly hire me.

She said no and that she would text me details about my next shift. Skip to the next morning where I have a message on Indeed that “unfortunately it didn’t work with you.”

So I guess my question is I know there are so many points in this where I should have been more diligent and aware of what was happening, like not being asked to interview out the gate and her not asking for my info, but at no point did she say this shift was an interview itself or that I wasn’t hired, everything seemed to point to me being hired.

I know it’s hardly any money at all that they would owe me, but I feel like this is extremely unfair hiring practices and want to know what I can do about it.

my family sat around in a circle and discussed how sad it is i’m single

i’m 26F and never had a boyfriend. I always feel compelled to give a reason why but the truth is I don’t know. it just never worked out for me. It really is one of my biggest insecurities.

So to add on, as part of my culture, and this culture really emphasizes getting married and if you’re not married by 30, people look down on you and treat you like you’re a freak show.

During this conversation, my aunt said “i’m giving you one year to find a boyfriend” in front of our extended family. i felt so mortified and embarrassed.

and so i asked her, “why is it ok for you to say that to me? it’s like if i told you ‘you have one year to lose weight.’” She said nothing in response.

To me this is beyond rude behavior, but now i just have this conversation stuck in my head every time i’m upset.

like how pathetic am i that my entire family literally gathers around and discusses what’s wrong with me? Then they go on to say my brother will have no problem because he’s so good looking.

i feel so bad about myself.

then after this conversation ended and they moved onto the next one, they kept looking back at me and saying “it’s ok it’s ok you’ll figure it out” but the only thing i’m trying to figure out is how to ban these people from my life.

i am on a solo trip overseas right now, and instead of asking how i am when she called, my mom asked “did you find a boyfriend yet” and then laughed.

And so i hung up on her and i’m not sorry at all.

My husband married me because he felt sorry for me.

I came from a complicated situation and as a result have no friends or family. My parents never cared about me (abandoned me when I was young), I moved around a lot so it was difficult to make friends.

I had casually dated before him but nothing serious (I was 18 when I met him, he was 23).

I thought we were in love… but I guess it was a one sided thing – which in hindsight is obvious.

I was the project girl from the wrong side of the tracks he wanted to save.

I think he wanted to leave early on, but some mixture of guilt and hero complex he didn’t.

I got pregnant and he committed to me out of duty.

We’ve been together close to 20 years now.

I gave him everything I had to give. I sacrificed my career for his, and to raise our children. I thought we were a team and his goals were mine too, so while our kids were young I put myself through school to acquire a job and skills that would help him start his own business. Our company, to better our lives for our family, I thought.

I feel so incredibly stupid, and beyond heartbroken.

I woke up every day and loved and sacrificed for him.

He stayed with me out of obligation. I was a chore.

There are a lot of things in our history that make it pretty obvious that he didn’t love me, but I was blind to it at the time.

A lot of things make sense now.

I spent 20 years blending my life with his, and now I have nothing. His family, his friends, his career.

I’m back to square one with nothing.

He seems to be fine with the idea of us staying together for the practicality of the situation. I don’t believe that he is interested in another woman, but content with being a workaholic and me being his domestic/business labourer in exchange for financial support. He sees nothing wrong with this arrangement. It’s best for everyone.

I am so devastated. I have never been loved, and likely never will be.

There is something so defective about me that I was doomed to live a loveless life from birth.

I resent him so much for lying to me, and taking so much from me thinking he was helping.

I could have lived a very different life.

It all started when I was in my mid-20s. I had already started my career in Singapore, and had some savings to my name. I was looking for ways to increase my wealth, and that’s when I heard of the potential for investing in overseas property.

I had heard stories of people who had gotten rich from investing in overseas property, and I wanted to try it out for myself. It seemed like an excellent way to diversify my investments, and potentially generate a substantial amount of wealth.

So I decided to take the plunge and invest in overseas property. I started small, with a single property in Australia. I chose a location that was close to the city and had good potential for growth. I was lucky enough to purchase the property at a good price, and I quickly began to see a return on my investment.

As time went on, I kept investing in more overseas properties. I would research different locations and then find a property that had good potential for growth. I always made sure to do my due diligence and verify that the properties I was investing in had good rental prospects.

I also made sure to diversify my investments, and spread out my risk. I invested in different countries, in different types of property, and in different locations. This allowed me to minimize my risk and maximize my return.

As the years went on, I kept reinvesting my profits into more overseas properties. I was able to steadily increase the size of my portfolio, and I eventually became a millionaire.

I’m so glad I took the plunge and decided to invest in overseas property. It’s been an amazing experience, and I’ve made a substantial amount of wealth.

If I could give any advice to someone looking to invest in overseas property, it would be to do your research. Do your due diligence and make sure you’re investing in a good location with good rental prospects. Also, diversify your investments and spread out your risk. This will help you minimize your risk and maximize your return.

Investing in overseas property has been a great experience for me, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to increase their wealth.

Recently entered a reputable company alongside an SIT graduate on the same day. My first impression of him was great and we didn’t have any issues. As we were both fresh grads, we are mainly tasked to read up on information that are relevant to us. We were on different floors of the company and just within the first week, one of my colleagues had already caught him openly sleeping in the office, either face down on the table or lying back on the office chair comfortably in full view of everyone. Sometimes, there were even instances of him playing games during office hours. My colleague was nice enough to inform him to avoid doing this kind of things in the future during working hours, and even told others that he was only doing that because he was feeling unwell.

His superior happened to have caught wind of this and kindly informed him to not do it again, without any scolding/reprimanding. 正所谓 知错能改 善莫大焉. Despite these repeated gestures of goodwill, his recalcitrant behaviour only worsened. Though I am not sure if this is the case, he has been given more work to do in an attempt to see if he changes for the better. Alas, nothing came of it. He finished it without much care and didn’t bother doing any proper researching on the topic, before going back to what he did best.

Honestly, as a fellow colleague, I don’t really have anything negative to say about him besides his working attitude. What really surprised me was that these actions came from a university graduate, instead of a polytechnic intern. I had tried to drop subtle hints to him during our lunch break together, but he just doesn’t seem to get the bigger picture at hand. There have even been rumours that some of the superiors of our superiors have caught him in the act personally… I really don’t know how long he can last in any company having this kind of working attitude, but all I know is that I don’t want any part of it. As far as I know, no one has tattletaled on him and they all saw him doing it themselves. We will most likely just let the superiors decide the most appropriate course of action against him.

Just wanted to rant about this and I am curious if anyone else have encountered this kind of issue as well.””