RaRa14

I work with a guy who has more than a little bit flirtatious with me since the moment we started. I have fallen for a player before, and this guy is definitely a player, and I was left completely burned and picking my heart up off of the floor for a long time.

I work with this new guy, and really liked him initially, right up until I realised he treats every girl the same way; flirt, flirt and flirt some more. So I cut my losses and moved on.

Recently I've noticed he pays me more attention than the other girls, and seems a bit odd with his behaviour towards me. I went away for two weeks and he claimed he didn't notice because we 'work different hours', only to comment how much he missed me an hour later. He always comes to me for opinions first, asks me about my personal life, flirts openly with me in front of all of the other girls, and will often intercept my conversations with the other men in my workplace if he sees their behaviour as being 'too forward' (His words, not mine).

He also drops pretty direct hints. During a team building session, where we ended up paired up together, another co worker referred to our pairs as couples and he joked 'Oh, so we're a couple now?'. After we laughed for a bit, he added, very seriously, 'I'd actually be quite happy about that'.

My issue is I'm over analysing every word he says and I'm starting to fall for him again. I don't want to be yet another girl that falls into his perfectly formed line and ends up hurt. Does it sound like he genuinely likes me or do I just need to forget about it and get a move on?

Sorry; it's a long post!

Yeah, I understand I'm going to sound like a right ***** here.

It's a funeral for my boyfriend's grandmother, who he barely knew in the first place, and who I'd never met (when he told me she'd died he just shrugged and acknowledged that he wasn't really affected by it). It's a five hour drive away and he's insisting we travel with his step father on the day, and he's refused the offer of me paying for a hotel stay instead just so we don't spend ten hours of a day in a car, literally only getting out for the funeral, because he won't pay for petrol. I know none of his family up there and they make virtually no effort to know him, which is just bad in my books. I know why he needs to go but I really don't want to waste my day (it's on Wednesday). Can I tell him I don't want to go? Or is there an etiquette issue with this?

Got rejected for my perfect job, bummer! So after shouting, being silent, getting moody and even having a little cry, I've reminded myself that this is probably for the best, everything happens for a reason, blah blah blah. Time to get over it and move on.

But I still feel pretty down so I'm looking for ways to cheer myself up. Please try and put a smile on my face?

I have had the implant for nine months and have spent the last month and a half on a period. However I have started feeling dizzy, tired, nauseous and moody for the past few days, and have been experiencing bad headaches. A pregnant friend said it was early pregnancy symptoms, and she was on the pill before getting pregnant. Am I being paranoid or should I take a test?

I have taken the test (and failed) four times now, and three out of those four times I have had the same examiner. The only time I have ever felt like I failed fairly was the first test I took, where I parked too close to the car in front during my parallel park, and the only time I did not have that examiner.

Here is my complaint: The things I feel I should be getting majors on, e.g. stalling in unsafe areas, not recovering from a stall properly, not taking correct turnings during my independent drive, not stopping in what might be considered 'safe timings' etc, are never considered. I have failed on not driving at 60mph on a very bendy country road that was national speed limit, causing another car to have to brake behind me, not following instructions that were given too late (he asked me to turn left at an unsigned t junction after a 3 metre road, and I was waiting on it as he asked me to turn), clipping a kerb, and pulling out of a junction and reaching the speed limit, causing a car behind me who was going too fast to brake (he tailed me for the next five minutes).

I'm not saying I shouldn't have failed, as I maybe didn't drive my best. But others have commented that the things I'm failing on were only considered minors in their tests. I am getting no faults other than these majors, and this examiner has often taking to lying about hazards I would have difficulty complaining about it I try and argue his decisions (For example, when clipping the kerb I checked my mirrors for cars before stopping, checked all around twice for pedestrians, there were none, so I slowly pulled off the kerb and carried on safely. When this was pointed out I was informed of a pedestrian apparently next to the car, which I somehow didn't see in my very thorough check around). I take the test in my own car due to my previous driving examiner ripping me off (discouraging private practice and rarely taking me far from home despite being the other side of town to the test routes, opinions of a second driving instructor have confirmed my suspicions) and I have heard that this can make driving examiners more nervous, and less likely to pass you due to you either having no formal instruction or being considered too dangerous to drive an instructors car. This has never been asked about and I cannot afford more lessons just to have an examiners car to take the test in. The examiner has never intervened with my driving and I only know I've failed the test because it's him who is testing me. Is this a valid reason to complain? I live in a large town; should I simply be able to ask for assurance I will not have this examiner again?

My partner and I are about to move and I want to draft up the monthly cost. It is as fairly new build and we will be the first residents to have lived in the flat. Water rate is fixed at £25 per month, and there is no gas as heating, hot water, oven, hob etc are all heated by electricity. My partner works 7am-5pm weekdays and I work varying hours, either 8 hours a morning or between 6-10 hours an evening. Does anyone have a similar set up who could help?

I understand what the fee is for, and that check out needs to be done seeing as the flat has carpets, kitchen units and appliances, bathroom suites etc... But other than that it is unfurnished. Should it really be that much?

I've just got a text from Orange telling me my monthly rate is being increased by 4.34%. Is this legal because it's not in my contract anywhere?

I am considering dropping out of university due to the fact I failed a core module in my exams and will have to resit in order to continue my studies. I found the module really hard the first time around and am not happy at university for a number of different reasons, for example I don't fit in with the people on my course, all my friends are on a different course so I feel left out around them, the low level of professionalism amongst staff in the department and I enjoy being in a working environment much more than I enjoy studying and doing essays and lab reports.

I am about 80% sure I want to drop out and the only thing bothering me is telling the group of people I offered to share a house with that I don't want the room any more. Is it worth carrying on just because it would be easier and it would save other people hassle and upset, even though I'm 99.9% sure I won't be happy?