Angelina

This has been driving me nuts for as long as I can remember! I think it was a tv show (may have been a movie, I was very young when I saw it and can't recall for sure), and it was about an alien on earth disguised as a human, sharing an apartment with a man who knew his secret identity. It was a comedy. One of the men in it really looked like Albert Brooks, but whenever I look up his acting credits, I can't seem to find anything like this among them! It wasn't Mork and Mindy and it wasn't My Favourite Martian... Any ideas?? Thanks in advance!!

Hello all!

So a person very close to me (friend, not family, although they feel like family!!) owes my partner and I quite a large amount of money. As I trust this person and her spouse, I have absolutely no doubt that the money will be received, and I'm not worried about that part at all.

My question is about etiquette. I gave them my bank details over one week ago via email. I did not receive a response, however the next day, half of the amount came into my account. The rest has not come through yet. Like I said, I completely trust them, I just thought that it would be courteous to respond to me, perhaps say something along the lines of 'thanks for that, we will deposit half now and you should have the rest by the end of the month', or whatever, just an acknowledgement?

Is this bad manners? Or perhaps because of our close relationship they think I'll just figure it out?

(As you may guess, there are a few other issues which is probably why this sticks out to me a bit, and also, as my partner and I have a lot of expenses to cover right now - he is changing jobs and we are moving, which this person knows - we need the cash!). I just feel like I'm in an awkward position because they haven't filled in the blanks for me.

Thanks in advance! :)

Hi all!

I feel like I'm going nuts! Need some objective opinions.. In a nutshell, I feel that my best friend is behaving selfishly, but she thinks the problem is all me.

We recently went away together for an event, with our partners, and we all shared an apartment - she never made any plans with me, wasn't interested in meeting any of my other friends, and would often text me to say that she was leaving to go somewhere else with her boyfriend. One night, we all went out together and as soon as we arrived, she disappeared, and didn't answer my text or phonecall. Later on that same night, she once again told me via text she was leaving, and I told her that I felt she just forgot about me, but she said that wasn't her responsibility.

On another day, myself and my boyfriend waited for her and her boyfriend at the train station so that we could all head out together (there was a group of us). We must have waited about 20 minutes for them to arrive, which I don't care about - but when my boyfriend realised he had forgotten something, she didn't wait the extra five minutes, and got on the next train without us. Considering we were supposed to be a group, I guess I just thought it would have been nice of her to wait.

Other general things include never saying thank you, not responding to texts/calls, only getting invited out to see her when her boyfriend is away, me taking the time to listen when she is upset yet she doesn't do the same for me (I had personal problems last year that caused me great pain, as I couldn't talk about it I sent her an email, she told me she was too busy to reply), whenever I try and tell her something has upset me (and it is related to her) she always says it is my fault, not hers.

I could keep rambling on, but you get the idea.. I'm wondering what other people think, is this someone who is inconsiderate or am I too sensitive? It makes me sad, but we've been friends over a decade and I'm not sure I want to keep it going like this. She does have a lot of good parts to her personality, and she can really make me laugh, but this other stuff.... I feel that I am always willing to see her point of view and apologize if I'm in the wrong, but she is unable to do the same for me, or anyone else. For the record, other people don't make me feel like this, gosh, maybe that answers my own question :(

thanks :)