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I will answer many questions, but my favorite is singles and dating. I dont know why, but I feel accomplished if I help just one person with their relationship problem.

  • How do you convince a bipolar person they are being "too helpful"?

    First of all, I am not really looking for POSSIBLE solutions, I am looking for solid experienced solutions to this issue.

    My sister is bipolar and "helps" a bit too often. It's nice sometimes when you have no idea what you are doing and she has experience, but this is often not the case. The most frequent situation is in the kitchen. Whether it is I (novice), or my mother cooking food she is always there critiquing. My mother has been cooking for at least 20 years, most of that time for a family of 4, and she has a pretty good idea of what she's doing. My sister always tries to.. what she calls help.. but believe me when I say it is not the help anyone wants.

    Example: I was cooking french toast earlier which is new for me. I was using a recipe I found online and was trying to follow it. I missed where you have to put the flour in first and mix the milk in slowly to prevent lumps of flour showing up on the cooked toast when saturating them. She tells me "you are supposed to put the milk in first and then mix in the flour", even though this highly rated recipe clearly says the opposite. I pointed out that the reviews did not mention that, and she defended with "Everyone knows that's how you are supposed to do it. It's common knowledge." She kept adding Pam when I didn't want to (the pan is non-stick..) and even took the pan off the stove at one point to clean off the black stuff even though I did not want her to.

    How do I stop her "your always doing it wrong" mentality?

    1 AnswerMental Health4 years ago
  • How do you stop an overly helpful person without hurting their feelings?

    My sister is bipolar and she is very strong willed. Anything she believes to be right she will literally ram down your throat if she thinks what you are doing is wrong. Whenever my mother tries to cook food, my sister will sit in the kitchen and constantly tell her the way she is cooking is wrong, of course my mother has been cooking for a four person family for many years and has very much experience in the kitchen.

    Example: I was cooking french toast earlier (easy right) but I have never really done so. I was using a recipe I found online and was trying to follow it. I missed where you have to put the flour in first and mix the milk in slowly to prevent lumps of flour showing up on the cooked toast when saturating them. She tells me "you are supposed to put the milk in first and then mix in the flour" even though the recipe has some very high ratings and this simple mistake can not possibly be overlooked by every single review, yet she just said "It's just common knowledge. Everyone knows that's how you are supposed to do it". Common knowledge?

    I got angry that she kept trying to help, as I just wanted to do it myself, but she sort of just inserts herself and her ideas into situations. She is not always right, but if you ever call her on it (as I did) she goes beserk! I do not know how to deal with someone like this. Not just for me, but my mom as well. The constant "you're doing it wrong" can be very irksome. Anyone know a solution?

    5 AnswersFamily4 years ago
  • What does the superman joke in the latest family guy mean?

    There is a women with her head cut off and brains spilling out and they talk about 3 more guys in a bathroom where the same thing happens. I never really watched superman movies so what are they referring to?

    3 AnswersMovies5 years ago
  • What does child care assistance mean by the hours you work should concide with the hours needed for child care?

    My husband and I both work a little over 20 hours each week. His schedule is flexible and it runs off of mine such that there's always one of us home to watch over the baby? We want to work more hours when child care assistance is given. But will our hours touchy now concide with the hours needed for child care? What do they mean thru should concide? Should both my husband and I be working more? We do not have anyone else to watch the baby. Any help will be appreciated.

    2 AnswersLaw & Ethics6 years ago
  • How to get sound with EarForce X31 headset on pc?

    Ok so I have an earforce x31 headset plugged into the controller connected to the pc using a wireless receiver. So thats all good. Heres the problem

    I can talk into the microphone but I can not hear sound. I have tried muting and unmuting, restarting the pc, and have fiddled with the settings in "sound". When I go to the sound settings "playback", the green bar moves up and down showing that there is sound going to the device, it just is not playing.

    The batteries are brand new. The headset has sound on a 360. It just does not play sound on my computer! Why?

    Im using windows 8.1.

    PC6 years ago
  • What health coverage can my pregnant girlfriend get?

    My girlfriend and I just found out she is pregnant. She is international here on a student visa. We are planning on getting married before giving birth, but we need some help on what direction we should take. Should we get married sooner than later. And are there many health providers that would be able to cover pregnancy in this type of situation?

    3 AnswersPregnancy7 years ago
  • If a facebook friend has an online status, can they still be offline?

    It bothers me when people purposely ignore me, but as it also bothers me if I falsely accuse someone of ignoring me, so it really comes down to wanting to know.. is it possible that someone could have an online status but not be online? For example they fell asleep while using facebook. If so how long would that last? I assume inactivity would show an idle status, but a mobile online status leaves me with questions and doubts.

    1 AnswerFacebook7 years ago
  • What is my diagnosis?

    I have spent a while off of any medication at this point. I had been diagnosed within the last few years with severe depression, social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. I am asking purely for your opinions before I talk to a psych doctor.

    I agree with the social anxiety so that is not really part of the question. I dont like crowds or trying new things or any mix of those. I cant understand my fear, of being hurt or of being rejected I suppose. Alcohol or ativan have (in the past) been the only temporary cures that work.

    My emotions are a mess. I rarely deviate from the middle of the scale. I hardly ever show anger, joy, or anything besides neutrality. My counselor says I am caged with fear, but he doesn't really give a solution to that problem besides telling me to not be so cynical and try to find the good in people. He asked why I stopped my medications (I have been off for about 4 months) and the answer is that I had to stop for Teen Challenge.

    I tend to see the bad in everyone. I am analytical and I often see things for how they really are, past all the fake and manipulation, and it tends to make me quite negative and doesn't allow me to have many friends. I always tend to find an ulterior motive in everything. I am sexually attracted to women, but am single because I hate the way woman generally act. I've lost the ability to flirt. The only reason I feel anything at all around a woman is sexual tension. It makes me lonely.

    Diagnosis?

    4 AnswersPsychology7 years ago
  • What is my diagnosis?

    I have spent a while off of any medication at this point. I had been diagnosed within the last few years with severe depression, social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. I am asking purely for your opinions before I talk to a psych doctor.

    I agree with the social anxiety so that is not really part of the question. I dont like crowds or trying new things or any mix of those. I cant understand my fear, of being hurt or of being rejected I suppose. Alcohol or ativan have (in the past) been the only temporary cures that work.

    My emotions are a mess. I rarely deviate from the middle of the scale. I hardly ever show anger, joy, or anything besides neutrality. My counselor says I am caged with fear, but he doesn't really give a solution to that problem besides telling me to not be so cynical and try to find the good in people. He asked why I stopped my medications (I have been off for about 4 months) and the answer is that I had to stop for Teen Challenge.

    I tend to see the bad in everyone. I am analytical and I often see things for how they really are, past all the fake and manipulation, and it tends to make me quite negative and doesn't allow me to have many friends. I always tend to find an ulterior motive in everything. I am sexually attracted to women, but am single because I hate the way woman generally act. I've lost the ability to flirt. The only reason I feel anything at all around a woman is sexual tension. It makes me lonely.

    Diagnosis?

    1 AnswerPsychology7 years ago
  • What is my diagnosis?

    I have spent a while off of any medication at this point. I had been diagnosed within the last few years with severe depression, social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder. I am asking purely for your opinions before I talk to a psych doctor.

    I agree with the social anxiety so that is not really part of the question. I dont like crowds or trying new things or any mix of those. I cant understand my fear, of being hurt or of being rejected I suppose. Alcohol or ativan have (in the past) been the only temporary cures that work.

    My emotions are a mess. I rarely deviate from the middle of the scale. I hardly ever show anger, joy, or anything besides neutrality. My counselor says I am caged with fear, but he doesn't really give a solution to that problem besides telling me to not be so cynical and try to find the good in people. He asked why I stopped my medications (I have been off for about 4 months) and the answer is that I had to stop for Teen Challenge.

    I tend to see the bad in everyone. I am analytical and I often see things for how they really are, past all the fake and manipulation, and it tends to make me quite negative and doesn't allow me to have many friends. I always tend to find an ulterior motive in everything. I am sexually attracted to women, but am single because I hate the way woman generally act. I've lost the ability to flirt. The only reason I feel anything at all around a woman is sexual tension. It makes me lonely.

    Diagnosis?

    3 AnswersPsychology7 years ago
  • What is that horror movie I can't think of it's name?

    A boy meets a girl and she sleeps with him all the time in this haunted house. The parents are completely oblivious to everything. The girl shows him this contraption that talks to dead people and ends up getting them both possessed.

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    The end of the movie as far as I can remember she kills the boy with a hammer and is trying to pull up the floorboards where her mother's body lies.

    1 AnswerMovies7 years ago
  • How to determine the amount of summoning levels in Runescape?

    I want to know the easiest way (website or myself) to determine how many summoning levels I can get with the charms I already have. For example, I am level 60 and I have about 2.5k charms of different colors, and I want to know, if creating the best pouches i can for each charm in each level, what my level will be when im done using the charms.

    3 AnswersVideo & Online Games7 years ago
  • Does South Park correctly depict Game of Thrones?

    I am watching the 3 part episodes that involve the console wars, game of thrones, and black Friday. In all 3 episodes it seems to portray Game of Thrones as a wiener loving show. I understand that South Park tends to exaggerate, but in this case how accurate are they? Is that really all Game of Thrones is? A never-ending porno? I was going to watch it, but if thats so, then forget it.

    4 AnswersOther - Television7 years ago
  • What did Hayley mean when she said "Lick my log cutter" on American Dad?

    Now it sounded a little sexual to me but she said that to her brother. Does it mean similar to "bite me" or what? It was on the latest episode boring identity steve wanted money she said she could give it to him or she could give him 0 dollars and he can lick her log cutter.

    7 AnswersComedy8 years ago
  • Trying to remember a show about a smart boy who solves mysteries?

    I watched a show a while ago about a boy who had parents that traveled all around and brought him with them sometimes. He was incredibly smart and 3 of the shows I remember he accidentally built a bomb using I believe edisons design and there was one where he found a secret passage at one of the founding fathers houses I think. And the last one I remember he tricked a magician by slowing his heartrate and pretending he was dead. I believe they talked about older magicians. It was just a show about a really smart kid and 2 friends I think solving mysteries. Fairly recent.

    2 AnswersOther - Television8 years ago
  • How do you move a window thats doesnt have a bar on the top and there are no arrows of any kind?

    There has to be a way. Its just a game that when it starts, there is nothing bad about it.

    1 AnswerSoftware8 years ago
  • I have been feeling shock-like sensations all day every day for 2 days?

    What kind of health issue could this be from? The only time I heard of it was on the show "House". That had something to do with radiation poisoning.

    Basically when I say shocks I mean it feels like someone tasered me. It really hurts. Has anyone heard of this before? Why is this happening?

    1 AnswerOther - General Health Care8 years ago
  • Terroristic Threat and Simple Assault charge?

    I will keep this short with as much detail as possible. My girlfriend's mom drove down from NY to PA to come take my girlfriend away. I told my mom's girlfriend to bring a gun out just for defense. She has a license to carry a concealed weapon, and she showed it, but did not pull it out of the holster. I went over to my girlfriend while the mom was parked in front of my neighbors house but was standing on our property at the time of the incident. My mom's girlfriend purposely showed she had a gun, but did not threaten to use it, which is covered under the second amendment. The mom also pushed me which I will be filing charges tomorrow, but she accused me of pushing her which I denied, as I have never touched a woman in a violent way. She was also making all these false claims that I am a woman abuser and that I was a drug addict. The cops seemed to be taking her side the whole time and they told my mom's girlfriend that she was going to be charged with terroristic threats and simple assault. There was 3 total witnesses, they claim to have a fourth but they were in the car and can only claim to have heard and seen the scene. What would the best defense be for my mom's girlfriend? Obviously she should lawyer up but is it likely that from these charges she will be found guilty or anything? What is the best defense? And I did not touch her, but she claims I did so they want to press assault charges on me, can someone really do that? Just claim they were assaulted with no evidence and the only witness is herself? My girlfriend saw it too and she knows that I never touched her but she did see her push me. I am trying to get through this mess as quickly as possibly so that I can move to california like I planned.

    The scene happened in PA on our property in front of our house.

    2 AnswersOther - Politics & Government8 years ago