Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Lesbian Couple Wants to be Together	QUOTE (ick33333 @ Jul 5 2008, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mybackpages @ Jul 5 2008, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is a great organization for resources and support for bi-national couples with immigration issues. Good luck immigration equality I went to this website and I thank-you for giving it to us. In fact, I want to thank all of you who have posted information on social security, immigration, gay-rights, etc. as well as those who have wished us well. I will continue to check responses and updates. I'm sure we need to see an immigration lawyer as well. I will keep you all posted on our battle. I sure hope we find a way to climb this enormous mountain. Thank-you all again so much....... ((( hugs ))) Best of luck to you!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-05 16:20:00
Canada	Lesbian Couple Wants to be Together	QUOTE (ick33333 @ Jul 4 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am retired and don't want to lose my social security and / or pension. From Social Security's website: Question: I am a US citizen but plan to live overseas. Can I collect Social Security benefits in a foreign country? Answer: If you are a U.S. citizen, you may receive your Social Security payments outside the U.S. as long as you are eligible for them. Regardless of your citizenship, there are certain countries where we are not allowed to send payments. For more information, please see Your Payments While You Are Outside The United States, Publication No. 05-10137, for a list of countries where we are not allowed to send payments. If you are planning to be outside the United States for six consecutive calendar months or more, you can find out if you can receive your Social Security payment by using the Payments Abroad Screening Tool. Edited by Necrotica, 04 July 2008 - 03:41 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-04 15:41:00
Canada	WOOT WOOT! RAISE THE ROOF!	QUOTE (Necrotica @ Oct 11 2008, 10:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey, everyone. Just popping in to say Hi. It's been a while. Hope all is well. Oh, wow. I meant to post this in the Off-Topic thread. Oooops; my bad. But to make this relevant to the topic... I love my new last name. It's so French and sexy, and it doesn't rhyme with a bunch of dirty words like my maiden name does. Edited by Necrotica, 11 October 2008 - 10:37 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 22:36:00
Canada	WOOT WOOT! RAISE THE ROOF!	Hey, everyone. Just popping in to say Hi. It's been a while. Hope all is well.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 22:15:00
Canada	What do we do???	*hugs*	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 23:22:00
Canada	Well I haven't been on much lately	56 years old... that hits close to home, as that's my father's age...	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 22:48:00
Canada	Home Decorating Thread	QUOTE (txladykat @ May 27 2008, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks! Here are pictures before I finished decorating everything. I will get those put up as well. The stone wall plaster is what took forever. Took three months (doing weekends only) to get the entire bathroom walls done! But it was worth it. Check out the before, then the afters. Oh, my house is only about 25 years old. Before: After: Later I will send pics with the italian decor in place. Also did my kitchen (except the counters), I did that room in a french country look. All is done now except the counters, which I won't do myself.... WOW!!! That is gorgeous!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-05-27 11:34:00
Canada	Home Decorating Thread	I've been living in our apartment for 3 years and still have not decorated it. :\ After moving 14 times in three and a half years, I'm still in the habit of keeping most stuff boxed up. I have SO much awesome stuff to put up one of these days, though! It'll probably wait until later since Réjean and I are planning on renting a house once our financial situation gets more stable and I'm able to go back to work. Edited to say "our" apartment instead of "my" apartment... I'm still not used to this yet! Edited by Necrotica, 25 May 2008 - 03:11 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-05-25 15:10:00
Canada	Any french people living in the usa in here?	QUOTE (Krikit @ Aug 20 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, Mephys is the Canada Forum's only true French-Canadian, I think. Melusine is our French-from-France French-Canadian. Hey, there's also my dear French-Canadian husband, Réjean (morktuum)! Although he rarely posts here, so maybe he doesn't count, heh. I FINALLY get to take French class again once the spring semester comes around. I can't wait to be able to talk to my non-English-speaking mother-in-law and nephew! J'ai étudié le français pendant trois ans et demi à l'école, mais j'ai l'oublié, tabarnak! Edited by Necrotica, 20 August 2008 - 08:15 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-08-20 20:14:00
Canada	How long did your honeymoon phase last?	QUOTE (MsZ @ Nov 5 2008, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's a shame, Necrotica. Are you OK? Hey, sorry for the long delay. I don't get over to these forums very often anymore. I don't really know if I'm ok or not. I'm doing much better than I used to, but things haven't been that wonderful, either.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-11 09:47:00
Canada	How long did your honeymoon phase last?	Our honeymoon period ended before he even got the visa. I still struggle with it.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-05 09:43:00
Canada	Does this mean what I think it means?	Congratulations!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-19 12:28:00
Canada	Ordering a gift from the USA and having it delivered to Canada...	Hi, everyone. Réjean and I want to place an order online for a Christmas gift to be mailed to his brother's place in Québec City for our 3-year-old nephew. I don't know if it's possible for us to do that or not. We really don't want to get a gift here and mail it up there. Shipping would be expensive, plus we're worried about customs tacking on an additional fee to be paid when it's delivered (this happened to Réjean when I mailed him a gift when he still lived in Montréal). Does anyone have any ideas on how to go about this, what websites to order off of, etc.? Thanks for your help!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-23 13:44:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Good morning everyone... I have an early call this morning so coffee's on me for once. *yawns* Edited by Necrotica, 11 December 2008 - 07:06 AM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-12-11 07:05:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I'm sorry for the loss of your cat, Nini.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-23 22:09:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Hey, everyone, it's been a while again. I don't post here much anymore since I'm so exhausted from work and health issues. Réjean and I are moving! The neighbor in the duplex that our best friends live in moved out suddenly, and they asked us if we'd consider taking it. We applied for it, got approved, and we put the deposit down last night! I'm excited but am having some mild panic attacks over it for some reason. The pros are wonderful... it's a 2-bedroom so I can have an office for my work-at-home job, we'll have a yard, we'll live by our best friends (they were the best man and maid of honor at our wedding!), we won't have to deal with screaming neighbor kids anymore, the rent itself is $65 less than we're paying now (although we will be paying gas and water now)... so lots of perks... I guess it's just the stress of moving that's getting to me and the knowledge that this move is going to put me into an awful lot of pain. Hiring a moving company is not an option due to us barely having enough money the way it is (someday I'll explain why in the Vent thread). So I'm happy, yet I'm freaking out. This is a rather odd sensation.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-11-19 12:17:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (MissStacey @ Oct 21 2008, 05:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yay!!! I got my approval notice/Welcome letter for AOS today!! It said my GC should arrive shortly and it expires in... 10 years!!!! Yay!!! Congratulations!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-21 21:26:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	If I could give you some of my height, I would. I'm 6'0" and would LOVE to be shorter.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-21 14:58:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Hey, everyone. Just popping in to say Hi. It's been a while. Hope all is well.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 22:37:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Len_and_Bren @ Aug 29 2008, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Necrotica @ Aug 29 2008, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I need to stop procrastinating. Réjean and I are going to St. Louis tomorrow, and I have nothing packed yet! We're treating this trip as our long-delayed honeymoon! I've missed St. Louis so much! It has been over 6 years since I was forced to move from there. Whatcha mean forced Necrotica??? I am happy you guys are off to do the honeymooney thingyyyyyyy Long story short, I lived with my now-ex-best friend for about 9 months back in 2002, things went down the crapper, and I was kicked out of the house. Without anywhere else in St. Louis to live, I had to leave.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-08-29 16:46:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I need to stop procrastinating. Réjean and I are going to St. Louis tomorrow, and I have nothing packed yet! We're treating this trip as our long-delayed honeymoon! I've missed St. Louis so much! It has been over 6 years since I was forced to move from there.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-08-29 16:38:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I am SO HAPPY about my new job!!! I've been in training for 2 days, and I can already tell that this job is going to be great!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-08-05 18:51:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (SpiritAlight @ Jul 28 2008, 11:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A follow up to my week: After the race of no sleep and the hours that did not go by quickly enough, we were supposed to go and pick up the doggie from the "farm" (my step-mom-in-laws, phew!) and bring him home on the weekend. He had been there for about 2 weeks. Okay you all know I do not have love affairs with doggies, only kitties...any kitty. However, this big smelly, shedding, drooling, loveable, dancing, smiling being was a good companion at times. Except for my incessant cleaning of where he had been, he was funny and interesting. He was diagnosed with cancer and extremely quickly degraded. We went and had him put down on Saturday at the local small town vet. This must have been my partner's most challenging decision in his life. The tears!! The doggy had been so lethargic and not eating or drinking for a few days and when we arrived late Friday night, he still lifted his had and walked a little and wagged his tail. The next morning i even got him to go outside as the other 2 dogs that live there ran around and around us. I asked him to look for my FIL in the playground where he was going and to hang out with him. It has been a tough go this year - all outside of me personally - and yet emotional suffering is never to be minimized. Oh to not be such a sensitive soul. Then again who would/could I be? RIP Baron aka Puppy Wuppy. And me, well, I am so run down, that I got sick...so much for high energy for my trip to BC tomorrow. I need to borrow some. Hee, hee. I'm sorry about the loss of your dog.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-29 11:42:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Len_and_Bren @ Jul 17 2008, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wonder if I could use this one as a siggy without getting kicked out..... Hahaha! That is hilarious!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-17 16:33:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (*Marilyn* @ Jul 14 2008, 12:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ia m not naive to think that it can always be sunshine and rainbows on VJ but there is a thing called common decency and tact... Exactly.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-14 12:46:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I'm so thankful for how kind people are in the Canada forum. The way that others treat people in certain threads is really disgusting me today.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-14 12:25:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Thank you so much, everyone!!!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-11 23:40:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!! *cries in happiness* I can't believe this... I have NEVER had a job come along so easily...	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-11 16:13:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Please keep your fingers crossed for me, everyone... I just went to a job interview today. It would be doing conference calls from home for about 20-25 hours a week with good pay. It's what I've wanted to do for a long time now and is perfect for what I'm needing. The interview itself went well, but I had a small catastrophe where my home printer wouldn't print my résumé, so I had to e-mail it to the interviewer. He didn't look at it during the interview, so I'm worried about what he's going to think when he sees the long list of jobs that I've had within the past 7 years. He did say that attendance and staying at the company for at least a year if not more is very important, and I told him that wouldn't be a problem, but still... I'm scared that might blow my chances. I won't know if I'm hired or not until next Tuesday or so... these next few days are going to be stressful... Edited by Necrotica, 11 July 2008 - 12:28 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-07-11 12:28:00
Canada	New Year's Resolutions	1. Get healthier. 2. Get health insurance somehow. 3. Become more secure in Réjean's and my marriage (I haven't adjusted to this very well... *sigh*). 4. Spoil my rats. 5. Stay in touch with people. 6. Advance in my job and/or at least manage to keep it. 7. Keep the house reasonably clean. 8. Pay off my approximately $1,300 chiropractor bill. 9. Put a minimum of $1,000 into savings. 10. Update my journal more often. Yeah, that should do it...	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-02 01:28:00
Canada	Who do you bank with in the U.S.?	I've been with US Bank for six years and love them. Bank of America is AWFUL. I will never, ever have anything good to say about them.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-07 17:56:00
Canada	Sites you visit while experiencing boredom	http://www.puzzlefarter.com	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2008-10-21 14:31:00
Canada	Horrible day - hope it doesn't foretell tomorrow!	There had to have been something in the air/cosmos/whatever today... it's been a horrible day here, too (check out the Vent thread to see what I mean). So I guess I can relate to this a little.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-06 23:37:00
Canada	Now what????	I am so, SO happy for you! CONGRATULATIONS!!!	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-02-18 13:20:00
Canada	Boyfriend or Fiance?	Whatever you do, make sure you and your fiancé agree on what to refer to him as ahead of time and stick with it, otherwise you may find yourself in the position my now-husband and I were in. http://www.visajourn...h...c=21974&hl=	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-02-15 23:42:00
Canada	The Vent	I am so annoyed right now. The Social Security office won't let Réjean file for a replacement Social Security card without his actual green card. They won't accept his I-551 stamp. I have heard reports of it taking months to receive a new green card. How the heck is he supposed to prove that he's eligible to work? Will his I-551 stamp and his drivers license suffice? At least we were finally able to get THAT replaced! I called the Social Security Administration's customer service line and talked to a really rude lady. She also said that he can't file for his replacement SS card until he gets his actual green card. Then why the #### does this document on Social Security's website say "Accept as valid a temporary I-551 stamp with a future expiration date"?! I don't have the energy to deal with this bullsh*t.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-02-18 16:35:00
Canada	The Vent	Don't ever lose your green card. Seriously. I know no one intends to, but still... just... don't do it. I don't care what the #### USCIS says about carrying your green card on you at all times. If they're going to charge $370 for a replacement green card, then we are NOT carrying it on us at all times and they can kiss my white American @ss if they have a problem with it. Réjean will carry a photocopy of his green card with him at all times and if it is ever needed, then and ONLY then will we show the actual card. End of f*cking story.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-02-14 13:51:00
Canada	The Vent	This is insane. Réjean just got laid off from his job today. We have been sh*t on REPEATEDLY ever since the start of the year, and we're only 10 days into it. Something's got to give. Seriously; this is getting RIDICULOUS.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-10 01:48:00
Canada	The Vent	I've decided to tell my congressman about our green card situation. It probably won't do any good, but it is utterly ridiculous that a replacement green card is $390 for someone who had their card lost or stolen, especially when it is to be carried with you at all times and also when it's only a conditional one! There is no reason whatsoever to charge such an extortionate amount. Even a passport is less than $100 to replace! Without the green card or I-551 stamp, he can't get a replacement drivers license. That alone puts us in an awful situation. The field office won't give him the stamp until we prove that we filed for the replacement green card. There is no way whatsoever of getting out of the fee unless we want to try for the fee waiver program, which I doubt we qualify for, plus with me being my husband's sponsor, I fear that attempting to get the fee waived will get us in trouble since I no longer make 150% of the poverty level or whatever it is that I'm supposed to be bringing in. I have no idea how this will affect us once we remove conditions in November if I don't manage to pick up more hours or get another job. I'm doing better than I was, but I still feel so sick over this. It's such an injustice after already paying $170 for the initial petition, $200 medical, $100 visa fee at the Consulate, and $1,010 green card/EAD/AP fee. Edited by Necrotica, 07 January 2009 - 03:50 PM.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-07 15:47:00
Canada	The Vent	QUOTE (flames9 @ Jan 6 2009, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Necrotica @ Jan 6 2009, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Rob and Mel @ Jan 6 2009, 03:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Necrotica @ Jan 6 2009, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm sorry... I shouldn't have added that last part to my post. It was one of those few moments where I had come completely unglued. Several years ago, I was in a similar situation..... no health insurance, a mountain of bills, and to top it off, a ruptured eardrum. I was lucky that I was assigned to this doctor at the emergency room. He initially prescribed me a litany of medications. After telling him that I could not afford all of them, he gave me a bit of advise. First he told me (as Flames advised) to always ask for the generic version, and he told me you can always ask the doctor if they have any sample packages. I got a bag full of sample packages and was very grateful for it. The medication I got was the generic; I insisted on it. The $50 was the office visit fee. I know they canbe hard to find, but have you been able to locate any free clinics? My Nursing program offers a free clinical, staffed by student nurses and fully qualified Nurse Practitioners. Ya , u get bombarded with questions,lol, but its free!! Check out your local universities to see if they have a Nursing or physicians program and if they offer a free, or reduced fee clinical. Or play around with Google, and see if you can locate a clinic that way! They tend to not be very well advertised, so it can take some poking around. What city do you reside in. I could email one of my instructors and see if she knows of any in your area. No, you were not incorrect in stating 1800-suicide sucks,lol There are some crappy counselors! I'm sure they mean well, but just can't communicate that well. If they are not helping, let them know, and more than likely they can get some one else, or call another service!! Or PM me, i may not have anything wise, but sometimes, just writing stuff down helps! Some suggest to write things down, and throw it in the garbage, keeping stuff bottled up may not help. Thanks, Flames. I've been to about 15 counselors in my life (yeah, I'm pretty screwed-up in the head; I admit it freely), but I've only found two that I actually felt could help me. Neither of which I could see for long due to my crappy circumstances each time. I've given up at this point. There are those types of clinics here, but from what I understand they are extremely difficult to get into (have to wake up very early and basically flood the phone line to try and get an appointment; it's like calling a radio station to try to be the #th caller to win a prize). With the fatigue I have to deal with plus the bronchitis on top of it, I'm sorry, but I just don't have the energy to fight like that. Plus they'd probably deny me anyway simply because my husband alone earns something like 200% of the poverty level, even though our bills (and his carefree spending habit; a whole 'nother rant) eat it all up.	Necrotica	Female	Canada	2009-01-06 23:51:00