u/SomewhereEast3704

Hey everyone - I've about reached the end of listings on Facebook Marketplace for North Van (where I currently live but unfortunately cannot keep selling kidneys to afford) and surrounding areas, and am genuinely choking back tears; there are SO many ideal places and then boom, "No pets" right at the end of the description.

WHERE is everyone keeping their pets ??? Is there some pet underground going on ? How did I miss the memo ? Can I now receive a memo ? What if I just act like my dog is a figment of my imagination and get SUPER surprised when someone else points him out ?

Please reach out if you have any advice or ideas or openings or memos for the pet underground? And no, will NOT be giving my dog up, I adore the dumbass.

Thank you!!

Does anyone know what was going on with the traffic over Iron Workers' Bridge so late this evening? Headed towards Burnaby, backed up all the way to Lynn Valley.

Hi everyone,

I am currently in a PCP program and have a student loan (StudentAid BC) however, the school has deducted $15k from $18k, leaving me with only $3k until January.

I have been trying to balance studying full-time and working part-time, but I am not making ends meet at all, especially now that my rent is increasing, come June. (I do not have parental assistance, unfortunately)

I am not sure what my options are and I'm becoming increasingly overwhelmed and burnt out from trying to keep myself afloat with absolutely no days off - does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on what I can do? Programs or some such ?

Any advice is welcome and greatly appreciated, thank you so much for your time!

I (24f) tend to be a bit of a "therapist" friend - simply because of active listening, I am okay with it for the most part because I like being able to hear someone out and let them get things out in the open.

Unfortunately, I have been going through a VERY difficult time (car accident, sexual as*ualt, dude I was seeing ended things kinda brutally, employment insurance denied, couldn't pay rent, and so on) for about 6 months and I really could've used some support.

Quick context, the women in my friend group are the kind who FIRMLY believe in astrology/watch, like, and repost those "you are not the problem, they are" kinda videos, always on about being "hot girl bosses", etc.

One of my "friends"(29f) in a three-person group consistently went on mental health walks with me, but ONLY talks about her friend who (very long story short) starting dating someone else in January and she has this bizarre, possessive anger towards now. ("Choose me. Love me" kinda thing)

It's absolutely exhausting trying to be there for her while I have so many things to sort out/work through (it's been 5 months of this; they didn't date; she didn't even tell him about her 'feelings')

I mentioned once just how stressed I was (near the end of our walk, after listening to her latest "I love him/I hate him/I am the victim of my own actions" rants) and since then it's just been...zero follow-up for me ? Only, "Let's go for a walk queen" when she's crashing out over some new delusion about this guy.

Since then, I have been working more, and started a college program (5 days college, 2 days work) and honestly? I am f*cking KILLING IT with school rn, always getting A's, and feeling more confidence in myself.

However, I have legitimately disappeared from social events and groups because I am flat broke, so I truly cannot afford to do a lot of things right now, and I have very little energy after schooling and working, and neither of these two friends (in the group) seem to care in the slightest that one of their supposed "best friends" has disappeared off the face of the earth? They are having these awesome hang-outs - side quest kinda vibes - and I'm not upset about not being invited; decline enough and people stop asking, I get it.

The other one (23f) went through a breakup (hella messy) and I tried so hard to be there for her, doing whatever I am capable of to support (going for a drive, trying to organize to go for walks together, text) even though I have been working myself to the friggin bone, and she just does not seem to care - and gets weird with me when *I* check in on how *she* is doing - mind you, she has had absolutely no problem dropping off her ex's things with me (he's one of my friends) but absolutely not a single f*ck given about where I'm at/why I'm always unable to join plans and such.

I even texted her to tell her about how I do not feel considered (not in a mean way, just in a "Hey, I would appreciate it if we could celebrate the wins, too? I am really stoked on the results of my hard work starting to pay off", she apologized and talked about her "things she needs to heal", we went for a walk and she immediately started talking about herself and her "healing" and only about halfway through the walk looks at me and says, "So, what's new with you? How're things going?" - I kid you not, I had shown this friend (about a month prior) that I am developing bald spots due to being so stressed - I am not exaggerating when I say I went through absolute hell for 6 months.

AITAH wanting more support and for feeling angry towards them for how things have gone ? Or am I overreacting and expecting to much ? I know that people all have their ways of going through things, and I would not blame either of them for needing to focus on their own stuff, but they're still hanging out with eachother and having these seemingly fantastic experiences?

I don't quite know what to do nor what to feel outside of very tired and quite lonely.