u/Strong-Volume8670

This is written by my girlfriend, I’m just posting for her-

My mother K is in her 30’s and is a single parent currently and my brother J is in 9th grade who has high functioning ASD, and is currently taking anti psychosis medication currently due to very violent episodes.

K has recently been showing signs of possible drug/alcohol abuse that is concerning my whole family and we aren’t sure what to do. Back in 2024 K started working as a 1-1 care giver for a middle aged woman who had ASD and was non verbal, K would go over to her house, care for her while her father was at work, and then go home. She worked with her for around a month, before she said she saw signs of the women being scared of her dad and came to the conclusion that the father was sexually assaulting his daughter with ASD. So K never told anyone directly in the household, but did take it to the cops, and got fired. (Nothing ever proved the father was assaulting the daughter and the case got dropped).

After that, K said the father “who has ties to everyone in the county, especially police” has told everyone lies that she is a “pedo” and he is trying to get people to scare her and push her out of town. She says she constantly gets pulled over for no reason and people talk very rudely to her day after day out in public. K also started to believe that specific cars are after her “watching her”, she says that some days she will get out of a store and her car will have black suburbans on both sides and that nobody ever gets in or out of them but she knows it is someone watching her.

That keeps going on, into her next job at a motel. She worked there for around 2-3 months. Until she said she started to notice sketchy things going on when the motel gets busy and the person at the front desk can’t pay attention to the cameras. K said there are men who get the same room every time they come and are running a sex trafficking ring in their rooms. She said there are guys walking around with ear pieces and taking turns going in and out of rooms. (But has no videos/pictures). She one day ends up taking a picture of the guy she thought was part of the scheme and said she got fired the next day, and that her boss looked scared, like her boss was talked to by one of the men and is being forced to fire K.

After getting fired from there, she said it’s gotten so much worse, she keeps saying these men are hacking into her phone, her car radio, her laptop. She says they put cameras and microphones in her apartment but she “just can’t find them”. She said that there are little holes in J’s room pointing right at his bed and that they planted cameras in them to look at him 24/7 (which are holes from a pin, from hanging up a picture). K says anywhere she goes there is people following her and that they take shifts on who follows her when. She also believes that the government bought some townhomes across from hers and hired people to live there and spy on her, and that people sit out there in their lawn chairs all day watching her.

To end off everything, K told me today that these people try to drive others “crazy” and that their goal is to make them homeless, commit suicide, or die in an accident. She told me “if anything happens to me, you need to leave, far away”. Because she thinks they will go after me next, and apparently knows that the people who are running this whole operation own the building (college student housing) that I’m staying in, over 40 minutes away from her.

She keeps giving my grandmother halfway suicide threats, saying “if they are going to kill me I might as well get it over with” and just will never stop crying because she is so scared. She also wont contact any of us because “they will know”.

So, besides this, K has two dogs that pee and poop all over the floor and takes days to clean it up because she is scared to go outside. And the house has very slim food options. J does have their own room, with a bed and frame, and clothes, and still goes to school. But they come home to a mom who seems to be off the rocker and has him do things for her so she feels safe.

For example, the other night she had him stand in the living room, pitch black ,listening for hours to hear if someone was outside their door or throwing anything at the windows. Also has him go absolutely everywhere with her when leaving the house so they don’t take her. The other night she also pepper sprayed a male friend of hers inside her home because he was there and she thought he was part of the Illuminati and was watching her. He then got arrested because she said she told him to leave and he wouldn’t, but she had him back there today. Is this something I should report to CPS? I understand nothing will probably happen because he has a home and food, but I can’t stand the thought of him living there during her acting like this. K also has cardboard and other random objects blocking the windows because she thinks they will come watch through the windows.

This is written by my girlfriend, I’m just posting for her-

I am a college student in the education department which automatically makes me a mandated reporter. I have seen a lot of cases in the educational aspect of my career where I have had to work with other teachers to make reports against families so I have experience working alongside another peer, but now I have a possible case that could be against a close family member. My mother K is in her 30’s and is a single parent currently and my brother J is in 9th grade who has high functioning ASD, and is currently taking anti psychosis medication currently due to very violent episodes.

K has recently been showing signs of possible drug/alcohol abuse that is concerning my whole family and we aren’t sure what to do. Back in 2024 K started working as a 1-1 care giver for a middle aged woman who had ASD and was non verbal, K would go over to her house, care for her while her father was at work, and then go home. She worked with her for around a month, before she said she saw signs of the women being scared of her dad and came to the conclusion that the father was sexually assaulting his daughter with ASD. So K never told anyone directly in the household, but did take it to the cops, and got fired. (Nothing ever proved the father was assaulting the daughter and the case got dropped).

After that, K said the father “who has ties to everyone in the county, especially police” has told everyone lies that she is a “pedo” and he is trying to get people to scare her and push her out of town. She says she constantly gets pulled over for no reason and people talk very rudely to her day after day out in public. K also started to believe that specific cars are after her “watching her”, she says that some days she will get out of a store and her car will have black suburbans on both sides and that nobody ever gets in or out of them but she knows it is someone watching her.

That keeps going on, into her next job at a motel. She worked there for around 2-3 months. Until she said she started to notice sketchy things going on when the motel gets busy and the person at the front desk can’t pay attention to the cameras. K said there are men who get the same room every time they come and are running a sex trafficking ring in their rooms. She said there are guys walking around with ear pieces and taking turns going in and out of rooms. (But has no videos/pictures). She one day ends up taking a picture of the guy she thought was part of the scheme and said she got fired the next day, and that her boss looked scared, like her boss was talked to by one of the men and is being forced to fire K.

After getting fired from there, she said it’s gotten so much worse, she keeps saying these men are hacking into her phone, her car radio, her laptop. She says they put cameras and microphones in her apartment but she “just can’t find them”. She said that there are little holes in J’s room pointing right at his bed and that they planted cameras in them to look at him 24/7 (which are holes from a pin, from hanging up a picture). K says anywhere she goes there is people following her and that they take shifts on who follows her when. She also believes that the government bought some townhomes across from hers and hired people to live there and spy on her, and that people sit out there in their lawn chairs all day watching her.

To end off everything, K told me today that these people try to drive others “crazy” and that their goal is to make them homeless, commit suicide, or die in an accident. She told me “if anything happens to me, you need to leave, far away”. Because she thinks they will go after me next, and apparently knows that the people who are running this whole operation own the building (college student housing) that I’m staying in, over 40 minutes away from her.

She keeps giving my grandmother halfway suicide threats, saying “if they are going to kill me I might as well get it over with” and just will never stop crying because she is so scared. She also wont contact any of us because “they will know”.

So, besides this, K has two dogs that pee and poop all over the floor and takes days to clean it up because she is scared to go outside. And the house has very slim food options. J does have their own room, with a bed and frame, and clothes, and still goes to school. But they come home to a mom who seems to be off the rocker and has him do things for her so she feels safe.

For example, the other night she had him stand in the living room, pitch black ,listening for hours to hear if someone was outside their door or throwing anything at the windows. Also has him go absolutely everywhere with her when leaving the house so they don’t take her. The other night she also pepper sprayed a male friend of hers inside her home because he was there and she thought he was part of the Illuminati and was watching her. He then got arrested because she said she told him to leave and he wouldn’t, but she had him back there today. Is this something I should report to CPS? I understand nothing will probably happen because he has a home and food, but I can’t stand the thought of him living there during her acting like this. K also has cardboard and other random objects blocking the windows because she thinks they will come watch through the windows.

My girlfriend and I went to a resort on lake Mille lacs in Minnesota back in June to one of their cabins for her birthday. The stay was absolutely amazing. This resort also has an open fishing charter launch. They hold up to 30 people and you pay 45$ for a four hour trip per person. Fishing was alright, but their fault. The first night we went on one the bathroom on board stunk from high h*ll due to someone flushing and air freshener down the toilet so that was unpleasant the whole time. The next day we did one and it was fine. We went home and everything was great. We decided we liked the launches so much we called and reserved another one for 3 people. Her, myself, and my younger sister. Once we arrived (30 minutes before the launch time) they canceled it due to wind. We made an hour drive so that was disappointing. Now this last weekend, she surprised me by booking one for me and my two uncles for my birthday. Again, a few hours before they called and canceled it. We called back and they said they had one Sunday night so we said we’ll take that and me her and my sister went this time. We asked for a discount for multiple cancellations in a row and at a short notice. instead of 45$ a person, they let us pay 30$ a person for the four hour trip. Great. Then we leave and go on the launch and the bugs come out and the captain was tired of the bugs so he called it at 9 and we got back to the shore about 9:30. Very disappointed we had to stop fishing an hour before our time was up and back at shore half hour before we were even supposed to be done fishing. There was another captain on bored that was along just to fish with his daughter and he asked afterwords if we tipped the captain which we responded no because lately it’s been canceled and now our trip ended short. We appreciate the initial discount but not feels useless since that trip was also cut short. Any thoughts on what to do? They never let us jet our own fish, or unhook them and half the time they try baiting the hook for us too when we know what we’re doing and it’s very frustrating

What would be a good option for an f150 275/65/r18? I live in Minnesota so something that can handle all weather would be nice I want something that can handle snow, rain, highway driving, dirt roads etc all pretty well. Was looking at the falken wild peas at4w but seems they drop gas mileage a ton.

What do I even do? I’m 22 and this is my first truck. I’m at an absolute loss. I bought a 2012 f150 5.0 6 speed with 130k miles in July. I brought the truck in for brakes and they state the pinion bearing is loose. That’s 1,100$ to fix. Now today, leaving my gravel driveway that’s on a slight hill, my tires spun and hear a noise from underneath the front of the truck. Looked it up and it sounds like a stretched transfer case chain. I’m probably around 5k in total I’m guessing for both those things. I owe 12,500. Is it even worth fixing? Trade in and take the 3-4 under and add it on to a different vehicle? Vehicle will go into 4wd high and low. Tried to copy the sound but it wouldn’t really do it again. Guessing can’t just do the chain, would need a whole new transfer case? Any ideas are appreciated.