u/theresalottounpack

location: southern California

my attorney is very hard to reach (contingency). Whenever I want to speak, they tell me to send the information I have via email instead. Recently I learned the attorney didn’t even know I resigned even when it was provided in the emails.
We got a settlement offer that is pretty low to me especially if they’re getting like 45%. I would rather not go to court. I’m not sure if I can resubmit information and ask the attorney to take another look or if I should hire another attorney. If I hire another attorney I probably won’t get more than double. it’s just not worth it, but I feel like my attorney hasn’t really read into my case and there’s more money on the table.

On top of that, she discouraged me from filing with the EEOC or DOL. Even when there’s wage theft and retaliation involved. I’m not sure if that’s important.

guy i’m seeing told me before we met in person he’s hesitant to persue things since i’m from another country and we have different values. however, somehow he still drove 2 hours to come see me and no we didn’t hook up or even kiss. however, he said he wants to persue things even if he’s afraid of our differences. He even scheduled our next date, that he is also driving 2 hours for. Today, I saw he recently followed a dating app for people specifically for his culture. I go on the dating app to see if he actually signed up, and he did, recently. He even used a picture I took of him on our first date.

I’m torn. Clearly we’re not hooking up and he is making an effort to drive 2 hours from and 2 hours back to come see me. Could it be his values are that strong? or is he looking for better?