I had a mental breakdown 4 years ago and haven't been able to work. My family has lived off my savings and inheritance(both my parents passed). Now the money is running out and so is my spouse. I can't work and have no savings to speak of. We have one child together. Can I get spouse support? Location: West Virginia
Location: Arizona
Edit: I did verify that this person is actually an actively licensed nurse, but appears to be retired from employment. Do any actual lawyers know if I can get in legal trouble for telling their mutual horse riding friends that I believe her medical suggestions harmed my mother and impacted her prognosis? /edit
My mother died this week. She got diagnosed with stage iv cervical cancer in June 2025. She was hospitalized for a few months with sepsis, then started chemo and immunotherapy drugs after the sepsis was gone. After 2 months of treatments, her cancer was like 70% gone. They planned to do 6 months of treatments, expecting the cancer to be gone by then, and then switch to some continuing immunotherapy, and be good. This is a very common cervical cancer that was responding to treatment exactly as expected, or better. At 5 months her friend who “used to be a nurse” hand wrote her a “treatment plan” and sent her a link and sold her an ivermectin/Fenbendazole/vitamin treatment. At 6 months, my mother’s pet scan showed that although most of her cancer was gone, the parts that were not were now resistant to the chemo treatment and had started growing stronger. She was also starting to show liver toxicity in her labs. They changed her chemo treatment to something else, which caused rapid decline, and she died less than 2 months after nearly being cured.
I know that I don’t have any way of proving that the ivermectin killed her. I am a scientist and understand that correlation does not equal causation and that proving this harmed her would be difficult or impossible.
I want to know if I can and should report this “nurse” for giving medical advice to my mother and interfering with her treatment with unapproved medications? Should I cancel her cremation and request an autopsy and tox screening?
I was accepting my mother’s death until I saw these messages from her “friend”. Now I’ve entered an angry stage of grief. I remember my mother telling me about this same “friend” mentioning ivermectin when she was first diagnosed, sounding very impressed by her friend’s medical expertise. I discussed some known risks and asked that she trust her actual doctors since they had done a good job improving her health so far. I recommended that she ask her oncologist about it as well. It appears my mother did not tell anyone about her adding this “treatment” to her routine.
I’m secretly hoping everyone tells me that there is nothing to do about this and carry on, but I also feel like this person needs to sit the f down and have a reality check.
Location: Denver, CO
I’ve been working for this company for around 5 years and half. Last Friday I sent an email to my boss asking for a meeting where we can discuss my parental leave coming up. The plan was have a meeting next Monday in person. According to her she was pretty busy on Monday or any Monday however in one of her email she asked me about how many weeks, dates and whatnot which of course I kindly response.
After 3 business days I got a formal warning from the company with 3 mistakes I made on February 2026, according with that letter there was a audit on March 2026 where they realized such a big mistakes from me.
I replied the email apologizing for such a bad problem for the company and I did not received any answer. I have to say I do not have any handbook from the place I work and it is the first time in 5 years I received a warning. Never happened before. And for sure I made mistakes in the pass but never had a warning. Also first time happened as a employee in th US.
What should I do?
The scenario seems pretty scary for me because it never happened that they made decisions likes this (warning letters) also it is really suspicious that it happened 3 days before I asked for my parental absence. I know if a quit I will loose all chance of FAMLI through the state of Colorado. I’m scare if they will have more retaliations against me, I’m scared if I make a little simple mistake they will fire me on the spot, I’m also worry that if a keep working with them when the times come of have my first children they will fire me cos I already took my PTO (which I just have 1 day off before I already took 9 days).
I’m also an immigrant. My English is not good at all and I just feel kinda nervous because I don’t have any place to go. Btw I’m a legal alien authorized to work legal in the United States.
Location: Maryland
TLDR of the past 5 months is that tenant has been a problem and demanding to be let out of her lease but wouldnt sign any agreements. I also discovered that she has a history of evictions with 17 in the past 7 years. She has also claimed that I was a racist and misogynist pig for enforcing that rent was due on the first and having dishes in the sink (im not exaggerating). I am not sorry to see her go.
Yesterday I get a text from the tenant that she wants to end her tenancy early on May 31st and wants to sign the lease break documents Saturday.
I agreed and asked that she also bring a signed letter to the signing that she initiated it and that she agrees to give up her security deposit. While she is willing to agree to the security deposit she will not be doing the letter. Iam not signing the lease break without that letter. My concern is that she will try and file a lawsuit arguing that I created a constructive eviction or something similar. I want protection against that.
She let me know in her response that she is turning in the keys on the 31st regardless.
Assuming that she and I do not come to an agreement on Saturday I will be enforcing the rent due June 1st and proceeding with the eviction following that.
Here is where it gets complicated. She likes to travel internationally and I doubt she will give me a forwarding address when she gets back. I know she wont be at the property so I dont think that I can give that address to have her served.
Location: MA
I work in HR and recently learned that two members of our HR team (an HR Generalist and someone in Benefits) were discussing my personal 401(k) activity and making negative comments about my financial decisions and situation.
For context, I took a partial distribution for personal liquidity reasons. The issue for me is not the transaction itself — it’s that sensitive employee financial information became gossip within HR.
I escalated the concern to the Head of HR, but the response felt dismissive and more along the lines of “I’ll look into it” rather than treating it as a serious confidentiality and professionalism issue.
All related communication and follow-up conversations are documented.
From an HR/compliance perspective:
How serious would you consider this?
Would you escalate further to legal or let it go after documenting?
Has anyone dealt with situations where HR staff mishandled confidential employee information internally? The lines are blurred within the team but the HR Generalist should not be privy to this information.
I’m trying to approach this professionally and objectively before deciding next steps.
Location: Texas
Employer is treating my LinkedIn "Open to Work" post as a resignation even though I never submitted written or verbal notice and explicitly told HR I was not resigning. What should I do to protect myself?
I've been with my employer for several years and recently had discussions with management about compensation. I was being moved into a salaried position, and based on the numbers, I believed it would reduce my overall earnings. I communicated my concerns professionally and explained that I hoped we could reach an agreement.
After not receiving a clear answer, I updated my LinkedIn profile to "Open to Work" and made a networking post saying I was looking for new opportunities. The post contained a line that could arguably be interpreted as referring to a past employer, but my profile itself still clearly showed that I was currently employed at my company.
I had also just returned from approved leave related to a family loss and a medical issue.
On my first day back, HR and management called me into a meeting and told me they were treating my LinkedIn post as my two-week resignation notice.
I explained multiple times that:
I even offered to correct or remove the post.
I was told it was too late because people had already seen it, and they would proceed as if I had given notice.
What confuses me is:
Has anyone dealt with something similar? Can an employer simply decide that a LinkedIn networking post is a resignation after the employee says they are not resigning?
Update:
It gets even more confusing. The morning after the meeting, I emailed HR and explicitly stated that I had not resigned and that my LinkedIn post was not intended as a resignation.
HR replied:
"In that discussion, we mutually agreed that your employment with Omni Hotels & Resorts will conclude effective June 2, 2026."
The problem is that I never agreed to resign. During the meeting I specifically told them:
I was not resigning.
I did not have another job lined up.
If I intended to resign, I would submit a formal resignation email.
On top of that, on May 19, I was asked whether I could stay until June 5 instead. I said:
"Yes, I can stay as long as needed."
That's another reason I'm confused. If the company truly believed I had voluntarily resigned, why would they ask me to extend my departure date and remain longer?
At this point, I'm trying to understand whether this is being treated as a resignation, a mutual separation, or a termination because I've consistently stated that I did not resign.
Location: Ohio
Did not expect to be writing this today.
Sold my 2018 Civic on FB Marketplace back in April. Guy paid $7,200 cash, I signed the title over, we did a handwritten bill of sale with his name, license number, everything. Seemed like a totally normal transaction, guy was friendly, nothing felt off.
Got a letter yesterday from a Progressive claims adjuster while playing on my phone saying the vehicle was involved in a hit and run on May 3rd in Columbus and that as the registered owner I may be held liable for damages to the other party. Apparently the buyer never transferred the title into his name.
Called the number on the letter and the adjuster was pretty cold about it, basically said "you're still the registered owner on file." I have the bill of sale, the texts from when we arranged the sale, and I know I signed the title but I did NOT file a Notice of Transfer with the Ohio DMV which I guess I was supposed to do within 30 days.
The phone number the guy gave me is disconnected. His FB profile is still up but he hasn't responded to messages.
How bad is this actually? Does the signed title and bill of sale protect me or does the fact that I didn't file that DMV notice hurt me? And is there anything I should do right now before this goes further
Location: indiana, usa
My brother had just bought a 2024 dodge ram 1500 pick up truck for $65,000 and was arrested a few months later. He has the truck impounded and I had called the tow yard and asked if his truck would be allright and informed them he could be gone for up to six months. I was told by the owner that it would be allright but at around six months is when they usually start filing paperwork. Well 84 days later the truck was sold at "auction" to the owner of the tow truck company that towed it for $10,000. They were the only bid. My brother passed away shortly after being released and I want to go after these guys for being shady. My brother didnt recieve a penny for the truck and I know the tow company didnt do everything by code. How do I go about doing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Location: Denver, CO, USA
So this is a doozy. I’m in Denver Colorado first off, and so is everyone in this story.
My daughter moved out and in with her boyfriend and his mother a little over a year ago. I didn’t see her for a few months and when I did she’s obviously pregnant. Obviously. I say, omg sweetie and we get a test and she’s genuinely shocked. She’s 36 weeks and genuinely shocked because “I trusted his mom because she’s a nurse”
Because her boyfriend and her NURSE boyfriends mother had been convincing her for months she was just getting fat and “acting bipolar”
Then the boyfriend tells me “I should have just bought a test for her when mom first thought”
Now here’s the kicker. When they decided to raise the baby this woman went holy nuts. She called CPS about “neglect concerns” while my granddaughter was still in the NICU. She harassed the nurses in the floor to the point they came into the room and asked the boyfriend to call off his mom.
Come to find out-the mom’s just gotten engaged. And has made comments that lead me to believe she knew that my kid was pregnancy and did and said nothing, even when asked. With all that and the freaking out over not getting the baby-to the point I am worried she will show up here.
Today I found a card in a baby book that came from that house. Addressed to the mom. Congratulations on the adoption. Dated before she gave birth.
Now I might be a little mom headed here but I genuinely believe this woman and possibly her son knew she was pregnant and played on her naïveté and vulnerability (I only adopted her at 17 she’s had it rough) so the mom and new boyfriend can have a baby.
They also are holding all the things they purchased for her hostage because “she’s supposed to be mine”
Is this ok? Can they just do that? Would it even be worth speaking to a lawyer about?
I’m so angry and scared and it just seems so WRONG.
Thank you for any input
Hello,
Location: California
I am getting married in less than 2 months and my venue ( that has been booked for over a year) has just started to add fees and costs and generally change things last minute.
Most upsetting the original reception location is now not available, there is a catering fee that wasn't included ( $8,300!!!), and a venue use fee that they didn't see listed either.
My feeling is that I am willing to move the reception outdoors but I can't and won't continue to let them add extra costs because the contract wasn't written well by them.
I have the original invoice and contract but I'm now seeing that the original consultant didn't sign the contract so I'm probably out of luck there.
The original invoice I was quoted on did not include catering but that wasn't discussed to be an extra fee ( let alone more than the whole venue)
Do I have any recourse or should I cancel and kiss the deposit goodbye
Location: Kansas/Missouri (wife and I live in Kansas, were subpoenaed in Kansas, to appear as witnesses in court in Missouri)
Hello - my wife and I were each served with subpoenas to appear as witnesses in a friend's divorce proceedings. The wife (not a friend of ours) subpoenaed us, our best guess as to why is to try and disparage the character of her husband. I have no idea if that's right, but it's a guess.
We arranged childcare and showed up to court this morning, only to sit outside in the hallway for around 3 hours before being told they were done for the day and we would have to appear again on June 1st.
I will again have to take PTO to sit in the courthouse that day - is there any way I can avoid doing this? Or get more compensation past the $41.50 I got for this first appearance?
I'm happy to provide any more info if it would help. Thanks in advance.
Location: NJ
Long story short, I was involved in a no fault hit and run accident where a driver hit my car and fled the scene. I was working Uber at that time and had a passenger in the back (thank God he is ok), my car was totaled and towed from the scene and I was transported to the hospital also from the scene. I have a police report.
I then hired an attorney who made a lot of promises and assured me that I have a very strong case, and then received medical treatment, physical therapy plus back injection for a herniated disc, bulging disc, and a shoulder slap tear for ~8 months.
Fast forward 15 months later, I thought my attorney was representing me with good faith to my best interest so I didn’t bother him by calling regularly. I just spoke to him and basically all he said was that “the insurance offered 3500, take it or we sue.”
I lost my car, my job, prevented me from getting other jobs (due to open litigation), wasted 1.5 years of my life waiting and hoping for at least a reasonable offer but then the offer I get is 3500!!!
I am at a huge loss both physically and financially, suffering both personal injury and property damage and am in utter disbelief for the extremely low offer that I got that doesn’t even cover half the cost of my vehicle let alone my personal injury and suffering!
Is that a common situation? And what can I legally do now? Is my attorney playing games behind my back? Or is he making secret deals without my knowledge?
WHAT IS GOING ON!?
PLEASE ADVICE!!!
Thank you all in advance 🙏
My husband is a new Lyft driver in Broward County, Florida, he is a Hispanic male, 40, knows English but mainly speaks Spanish, and this happened to be his second day ever driving rideshare.
Two male passengers in their 20s ordered a Lyft, got into his privately owned vehicle, and secretly recorded a staged prank interaction without his knowledge.
During the ride, one of them sprayed a commercial “fart spray” / chemical odor product inside the enclosed vehicle to provoke a reaction for their prank content. My husband experienced nausea afterward and the smell remained in the vehicle / on him for the rest of the day. Lyft ended up covering the cost to clean his seat because it smelled after and he could not keep driving after the incident.
When my husband told them to get out and effectively terminated the ride, they refused to leave and continued escalating the interaction. My husband said he would call the police and one guy got out of the car. My husband then exited the vehicle and repeatedly told them to leave and told the one in the car to get out and that he was going to call the police. They taunted him, including telling him to go ahead and call the police and saying racist things to him.
Later, we discovered the incident had been posted on TikTok on a prank/social experiment account. The video shows my husband’s face, voice, and reaction.
They did not include their racist/homophobic statements in the video they posted online as it was composed of highly edited clips.
The account appears to post similar prank interactions with strangers.
Lyft only initially issued a cleaning reimbursement, but the broader safety/privacy issue was not fully escalated yet.
Questions:
- Does Florida’s recording law potentially apply to secretly recording audio/video in this situation?
-Could intentionally spraying a “fart spray “ substance causing nausea in an enclosed vehicle support battery or another claim?
-Does refusing to leave after the ride is terminated create trespass issues?
-Does posting his identifiable face/voice/reaction for prank content raise privacy / right of publicity concerns?
-What type of Florida attorney would be most appropriate for this? We do not have much money unfortunately.
-Is this a huge waste of time and effort? It feels wrong that someone could just target any uber or Lyft driver and do unpleasant things to them for content.
Edit:
If we were to seek legal help, how would that even go? What costs could be associated? Could we lose a lot of money if in the end we’re not taken seriously?
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Location: West Virginia, Raleigh
I’m currently searching for ways to get my sister into legal trouble. Yes I know that sounds horrible, but we’ve tried everything to get her to fix her behavior and the stealing is getting out of hand. I think it’d be worlds better for her to go to juvy than somewhere down the life she be arrested and sentenced to actual jail/prison. She has stolen so much money and items from us I couldn’t even begin to count up how much. I’m done. I’m so sick of it and I want her to ATLEAST speak to an officer. She’s been to therapy, taken medication, been disciplined in every way you could imagine (gentle parenting, grounded, etc.) NOTHING is working. This has to stop or I fear she’s going to get in even more SERIOUS trouble when she gets older. Shes actually already spoken to officers before about her behavior, even that hasn’t changed anything. She was actually supposed to be charged with a felony (making jokes about schools and weapons) but for some reason they let it slide. I absolutely want someone more authoritative involved. My question is, how can I do that? Do i need prove of the theft? How do i provide it? What can i do to get her to learn a lesson before she’s actually locked away for life? Any advice is welcome. Except people saying to leave her be of course, the stealing is only getting worse and more frequent, it’s now or never. Thank you!
I was on approved medical leave for a few months. My manager and HR have all the paperwork needed.
Let’s call this coworker Ugly.
Ugly heard from my manager, that he(manager) saw me visiting a friend on his way to work. Ugly immediately started a rumor that I was working where my friend was. He went to the site twice, asking for my friend the second visit, but her wonderful coworker told Ugly that she “doesn’t give out coworkers info.”
Ugly has sent an email to two heads of the organization I work for saying that I am working elsewhere. One of them immediately believed him. My manager was on this email chain too and swooped in to say that I am not working elsewhere and was on medical leave.
Ugly was a supervisor at one point but his actions with others had consequences, and I believe he’s taking his anger out on me.
This makes me super uncomfortable at work. Knowing he is actively trying to get me fired.
What protection do I have against him?
Location: California
Thank you
Hello all,
Any insight or advise would be greatly appreciated. My brother is in the middle of a divorce. His soon to be ex-wife is trying to claim or fight for my parents home that they resided in (2014-2025). My parents purchased the home back in 2007 and made payments on their own until my father passed away (4 years ago now). The home/deed are still under my parents name so my mom still owns it. My brother and his soon to be ex wife lived there with them, essentially for free, as my parents helped them out with their kids. My brother started to assist my mom with mortgage payments once my dad passed away and his ex wife just moved out a year ago. Would his soon to be ex wife be entitled at all to the property or any payments he has helped with? Location: Texas
Thank you!
Location: Fresno, CA.
Hi all. My sister's husband is about to pass. He was a terrible person. He is not leaving behind any money or assets, but he is leaving behind major medical debt.
They did not own a house. There were no joint accounts. He only worked under the table and sporadically most of his adult life. The only thing that was in his name is his car, which has been impounded by the police. There is not even a savings account.
My sister is not in a place to pay his medical and other debts. She does have a couple of vehicles and a small business that makes just enough to meet her and her daughter's basic needs. He never had anything to do with the business, but she did start it while married.
I assume we should be skipping probate because the only thing to gain would be the impounded car, which is not worth the towing and storage fees. But if you have advice on this, I would appreciate it.
How worried should my sister be about the medical bills and other debt? Is her small business in danger? And if I need to help her lawyer up, what type of lawyer should I be looking for? Thanks for any advice you all have.
I work a cashier/customer service job. My schedule says I work from 8:00-3:00. I arrive at 7:40 to turn on the computer and count the cash drawer before we open at 8:00. My boss last week (he only rarely is at my location) was there when I got to work. He changed my clock in time from 7:40 to 8:00. I claimed it was wage theft. He says I’m not “scheduled” until 8:00 and therefore was working “overtime”. I only get between 25-30 hours a week so am not in fact overtime. Who is right?
Location: Texas!
Location: Nevada
Trigger warning and please don't flag this. I'm really struggling and a recent case in the news has me spinning about and reliving a sexual assault that happened to me in November of 2018. I need to know if I have any recourse (with the cops or the perpetrator) after this long and who I would need to talk to about it. Idk what kind of lawyer I would even need. Details below, please skip if it's not safe for you to read.
I was violently assaulted in Nevada in 2018. I was on a date with a man I met on Tinder who was in my city for a conference. We had fun while we were out and I liked him and felt like going back to his hotel room. I know that doesn't look good for me, the detective on my case made sure I knew it. Anyway, we got back to the room and kissed for a bit then he got extremely violent and he scared me. He eventually gained power over me long enough to penetrate me with his fingers as he attempted to also rape me. I fought HARD. I was not letting that happen. I told him no, scratched and kicked, and eventually got him off me long enough to get up. When I did this he sat back on the bed super casually and started laughing. I grabbed my purse which was in eyesight and thought to put my balet flat shoes on, which were next to the bed. Adding this detail because the detective told me it was suspicious I had the ability to grab my belongings when I was leaving. I just knew I may need to run so I needed shoes and I would need a phone, which was in my purse, to call 911. As I left I saw there was blood all over the sheets. So much blood. At least a 1 foot round spot of it, I will never forget that image. I tried to grab the sheet for proof but he jumped up so I ran. I got to the elevator of the hotel/casino and got to the main floor bathroom as fast as I could. I was dripping blood down my legs, crying, shaking. I went into a bathroom stall and called 911. Cops came quickly and took my report then took me to a place where they do rape exams. It was just like a metal building in a place I didn't recognize behind a gate. They did the rape kit. The nurse begged me to get stitches for the lacerations to my vagina but I was already in so much pain and so empty I couldn't handle the thought of going to the ER. I should also mention I'm a nurse and I was worried about running into coworkers. I was so embarrassed.
A detective followed up with me days later after I left several messages. They brought me into the station and took my phone. They said they needed to download the contents for evidence and I gave it to them. That took at least 90 minutes and they gave me the phone back saying they couldn't get anything off it. (Side note, the first cops that came took photos of his tinder profile and our text messages I showed them on my phone.) The detective treated me like I had committed a crime. I was told my story was suspicious because I went to the room willingly. I was told they saw the security footage which identified the perpetrator leaving that hotel room holding the crumpled up linens I said they would find there. The detective went so far as to say he acknowledged that he saw the person leave with sheets but since he couldn't confirm they were the actual bloody sheets he wasn't going to investigate further. Then he dropped a bomb on me. He said they contacted the perpetrator who had retained a lawyer. The detective said because he got a lawyer there was nothing else they could do to help me. The detective closed my case that day. I was in shock. I left. I thought about it for days then called the police back. I never again got to speak to that detective. I tried to even get a copy of the report and any documents related to the investigation and I was denied. I wanted a copy of the rape kit report and they said they don't give those out. After a few weeks I dropped it due to falling into a deep depression which lasted months, with resulting trauma that has lasted until today, seven and a half years later.
Since the Justice system betrayed me, after I did everything I was supposed to do, are there any protections the civil legal system may provide? I have always wanted this person to face what he did and to have consequences. You know I don't even know his full name? I blocked a lot of stuff out. I was hoping if I had the reports I could get his name as a starting point for a different investigation or something. All I know is he went by the name "Ashay" (sp?) which was a nickname, worked at EBAY as a computer engineer and he was in town for a conference. I contacted tinder to report the assault and they said they didn't have a record of his account. He deleted it.
If there is truly nothing to be done at this point I would even appreciate hearing that. I've gone this long with this event constantly in the back of my mind and I can successfully hold it back until there's a strong reminder, like reading another survivor's story in the news today. I want to move on and I thought I could without justice but so far, I can't. Who do I talk to? What kind of lawyer? Will the police open the case back up?
I read today that in Nevada it's not sexual assault unless there is penile penetration. That can't possibly be true right? Right??
Please help.
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
I am currently looking for a new job to get me out of retail hell. I saw a position for a treatment coordinator at an orthodontist's office, essentially a front desk position. I didn't have any orthodontic experience, but I had previously worked at the front desk of an animal hospital, and while not one to one, the skill set is broadly applicable. I applied through indeed, and I did a virtual interview with a parent company which handles the admin for a bunch of practices. That went well and then I was scheduled for an in person interview with the practice I would be supporting.
The interview went well. I'm fairly confident in my ability to be charming in person, and, as I said, I had applicable experience. At one point one of the people interviewing me said that they could see me doing well at the job when they were discussing compensation.
After the interview though, they made me fill out a 'personality test' maddle by a third party to see if I was a good fit. It was a page filled with around 25 boxes, with 4 personality traits in each box. So one box would have Brave, Assertive, Timid, and Calm for example. I was supposed to go through and for each box select the trait that I felt I had the most of, and the trait I had the least of. Easy enough. But as I was filling it out, one of the boxes had God-fearing as an option, and another one had Devout. It immediately felt off to me, as though it was a way to ask if I was Christian without flat out asking if I was Christian. I'm not religious by any means, and I answered honestly.
Afterwards they thanked me for my time and told me they would get back to me by the end of the week. The following day I got an email saying that they had chosen to go with a different candidate.
The whole thing put a bad taste in my mouth. Now, maybe I'm greatly overestimating how well I didn't in that interview, but it felt as though I had it in the bag, and I can't help but feel as though I was passed over for the position because I said I want Devout.
I guess my question is how legal is it for them to do that? I know you cannot discriminate based on religion, but they never asked about religion, they just handed me a paper made by someone else that did.