I am 24 years old male. i have an achieved career in the field of 3D visual effects, profession and everything. I had a reason to live so far, whcih would be, achieving my goal in my profession and then take care of my parents by supporting them. My parents had forgotten how much poor we were, the days we were eating once a day, whcih is before i got the job and before i supported them or before I left my country. Now I am in a different country, working, but they dont care ab out me or anything, but the money i send them, I wonder if they even miss me. They call me every month around the date i send them money and thats it.

I am missing everything and being a loner. I cant beleive how lonley I am. The one girl I met and liked her, she is white. I met her in the gym, she talked, smiled, was kind, interesting, matured etc I started to like her. After a long time, I thought of telling her how I felt. But I was so nervous to approach her, but I gathered all my courages and asked her out. Now, the one girl I liked wont talk to me anymore. It is embarrasing and humiliating that she stopped talking to me for the reason I liked her very much and wanted to hang out with her, she is avoiding me in my face. I sometimes wonder what is wrong with me, I am not a bad person, I never disrespect anyone, I respect everyone for who they are…Why am I deserving this.

I am wondering what am I doing now in my life. I got everything, but I got nothing. Whom am I even living my life for? I cant get over that she rejected me. Is it because I am not white? or probably because I am Indian? she felt insulted that i wanted to go out with her, or maybe i am assuming it. I cant forget the way her face reacted when I told her how much I like her. I am very hurt.
I didnt walk upto her and tell her something like "I love you" I just asked her if she wanted to go out with me. I try to be honest about what I feel. I dont fake my emotions. I asked her if she likes to go out with me as I like her and find her interesting. I wasnt trying to get into her pants or anything…

She could have told me anything like she cant. I

In one of the replies from someone, he asked me if I smell good. I dont know why people think Indians are nasty. I am a neat freak myself, I regularly workout. I am not insecure. About the looks, I dont think I dress up like a slob. I look exactly like this guy from Hannah Montana, her dad..with the same hairstyle, bigger and younger than him, but an Indian version of him.
I was nervous to approach her because I really liked her and what if she says no. There are a lot of things about her which I found very very cute, like I can just watch her speak all day. I hvnt felt the same with many other girls.
She even said she is single last month. Anyways, I tried to talk to her again, but she pretends like I am invisible. embarrassing

what should it be? I apologize for finding you interesting and cute or for telling you Id be happy if you’d like to go out for a coffee or lunch?

Thanks a lot for the replies guys. It made me feel better.

We went on holiday for a week and my son (19 mos) had his routine totally messed up. I’m not strict with it, he generally goes to bed at 7pm but it can be anything as late as 8.30pm occasionally. But on holiday it went to after midnight, he just wouldn’t sleep any earlier and I relaxed a bit as I wanted him to enjoy himself too and didn’t want to leave him crying in an unfamiliar room. But now I really do need to get him back to something like he was before – I work in the evenings (studying a degree from home, and some evenings I do bar work), and I can’t lose my degree or my job for my son’s sake, so I might have to be cruel to be kind. Last night I had work and I ended up having to let him cry himself to sleep with me listening through the monitor as I was an hour and a half late and would have lost my job if I’d been much later as they were understaffed. I felt awful but he was ok. (By the way I’m a single parent so nobody to share the workload – my dad is here with him when I go to work but only on the condition that he’s asleep and he doesn’t need to do anything). He fell asleep much quicker than I thought he would. Now, one side of me is telling me I should do that every night until he’s back to normal, because if I keep him up as late as he wants to be I’m just going to get nowhere and the quicker I nip it in the bud the easier it’ll be for him. But I feel dreadful. Does anybody have any advice? How did you solve the problem after holidays?

And please don’t give me the whole "You should care more about your child than getting personal time" crap. I do. Just understand that if I lose my degree, I can’t give my son a good future, and if I lose my job, I can’t support him right now.

I have a 16month old son who I am raising alone with the help of my parents due to abandonment by the father. For his own "up-bringing" reasons, age, and immaturity cannot handle this task. I have always felt an immense amount of pain knowing someday my son will ask for him, and i in return have nothing prepared to say. Anyway, i’m in nursing school and volunteered at an elementary clinic. As i looked through the contacts, i was surprised to see so many children with only the mother as contact, and sometimes even only a father. Half of these children lived in a single home, or with a step father, whom they now call dad. I was expecting to see depressed, sad, children. How affected are children by not having a father or mother ? Or dealing with a step-parent. I myself am fortunate to have both, but now i want to know what’s it like for those who were not raised with a father or mother. Did it make you stronger? insecure? How did your mother/father explain this to you as a child. thanks. i have been stressing so much and been depressed over this for so long, sometimes even blaming myself. But now i see that i am not alone!

My daughter is getting married in December of 2006. She announced the wedding 12/05 Her fiancees parents told my daughter they were going to pay for everything. When she asked them again in June they still confirmed that they were going to pay for everything.
Now my daughter asks about wedding invitations and reception information and the mother of the groom says that unfortunately they can not pay for anything because they have to remodel their kitchen for Thanksgiving. (The only reason they are remodeling their kitchen is because their older son’s in-laws are coming over for Thanksgiving Dinner and they are financially secure, a.k.a. "well-off)
So, I have not saved any money for the wedding, since I thought they would pay for it and a lot of holidays are around the corner.
So, should I, the bride’s mother (single parent, single income) pay for a wedding that is a couple of months away or should the groom "Man-up" and tell his parent’s to help pay?

Hi we have a college kid and is going to a 4 year college but did not get a single scholarship. Just a few grants every year and we have lots of student loans too.

She did apply for some on fast web way at the beginning, But got discouraged at how difficult and time consuming they are to apply; plus with a part time job and full time classes, its not something that is appealing for her to do on top of other things.
My question is this: " Are there any scholarships that PARENTS can apply for so that they can go towards the tuition of the child?? I lost my job and will definitely have time to apply on her behalf and maybe get a few scholarships for her.
I dont know if anyone knows of this kind of thing but if you do, I would appreciate any info you may have. thanks

FYI, I am in the USA & she is getting her Bachelors in Animation in a 4 yr college accredited by any univ.