I watch too many romantic movies!

For what its worth, you are absolutely able to collect unemployment in one state when you have moved to another.  That is not either illegal or unethical on its own.

Yeah, I don't think the issue was that she'd moved, more that she's already got another job lined up and has accepted a job offer as of 2 weeks ago (or whenever).

I would hope that if you were to move to another state (perhaps to live w/ family while you had no job), you could still get unemployment from the state in which you'd been working.

I'd still take it if I were her.. perhaps this is just b/c I have been laid off due to no fault of my own and know what a terrible situation this is and how desperately one needs the small amount of money that UI offers.   To each their own...

Yeah, I wouldn't blame her for taking it, really.  Technically she is unemployed for these 6 weeks (or however long it is), and that's a good amount of time to be without income of any sort.

Just another point of view on this if you're having trouble deciding what to do Becca. I would say that it's not pleasant being made redundant and she has already made the decision to apply for unemployment for the period she's not working. If this were my friend I would let her make her own decisions and just support her as much as a friend can when times get a little tough.

If this were my best friend (who is more like a sister to me) and I was truly worried she was going to get in trouble for her decision, I would ask her if she'd checked everything out before applying for the money. If she said she had then I tell her I wasn't bailing her out if she got arrested  and would leave it at that.

Okay yet more proof that I am indeed the BEST girlfriend ever hehe.

I got up a couple of hours earlier than I had to this morning to speak to my Tiger as always. It's evening where he is working right now and we always talk for a couple of hours before he falls asleep with the camera still on   and I watch him like a stalker as I get on with some work until skype plays up and the call goes down. Incidentally, working from home when you're in a LDR should become a worldwide legal right! I would be a blubbering wreck by now if I didn't get to talk to my fella every morning. Kudos to those of you that manage it!

Anyway, Tiger calls and I ask him what he's been up to in the 7 hours since we last talked   He mentions oh-so-casually that his friend who lives in the same building where they're working asked him over to play Wii Bowling a few minutes before but he told him he was talking to me so he couldn't. Not a trace of guile or resentment was showing in his baby blues so I took pity on him. Him and his friends at work love playing Wii Bowling and Guitar Hero. Tiger's rather competitive so I knew the thought of a game going on that he wasn't winning had to be killing him   I grinned and told him to go play the damn game for an hour or so. His eyes lit up in the way they only do for video games, literature, any kind of sporting activity and me...so it was worth the sacrifice lol. He also said "Are you sure? Well I guess I AM spending the rest of my life with you after all"     He hopefully leaves to go back to Arkansas and start his new job tomorrow if the weather holds up so he probably won't see any of the guys he's been working with again which is sad. Everything is so temporary for him right now, we know he's just biding time until May when he's coming over to live in the UK, so it's just a case of sorting out all his ties in the States and saving up as much as possible until then.

Has anyone else ever been blown out by their SO? Any funny stories or silly arguments? What do your SO's love doing when they're not talking to you?

Sam

Tim's here!  I won't be on much the next three weeks

Tim's here!  I won't be on much the next three weeks

Yay!  I hope you both have a great time!

I hope you both have a wonderful time!!!

Tim's here!  I won't be on much the next three weeks

Woohoo...Love it! Have a great time!

Has anyone else ever been blown out by their SO? Any funny stories or silly arguments? What do your SO's love doing when they're not talking to you?

Sam - Not exactly what I quoted above but in the same scenario - I do get to talk everyday to my BF when he is home - when he is on the rig its email but phone every other night.  Since BF works 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, 2 weeks on and then 4 weeks off he has LOTS of free time when he is home.  He starting oil painting and is fabulous and he has 2 girls who are very sweet (right now) too me when we tallk and he grabs a pint with his dad but is just always running some errand like I do.

My BF and I are slightly different when it comes to computers and internet. I leave mine on, I belong to every chat program known to man, I have 2 FB, 2 MS, Twitter and gosh knows what else. I manage a communications company that does conference calls with some major marketers so I am always connected.  The BF not so much - he turns off the computer with each use and might turn it on once a day to talk to me via Skype, check FB or email (unless hes on the rig then we chat every night). So the way I stay in touch is I email him from my phone like a text message which is more beneficial for me but I know he loves it as well b/c it means I am thinking of him.  I understand the data plan in the UK for cell phones are so much more then here.  I have unlimited and think nothing of it so I don't expect this from him and if we texted all the time wow it would just run up our text bill.

Have I mentioned again how much you rock mirra for starting this because I think you all are great and this just helps me get thru some days just to "hear" you all.

sarah..where you been hiding?

YAY Becca...enjoy your time with Tim!

Hello ladies!  Hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday!

DF and I talk on the phone once a day, during my commute home at 5:00 and when he is just heading to bed at 11:00.  We talk for about an hour, until I make it to the daycare to pick up my daughter.  We communicate through email and text when we aren't on the phone...we work for the same company, so emailing is quite simple for us when we are at work.  When we aren't talking he spends his time at work, the gym and occasionally the pub during the week and with his daughter on the weekends.  Lately he's been fixing up the house for when DD and I move over at the end of this year/beginning of next year.  This weekend he is working on completing DD's room.  

DF will be here next Thursday and we have engagmenet photos on Friday...very excited about that!  It's also DD's 4th bday party on Saturday!

Cella

DF will be here next Thursday and we have engagmenet photos on Friday...very excited about that!  It's also DD's 4th bday party on Saturday!

That sounds very exciting!  I hope everything is loads of fun.

I'm looking forward to my next two weekends - I've got horse shows both weekends, which is awesome.  (I bought my horse last fall with the intent to start showing in the spring, but various things conspired to make that not happen.)  I'll need to get up super early tomorrow to go to the show, but I have no other substantial weekend plans, thankfully, so I imagine I'll be lazy once we're done (he gets Sunday off as a reward before we jump back into prepping for the next show).

I've been coming home eager to check the mail, and keep being unpleasantly surprised by large/official-looking packages...for my evil ex-roommate.  Supposedly she setup mail forwarding weeks ago, but I don't know if she screwed up with that or the post office did, but it's quite disappointing to realize that the embassy has not sent me happy news, my roommate's medicine/bills/etc have just come to my house instead of wherever she's living now.  Sigh.  Could be worse, though, I suppose (she could still be living with me and driving me crazy!).

Oh, and I have a couple of people interested in meeting my horse, so in an ideal world, one of them would buy him - but not until I get to fit in a few horse shows with him first. 

I hope everyone else has fantastic weekends!

Have I mentioned that MY VISA WAS APPROVED yesterday!?  WOOO!!  I'm waiting for it to come FedEx as I type.

Sam, good move by telling the BF to go enjoy himself - that does give you extra GF points.  It seems that DH is always either at the pub, doing something stupid with his mates or gardening (I'd pick the pub, personally!).  What is it with the Brits and their gardening??  I think he and his neighbour/good friend have a competition or something and I'm afraid DH is losing  
But I do think its adorable when he calls me when hes out at the pub - hes trying to make me feel included and I love it even if I cant hear/understand a word he is saying because its so loud in there.

YAY (again) for your visa getting approved, Carey!  That's awesome.   And wow, you're under 4 weeks from moving!

Carey, that's so exciting...congratulations!  4 weeks until you move...that will go by super fast.

equest, hope you enjoy the horse show.  I wish you the best of luck on selling your horse. 

That would drive me mad if I saw large/offical looking packages waiting for me day after day only to find out it wasn't what I am desperately waiting for! I hope you hear something soon.