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Contractors/HVAC people please help me solve this small mystery. Is there alegit reason to have a air vent in a wall between?
A bathroom and bedroom? Like they are not there because they are connect to the HVAC but basically a hole that goes all the way through the wall but is just cover on either side with a normal air return? Weird question but I am curious because I was dating a guy that I suspicious had a thing for listening to me use the bathroom and then his master bedroom with
attached bath had this set up and his reasoning for why didn't make sense...
3 AnswersDecorating & Remodeling3 years agoIt doesn't matter now but I still want another opinion. I broke it off BUT... warning long story?
I dated someone who dated my sister 18 years ago. She gave me permission & then revoked it after he had already proposed (3wk after we started dating). I tried to mend things with her & continue to make things work w/ him. It didn't work. Dated Aug 2016 to Feb 2017
My sister won't talk to me, hasn't for months even though I broke it off. The absolute worst is that she is keeping my nephew from me whom I was VERY close too. It has caused a riff within the family.
It makes me angry that he can return the ring & his life is no worse off then when him & I met but mine is irrevocably changed. I am in a deep depression. I feel bitter towards him that he doesn't seem to get that I lost him, my sister & my nephew. I have cried every day for months.
He has a VERY good job & is 9 years older. He had vacation time he HAD to take or he would loose it that he used to spend time with me as we lived far apart. I PAID for EVERYTHING accept the plane ticket each time he came to visit as well as paid to see him & get us hotel rooms etc... the money I spent in comparison to the money I make vs what he spent & what he makes is a huge difference. Also, I am self employed & work suffered because I spent so much time trying to date him long distance.
I know I broke it off w/ him but I can't help but feel like the more damaged party. I didn't have a choice. I already sent the ring back, am I terrible for feeling like I shouldn't have had too?
1 AnswerSingles & Dating4 years agoI broke it off with my fiance but I want to keep the ring?
I understand that is unfair but would it be weird to offer to pay for it instead? It was a really weird situation and the reason for the break up was external factors that just made it impossible to move forward. He didn't agree but I couldn't do it. So for me keeping the ring is to hold onto a good memory ..
3 AnswersSingles & Dating4 years agoWill they give a mother who tested positive for meth and cocaine custody because the hospital and DHS messed up paperwork?
I have a friend who has a sister that is a drug user, a professional escort and I am beginning to think a sociopath or has schizophrenia. She has very paranoid thinking and her thoughts always seem to bounce from one thing to another. She gave birth (after denying she was pregnant despite the obvious) to a baby and tested positive for Meth and Cocaine. They have taken the baby and it is currently a ward of the state. Father is as bad as she is and the grandmother is unable do to disability. They are trying to get Grandfather to take custody. Will they allow her visitation if she does not go to rehab? I have a feeling that instead of getting this girl the help she needs (all though I am not sure she isn't beyond help) they are going to allow her to see the kid and continue down the destructive path. I just want to understand if she will have rights to see the kid if she doesn't clean up because I will report it if I see it. What sort of things would keep a kid from being placed with someone? I don't want to say to much but I really feel in this case the child should be placed far from the blood relatives. The other thing is that their lawyer is telling them DHS made all these technical mistakes... would that really make the case go away?
2 AnswersLaw & Ethics4 years agoWhat is should be the expectation when it comes to a contractor working on your home?
We are having a new roof put on. We have no addict and wood ceilings. Dirt has been coming through the cracks every time they are up walking around on the roof. We told them and they don't seem to think it is their problem. Is it a un fair expectation to think they would come in and put up plastic sheeting or something?
4 AnswersDecorating & Remodeling4 years agoAm I the jerk? What do I do?
Long story I will try to make short.
My Sister dated my parents friends son, long distance for about a year 13 years ago. She is now in a relationship for 6 years and has a 3 year old.
I hadn t seen this guy for like 10 years and they never kept in touch. He randomly comes with his Dad for a visit and we hit it off. Before I even really consider him I ask her if it is weird. Not only does she tell me it isn t but says he is a good guy and she actually could see us together.
Fast forward a week and I say something in front of her boyfriend and she gets kinda weird and later asks me not to talk about my guy in front of him because it makes HIM uncomfortable.
Fast forward a few more weeks (after a trip with him) and she is FULL ON bothered by it all but keeps saying she doesn t care but isn t it weird etc... and I am like, it wasn t weird till you decided it was. I tell her I wish she would have said something up front before all the feelings were involved and she tries to claim she didn t know what I was asking? I ask her what she wants me to do and she says nothing.
She then talked some smack about me to my friend and I call her on it and she gets super defensive and gets off the phone. She now will not text or call me back and has deleted and blocked me on facebook. We are 31 and 34 years old btw. I have sent multiple messages telling her I love her and would legit do anything to not fight and to please, please just talk to me. NOTHING. I am so afraid I am going to loose my relationship with my nephew over this and I am so sad because I really care for this guy but I didn t pick him to hurt her. I have been single for 5 years and this the first person in forever that makes me want to try for a relationship.
I would give him up if I had to because I love my sister and family is so important to me.
I am just so sad.
2 AnswersSingles & Dating5 years agoWhat is story with Chateau Marmont?
I can not find a definitive answer on whether or not ANYONE can make a dinner reservation or if you have to be special (at the hotel not the bar). Is it the kinda situation you can bribe the door man? I am visiting my friend who just moved down there and we want to do something memorable. I am into the history of the place and the architecture. Seeing a celeb would be icing on the cake but I am not some crazy fan girl! Just want a excuse to dress up and have a nice meal in a hollywood landmark. Literally ANY advise anyone can give would be amazing!
2 AnswersCelebrities7 years agoChateau Marmont is it hard to get into? Restaurant or bar?
1 AnswerOther - Dining Out7 years agoHELP! My sorta boyfriend (loooonggg story) parents are controling and manipulative?
A little background. He is 22. He was home schooled and home churched (his family is very religious yet they never talk about what they truly believe so it seems odd) His mother is disabled and his father and sister hardly help but leave most of it to him.
I am older & completely liberal & an atheist.
He really is a smart & hardworking guy, he does everything for everyone in his family and they treat him like ****. He has at times even been the financial support for his parents as well. Never has done drugs, never done anything wrong what so ever. He is like a parents wet dream.
Most recently they have leveraged something he needed from them into forcing him to move home. Now that he is home I can't even talk on the phone to him without his parents listening in or telling him he shouldn't be on the phone cause he has other things he needs to do.
They threaten to kick him out/ not help him for any small thing he does that they don't like. I am at my wits end. I care about him a lot but I cannot handle their control over him. I mean, when does it end? If not at 22, 30? I mean seriously!
He sees it, I think... not sure how f'd up he realizes it to truly be he also feels he needs their help w/ what he has going on at the moment but their help comes with RIDICULOUS requirements. It puts him between a rock & a hard place for sure. Not to mention the guilt his disabled mother puts on him. How do you get him to see that they actually need him much more then visa ve
2 AnswersMental Health7 years agoIs the National Dance Education Organization legit?
I have been seriously considering becoming a dance teacher and ran across this. Online classes would be great for my situation but I am weary of this place being legitimate. The last thing I want to do is spend money on education that isn't respected or thought to be worthy.
I have heard bad things about online education. Does anyone know about this place?
2 AnswersDancing7 years agoIf I have old pictures of houses I have sold, can I legally use them on my company website?
I am putting together my companies real estate website and realized I am not sure how this works. Do I need to just use stock photos? Do I need permission from the current home owner?
2 AnswersOther - Advertising & Marketing7 years agoMy email as VERY little storage, won't erase from server when downloaded on computer?
First it is important to know that I am NOT computer savy.
Someone I know volunteered to help me with my business website. She changed my email over to a small orange where the website is hosted. She had me get mozzilla thunderbird and have my emails download there and then they would erase from the server so my VERY limited email wouldn't get full and lock me out.
What I DO understand: It is IMAP and IMAP works like a mirror so I can't actually do what I want to do and delete in one place and save in another. POP can do that but I don't have a POP account so nothing I can do without changing everything. I know I could redirect it through a gmail account or something.
Problem: I have NO idea how to do any of this. Or even where to start.
I don't want to pay for more storage because that seems stupid when so many other places give you plenty for free!! I had 23 emails in the account and it was saying it was close to full.
2 AnswersOther - Computers7 years agoHow do I stand up for myself without looking like I am making excuses? How do I get these girls to get over it?
When you have three people talking smack about you to a teacher (at dance I am an adult) and you can neither prove your position or disprove theirs how can you come out not looking like a jerk?
I can't believe these girls who are also adults go running to the teacher about something that is A stupid and not that big a deal and B something they do themselves?
I spend a lot of time with these people and I feel I am being seriously ganged up on. To the point where I feel like they are after me and their is so little I can do to stop them from making my life hell. I am used to dealing with people direct if I have a problem with them but when they run crying to the teacher it leaves me stuck. I feel if I try to give my side it just looks like I am making excuses or doesn't have the same weight because it is my word against the three of them. ANY thoughts?
2 AnswersFriends7 years agoI hate wearing footed tights with my pointe shoe!?
I always wear either non footed tights or convertible tights rolled up with my pointe shoes, when I wear tights over my feet in the shoe it feels like the shoe is loose and sliding all over the place. I have to wear them for performances and it really changes my dancing because I feel less confident in my feet:(
Any tips or tricks?
4 AnswersDancing7 years agoHow to not look like a ***** when you are in a chaotic situation and trying to be direct and succinct?
I have a dance class that I am in a undefined teacher helper position. Part of this problem lies with not knowing where I stand but part of it is the fact that this class is very chaotic.
It has myself, my dance partner and our teacher all in "teacher" like roles and the students are hard to focus.
Because of this, it is a hard environment to communicate in. In my head I am just trying to get out what needs to be said in the shortest most direct way possible because it is not likely I will have the floor to give lengthy explanations. This causes me to be come off as bitchy.
If there is any disagreement in what is going on (usually due to a misunderstanding) I find it impossible to get out my side or explain myself without it coming across as mean. This is probably because I am frustrated with the fact that I can't talk more then I am upset about whatever situation I am trying to rectify.
I feel so instantly accused of being a ***** that, that interrupts my ability to show that I am not. I am kind of treated that way the instant I open my mouth and then any kind of trying to explain makes it look worse.
I am never mean in a personal way. I don't call people names or tell them they are stupid I just say what needs to be said. Like "that's to slow". "you need to do xyz for this to work" without any sugar coating. There isn't time for sugar coating! Even if I try to do it different they treat me like it is all the same!
1 AnswerEtiquette7 years agoUnequal leg length.... and foot size.... help!?
My legs are different lengths AND my feet are off by a half a size. When I do an echappe and balance it is extremely obvious that one side is longer. I have very slight scoliosis but have been told it is the type that stopped progressing when my growth stopped. (I am 28) The difference is easier for me to deal with and work around on flat but I notice it a lot on pointe and have been wondering what I can do.
To add to the question, technique wise, I know it is proper to press your heels down when you plie before a turn even if most of the weight is forward (for example) but if I do this when turning on my long leg I HAVE to sit back to get my heel down. When do you do what works vs. whats right? (if that makes sense) Is there ever a time to "cheat" if your body is just not capable?
Any advise or thoughts are appreciated
1 AnswerDancing7 years agoSong for contemporary ballet solo?
I am thinking either while my guitar gently weeps or blackbird
what do you guys think?
1 AnswerDancing7 years agoWas he hitting on me? How should I handle it?
I am 28 and one of my jobs is a few hours a week in a little retail shop.
I have been happily single for a long time, I date here and there but it just really hard to meet people as I am very busy.
I also tend to get hit on by younger guys and much older guys. It is frustrating.
To the point: Guy comes into my work and I help him with some Christmas shopping. He tells me he met the owners and they are good friends of someone he knows. So we chat a little bit. I help someone else, he looks around, any way after about an hour of him chatting with me on and off he formally introduces himself, shakes my hand etc..
Now, we talked about his work and he made me google his website and seemed to be sure I new he was on facebook through that and he seemed to be trying to figure out how old I was without actually asking.
I found him and his business page easily .... he is 44:( I am kinda to busy for real relationships any way and I enjoyed talking to him so I am inclined to think it would be nice to go on a date even if it doesn't go any place.
My problem is that because he knows my boss I am hesitant to assume he is interested and be the aggressor in any way.
I feel based on our convo he could probably find me on facebook near as easy as I found him so do I assume if he is interested he will come back by, find me? Or should I maybe "like" his business page and at least give him a small clue I am interested?
You guys always stop me from looking stupid when I think something is a good idea and it is not. Thank you:)
1 AnswerSingles & Dating7 years agoAm I just being bitter?
This guy I briefly dated got with another girl and recently (after five months of dating) knocked her up.
We are not in high school any more. We are in our mid to late twenties. Just an fyi.
Any way, I know from a few mutual friends that before this happen he had been talking about all the unprotected sex they had been having because SHE didn't like condoms and hadn't had a chance to re-up her birth control.
(this guy tried to sleep with me with no condom and I said NO!)
Any way, He recently announced on facebook that they were and I quote "starting a family and SO excited". It followed with a "_______ isn't working right now and she needs _____ to have her dream of working from home please be a pal and go fund her" with a link to a go fund me page.
Now, I don't LIKE this guy or am sad it didn't work out but at the same time he handled the situation pretty terribly at the end for no reason.
Bottom line, I find it GROSS and tacky to get pregnant on purpose (In my opinion having lots and lots of unprotected sex is trying to get pregnant. We are adults and we know how babies are made!) When you KNOW you are not in any situation to actually support a child and then shamelessly ask for money. ESPECIALLY all with someone you have known a total of 5 months.
I really want a husband, kids, etc... but I want to do it with someone I have time to get to know. When I am in a place financially to do it and I get frustrated watching guy after guy that it didn't work out with immediately go knock up someone else and live happily ever after (this has happen to me a lot). Sometimes I wish I could just do that but I couldn't and I am all alone.
Thoughts? Am I just a whiner?
4 AnswersEtiquette8 years agoHeadache/Buzzing caused by microwave in deaf blind person?
I have a good friend who's mother is mostly deaf and mostly blind. She has been going deaf-blind slowly over about 25 years. She has a hard time doing much of anything (she also doesn't seem real motivated to learn how to do things).
She complains about not being able to cook so I suggested they get her a microwave. Their family have always been a bit on the "microwaves are evil" side of things but after showing him some real scientific evidence that what he believed just wasn't true he decided to get one for her. He said they tried it along time ago and she said it gave her headaches but he would try it again.
So he gets the microwave (doesn't tell her) brings it over and plugs it in while she is "napping" on the couch. He plugs it in, turns it on and she sits straight up and tells him to call 911 she is having a heart attack! He asks what is wrong and she says her head hurts and is buzzing. So he stops the microwave and asks if it is better and she says yes it stopped.
I cannot find any evidence that her claim makes sense.
I am sometimes unsure what she truly can and cannot hear/see and I wonder if she is making this up. I only wonder this because she appears to enjoy playing the victim and making my friend bend over backwards. She always has an excuse when anything is suggested to make things easier.
ANY thoughts would be appreciated!
2 AnswersOther - General Health Care8 years ago