The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread X

[aimeeandbeatles]

i say at her to go away but she kept comming towerds me look very angery and she hits me when shes angery

 

[Takhisis]

Aimee, I don't know much about your particular, um, situation, but you have to (try to) calm down, whatever else happens. Do you two usually fight?

 

[The Imp]

How does a short sale work? Also, how the hell do brokers make any money of it?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

we fite a lot!

 

[PeteAtoms]

Regardless of who is at fault, I think you should suck it up and apologize before it gets worse. Let her know you're sorry for what you did, even if you aren't. And make her believe it.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

she lift the house aftr it.

 

[Takhisis]

Regardless of who is at fault, I think you should suck it up and apologize before it gets worse. Let her know you're sorry for what you did, even if you aren't. And make her believe it.

When in doubt, apologise. Try to keep off fighting, and never hit first.

 

[PeteAtoms]

she lift the house aftr it.

Than I suggest figuring out what you're gonna say when she gets back. Even if you don't apologize, you're gonna be confronted. Better come up with a good response, or some way of handling the coming storm.

 

[say1988]

How does a short sale work? Also, how the hell do brokers make any money of it?

You borrow stock owned by your broker, one of his other clients, or some other source and sell it. You are then obligated to buy the stocks later and give them back to the original owner. You also have to pay the original owner of the shares you borrowed any dividends that are declared on the shares that you shorted.

The broker makes his usual fees off of every transaction. The broker makes money off of every trade you make, no matter whether you do or not.

 

[The Imp]

You borrow stock owned by your broker, one of his other clients, or some other source and sell it. You are then obligated to buy the stocks later and give them back to the original owner. You also have to pay the original owner of the shares you borrowed any dividends that are declared on the shares that you shorted.

The broker makes his usual fees off of every transaction. The broker makes money off of every trade you make, no matter whether you do or not.

I know it makes money mostly off of commissions , but my point is, why do brokerages allow clients to borrow stock when it is done expressly under the assumption that the client is attempting to screw the brokerage over?

 

[say1988]

Because:
a) it is almost never the brokers stock
b) there is the assumption that the holder believes the stock will rise, hence he believes the person shorting is getting screwed over
c) if the person wants to sell the borrowed shares, they must be returned (or the broker finds some to borrow from someone else)
d) the person shorting may be looking to make short term profits off of the owner's long term investment. They both win.
e) the stock market is based entirely on each person trying to screw over every other person.

Laws surrounding short selling make sure that barring exceptional circumstances, the owner of the stock ends up exactly where he would have been had they not been lent (i.e. the person shorting them must pay any dividends declared).

 

[The Imp]

Because:
a) it is almost never the brokers stock
b) there is the assumption that the holder believes the stock will rise, hence he believes the person shorting is getting screwed over
c) if the person wants to sell the borrowed shares, they must be returned (or the broker finds some to borrow from someone else)
d) the person shorting may be looking to make short term profits off of the owner's long term investment. They both win.
e) the stock market is based entirely on each person trying to screw over every other person.

Laws surrounding short selling make sure that barring exceptional circumstances, the owner of the stock ends up exactly where he would have been had they not been lent (i.e. the person shorting them must pay any dividends declared).

A)Why? How?
B)Get that
C)Again, How?
D)Get that
E)Duh


Would you have a link to those laws?

Anyway, please go on.

 

[Mad Man]

i think I did a very bad thing !

erlier today, my mom cam at me lik she was gona hit me hard. be fore she hit me hard I hit her back very hard and she fell down. then I Told her a bad word and she hit me and left.

rite now i'm skared. did i do a very bad thing? mom said sumthing abiut sending me away and loking me in a jail....

i fink my brain is failing apart .... i kan't spel and i dunt know why

aimee you only left one option open for you, it's time to join a gang and start stealing those new 3D High def televisions from best buy or where ever the hell Canadians buy there electronics. And when you inevitably get arrested by a Mountie (you'll get to ride a horsey to jail yeah) you can then guilt trip your mom into thinking it's her fault you turned to a life of crime. I'm just dreadfully awful by the way

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[say1988]

A)Why? How?
B)Get that
C)Again, How?
D)Get that
E)Duh

a) because it is just any random client of his (or another broker who has a client he can get them from, which is generally a pretty broad base) who owns the stocks. Not his personal stocks.
c) either force the person who shorted them to buy them back, or look to the next person who has those shares and take them.

No I don't have a link, but there are legal restrictions for things such as, the person shorting stocks must maintain a balance with the broker of a certain percentage of the current value of those shorted (i.e. if the price goes up you have to deposit money with your broker), much like if buying on margin. And the aforementioned dividend protection. The only real sticking point I can see would be voting powers, but since the vast majority of shareholders don't exercise them anyway, not a big deal.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

i think I did a very bad thing !

erlier today, my mom cam at me lik she was gona hit me hard. be fore she hit me hard I hit her back very hard and she fell down. then I Told her a bad word and she hit me and left.

rite now i'm skared. did i do a very bad thing? mom said sumthing abiut sending me away and loking me in a jail....

i fink my brain is failing apart .... i kan't spel and i dunt know why

Any sensible person would have called the cops on her for domestic abuse by now.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Any sensible person would have called the cops on her for domestic abuse by now.

Unfortunately, it's not always that simple.

Speaking from my cousin's experience(she is out of contact with her dad and her mom is all she has in her day to day life), having a parent getting jailed(which my cousin's mom was, if only for a year) can be VERY stressful, especially when you're as young as Aimee. And my cousin was 20 when it happened, so it can take quite a while to break out of that connection/dependency to one's parents.

I don't know Aimee well, but it seems like her mom is the only one she has. Being 17, I don't think she needs her mom being locked up/taken away/etc.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Unfortunately, it's not always that simple.

Speaking from my cousin's experience(she is out of contact with her dad and her mom is all she has in her day to day life), having a parent getting jailed(which my cousin's mom was, if only for a year) can be VERY stressful, especially when you're as young as Aimee. And my cousin was 20 when it happened, so it can take quite a while to break out of that connection/dependency to one's parents.

I don't know Aimee well, but it seems like her mom is the only one she has. Being 17, I don't think she needs her mom being locked up/taken away/etc.

Either way out of the situation is going to be stressful, you can't get around that. The thing is though, being abused is bound to leave a person with a whole lot more psychological problems than losing a parent at Aimee's age.

From aimee's postings, it would seem that her mom is fairly abusive. That can leave some serious mental scarring on a person. You're suggesting she take the 'easy' way out and pretty much not do anything.

What was your cousins mom jailed for? If it wasnt related to a case of domestic abuse against your cousin, then the two situations are not similar. In your cousins case, she would have merely lost a parent, but in Aimee's case it would be gaining relief from an abusive parent-child relationship, however painful it might be at first.

I never said the choice is simple, but from what I have seen in Aimee's postings, I think it would be the preferable one.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Either way out of the situation is going to be stressful, you can't get around that. The thing is though, being abused is bound to leave a person with a whole lot more psychological problems than losing a parent at Aimee's age.

Being forced into the cold, harsh world without support is also extremely terrible, as well. I'm not sure of aimee's employment status, but she should at least be capable of supporting herself before even considering any police reports.

You're suggesting she take the 'easy' way out and pretty much not do anything.

Oh no, not at all. Just losing a parent can be quite devestating obviously. Relationships also work quite odd in families; for all we know, aimee loves her, even if their relationship might seem rocky. And it is possible, however bizarre it may seem; many parents may believe in a more direct approach to physical discipline, several degrees up from spanking, but I wouldn't say they don't love their child, just that they have a different concept of discipline... simply because it's legally considered abuse(and for the record, I don't agree with beating one's kids either), doesn't change the fact that some parents simply have a different mentality from what's the norm.

What was your cousins mom jailed for?

Drug charges(selling and whatnot). Possibly identify theft, since she posed as her sister in official documents.

If it wasnt related to a case of domestic abuse against your cousin, then the two situations are not similar. In your cousins case, she would have merely lost a parent, but in Aimee's case it would be gaining relief from an abusive parent-child relationship, however painful it might be at first.

Well I'll have to give you that, though my cousin's mother inflicted psychological abuse by often being mean to her for no reason just because she didn't like my cousin's choice of boyfriend. Maybe not legal abuse, but it certainly was to the point where my cousin would break down in tears at the thought... and my cousin STILL loved her mother either way. Familial love is odd like that.



Anyway, in the end, it's aimee's choice. And rather than make her feel uncomfortable by talking about it any longer, I'll leave her the choice of what she does with her life. I wish her the best.

 

[West 36]

I'm on the rage train at 3:30 am, excuse this.
So i've been seeing this girl for almost 2 months, she said she loved me this weekend. now...
got on facebook when i got home about a half hour ago, saw these posted to a mutual friend of the girl and mine, who i just sorta met over FB because of her:

lmfao! i like showering with you! you try and make it a competition! bahaha

and

youre neck looks like you were attacked.... what happened???? you bad kid... tsk tsk tsk.... lets watch the young ones again

with

karate chop?!? who would dare such a thing??? and i heard they bit your nips too!! bahaha that just sounds funny... and ok! come and lets watch it! we still have 3 more seasons we didnt get to watch!



So I am PISSED. For the obvious seemingly sexual relations these two have had. Plus that she told me she was baby sitting but later when i talked didnt get any response but 'its going' (a reply to hows it going) blah.

anyway, sent her a text, at 3:15 am saying

hey. was on facebook, saww your posts to _____. what the ____? dont wanna assume things , but what am i supposed to do with that? what is going on? dont wanna be a ____, but i saw this ____. lemme know whats up in the morning ok?

IDK if thats the best way i could of said things but its out there.

rage and heartbroken. what an awful way to end a night.

so what do you think? am i right in feeling this way? did i reply the best i could? what else should i do? obviously i need to hear from her. i better hear something... idk what else to do. GAH.

 

[Annex]

Is the mutual friend a girl? If so you should ask for a threesome