I reeeeally want to start a restaurant but dont have any money and need to know how much it costs to retain, upkeep, and operate it. Is it worth it? Is there much of a profit? theres a few restaurants in the are that just went bankrupt and closed which makes me nervous, i would want to make a very good profit and keep the restaurant
My girlfriend and I have been dating for four years and we feel like it’s about time we moved out together as we have just finished college. For a variety of reasons, my parents really don’t like her. My view is (being the oldest) they view me as the ‘perfect child’ and that nobody is ever good enough for their precious son. They’re both lawyers and they rant and rave about how I could do ’so much better’ because my GPA was ‘much higher’ than hers, that we have ‘nothing in common’, that her parents are ‘rednecks’, that she is ‘disrespectful’ and *gasp* she is older than me. I think my parents are stuck in a time warp: not dating someone because of their GPA is beyond pathetic (and my girlfriend is very smart too!). While my passion is politics and hers is music, we still have loads in common (eg movies, restaurants, good food, health & fitness, travelling, similar careers) – we’re crazy about each other and talk about each other constantly. Her parents are a bit weird, but my parents are just as weird in their own eccentric and old-fashioned ways. They’re also very culturally conservative, so they don’t understand practical jokes at all – we make practical jokes all the time on each other (eg she created a fake newspaper article that the company I’m working for has gone bankrupt and must sack all its employees), it’s just they see the ones she plays on me but I don’t tell them the ones I play on her because they’d berate me for it (eg pretending to be questioning my sexuality). And despite her being a whole 18 months older than me (shock horror! lol), my parents are absolutely adamant that men should only date women younger. I think my parents are just really old-fashioned and stuck in their ways, but I still feel the need to please them (as stupid as that sounds). I love my girlfriend and we’re definitely moving in together, no questions asked, but I wish my parents approved! How can I win over my parents’ approval? More to the point, how do I move on without their approval?
I have a relative ("Lou") who is in debt. Lou is in his early 30’s. The debt is more than K. Lou seems depressed, and I believe spends (restaurants, clothes, etc) as an escape from real life. In the past, the family has repaid Lou’s debt without conditions, but every time more debt appears later. This time, the family offered to refinance the debt only if Lou hews to a budget. Lou is resisting the budget since it imposes controls that any adult might resist. Plus, Lou is worried about his life being in too much flux and not being able to guarantee he can live within the budget. The only alternative is for Lou to default on his debt. We don’t really want that because of the long-term implications of bankruptcy. We also worry about pushing Lou "over the edge". There is no drinking or drug problem. There may be a gambling problem. What do we do? Lou refuses to go to counseling.
I have a relative ("Lou") who is in debt. Lou is in his early 30’s. The debt is more than K. Lou seems depressed, and I believe spends (restaurants, clothes, etc) as an escape from real life. In the past, the family has repaid Lou’s debt without conditions, but every time more debt appears later. This time, the family offered to refinance the debt only if Lou hews to a budget. Lou is resisting the budget since it imposes controls that any adult might resist. Plus, Lou is worried about his life being in too much flux and not being able to guarantee he can live within the budget. The only alternative is for Lou to default on his debt. We don’t really want that because of the long-term implications of bankruptcy. We also worry about pushing Lou "over the edge". There is no drinking or drug problem. There may be a gambling problem. What do we do? Lou refuses to go to counseling.