After a year of living together I was sure. We got to have financial hardships, and solved our problems together, had common life goals, values, idea of what family we want.

Hi ladies, the best way to get back into the swing of networking and get the word out that you are looking for something better or to work for a sane, respectful manager is the following: figure out what you are going after first then come up with WHY that line of work excites you or takes everything you’ve learned and give you the chance to leverage those skills you want to use. An opening line you might want to try is: Hi, my name is Networking Q, TazDevil, Country Biscuits…I came to this event because of X, why did you decide to attend? and then get into the fact that you are also there to meet people who do interesting things and who are potentially in your line of work. Now, if its contacts that you haven’t spoken to in a while….over email/phone etc. then draft an email asking to catch up with person A or B, be transparent, and share that while you are doing some great work at your current employer you are exploring your options because you really want to be doing Z. Side note: I’m a career coach who has helped several people turn uncomfortable conversations into engaging ones. I have oodles of free content on the topic my website – but more than that I’m offering a – perfect your 30-second pitch mini session this summer. email me if you want more information – my wok in proven and convenient since it’s done virtually.

+1 we did this and it turned out to be a brunch/afternoon tea and the food was amazing and more than enough to keep people full for the drive home. Some of the younger guests that were expecting a huge evening drunk fest were disappointed but we recently got a wedding invite from one of those couples and they are essential copying the same format we did 10 years ago lol.

This made me laugh, because we’re looking to change banks at work, and First Republic sent us cookies, which someone in charge actually mentioned as a reason to go with them (they are also going to cost significantly less than we’re paying with our current bank). I told them that they sent over lunch at my last company, so we should hold out!

For the OP, I use Fidelity for my investments and I’m very happy with it! I’d go with that or Vanguard.

Don’t know if you’re still reading, but I’ll try one more time.

– I encourage you to try the exercises others have suggested
– I also encourage you to read at least some things and learn at least some things about exercise in order to try to understand what you’re trying to do
– I am not advocating “fancy gear” or “an obsessive, highly-controlled approach to exercise”, but merely suggesting that your attitude that you don’t want to read _anything_ is possibly not the best way to approach a new activity and could even lead to injury (ask me how I know)
– It’s not “cheating” to ask for recommendations; but Arms specifically said she _didn’t_ want to read _anything_, which, again, strikes me as an unwise attitude

Arm’s comment seemed to be saying that she would exercise but not if she had to learn anything. I was trying to encourage her to both start exercising if that’s what she wants to do, and be open to learning about what is and is not effective.