Houses for rent in springdale ar

Heyo! 24 year old female writer here. I’m eighteen plus so please please please ensure you are before writing to me! Now a little about me, I do work but on a part time basis, quick fire would be nice but I can’t always be here. So you may see me post more depending on what ideas I’ve got and what cravings I have. But with my time off you can guarantee I’ll be posting more! Just a heads up I’m looking for clean roleplays! I do prefer discord to conduct roleplays purely for the purpose of being able to keep things more organised!
So I’m looking for those of you who can use third person, past tense and lots of detail. I say this not to be mean but because I do consider myself to be advanced literate, I expect potential partners to be the same! I’m looking for oc (me) x male canon characters from the above movies but I will enclose further fandoms and movies with in the post! I use third and past tense and would be grateful if you do too! Please note I do have dyslexia. I’d love to get some aus going as well as some love triangles. Doubles are welcome! But please note ALL my roleplays are doubles. I will be prioritising those of you who don’t want to double and are happy to play canons. I have also just finished S4 of you so I could kill for a Joe Goldberg right now!
I’d love our roleplay to be something of comfort to us both. Something to cheer us up and keep us engaged in the story! If you’ve got any wild ideas you’ve been dying to do for the below fandoms send them my way if it’s doubles I’ll do my best to accommodate them!
Fandoms I seek include: Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte, Pitch Perfect, The Office (us), Game of thrones (tv verse), House of the Dragon (Daemon), Game of thrones , YOU, Death in paradise, Top Gun, Riverdale, MCU, Wuthering Heights, Supernatural, Pirates of The Caribbean, Narnia, Buffy, Hunger Games, Divergent, Riverdale (early seasons), The Outsiders, Pretty in pink, Heathers and Grease. If you enjoy musicals or eighties films and are able to write as the canons from the movies please do dm me! I’d love to hear from you.

Hi! I’m F(27) and he’s M(27), let’s call him John.
I knew of John because he’s my close friends boyfriends brother. We met at a Halloween party at my friend and his brothers house two years ago. He has one of those personalities everyone’s in love with.
I brought my boyfriend at the time and ended up talking to John a lot of the night. I didn’t notice but when leaving my boyfriend said John got up thinking I was going to hug him bye, a lot of people were there it was more an Irish good bye. My boyfriend was pissed (rightfully so) because I spent the whole party with John.
I sometimes would think about him or he’d come up in conversation with my friend and his brother.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago very happily my friend and his brother got married!!! Beautiful wedding. He was his brothers best man and I was my friends bridesmaid. During my rehearsal speech I gave a shout out to John in it saying I’m thankful that my friend finally gets the brother she always wanted. Afterwards we hung out the rest of the night with his parents. He was being flirty and texting me afterwards but that’s just his personality. A girl I was with leaving said ugh John is so perfect. In my head it was just yeah he’s like this with everyone.
Day of the wedding we do the ceremony everyone is happy laughing in tears and the bridal parties are together for pictures. After we pair off together and go spend time with my family who was there.
Fast forward to the reception we spend the whole night slow dancing and laughing. Everyone was looking at us like hmm joking around.
I ask my friend who just got married hey am I good to do this? She laughed and said sure he might like someone though. I said that’s fine and continued the night. We ended up staying out with everyone and together till 4am. We ended up just making out and having fun.
The next morning I texted him and we texted a little but I was the last to respond so I haven’t reached out again. This has been three weeks now.
Wedding photos came out and there’s so many pictures of us and ones of us flirting in the background. I keep getting funny texts from people we know about them. We have a cute one of his parents and us dancing to their wedding song. Ugh.
He recently just moved out of the state so distance and in fear of looking clingy is why I’m not pursuing this. Also, again he’s just a flirty person.
We keep liking each others Instagram stories and small things like that but I’m trying not to overthink that. Again, he might like someone.
In a few months his family and a few of our friends are all going to the beach together so I’ll see him then.
I don’t know if I act like nothing happened or just go with the flow but ugh I can’t stop thinking about it 🥺.

We want to buy a property in the second half of the year, and moving to a new house or contract will be very inconvenient. We offered an increase of 5% but the landlord wants almost 25% on the current value.
We are dealing with an awful agency and we don't even talk to the landlord. They served us the form 6A No21-1 and 21-4, without even negotiating the rent further.
They asked us to respond with a better offer otherwise leave the property... This is completely horrible situation, as we want to use the money to get our home and stuff. I've read that we could just say "NO we are not leaving, and even stop paying the rent in protest" we feel completely unprotected, but we heard that our eviction is not that simple.
Any advice? We don't want to come to this, but we are refusing to be bullied and mistreated by this agency and just get affected. The flat is old and the rent increase is ridiculous!

I bought my house in 2018. The previous woman that lived there still registers her car and uses my address for important mail for some reason. A few months ago, I got a car title in the mail for a bmw with her name and my address on it.
My ex girlfriend lived with me for a year in 2020 and moved out at the end of that year. She still uses my address for all of her important documents as well, including car insurance, car registration, and even her drivers license. She renewed her drivers license at the beginning of this year and I found out that she renewed it with my address, even though she hasn't lived here in over 2 years. Just today, I got a letter in the mail for her updated car registration that includes her tag sticker.
The reason they do this with the cars is because I live in a county that doesn't have inspections or emissions and has lower registration taxes, and they both live in a different county that has inspections, emissions, and higher registration taxes.
I have told both of them to knock it off. I found the woman who used to live here on Facebook and sent her a message telling her to stop or I would report it to the DMV. She deleted her facebook after that. I told my ex girlfriend to stop doing it, she said okay, but is clearly still doing it.
How can I fuck them both over without getting into legal trouble? Could I take the title to the BMW of the previous resident, get someone to forge her writing, sign the title over to me (our state doesn't require a notarized title) and I transfer the title to the car like I bought it, then report it stolen? I know what her handwriting looks like. Is there anything I can do with all of the ex-gf's information and cainsurance registration to put her in a bad spot?
Before anyone guilts me about this being unethical, remember what sub we're in.

Hey! I think our apartment complex is trying to screw us over and would appreciate some help! My wife and I are moving out of our apartment and have submitted a 30 day written notice to our leasing office with just over 30 days left on our lease, but the leasing manager is telling us we can either pay for an extra month of rent at normal price without living here or pay the market price plus $350 and live here for an extra month. We are in Georgia where the state laws only require 30 day notice. At the bottom is the legal wording of our lease. Are they trying to screw us over or are we legally required to pay for the extra month after our lease ends? If this isn't the best place to ask this please point me in the right direction! Thanks so much! "Renewal Term and Notice of Non-Renewal to End the Lease. Either party may non-renew and terminate this lease at the end of the initial term by giving a written non-renewal notice prior to the end of the initial lease term. If such non-renewal notice is not given, then this lease will be extended as provided in Par. 6 on a either a Month-to-Month basis (one month at a time) until either party gives a proper 30 day notice; or on a Bi- Monthly basis (two months at a time) until either party gives a proper 60 day notice in writing that terminates the lease. Unless otherwise allowed by Landlord, the lease shall terminate at the end of a calendar month. Management shall have the right to increase the rent due in any extension or renewal term by giving written notice at least 15 days prior to the date on which a non-renewal notice must be given in order to end the initial term or any subsequent renewal or extension period. If not specified in Par. 6, then a 30 day written notice is required to end the initial term or any renewal or extension period as of the end of a calendar month."

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Hi, I had a machine for which I had no use, so I put an HDD inside and turned it into a docker server with Ubuntu (thx YT).
The first time I tried it was with no mods and it worked amazing, no lag at all, chunks rendering super fast. Then, I put mods in, my configs folder from my modpack on curseforge, and some others. The logs spam the "Still launching, please wait" error (altough I'm not trying to join) and it feels like it never finishes starting (the 'Old' thing in the multiplayer tab). With the 'top' command I checked my cpu and ram usage, and both are nearly maxed out (the cpu at like 95% and the ram with like less than 200Mib left, out of 3G).
My question is if I buy 8gigs would it be enough to fix this issue ? I wanted 16 but it seems that even old ram (ddr3, 1600) cost a few. I can get 8 for 17€.I can get 3 months of server hosting for 24€ with a 3.3Ghz cpu, while mine is 3.6. Should I buy the 8gigs of ram, or would I be better off renting a server ? For the long term owning a machine would have been better (I don't intend to run it 24/7) but I don't know if the specs makes sense money investing wise.

I started looking as soon as I got accepted into uni (april 15) and I’m supposed to move in august and still haven’t found anything. I’m in 7 facebook groups and also looking on pararius and housinganywhere and I’ve replied to so many offers already and no one reached back to me. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong and I’m starting to get really stressed out because I move in 2 months and don’t have a place to stay yet. How probable is it that I’ll find a room before I move?? Is it common for other students to take this long to find housing?

I am soon to be 33 and at a crossroads.
For the last few years, my health - both physical and mental - has been declining and I finally decided that enough is enough and I must do something about it. Since I turned 30, I was diagnosed with PCOS, I am at my heaviest weight, and I have been dealing with depression, anxiety, and very high levels of stress. My life is not anywhere near what I thought or wanted it to be at this point. I struggle with the most basic things, like keeping the house clean and cooking a simple dinner. I haven't taken the dog out for walks in months. Luckily, I have a very supportive husband, so he's been dealing with all of that, but I feel it's really unfair to leave everything to him. Besides, I don't feel like myself anymore. I don't go out, I don't socialise, I don't engage in any hobbies, I don't feel joy anymore. My life is a cycle of going to work, coming home and eating in front of the TV, going to bed, rinse, repeat. Same thing on weekends, minus the work part.
My job has been an emotional drain for me and it only made things worse when something really traumatic happened at work a few months ago. I decided something had to give, so I gave my notice and will finish work at the end of the month. Instead of rushing into another job, I think I will take a couple of months to focus on myself - my well-being, my health, my relationships, etc. I want to feel like a person again. I really want to take advantage of this time, it's very precious and it comes at a financial cost, of course, so I don't want it to go to waste.
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So please tell me what small (or big) things you have implemented in your life that really made a change for the better. Where do I start? How do I go about creating new habits and making my life lively again?

In a nutshell, my mom is dying of stage 4 cancer. She has less than a year. My dad’s cancer then returned. His is stage 2, but he is refusing treatment because he doesn’t want to live the rest of his life with side effects from radiation (his mind has been made, and I will respect it for him although it’s upsetting).
6 months ago, I lost my job of 7 years due to a mass layoff and outsourcing. But I got back on my feet and landed a new position before my severance period ended. I just graduated college which was immensely stressful because I work full time and have a child (9m) who is special needs and requires much extra support than most children without special needs. He also kept getting kicked out of daycares due to his behaviors stemming from his disabilities which added a lot of stress to our relationship. But I persevered and landed a fully remote role after the layoff happened.
Fast forward to now- I went on meds a month ago and have been seeking professional help to manage my emotions with my mother. I was crying often and angry. I still am not okay, but I can cope a bit better and stopped isolating. Also, I am FINALLY getting a house. This has been a long time search because the market has been insane where I live. I will close on the house this month. This is huge because I am sick of renting and moving my child around to different schools because I want him to develop roots. He has neighbor friends and a good school support program. The house I am buying is only a few houses down from where we rent currently so it’s perfect.
Well, my boyfriend and I broke up 3 days ago. He is moving back to his parents in a different state. He was trying to stay here for 2 weeks but I asked him to leave as soon as possible and stay with a friend because it was hurting SO badly to have him here but not together.
Our breakup was civil and fairly mutual. Lots of tears and neither of us are okay right now but it’s for the best, unfortunately. He refused to go to therapy for his temper and said awful things to me every few weeks, and I just couldn’t do it anymore even though I love him so much. I tried many times to get him to get help and he always promised after he hurt me but then never followed through. This time, I told him I will need to separate unless he actually goes. So he left….
My son is at his fathers for the weekend so I asked him to get his things out while he is not home (less of an impact for my son). I went to my best-friends house last night and cried on her couch while we talked about everything. I stayed very late because I knew it would hurt too much to watch him pack and go.
When I came home at 1am, he was gone. So were his things. But he also flooded our rental’s basement, unscrewed all the lightbulbs, so it was all dark and made holes in the garage walls. He also threw garbage around.
He was my “person” for 2 years. And now he just ruined so much for me. I am supposed to be leaving this rental soon when I close on the house and now I’m going to have to pay for the damages. I was crying at 1am while shoveling buckets of water out of the basement and fell down the stairs while doing it in the dark.
I never expected him to leave me so fucked. I was single for 4 years before him because I was so careful about who I was going to be with. But suddenly he started being emotionally abusive and now this. The first year, he was amazing. Then BAM. I don’t understand how/why he changed and wouldn’t get help.
Now I’m here with a big move coming up, damaged rental which will be costly, a sprained knee from the stairs and flood incident, and I’m scared to be a single mom again while my mother is going to die and my dad is sick. I worked so hard for the downpayment and to keep my head above water but he just left me with extra trauma and extra bills. He also decided to take my TV and couch. Which is so annoying and hurtful. I don’t even know what the point of this post was but I’m just hurting a lot. Thanks for listening.
TLDR; my previously amazing boyfriend suddenly started being mean and emotionally abusive, would not go to therapy, then left and took things from me and damaged our rental right before I move out into a house I bought and am about to close on. mother is dying, dad also has cancer. I’m broken.

My ex and I broke off for so many reasons but primarily because he’s dishonest and extremely manipulative & emotionally abusive. I rent a Room in a House ( which he found for me) and my roommate who has been sharing the place with me moved out. We were still talking and I mentioned to him that she’d moved out suddenly and I was shocked, he then said he’d like to move in but I assumed he was joking because I already wanted to do no contact with him and move on so this now was an insane suggestion. I said I would talk to my landlord and the next thing I heard was my landlord asking if (my ex) could move in because she didn’t want me to be uncomfortable, I then said no and my ex called her and started spewing nonsense about if it was stranger this wouldn’t be a debate and also that it’s her (my landlord) choice since it’s her house. I told him, him moving in here would make my celibacy journey impossible and him going behind my back was disrespectful which he disagreed. I’m sooo mad and i cant Imagine anything more psychotic ( btw he is in actual need of a house ) I’m devastated.

Today my husband took my son to the zoo to see his siblings because they won’t come to our house anymore because of my drinking (they were last here march of this year).
I’m not an angry or mean drunk and frankly I barely got in their way, never drove drunk, didn’t fight with them, I went out of my way to create space and opportunities for them and honestly it feels wasted. I feel like I wasted time drinking but I feel like I also wasted time on them. They just walked out and don’t give a shit about me anymore, and I’m bitter. I was an excellent step mother. But im just dead to them, and honestly I don’t really understand why. Sure I drank too much but I mostly just went to bed early, and they got to spend time with their dad. When we did hang out we played wii and card games and had fun.
I was bummed about this tonight and thought about going to a local place “just to eat” but I knew I’d drink so I took a super long hot bath, and I’m now in pajamas before 6pm with my Gatorade and a true crime podcast.
Sorry for the whining. I know they’re kids and it’s my addiction but I’m still hurt. I was a completely normal drinker- especially in front of them - until like 2 years ago.
Anyway I’m gonna sit with these shitty feelings. IWNDWYT

While playing as Sardinia/Cicily, I had a well educated young heir named Galileo. As coptics under the religious protection of the Byzantines, learning was always the main focus.
As his grandfather Nestor who he would inherit the realm from neared his last days, Galileo spent his early years of life doing pilgrimages with the court, even through Arabia and Northern-Africa.
Before inheritance, the last wish of his grandfather was to have the small and safe realm embrace a new philosophy in the from of a faith like structure, that being "humanitas" which focused even more on education and true equality while not caring for outsider opinions if they were left alone. Respecting his wish, Galileo and other land holders in his grandfather Nestor's realm accepted the plea, even being still protected by the emperor after their change in outlook.
Galileo was... different. A shy patient craven, he easily got stressed out and kept quiet, gaining the nickname of "the silent". His early years of rule were marked by panic attacks and trying to get a grip on rule, but as time went on he got more used to the position of power. He coped by learning languages and going on pilgrimages to see the world and to learn. One of the places that had caught his attention was Alexandria, a place he would later in life rule over despite it belonging to a hostile power allied to an Empire.
Having been raised on the Alexandrian ideals of education, he was one of the smartest men to walk in his era, he had focused his life to developing his humble realm to a true power by the sea which would never have to worry about monetary issues. Indeed, his realms wealth could dwarf that of his liege and the neighbouring pope of Rome.
Despite being often called a coward and not being able to look others in the eyes, Galileo had a plan and it indeed was a long one. Having made many alliance through Europe and Namibea, the scholar who would have rightfully been stuffed into a closet somehow destabilized an entire Arab Empire by succesfully claiming Cairo and Alexandria, bringing univerity education to the Bysantines under the stewardship and more grounded values of his house.
Sometimes judging a book by its cover is a mistake. Indeed, he was such a coward that he ran fron death till past his onehundreth brithday and outlived a generation! (with 21 learning perks even after getting stewardship grinded a lot)

Last year in October I had to make an emergency visit to a dentist due to an infected tooth. I found a new office that was close to my house so I went and got an emergency extraction. However before they followed through on the procedure they offered me a dental plan that would save me some money and provide 2 cleanings for the year. Fast forward some time and I setup an appointment to get my basic cleaning. I go in and they do an exam and xrays and, surprise surprise, my dental plan doesn't cover the work I need so they try to upsell a higher level plan. I told them from the start I didn't want anything but the basic cleaning I already paid for, but they never offered me any option to proceed that day. Instead they gave me a 4000 dollar plan to fix all my issues.
My question, to anyone who might be able to help, is do I have any legal recourse to get my money back after being sold a plan prematurely that was later found to be insufficient for my needs ONLY AFTER I ALREADY PAID?

So with shonen I'd say a majority of fights are decided by hax or bigger number. But even in those series that abuse those story beats, there are usually a decent number of moments in which power or hax aren't the deciding factors. To my memory, this isn't the case in Bleach. Most fights in Bleach are determined by bigger hax/number. Let me try to demonstrate other factors utilized well with other series, that Bleach lacks.
The momentum of the fight and how it shifts
So, in most interesting fights you want to shift whoever has the advantage around or at the very least shift how much of an advantage the overdog has around to keep it interesting. Bleach does do this but usually only in one flavor. It's “I'm winning because now my Hax is stronger or number is bigger due to this power up”. Here are some alternative examples for context
In Hunter X Hunter there were fights in which the winner or person who held the most advantage won not because one power was stronger or had overwhelming hax off the bat, but because the winning combatant was patient and slowly built their advantage. Morel vs Cheetu for example and Knuckle vs Youpi. The momentum of the fight slowly, strategically and meticulously shifted.
Or multiple characters working together in which one uses their power to make a sacrifice or open up an advantage for their teammate to exploit and win the day. Black Clover does this a ton and One Piece is pretty good about this too. How many fights in Black Clover in which the Bulls or other make a play to give Asta an advantage? Or side characters running interferance or supporting the Straw Hats? Doflamingo vs Luffy and Kaido vs Luffy for example.
In contrast Bleach is almost always “I'm overwhelmingly winning, no I am overwhelmingly winning” 1 v 1s. The push and pull in the pacing of the fights are usually too binary in that one combatant has a overwhelming advantage until the other does. Fights aren't usually too close, the momentum shifts are almost always dramatic and they're almost always in the configuration of 1v1s
And on that note
Applying powers creatively
Alright Imma use the easiest straightest example of Bleach not doing this you've all heard before. Ichigo Kurosaki. All he does is slash hard and shoot beam. That's how he fights, and he almost never really does anything different. I don't like it cause it got dull real quick in my opinion. And a lot of characters apply their power sets in straightforward limited ways
Jojo's in which a not outwardly fatal power applied creatively in the right environment can prove deadly. Survivor, Both shrinking stands and most of Jolyne and Josuke's fights etc. Hunter x Hunter with Knuckle, Morau, Kurapika and many others.
There are a lot of examples of novel and interesting applications of powers so I won't go too much farther
Environment
An environment in a battle can be written to be integral. And this usually adds a dynamic and unique element to fights as the environment shifting can change the parameters of the fight or the environment can add or subtract a huge advantage to the combatant. Jojo's for example has a ton of fights in which the setting defines the fights. The “cat and mouse” hunt with Josuke vs Kira and the rat fight. Bruno vs Pesci and his brother on the train. In these fights the environment can be a physical hazard that can kill a combatant or grant one combatant a huge fight defining advantage over another.
Even DBZ on occasion tries to have the location matter. Don't believe me? Remember the times the Z Fighters go “Oh shit we can't fight here! He'll destroy Earth!” or “Let me run and hide while we come up with something”. Vegeta was making false moons to power himself up, Picollo and Master Roshi have destroyed the fucking moon to prevent the enemy from gaining an advantage. Villains would blow up the planet because “I can breathe in space and you can't”. Hell even with Frieza, Goku was using the water and the fact Frieza didn't really have good sensing skills to get some good hits in.
In Bleach since they're all float ghosts with DBZ movements, as far as I can remember the environment don't really have any characteristics and as such the setting doesn't matter for the fights in Bleach. For the most part in Bleach if the fights were in a DBZ empty field, an arena with ring outs or a confined house and it wouldn't make a difference. Most we got of acknowledging location in Bleach is the DBZ trope of “we can't fight here because collateral”
Final thoughts/ TLDR;
Do fights always need these factors to be good? No not necessarily. Are these metrics objective criteria for good shonen fights? Of course not. But the frequent absence of all off these factors do make Bleach's fights dull in my opinion. Mostly because imo they're mechanically and environmentally simple and can get real predictable with the pacing and “flow” of the fights.

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How binding are right-to-represent agreements? I sign them sometimes, get ghosted, and then get offered the same job with another recruiter. At that point I give zero fucks about the first one trying to claim me, and I can’t begin to image what a shit show it is with the hiring manager or in-house recruiter when they see me presented multiple times.
I signed one a week ago for a job big company through a shady bodyshop, didn’t hear anything, applied directly on the company job board (in addition to applying for the same gig with other agencies), and then heard back from the first bodyshop that I was shortlisted for the spot. So now I have my resume submitted by multiple agencies in addition to being in the in-house pipeline. SMH.
Is there really a scenario where the recruiter who had me sign the agreement finds out that I was presented by another agency? How would they know if I don't tell them and the hiring manager says nothing?
I also get the impression these are used by shady agencies who find out about an open req. where they do not have a relationship with the hiring company, and then find a perfect candidate to present in the hopes of landing the placement. If the hiring manager is naïve enough to admit that the candidate has applied directly, they play hardball and threaten both the candidate and manager.
Finally, isn't it more beneficial for the company to fill the spot directly and avoid the recruiter's commission? Shouldn't they just tell the agency to go pound sand?

Hi everyone. I graduated audio school almost a year ago, and will be interning at a studio in the fall. In the time since, I’ve been expanding my plugin library as well as saving for some decent hardware. I’m looking at an Apollo, but I’m not sure whether to get the quad or spring for the X4. For the time being, I’m gonna be working either at client locations or renting some studio rooms I have access to (all so far of which will be metal projects and demos) I also don’t have a dedicated room for working, as I just turned 20 last month and still live with family at home, so I’m rocking with a pair of direct sound EX-29s that I enjoy quite a bit. I have a 2021 MacBook Pro that I bought new so processing power isn’t an issue. Any other hardware suggestions are extremely welcome, and my budget currently is sitting at 6k-7k and growing a bit in the coming months before my internship. Thank you in advance!

Council flats, the last bastion of actually being able to afford to live in Sheffield that isn't a 6 person HMO in what used to be a victorian family house. Only issue is I have an ebike and I'm not going to survive bringing that up a stairwell 4 times a day. Double fucked if I splash out on a motorcycle.
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Other than buying a crane to hoist it up to the balcony (this isn't even a joke idea) the solution is to rent a garage/lock up. Except I can't find any. They all seem to be either demolished for car parking spaces, derelict, or being let out privately for a price that would be an upsetting percentage of an actual council flat.
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Does anyone know the secret society that gives access to these or is the simple truth that the council just doesn't do them anymore?

Hey, looking for some advice for the situation me and my partner are in. Mainly, whether we should go for proper marriage or common law, and how difficult the process might be.
I’m a 30 yo American woman, and my partner is a 30 yo Canadian woman.
We met almost 10 years ago now, and started dating 6 years ago. We met online, on Tumblr back in the day, and I ended up moving in with a mutual friend in the states I met through her, who now is no longer a friend to either of us. This person turned out to be a manipulative hoarder and compulsive liar, as well as verbally and sometimes physically abusive toward me. Due to my childhood I have difficulty making friends in the first place so she had been really my last and only friend in the states at the time and I now have no one who knew us when we met and started dating.
We’re both very private and fairly antisocial people so we have a small friend group now, made up of two of her childhood friends and five new friends we’ve met since we moved provinces. The new friends we’ve only know for the year we’ve been here. We haven’t and can’t tell her parents that we’re in a relationship due to their homophobia and likelihood they would disown her. I’m no contact with my parents. Our first concern is that we won’t have enough people to vouch for the relationship’s legitimacy.
I was living in America at the time we met, and visited her in Canada several times, staying a couple weeks at a time. She visited me the states for four months (the longest they would allow her to). I’ve since been living in Canada for the past three years on extended visitation, this past year being actually living in the same address as my partner. Prior to that I was staying with a mutual friend and we were going back and forth to each other’s homes. I currently have no home, no family, and no friends in the US to return to.
The home we live in was bought by her parents for her and she is paying them back the loan they took out to do so. I’m renting from my partner, though often rent has been in the form of being a cleaner and personal assistant around the home (cleaning, cooking, scheduling appointments) since it’s been near impossible to find steady American jobs that I can do from home. Because of the lack of steady income, my name is not on any of the bills. I have some pieces of mail that have come in my name, but most of my personal ‘mail’ is paperless. I do, however, have a few government documents from the US and Canada that have come in my name, from my visitation extension and from extending my US driver’s license. We live in Alberta, which doesn’t allow an American to get a license unless they have a more permanent status (work visa, study visa, permanent residency), so I don’t have any ID with my current address on, either. Our second biggest concern is not having enough paperwork showing I live here with her. The third is that this process would somehow cause her parents to find out about the relationship.
We’ve seen some people discussing this recent and saying common law is the way to go, since marriages of less than two years have the same paperwork requirements anyway. We’ve also seen some conflicting advice about whether or not we should higher a lawyer or some other representative to file the paperwork for us, but my partner has been almost exclusively sponsoring me financially and we don’t make a ton of money. How expensive can we expect the process to be? It’s my understanding that once we file I can also immediately file for an open work license, and I already have a friend ready to give me a job the moment I have legal working status, but it’s been really hard up until now. Our biggest fear is being rejected and me having to go back and tear up the life we’ve built together.
Any advice at all would be appreciated.