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The word is that she spent $7million on cocaine in her life. Wow, not even Tony Montana could top that!

Yeah, funny how Steven never mentions that "renewables" most often means "trees". Suddenly trees are "renewable" Who knew?

What she said is fair.
If the kid was saying that out loud over and over again, then the little ####### should be smacked and sent back to Mexico!

If she acted like that now, that it's like she doesn't care, whats the use of continuing the process, its a waste of time, give your time for someone whose worth for your love and attention.
Sorry to hear about your experience.

If she wanted and appreciated you then you would never have to chase her... She would be available to you always. Give up and go home. Take all your papers with you.

I guess I'll be the bad guy and give a reality dosage. To me it sounds like he's starting to adjust well to things here, he got a job, joined a club and is making new friends. He can't be too homesick if he doesn't want to go back. It's been conveyed to me via this section of the forum that it's perfectly normal for a female to have many male friends, but when the shoe is on the other foot and it's the guy with even just 1 female friend he is most likely to be up to no good. Not sure which side of the fence you are on, with this.
Try the counseling thing if you can't have a normal conversation with out fighting. I think counseling may be able to work in some rare instances, but in many it is just a precursor or a brief delay to the inevitable break-up. I don't think there's much you can do to prevent him from staying here(except prove fraud) if it doesn't work out.
In the meantime, you could try sending him off to work with a smile every morning with some bedroom olympics, a good breakfast and a home packed lunch. Then send flirty texts throughout the day and finally prepare him a great dinner and to cap the evening off, try and drive him through the bed again before saying goodnight. Go to some of his club games, surprise him at work with an extra snack, etc, etc. If he's not interested in any of this, then you'll have to come to the logical conclusion that he's just not that into you. Life is way too short to spend too much of it(meaning 6 or more months, not a couple of weeks) unhappy, trying to repair something that is not repairable. Good luck to you!

Sorry you're going through this.
A few thoughts. I don't believe someone can really "know what they are getting into" when they move somewhere, no mater how much they have visited. When you visit, you get an idea of the people, the food, but you know the stay is temporary, so you have some armor. Once you move there for good, it's much more scary. There is a whole world that opens up that a visitor never sees. You might not know how to get a job (different things employers look for), or how to pay the bills, or how to drive, or how to socialize, negotiate, when/how to call the cops in an emergency. I could go on and on - these little things add up to a feeling of helplessness. It's very normal to be homesick, and it's critical for YOU to be patient and understanding. If my husband expresses homesickness, I try to say "I know" and acknowledge his feelings and tell him how grateful I am that he moved here for me. I let him have his feelings. Even if you don't personally understand it, you should be kind and patient. Remember, he moved his whole world for you.
It's very harmful to hold his immigration status over his head and tell him if the relationship ends he has to go home. You should treat him as an equal, and leave the immigration out of it when fighting. I would be livid if someone told me "if it ends you have to go home." You don't dictate where he lives. Especially if he is a GreenCard holder, he is allowed to stay here.
It's hard to take the excitement of anticipation and turn it into an authentic, in-person relationship.
It seems like he wants counseling - I think it's a good idea.

The first year of any marriage is always a tough one. The first year of a marriage where the couple has been focused on dealing with long distance and immigration issues can be even tougher as you no longer have that unifying focus and have to start developing the closer relationship based upon other issues. All relationships evolve - some bringing the couple closer together and some, unfortunately, moving them apart, whether they are from a long distance relationship or with the boy/girl next door.
Homesickness is a big issue. There is a finality about knowing you no longer have a home back 'home' and you are suddenly faced with a transition to a new life. Even if you have been in the US for a while as a visitor, there is still that unexpected sense of loss which creates a huge wave of homesickness. For some people it happens fairly early on; for others it may even take a year or two to sink in.
I honestly think the best thing the two of you can do at this stage is to find a marriage counselor with whom you can meet and discuss some of the issues that are coming between the two of you. You both need to find a way to discuss your differing expectations of each other, the relationship and even of ourselves in the relationship. A good marriage can be hard work - it doesn't just happen - and sometimes a knowledgeable marriage counselor is the best way to learn what works best for your unique relationship.
Good luck. While there are immigration implications with your situation, t think the real focus should be on the relationship itself, and not on immigration at this point of time..

Ahh, they approved you just because you are so perfect and so awesome.
Good thing that you survived CDJ, huhu, many bodies left behind there by the drug gangs.....
Congratz, and pass on the word for your secrets of immigration good fortune!

Hello OP. Can you answer this one question?
How did you meet this girl?
And,
did you understand that the consulate will look closely at how effective your communication is with her while determining to grant her a visa?
If there is not good communication btwn the marriage couple, then their chance at a successful marriage is diminished.
It doesn't matter how nice of a grand damn party you have......
Wishing you nothing but the best of luck!
Peace.

OP referred to having an interest in the culinary arts. And an interest in gaining further Ed.
Here's a Gr8 idea for ya: Combine culinary skills, with some Education in Business, with entrepreneurship, and Ride the popular trend, and make a fantastic FOOD TRUCK that people will be seeking you out for each and every delicious stop you make! Fun, Independent and (hopefully) Lucrative!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQl0bnSYhhM

But it is a dynamic topic, and newbies need a little assurance and guidance.
If someone asks you a simple question at lunch time, do you just tell them to "Google it"? Not a friendship building approach for most folk.
As far as lawyers are concerned, for a simple, plain vanilla K1 Visa with no complications, just DIY one form at a time, paying close scrutiny to every line and check box along the way. Double and triple check everything, and you will be fine with no RFEs hopefully.
Lawyers, a scourge to humanity since 1553, hehe.
Peace.

You are noble for putting her on a pedestal Tex. For our house, her positive memories went down hill as we remember her for singing a decent national anthem, then staying with Bobby Brown as a punching bag, then getting strung out on crack cocaine in 2004, and a being third time loser in drug rehab.
No heroes found there.
Many local children are doing better in our schools right now that we know of, who are working for a better tmrw.
Peace.
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The headlines have exposed her for years, for drug abuse, poor choices, and low self-esteem. Is it really any surprise to see the headline that she died?
She's been a has been for years. No time to idolize her now. Children doing well in math and science, and disciplines should get praise for working for a better tomorrow. Maybe even your kids, too.
Let's celebrate them.
Peace.

You are misinterpreting these verses, big guy. The love referred to here is "agape" love, not erotic love. Google that and you, too can grasp it.
Peace.

It would be a dream come true to walk into the Chicago lockbox office, find a petition processing clerk on a break, and have him take it from you and say, "Hey, thanks, I don't have too much to do today, and will get on this one right away!"

That was the Old Testament, young man. It expired many moons ago, as it was superseded by the New Testament. No more killin' required.
And ps, your pic below is misinformed, because it implies all the little babies are atheists. They can't be. They are not cognitively developed enough to make that choice.
Speaking of cognitive developments....Oh never mind.
Peace.

You are misinterpreting these verses, big guy. The love referred to here is "agape" love, not erotic love. Google that and you, too can grasp it.
Peace.

Anyone who puts anything valuable in their checked luggage is just asking for it to be stolen

Yeah we wouldn't want VJ moderation going after the late night clueless noob hunters trolling for business leads.

Oh, right -- just see how that would work in ONE Palestine/Israel thread.

no.
+ its asking a lot of the mod team, once you consider.....1: there isn't enough moderators to do it. 2: they're volunteering their time. & 3:(personal opinion) it would cut down on overall entertainment of the forum.

The fact that the Political Cartoons thread was started by someone who is a member of the moderation team is a red herring. It is irrelevant to the discussion. The thread has received no more special treatment than any others. The title is Political Cartoons. If it is not a political cartoon, then it doesn't belong in the thread. For what it is worth and in contrast to what Mr. Fancypants alleges, the non-cartoon post that was reported was not reported by the topic's creator but by someone else entirely.
The ideal solution to reducing the number of moderation-worthy events would be to get rid of the non-immigration related forums all together.. That is unlikely to happen. The second best solution to reduce the number of moderation-worthy events would be for those who chose to participate in P&R to post like responsible adults and observe the TOS by which they agreed to abide when they became members of Visa Journey in the first place. The third solution would be to remove en masse those who habitually violate the TOS - who interestingly enough, are the same ones who generally require 90% of the moderation teams efforts. For various reasons, that is also unlikely to happen.
The 90% moderation rate for non-immigration related forums has been that way from the time I first joined the moderation team. It is also a handful of individuals who also account for the 90% of moderator-intervention activity.
My preference would be for individuals to post like responsible adults and not treat Visa Journey as some sort of a public school playground where anything goes if you can get away with it and everyone tries to get away with it.

Please. You were in the wrong. It was a political cartoon thread and you didn't post cartoons but a picture with political commentary. They were deleted and you made a separate thread with what you wanted. A thread that is still going and seems popular. Since then you have been in a snit. Get over it and grow up.
You also the next day started 8 threads at once and also whined every chance you get. I also remember not too long ago the same thing happened in the same thread so why now having this temper tantrum?

I have to say, if moderation really decides to do this they will accomplish two things.
1. P&R will drastically improve as a forum for political and religious discourse.
2. Moderator resources, already spread thin, will be over allocated to P&R, to the detriment of the rest of the site.
My personal suggestion would be that moderators NOT take this on and that the one moderator who took it upon himself to conjure up an individual code of conduct for his thread be advised to cease and desist. Stick to the traditional focus of TOS enforcement (tone) and don't try to police content.