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Repost but more opinions are appreciated: 

Anybody with poker knowledge, please help. The other night, some friends and I were having a small poker game. We all bought in for $20 each with $100 going to 1st place. My friend and his wife are among the players.After a while, it comes down to my friend's wife and me. We're heads up and I have a weak hand (5,9 off suit). She's dealing as well. Flop comes out 2,10, and J. She clearly checks first and I check after her. She then bets a stack of chips BEFORE laying down the turn card. I argue that she can't do that. She says why not? I argue that you can't check and then change your action once I've acted. She had to deal the turn before she could bet. She keeps saying that she never checked first which was obviously a lie. This starts turning into a legit argument.Finally my friend pulls me aside and says "let it go man, she's drunk." I give in and let her play the way she wants. I end up folding that hand and losing a few turns later after going all in  after the flop and getting beaten. (I had ace, 10 suited and she had a 2,7 and got 2,2,K,9, J on the board. Was trying to bluff).It killed the whole mood that evening and I'm sorta heated over it. Not so much about the $100 but how my friends wife thinks she can behave like that and think being drunk is an excuse to cheat. Poker players, did anything I do was wrong? How should I tell them that what happened wasn't cool?

Anybody with poker knowledge, please help. The other night, some friends and I were having a small poker game. We all bought in for $20 each with $100 going to 1st place. My friend and his wife are among the players.

After a while, it comes down to my friend's wife and me. We're headed up and I have a weak hand (5,9 off suit). She's dealing as well. Flop comes out 2,10, and J. She clearly checks first and I check after her. She then bets a stack of chips BEFORE laying down the turn card. I argue that she can't do that. She says why not? I argue that you can't check and then change your action once I've acted. She had to deal the turn before she could bet. She keeps saying that she never checked first which was obviously a lie. This starts turning into a legit argument.

Finally my friend pulls me aside and says "let it go man, she's drunk." I give it and let her play the way she wants. I end up folding and losing a few turns later after going all in and getting beaten. (I had ace, 10 suited and she had a 2,7 and got 2,2,K,9, J on the board)

It killed the whole mood that evening and I'm sorta heated over it. Not so much about the $100 but how my friends wife thinks she can behave like that and think being drunk is an excuse to cheat. Poker players, did anything I do was wrong? How should I tell them that what happened wasn't cool?

My mom owns two huskies and also loves to plant tomato and squash in her garden. Problem is the dogs tend to eat and wreck the fruits when they get big enough. My mom says she repeatedly yells at them to not eat their fruits and to leave her garden alone but they never do.

Says she once had to spend two hours chasing them away from her garden but once she's out of sight, they run right back there to try and eat the plants. She doesn't want to fence off the garden or put up any barrier nor tie up the dogs but is getting tired of having to protect her plants from dogs that won't listen to her.

Obviously, I've told her that they're untrained house dogs and can't understand our human speech nor would they care. Any suggestions on how she can freely grow a garden and keep her dogs from wrecking it?

While working as a server for my aunt's restaurant, I witnessed a woman getting pushed by her boyfriend and I was about to step in and break up their fight but my aunt ordered me to stay and to "mind your own business" and to only worry about taking care of the dining customers since it's where we "make our money." The couple ended up leaving with no further issues.

With recent rises in asian violence, I wonder what would you do in a situation where someone was being attacked. I was brought up to mind your own business and to NOT get involved cause the aggressor could then turn and attack you as well.

If that situation ever comes up, would it be wrong of me to stay out of it to protect myself or fear that I could get hurt too?

This past weekend, I was hanging out with two female friends at a mutual friends house and we were having drinks. Both of them asked for a ride home so I stop drinking hours before we have to go. 

Around 1 am, I ask if they were ready to call it a night but asked if I can go get food since I was sober enough to drive. I did with the promise that we leave soon after. I bring food and we eat but both friends keep drinking. It's now 2 am and I'm really tired and am urging my friends to get going but they keep saying "just one more drink" or "a few more minutes." Both friends are showing no signs of calling it a night as they break out a new bottle of vodka.

Around 2:30 am, I tell my friends that they're obviously planning on spending the night so I said I was leaving. They stop me and say they just need to use the bathroom and then we can leave. After waiting 30 minutes for them to use the bathroom, I give up and leave. They call me obviously drunk and ask where I went and I told them I was leaving since they don't respect my time and wishes to go. I go home and go to bed.

The next morning, both friends won't stop telling me how "f*cked up" my actions were last night. Asking how I could leave them both in a drunk state at someone else's house. I refused to take the blame and told them it was a mutual friends house and not a stranger's house that I left them at. 

So any thoughts? Anything I could've done differently or better? Were my friends at fault or was I?

I have an older cousin (38 years old) who is pretty full of himself. He often brags about his nice cars and how much free nights he gets at the Wynn Las Vegas (or so he claims). What he often fails to mention is that he still lives at home rent free with his parents, and often has to call his older brother for extra money when he's in Vegas (I was there once when he got a call from him). Says winning a $5000 jackpot on a slot machine is "not bad" but freaks out and starts screaming when he wins $100 off a lotto scratcher. 

He obviously is being a poser but it's starting to make his parents and siblings look bad and by extension, the rest of the family as well. I don't like how he continues to tell obvious lies about his lifestyle but not sure if I should leave him be and let his "friends" find out on their own or tell him to stop exaggerating now so he doesn't embarrass himself and the family.

This happened to me a while back but I would like some opinions on the matter:

I have a female friend who has a 5 year old daughter from a previous relationship. My friend started dating a new man and insist he join us everytime we do anything such as lunch which usually means we have to wait for him.

Anyways, one day I suggest we do something nice for her daughter and take her to a movie. My friend agreed and didn't ask if her boyfriend can go which surprised me. We get to the theater and got to our seats. I go to get some popcorn and return at which point she looks at her phone, looks at me and says "you won't believe this, (insert boyfriend's name) is here too!"

"What do you mean he's here too?" I ask. We both turn around and see him sitting there by himself with an empty seat next to him. He smiles and waves. My friend then says she doesn't want him to sit by himself so she ask if I wouldn't mind sitting with her daughter while she herself kept him company during the movie. I was shocked but reluctantly agreed.

After the movie is over we all meet in the lobby and he claims that this was unplanned and he just "felt like coming out to see this movie." My friend claims it was not pre-planned and pure coincidence. 

I mean, it's pretty obvious that she used me but I don't know how to tell her without getting into a fight. Suggestions?

This is a repost but wanted to get some more opinions:

I once worked for a small family owned grocery store. My aunt and uncle received items in the back while filling in at the register when needed. My cousin also worked there as the primary cashier. I stocked shelves and worked the meat counter. It was only the four of us working the entire store.

Once I was trained to work the register though, my cousin started showing up less and less, either showing up late or taking entire days off. He clearly knew he could get away with it since his parents owned the place and pretty soon, his parents started to work harder due to his constant absences.Eventually got fed up with their refusal to fire him and secretly started making plans to find a new job. One night after the store closed, I asked to speak to all three of them and officially gave them my two weeks notice. My aunt and uncle seemed unhappy but my cousin was very angry and said 'WHY WAIT TWO WEEKS? IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY, THEN LEAVE TOMORROW! GET THE F*CK OUT!" That shocked me since it was his laziness that made me want to leave. I was trying to be professional and give them a proper notice but he seemed to take it personal.Anyways, been working at my new job for a year now but I always think back to how I left the family business and wonder if I could've handled it better? Was I justified in my leaving? Anyone ever work at a family business before?

I once worked for a small family owned grocery store. My aunt and uncle received items in the back while filling in at the register when needed. My cousin also worked there as the primary cashier. I stocked shelves and worked the meat counter. It was only the four of us working the entire store.

Once I was trained to work the register though, my cousin started showing up less and less, either showing up late or taking entire days off. He clearly knew he could get away with it since his parents owned the place and pretty soon, his parents started to work harder due to his constant absences. 

Eventually got fed up with their refusal to fire him and secretly started making plans to find a new job. One night after the store closed, I asked to speak to all three of them and officially gave them my two weeks notice. My aunt and uncle seemed unhappy but my cousin was very angry and said 'WHY WAIT TWO WEEKS? IF YOU DON'T WANNA STAY, THEN  LEAVE TOMORROW! GET THE F*CK OUT!" That shocked me since it was his laziness that made me want to leave. I was trying to be professional and give them a proper notice but he seemed to take it personal.

Anyways, been working at my new job for a year now but I always think back to how I left the family business and wonder if I could've handled it better? Was I justified in my leaving? Anyone ever work at a family business before?

I live in Los Angeles as a reference. A few months ago, 4 friends and I took a trip to Vegas. We all agreed that it would only be the four of us since we all knew each other well. One friend has to work late the day we plan on going so we pitch in to buy her a late night flight so she can join us out there while we took a SUV out there early in the day.

Day of the trip, she MISSES her flight despite having FOUR hours to make her flight. She says her boyfriend can drive her to Vegas but says he has to spend the weekend with us since it wouldn't be right for him to take her to Vegas only to go home the exact same day. Anyways, seems like they treated the whole trip like a romantic getaway since they insisted they get the bed since they were the only couple there. 

We strongly feel as if she did all this intentionally but I'm not sure how to confront her about it since she's very defensive.

I am considering buying a new car but am told to know what the MSRP of the car is first to give myself the best advantage when haggling for a price. What is the best way to find out the MSRP? Websites? I've checked edmunds, truecar and even the official manufacturer's website and all have different numbers.

What's the best site and any general tips or tricks I can use when talking to the dealership?

My friend asked if I could lend him $1400 and he would repay me when he got his covid stimulus check since he really needs money now. I am cautious since there were many issues last time with people not getting their money on time or at all. He assures me that we're all getting money and that the president just has to sign the bill but I still don't know.

If you were me, would you lend your friend the money or tell them to wait for the stimulus payment?

Long story: Recently, some friends and I took a trip to Vegas to celebrate a friend's birthday. We agreed that it would only be 4 of us. Anyways, one friend says they can't make it until very late in the evening due to work (we're only gonna be there two nights) so the others and myself pitch in to pay for a late night flight so she can make it out. Anyways, day of, she MISSES her flight despite having four hours to make it to the airport (she lives in Los Angeles btw). The next flight isn't until early in the morning so she then says that her boyfriend will give her a ride to Vegas but she insist that he spend the weekend with us. This made the rest of us uneasy since we all agreed to only close friends and now we had to share a suite with someone we didn't know.

On top of that, they argued to have the one king size bed to themselves and mostly treated the trip as a romantic weekend getaway. The rest of us feel angry since we bought her a plane ticket but almost seemed to miss it on purpose only to have an excuse to bring her boyfriend.

How can we tell her how we feel without becoming hostile? It almost seemed like she did this on purpose so how can we confront her with that?

So hear me out: I once worked for a small grocery store that my aunt and uncle owned. They had two registers, produce and meat section. My cousin (their son) also works there. At first, he would work the register and check people out while I stocked shelves and produce and eventually learned to cut meat while my aunt and uncle helped where they could (receiving things in the back or office work). Eventually got trained to work the other register so I pretty much knew how to do everything. After that, my cousin started showing up less and less. His parents had to start doing more grunt work since it would only be us three working the whole store. After a few months, I realize he was being lazy because no matter what, his parents would never fire him. I got upset over this and secretly started making plans to find a new job. 

One day after the store closed, I called my aunt, uncle and cousin to the office to tell them that I intended to move on to a new job and that I was officially giving them my two weeks notice and will work to make it a smooth transition while helping them find new help. My aunt and uncle seemed mad but my cousin said "WHY WAIT? IF YOU WANT OUT, THEN LEAVE TOMORROW. GET THE F*CK OUT!" which shocked me since his laziness was a big reason to me wanting to move on. Anyways, I left the next day and have been in my new job for 6 months now.

Even though it was a family business, was my reason for leaving ok? Did I handle things well? I feel some guilt. Thanks.

I have a friend who claims to get 1-3 weeks of comped rooms at The Wynn Las Vegas. I actually used to work with him and have an idea of his income so I find it hard to believe he would be getting those level of comps making less than 100k a year. I have never traveled with him to Vegas so I don't know if he exaggerates or flat out lies about his level of comps. Anyone that has ever gotten comps in Vegas or at The Wynn have any idea how much you need to spend or lose to get that many free nights? I just don't like how he brags about his "high roller" life style despite the mediocre income and want to call him out on it.

I was driving next to a guy that made a lane change into my lane while I was still in it, causing me to slam on my brake and I had a slight collison with his rear bumper. He then pulled into the neighborhood for a second then speed off. I gave chase and eventually found him. I didn't call the police to the scene, but we did exchange info. I called the police after to report it as an "attempted hit and run", but the police said they can't get involved since it's not technically a hit and run since I found the guy. I thought a hit and run, regardless if you found the guy or not was against the law, so is what the cop told me correct? No one was hurt, but even though I found him, he showed intent on getting away, so doesn't that count as a hit and run?

Ok so I'm not gonna argue that the Maury Povich show is fake or real, but if it is real, how dumb can some of these guest be? My example is: a man is being brought onto the show to get a lie detector test to see if he's cheating on his girlfriend, yet they show footage of him flirting with a decoy in the green room. How dumb can he be by flirting back? Doesnt he watch or know about the show and that girl is probably a decoy to catch him red-handed? they're probably actors but still if it is real how dumb can they be to fall for such an obvious trap?

I worked last year for a company that shut down and my employer also never paid me my last month's wages. She has since disappeared and all attempts to contact her have failed. She didnt show up to any court hearings for my wages so will she even send me a w2? i mean the company is no more and the few of us that worked for her when it did shut down are feeling bad about her sending us w2's. what happens if she doesnt send them? can i file my taxes without all my w2's?

I live in CA and my former employer failed to appear at my hearing for unpaid wages, so the state issued a judgement on them. I've taken the option for the state to try and collect my wages, which is around $9000. The company has since stopped operation and the CEO is nowhere to be found. I was the only one of 4 people still working for her at the time. How long until I get all my money from this judgement? Also, I know some of her personal info such as her bank. If I tell this to the labor department, will that speed up the process? Will they be allowed to just take the funds out of her bank if she has the funds?

I live in CA and my former employer failed to appear at my hearing for unpaid wages, so the state issued a judgement on them. I've taken the option for the state to try and collect my wages, which is around $9000. The company has since stopped operation and the CEO is nowhere to be found. I was the only one of 4 people still working for her at the time. How long until I get all my money from this judgement? Also, I know some of her personal info such as her bank. If I tell this to the labor department, will that speed up the process? Will they be allowed to just take the funds out of her bank if she has the funds?