It's been a while but i'm back on the forum. - Page 3

That rash looks to be a severe case of ignoritis. It develops quickly when the subject displays heavy quantities of ignorance in their behavior and way of thinking. My recommendation is to seek immediate educational attention, preferably at a library or accredited institution of learning. Be wary, this condition is highly contagious and if not treated will eventually spread to your entire body.

Or it could just be herpes. In your case Bimmer either one is believable.

Indeed, your wit has all the verbose creativity of Vonnegut, a streak of the existentialism of Camus, and the irrefutable complex philosophical assertions of Bieber. Bravo my good man, bravo.

I just have to say thank you to BimmerFan and Dr. Darkprog M.D., I got a good laugh from reading your posts.

And to the person who made the original post, good luck with your decision.

Well, now I feel more pressured than ever, mostly because during the school semester break from early December to mid January, she wants to take a trip to Brazil, and I have told her I can't go due to lack of finances, however her dad has offered to pay, and she's not going if I don't. Ugghhh....I'm just so stressed, some days I sit and think if only things were different. Reality is to uncomfortable to face at the time being. I just feel like I'm running out of excuses and options, i'm at a desperate point where I'm just about to throw in a towel and go wherever outside the U.S! Things can't be so simple, and I'm stressing out major just thinking about it, like i'm literally sweating cold sweats and I deprive myself of sleep. :_(

what are you going to do, go outside of the US and finally tell her about your status and how you can't return to the US.

Look, this is a very stressful situation but you are going to have to find a way to say no to the trip, try not to make promises that you can't keep, if you say that you will try to earn the money then the only outcome I can see from that is that they will wait and then what, you will be stuck. Just say that your parents will not let you go because they worry or something like that, it may seem to make you weak but its better then leaving and finally coming out because you can't return and might save your friendship more then promising to pay for it eventually when you wont.

If you want and you know the date and they have already bought the tickets just say that you can't leave because of your job or that you have some other important function you can't get out of, but there is the risk that they will try to change their itinerary to fit yours.

I won't loose sleep, and given a thorough look at things, leaving is just too drastic. I have to thank all of you for your advice, I will be very modest and humbly reject the invitation until it's convenient for me. I just hope they don't connect the dots(No DL, No Passport, No Trip) and decide to ask, cause then i'll be in a real mess and won't really know how to answer without lying. They already asked if I voted in the election, I just said "not in this one" hmmm. I'm just going to pray about it and hope it works out. I trust and know god always pulls through for me.

I think this person summed it up perfectly:
Having had the experience of telling several friends who I felt would be supportive and cool with my situation, I now completely regret doing so, and these were friends who are fairly liberaly, progressive, open-minded, etc. I really do not recommend telling your friend because like it or not, the friendship will change. In my experience, this was mostly due to my own insecurities about how my friends felt about me now that they knew "the big secret". One of my friends who I told actually told his parents because he wanted to know if his parents knew any "quick solutions" to my problem, despite me already saying that there was nothing I could do but depend on legislation sitting in congress. After that, I always felt self-conscious when I was around his parents, especially his mother, because she would always bring it up, and suggest ways my problem could be "solved", and we all know how annoying that can get.

But anyway, my vote is: DON'T TELL

No, I don't want to still works for me...

Hi everyone, I have to say things in life for me are delayed. Anyhow after so many excuses and what not, I told her about two months ago. She wasn't shocked or over dramatic, in fact it brought us closer as friends. I'm really happy, she's not Upset at all about it. In fact shes willing to do some domestic travel in lieu of foreign travel. I'm really excited! I hope life has been good for many dreamers these past few months.

I say so, screw the 'its gonna solve itself' because lets face it, noting is gonna happen for another 5 years or so