My husband has abandoned me and is not responding to my texts anymore. While I’m still figuring out the relationship side of things, please can someone let me know if i can file married filing separately- itemized returns since i have been bearing all the expenses since last year. What if he files first as standard deduction. Below pic from turbotax

27M, 6ft, Pakistani Amreekan workaholic with a half decent personality. Love theater, film making, reading and cooking. Great with parents & bachas 😇

Not Sunni, Nonsectarian, Open.

when do you stop feeling like i’m one typo away from losing my job? asking for a friend

Been having trouble moving on since girlfriend ended relationship 3 weeks ago after 2+ years of dating. Before ending it she came over 3 weeks prior to basically give me a chance to work things out and we had a good discussion but then I went back into our routine and didn’t really fight for it or have serious follow up convos that we needed. Now I just have so many regrets that I let her go. I know we still love each other and left on “good” terms but can’t forgive myself for my lack of action.

Anybody else feel overwhelming loneliness?


6 months ago the woman I love left me after 6 years (pre McK) and I don’t think I’ll be able to recover. I absolutely love my job and it’s the only sense of comfort I have - but I finally realize that happiness truly come from factors outside professional success (atleast in my case)
Idk what makes it so difficult: we never fought, we had everything we ever wanted ($ wise), each family loved each other like their own- hope I eventually recover

Happy wife happy life is a really toxic saying. I’m just shocked how this has become the standard saying for men in relationships. I have friends of mine saying this all the time, and I have just thought it’s so cringe and always want to say my thoughts on it but always decide to hold back. However, imagine the saying reversed - happy husband happy life - that would lead to all kinds of uproar. To me happy wife happy life means I need to sacrifice my wants and needs to make my wife happy.

My aunt recently passed away, leaving behind 2 young girls (16 and 12 years old). I’m trying my best to be there for them and pray for them, and have been asking people to pray for them as well. Until I started question what is the point of asking people to pray for them? I know God hears my prayers, so why do we ask people to pray ?

I put a lot of efforts making friends and always try to be with my friends whenever they need. But, I didn’t always get invited to the party while guys they complained a lot and they hate…those guys are often invited. Maybe attraction is a part of problem in making friendship? Because the guy I hang out have big preference with certain race and he wants to be friend with them more than me. And it seems to insult me sometimes…but let’s be positive… maybe culture, language and other? I’m sad tho.

Do you ever wish you could just go home at 6, play with your kids till they fall asleep, and then have a glass of wine with your wife before an early bedtime & sleep 8 hours?

Anyone dealt with a Christian parent who has been backsliding since the pandemic? Is this common? And how did you deal with it?

I hate it when people try to bond with me over trauma when their trauma is that they fight a lot with their spouse or they didn’t get the promotion they wanted. How is that staring death in the face??

Is it considered mental abuse if your partner is depressed and instead of getting help or addressing the issue, they let their emotions out on you and expect you to change and be their therapist? Causing you to have severe mental health issues and lowering your own mental health?

I am wanting to start the adoption process. I reached out to pathways to parenthood for information first from my personal email. I got a response within 30 min asking me to email them back from my work email. I did so and it has now been 3 days with no response. Is there any other way of contacting them?

Hello - thinking of starting a small side coaching practice. Could use a bit of help because I've never thought about opening a side hustle but times are tough with two kids in college.

1. What is the best approach to collecting your fee? Each session? Pay the package cost upfront,? Other, and if so, what is it?
2. How do you collect it? Venmo? Credit card?
3. Do you have to register your business?

Thank you in advance for any guidance.

Hard to make friends here - just moved to the city and found out all my friends here are in pair. Need friends to go out with

How to forget bad memories of a person?
this person is with me every day.
it seems it ruins my day whenever i remember all the bad things she do to me.

So am I naive for wanting to develop friendships with my coworkers? It seems like everyone has a life outside of work and as much as we talk about being collaborative and teamwork, no one on my team actually wants to develop friendships. Is it pointless? Like I don't want to waste my time but I do think the work culture would be more enjoyable?

Saw my kids for the first time in 3 weeks (I had the rona, today was my first day outside, and they’ve been at their Mom’s.)
This is hard.

Real estate help: Boyfriend and girlfriend buy a home together with a loan from bank. Boyfriend and girlfriend are now separated and both agree that girlfriend will live somewhere else. Both agree that they would like to take girlfriend off the deed but also off the hook with lender bank. What would you do in this situation as attorney for girlfriend?

Any thoughts on West Hampstead as a place to live in late 20s thinking about kids in the next 5 years?

I've got some friends who work remote jobs, and every day I grow more jealous of them during my one-hour commute.

Can anyone help me understand what c9 grade means in NatWest job grade? what are next two grades after c9?

To my SMB and Commercial Sales colleagues:

How high are your monthly targets?
What are your OTE?
How many % of your team are above quota?

Hey! I’ll be onboard for at EY in September, is everyone back to office/client travel? Thanks!!

Hi EY people…who is the 401k provider for you? Vanguard?

Never create net new slides. Use past formats to tweak and upgrade

I recently ate my first slice of Benny Fierro's pizza (absolutely massive slice)...I'm fairly confident I could win their "eat a whole pie in 28 minutes" challenge. While I mentally prep, I'd like to try other spots. What are some good pizza shops in/around town?

Can I get a few likes to enable the DM option? Thank you in advance.

Hey guys,

is it safe to move to healthcare organization which is established in India only 2 years ago, but in US it was established around 160+ years ago, keeping in mind on recession and job security?

Please help me on this!!!


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If a hiring manager wants to talk to you again that’s a good sign right? I’m just bracing myself for this offer😅

Does anyone know if McKinsey hires defense specialist in the expert role or is it only the specialist role with potential to promote.

Dear fishes,
Could someone refer me to PO position with Siemens healthineers?

I’ve noticed a lot of job applications have a field for a website in addition to LinkedIn…this is new to me. what kind of websites do people put here? What’s on the website? Is it like a campaign/platform of themselves as a brand?

When negotiating, how much above minimum salary would you ask for? I don’t want them to rule me out altogether, but also don’t want to sell myself short.

What are some racial/gender/age based micro aggressions you’ve experienced in the workplace?

What's currently in demand in ServiceNow??

Anyone working in Pune?@Stefanini