Ask post: How important is it in a relationship that your partner be good-looking?

As of a month ago you were trying to decipher the clues from another guy (who clearly just wants to string you along, but never mind), and as of five months ago you were looking for a reason to break up with your boyfriend.

Do the poor guy a favor and just break up with him already. And then do yourself a favor: don't get into another relationship right away. Spend time learning to be confident and happy while being single. It's good for you on... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by scody at 11:20 AM on May 1, 2008

Ask post: How can me and my boyfriend reach a compromise?

Tell him you'd like him to text.

Yeah this is a simple point but a good one! Ask for it as something you desire and appreciate. Don't tell him it's something he should already know he's supposed to do.

Be very careful to stay on the correct side of that line when you guys talk about this.

This is a bizarre analogy, but imagine that you lived together and he asked you to fellate him several times a... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by scarabic at 9:07 AM on October 5, 2005

Ask post: Tracing Offshore Accounts

"Sue, get appropriate court order to look at bank records?"

Not as simple as that; presumably Sue would get a judgment or court order in the United States. Cayman, like many other nations, don't routinely honour foreign judgments. In fact many countries make a nice living by offering safe refuge from foreign judgments. Cayman claims that they've cleaned up their act and will comply with a wider range of foreign judgments, however I've... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mutant at 9:53 AM on January 27, 2008

Ask post: Agree to agree

Are you really attempting to craft a legal document which you have already identified as really important by asking strangers on the internet and not talking to a lawyer?

This is an insanely bad idea.

Contact a lawyer and ignore everything else you have read in this thread. (Pro-tip: a lot of it is really wrong).
posted to Ask Metafilter by dios at 12:01 PM on December 20, 2007 marked best answer

Ask post: Running and severe nausea

It sounds to me as if what you've got going on is a very low anaerobic (or lactic) heartrate threshold. This does indicate that you're out of shape, but it's very trainable. You don't need to panic, you don't need to rush out and buy a new gadget. you do need to take it easier and, if the problem persists, get to a doctor.

Here's the deal:

There are three main numbers (all heart rate numbers) that give an athlete an easy snapshot of fitness... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by OmieWise at 11:05 AM on September 20, 2006 marked best answer

Ask post: Good answer for the question "When are you going to have children?"

Glance around a bit to see who is watching / listening. Then:

"Its not in my nature to be mysterious, but I can't talk about it and I can't tell you why."

- its from ocean's 12
posted to Ask Metafilter by maxpower at 5:59 PM on September 12, 2006

Ask post: Cashed rubber checks - now I want my money!

When I used to do freelance web development, I had one particular client who was consistently late with her payments. After several months of waiting, I put a little snippet of code in the header of her website that fired a pop-up everytime she visited her site (based on her IP). The pop-up said, "Please pay your hosting bill." Simple and effective.
posted to Ask Metafilter by bjork24 at 12:40 PM on July 29, 2006

Anything over $500, by law, is required to be in writing to be valid. This is from a law book and law professor.

About the $500 must be in writing thing. Most likely it's not going to need to be required. This requirment only applies to goods, and this will most likely be seen as a service contract. Not that it matters in this case but just for general knowledge.
posted to Ask Metafilter by JakeLL at 7:47 AM on July 29, 2006

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