@Nongnuch *******

no he didn’t, he said he is ‘putting it in a bank next week’ - that’s not the same as already having an account. Some new people think it will be easy and they will just open an account, so I asked to be sure he has already found one for sure.

I’m really ok without a translator 😉

I asked- he may or may not answer, but my question and my advice were both meant to be helpful.

People come here for help and the experience of other foreigners… if he wants to answer or explain that I didn’t fully understand, he probably will.

Have you been accepted by a local bank yet? Seems to be getting quite difficult. Hire an agent it’s worth it. I can’t remember the one that’s super legit- perhaps someone will come along and post it.

@Jarmo ********

name them please?

Have you looked into the costs or the government website that gives instruction? It’s not super easy but not super hard - you just need to have the money to sink into the bank here and then the proof of monthly income and source.

There’s an issue regarding health care- plenty of people in here have experiences but the govt website is a must, there’s no skirting what’s required so best to look there and determine you have the funds, etc to qualify?

@Cris *****

and this was your legal wife. Not a girlfriend who had your baby. Not that I believe that all that structure is true, but it is the way the law is structured, and those barriers are real.

I don’t have an answer, but I thought you did a perfect job of explaining your question. Best of luck with everything.

@Bob ********

I attacked you? Please tell me how I attacked you? That’s just not true. You attacked and ‘threatened me’ and then I carefully and thoughtfully responded and you then took the time to lie and say I attacked you- and didn’t block me.

Again I must inquire- did you scold anyone else in the comments about their correction or their ‘insults to that guy’? Or you just like to walk in and swing it at women?

@Bob ********

it’s confusing that you seem to be insulting me but threaten to hide your profile from me if I seem to respond with an insult? And I really don’t understand your point at all… if you find me so awful why not block me- I mean you’re going to anyway, I don’t understand the point of your comment at all if it isn’t to try to highlight that you think I’m awful? I think you should do as you please with your social media controls- absolutely 👍🏼

I’m pretty sure it would not be a huge loss for me if you block me. I’ve never seen you before and probably wouldn’t notice if I saw you again. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It’s not a massive achievement.

It was a way of bringing attention to a parallel concept that I was about to extrapolate, so it was what might be called a strong opener. Look at me answering as though you had really had interest in my answer 😀 asking a question to get to know me is almost certainly not your goal. I’m sure by now you’ve reached your goal of deciding to carry through with your threat and block me so I guess I’ll just continue talking to myself as though you haven’t blocked me yet… Maybe I just like to hear the sound of my own voice…. but I digress.

It is definitely not my habit, as many people don’t speak English as a first language, but I think sometimes when people come and say something with their whole chest that they are really uneducated about, and they make such a mistake, any of us might be a bit juvenile and swipe back with a correction such as that.

I don’t have to be perfect and I’m not perfect and I’m OK with that. When I regret things I make a sincere amends. I’m not sure this is one of those cases and you trying to be intimidating isn’t going to force me into one.

I think a more interesting question is did you make the same comment to anyone else that also corrected the spelling?

I wonder if you came aggressive to anyone else that made clear in their comments that his post/thinking is off track?

I wouldn’t block you regardless of your answer. I’m always a bit curious, whereas you aren’t curious you are something entirely different. You have to live in your skin,

so rock on. I am feeling pretty good in mine. Happy Sunday

@Rae *****

I’m not in a glass house but I’m happy to be transparent. 😊 Indeed, there are numerous iterations of the pride point. This OP put himself in a glass house and then threw stones at those he invited in. I’m not standing outside throwing stones in… I am defending from his tantrum and trying to talk him down.

IMO, the new person asking advice and then railing against it because he doesn’t want it to be true is the haughty one, but if you’re painting me as such, that’s ok. I spend most days quite unbothered by people’s opinions of me online because it seems a disagreement implies a green for go for a ‘justified’ evisceration, and so why would I value the opinion of such types? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thanks for the reminder, language, etymology and history is truly so interesting. A favorite topic - sorry I was lazy with it.

@Kent *******

I never ever said all. Throughout this entire discussion I have been very careful about that because there is no all. There never is. But you are the type that loves to say not all men, not all white people, not all this, not all that and that just doesn’t work. It posits nothing. It is only used as a strawman argument. All that does is minimize the realities.

We are all adults and obviously are aware that there are no absolutes, but it is completely acceptable to speak in general terms, especially when being careful, as I was -to always mention it is a generality. For whatever reason you are choosing to exaggerate what I said, as though I said it was 100% applicable. You seem to skim over some parts because acknowledging them wouldn’t allow you to ‘correct and inform’ me. you’re creating an argument where there is none. You are only saying what I already said, but trying to act angry and portray me as inappropriate somehow. What a bore. I really didn’t read beyond that because clearly you and I have no common ground. Enjoy your journey.