http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/ Ataxia Friends and Support Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:53:02 GMT Pinky Patel http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14201 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14201 I use to do that in the high school.  If able bodied friends did not get into a college they want or something else, I always put it out how lucky they were Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:58:29 GMT Simone Jasch http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14200 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14200 I was raised with the "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything" too. However I am a smartass, so...what to do. I usually try to be aware of whom Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:57:11 GMT Pinky Patel http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14199 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14199 rhmmm I need to find a better way to explain how to go about it because you're not the first one to have problems voting.  It is really quite simple, on the Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:03:44 GMT Jennifer Mueller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14198 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14198 thanks Robin. I guess that's just how I am, and people will have to deal with it. one reason I respond is that I want to help, and if I can't then I use Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:50:02 GMT Robin Viland http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14197 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14197 yes jen, u need help, lol no one can be too optimistic. we need to stay positive and keep a smile on our faces no matter how much our lives suck, lol. ABs or Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:26:40 GMT Jennifer Mueller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14196 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14196 as most of you probably know, I analyze things to death. lately I find it harder to relate to AB folks who gripe about mundane crap. I have been told that Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:52:24 GMT tania10ar http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14195 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14195 Go to the IRS office... Let them know the situation but try not to mention your parent's winning too much $$. Ask them if you can still fill out taxes as Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:22:24 GMT Jennifer Mueller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14194 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14194 financial aid laws have changed a lot over the years. I think students aren't considered independent until they are 24. at least that is what the law was in Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:14:42 GMT Jennifer Mueller http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14193 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14193 she should call the IRS at 1-800-1040. they would be the best to answer that since it is a tax question, right? I hope I understood you correctly. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:01:45 GMT Jan Crowley http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14192 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14192 I could be wrong, but I think after age 25 it doesn't matter about your parents' income. I know they didn't account for our income when Chris applied for a Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:53:36 GMT john day http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14191 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14191 back when I applied for the Pell Grant, if your parents claimed u,  they would use their income and if they made to much u wouldn't get the Pe ll Grant back Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:41:46 GMT john day http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14190 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14190 I did Pinky Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:03:32 GMT nrs182@... http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14189 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14189 I completely agree with Stephanie. I know how it feels to be treated like a baby most of the time. My brothers treated completely different probably because Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:36:28 GMT Toni http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14188 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14188 So I get 2 things from the gov. right now. Medicaid and a Pell Grant allowing me to go college full time for a Medical Assistant Degree, then a certif. to get Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:20:10 GMT haglercarla http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14187 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/u_r_notalone/message/14187 pinky.......went to website to vote & help you BUT i couldn't register....tried 3 times. ....sorry......