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I personally got my LPN first due to needing the money and I wasn't sure if I would like being a nurse. It took 11 months to complete........8 years later I went back to school for my prerequisites for 2 years (had babies to raise) then a year in transition. Transition LPN to RN or ADN if you will took one year. Tried to go back for the BSN but can't afford it financially or time wise. That's my experience..........now I have a desk job as an Analyst, no nights, weekends, holidays or mandatory overtime. I gotta say, so far so good, for me.

Clarification here: My husbands sister has been divorced less than a year, her sons, who she was granted custody of wrote a letter to the judge asking to live with their father due to their "mother's behavior". The judge granted their wishes after a hearing. I Don't know all of the details and she won't share them with anyone BUT it came out that the boyfriend was spending the night alot of the time after they both had spent nights of heavy drinking together. I am just glad that the boys had the common sense to get out of a bad living situation when they saw it. They are both teenagers and I personally think they need the male bonding with dad rather than hear/watch their mom and her boyfriend being irresponsible. As far as my having my own ulterior motives, well lets just say that there is no love lost. She knows how I feel about him and yesterday while exiting the church she came up to me and asked if I planned on attending the dinner after the gravesite service. I replied "yes" and she said OK then walked away. She may have planned on picking him up for the dinner but opted not to knowing I would be there........I'm only speculating but personally think that it would have been tacky to attend ONLY the dinner and not pay last respects, but as I said before, he did not know the deceased or her family. Let me just add that this whole situation has been an interesting experience and I again thank you all for your input. I realize that people have redeeming qualities, but when I catch a person in a lie right off the bat, (the actual reason he was incarcerated) there's alot of repair that needs to be done. I have been made out to be the bad guy and I can live with that. Good cop, bad cop..........it's a matter of opinion. I for one would now like to put this baby to bed. Thanks again.

Thank You all for your input. As it turns out, only my sister-in-law showed up without the boyfriend. A relief for me especially after a long emotional day. A brief comment on the last reply. I do have my own set of beliefs and they do not include keeping company with this man who by the way, I have never met BUT has a questionable history. Being the daughter of a former Corrections Officer and then working with inmates for about five years now, trust has to be earned and right off the bat this man gives me a bad feeling. My gut instinct and information that the in-laws have given me, tell me to stay away and stay away I will. Cutting myself out of family functions is no problem. My husband and I have more parties than the entire family combined. Plus, I have missed functions, dinners and such in the past because I had to work. Staying away from a volatile situation is more important to me. My husband is not easily intimidated, but when he had a blow up with his sisters boyfriend, he was shaken. Forgive and forget.....not. Felons are not nice guys, otherwise they would not have been arrested.

I have a sticky situation going on in my family. My sister-in-law has been dating an ex-con on and off for the past 5-6 months now. I have been avoiding being around him like the plague because during my orientation we were instructed not to entwine with convicted felons on or off duty. I have no desire to do so, but now I am being excluded from family functions because her boyfriend is more important that I (per my father-in-law). I don't want to have anything to do with him, but he has been kissing up to the rest of the family to the point that my father-in-law is now calling me a bigot for my not wanting to be around this man. I have a funeral to go to tomorrow morning and of course he will be there sucking up to everyone. He never met the person who is being buried tomorrow, and I have known her for 10 years now. He blew up at my husband one time when he inquired how he made his living since he is telling everyone that he makes his money "growing green peppers" and usually has a wad of $100 bills in his pocket. I could go on and on about this situation, but I would just like the opinion of others as to if I should go to the funeral anyway and just tell him up front that we still are not to socialize, or just keep walking away from him if he comes near. My sister-in-law is one of those hug hug persons, and I don't want to pretend that I like her anymore. The fact that I have known this family for 10 yrs. and been married for 5, quite frankly pisses me off. This new guy who is a CON in every sense of the word is making me the outcast when in fact he is the one who should be standing on the sidelines. One more thing before I submit and hope that somebody reads this and comments is that he is a very heavy drinker and has had to have 911 called once during one of THE breakups(of which there have been several), because he refused to leave. Oh yes, he is driving with a suspended license too..........and has an outstanding ticket for close to $300 for driving with a suspended license which he has yet to pay even with the wads of money that he has. Now I will shut up and sign back in tomorrow morning. Thanks for listening, hope I can now get some sleep!