Being cautious is correct. Being unpredictable because you're driving abnormally is super dangerous.
The reason we have a driving system is so that everyone knows that to expect from everyone else. If you operate outside of that system you're a danger to yourself and everyone else.
If you can't drive don't get behind the wheel
Adding pockets costs next to nothing.
You think this is some overlooked thing that the clothing industry never considered? That this is some secret niche that just hasn't been filled? They don't sell. If they did, then there would be brands or clothing lines with pockets, and marked up for the piddly cost of the manufacturing expense.
That has NEVER HAPPENED. It's not because the manufacturing can't be priced adequately despite high consumer demand, it's because for all the shouting at clouds, women, in general as a consumer demographic, do not buy pants with pockets.
"I saw it on YouTube and therefore it must be true, not basic economics"
Correct on all counts. I didn't want to go into too much depth because it's hard for DIYers to understand some of this stuff but I think you nailed it.
OP, this is what I was alluding to when I said that what you're trying to do would trip a GFCI. You know, the things that stop you from getting shocked or electrocuted. And sharing that neutral in a different circuit, it can likely be done based on your written description, but I wouldn't trust you to do it safely/correctly.
Go with a different type of switch or call an electrician for your install if you are locked into your plan.
Kind of hard to understand what you're describing, but if what you're saying is that-
You're trying to install a switch that requires a neutral wire in a box without a neutral, and using a ground wire instead
-that is bad, and you should not do it.
Yes, it will function. However, you're electrifying your ground circuit, which is not supposed to happen. The ground and neutral busses are essentially the same thing at your main panel so yes you can do what you're doing, but it's not good. If there was a GFCI in this circuit it would trip, if that tells you anything.
If I understand your post correctly.
Edit: are you also saying you might use a different circuit's neutral? In theory you can do this, but it depends on where the breakers are in your panel. They need to be on different phases, and they need to have a mechanism to trip both at the same time. Again, if I understand you correctly.
You sound like you need to call and have an electrician come out, because you're just capable enough with what you're doing to be really dangerous.
The clothing industry doesn't make many clothes with pockets for women because they don't sell. Women all complain that they don't get pockets, but then vote with their wallets.
This is a legit example of the intended meaning of the phrase "the customer is always right." The market supplies what customers demand, and for all the fist shaking about having nowhere to put a phone, there's very little actual market demand for women's clothing with pockets. Majority of demand is related to outdoor activities so you see them there.
"Allowing bullying"
You walk up to kids that got their face punched in on a playground and tell them to quit being a little bitch, too?
I had a relationship with an older woman once, with a similar age gap.
It just clicked. I was e initiator, took a bit for me to convince her that I legitimately found her attractive, but once she got over the face palming about how young I was, it was just like a normal relationship, but with different music/tv tastes. She took the brunt of shit from her friends.
But it worked.
Eventually I broke up with her because I didn't see a future, the age gap was just too large. Also I lost the "spark" over time - normal relationship stuff.
I can only imagine how weird it must be for you as the father. I would be very skeptical at first because as I myself age, the more 21 year olds just look like fucking children, and I just can't imagine a world where I would be attracted to them.
BUT I was on the other side of that equation once and I'm telling you, it was legit.
You don't have to like your daughter's boyfriend - that's the father's sovereign right to harrumph. But, if he treats her well and she's happy, I would say do your best to accept it and make good, because it could be so much worse.
Most relationships at her age end, this one might too. Maybe she'll realize like I did that she's spinning up and he's winding down - maybe that will never matter for them. A gap that large will always have weird challenges, but it adds something really great for her also - he's likely to have a lot of general life shit figured out that her 22 year old BFs just won't, even if he's "childish," there's no replacement for 20+ years of life experience sometimes.
Good luck!
Haters on here but yeah, it's lame.
It sounds like you're disabled in this area, and it's unfair that the world is not more accommodating.
"Change the world to accommodate my disability and I'll quit being a hazard to people's life, limb, and property" is not an acceptable attitude.