Your Questions About Home Business Ideas For Women

Is it unreasonable not to want other women in my home with my fiance when I'm not there?

My fiance (engaged one year, known each other for two, live together) recently started a catering business (part time, works out of our home). He knows a bunch of people through his involvement in non-profit work around the local community and is working on his current catering gig with a couple of girls he knows through his volunteer work.

A little note about what I've been up to this summer... I have been gone for most of the summer living out one of my dream jobs. This was discussed between me and my fiance in depth prior to my deciding to take the job and all has been mostly well with that decision, though it's getting a little tense between us as the time spent apart gets longer. (I will be home at the end of September; have been gone since May).

I went home for a long weekend at one point this summer and realized that my fiance had met with the girls in our house a couple of times already that summer... to discuss the catering details of one of the upcoming events. He also invited them over once while I was there "visiting" and had a two hour meeting at my kitchen table. I was introduced to them and being a woman, naturally sized them up.. but of course I was cordial. They're a bit younger than my fiance and I (from what I cold tell), and definitely attractive. They seemed to know my dogs pretty well and have been upstairs to our office (right across from our bedroom) on occasion (found out later). My fiance was very friendly with them, which only mildly agitated me, considering "flirt" mode is part of his regular job as a restaurant manager. (Something I've noticed... He doesn't always draw the line when he should, and it seems odd to me that he doesn't know to tone it down when I'm present.) As the meeting went on, I felt a little out of place in my own home and became frustrated the more I thought about the situation. I had not been home in two months and this was the last of the three days I was home to "visit." I kind of felt cheated out of my time at home with my fiance, not to mention a bit disturbed about what was going on in my home while I've been gone.

Okay... so I eventually decided that this whole idea of having women over to my house to conduct business or for whatever reason while I was gone was NOT okay with me. I said exactly this statement to my fiance. He disagreed. Okay. So because it was something that was important to me and made me feel disconcerted and really anxious, I asked him to respect my wishes to not have women over to the house while I'm not there and to kindly go elsewhere to conduct business. I didn't think this was unreasonable or unfair to ask, particularly in this day and age where things like this have the potential to grow into chaos. Plus, this is my home. This is the space that my fiance and I share... just us. There are hundreds of other places you can meet with your colleagues for business meetings.

Fast forward about a month... I just received a phone call from my fiance. We haven't talked in a few days and he started talking about completing a couple of the home-improvement projects we had been working on before I left. All was good and fine... and then he mentioned that he had one of the girls over to help him with the installation of one of the projects. I immediately felt crushed and pissed, so I took a deep breath and repeated what I had originally asked him not to do... Please do not have women over to the house while I'm not there. It makes me uncomfortable and I don't think it's an unreasonable request. His only reply was... wellll, I disagree.

I'm not even going to elaborate on my thoughts and feelings on where this type of behavior could go... but the things weighing on my mind are these... Am I being unreasonable? Is it okay to feel unsettled when another women (single or married, I don't care) is in my house with my fiance when I'm not there? I don't want to get caught up being a freak about it if it's something that's typical for most of the ladies out there. Do I need to chill out, or should I be legitimately concerned that my fiance is disregarding my concerns?

How to find the right kind of gun(s) for small business & home protection? Planning in gun training/protection?

for home & small business.
We live in an open carry state so we only need permit(s) if a weapon is concealed. You can carry with a holster as well as long as it's visible on your waist (example) or gun rack in window as long as weapon is seen & not covered. Gun laws are actually good here but how do you keep a weapon in a business in site without scaring some customers? How does one find what is best weapon to use for a business with people coming in and out all day?
What's best for home use especially if someone has limited strength in one arm?
Granted these weapons would not used except as a last option toward any living thing. We're not really game hunters we're actually more likely to go fishing. Target shooting and protection mainly what we need weapons for.
It's become necessary to have some protection particularly since with meth and home invasions in our state have gotten much worse and pepper/mace spray does not work on someone who wired or needs a fix.
We will all have the professional training we need and all lessons. We will stay current with all this too.
However we have no idea what would be the best all around weapons to cover both home & business on the same large property.
We also have to deal with cougars,coyotes, & bears who occasionally wander into town but never hurt anyone. In fact the deer here are actually more likely to attack year around and they do. Tourists & newcomers to the area treat deer as pets and now they are much more dangerous than the cougars and such. In fact deer have attacked more men & women and killed more dogs than all the cougars & bears in 15 years. Local parks have given out warnings not to jog or allow kids near swings ect if deer are around. Which is why with 5 nephews & nieces/grandchildren it would be a good idea to have something in case a predator came onto our land and we had no other options.
I have been told that shotguns single or double barrel make the best impression when a person(s) see's one however what's for good use for someone who could not hold a shotgun especially Parents/Grandparents due to arm surgeries?
I keep getting different advice so I was hoping for some real guidance by those who have or were in similar situations
All weapons would be locked and secured of course.
Guidance please.
Thank you so much for your help.
I want to thank everyone who has answered. You are all helping so much. Please know I would not thumb any of you down in fact you all get a thumbs up from me. You all have something important to say that helps in so many ways.
Already looking into the NRA.

What is the biggest social problem women 40 and over are facing today?

I am an entrepreneur, publisher, serial video blogger and public speaker known as Maura4u. My followers are generally women age 40 and older. As a former corporate business woman, former stay-at-home mom and current empty nester forging a brand new career, my questions, messages and content address helping others find their passion - even as I pursue my own. Essentially, the content inspires others to find and turn on their own light.

Would love to learn the right key words that women are using today to describe the following needs:

Purpose, Career and Lifestyle Choices, Self-Expression, Rebirth of Self, Personal Redevelopment, Aging into New Growth, Setting a New Living Standard for Mature Women, and Happiness.

What I am not focusing on is:

Fashion, Beauty, Fitness, Menopause, Botox and similar physical issues.

The ideas I address are more of an internal nature. They focus on inner identity and its resultant outward expression with an ultimate goal of personal happiness and life satisfaction.

Any key words to capture this message would be greatly appreciated.

Need help thinking of a name for a personal business?

I want to start my own online business. Since it is the winter season, and I know how to knit scarves, I wanted to create my own little online/from-home business where I sell homemade scarves. People can pick out the colors and type of yarn, and I'll knit and ship them. I can make them for men and women but I have a feeling the audience that would be most interested would be women ages 16 to 40. I want it to be catchy, clever, kind of funny, while still being someone what obvious. So far my friends have come up with "Knit-Knack" (which I'm not a huge fan of), "Scarf it Down" (which is cute, but it looks like it could be food related), and "Something Snkitten" (sort of a take on the word "smitten", but I think it looks too much like the word "kitten"). Anyone have any catchy ideas?
Unfortunately, I only know how to knit scarves haha. And I definitely do not want something as boring or unoriginal as "laura's stuff". "Knit-whit" is good though! That's in the category of what I'm looking for

Why do women care that I live at home?

It's none of their business. Also, I never understood the crazy rush to move out as soon as possible. I mean, I can understand it if the adult kid works too far away to commute or gets married, but that's pretty much it. Also, I guess I can understand if someone really has a desire to get their own place, but I don't believe this is usually the case.

I am a regular, single, straight, 32 year old male from a NY suburb. I live at home with my parents and other adult siblings. My parents say it's stupid to move out just for the sake of moving out when we have no rent, laundry and cooking done, and always have people around. Some people say that single ladies look down on men who "still" live at home. I take my parents' view that my living arrangements are not the business of any potential dates. I digress.

My parents, siblings and I have no idea why parents kick their kids out at the first possible chance. It's almost as if the kids were never wanted or were just a status symbol for the parents. Anyway, doesn't it make sense to keep expenses down and live together in this tough economy?

What do you think about all this?