Neither. Go with Dreamhost. Trust me and thank me later.

Do they give a reason?

Buying the domain takes like 5 minutes. You don’t have to put up a website until you’re ready, but you’ll have the domain locked down. Do it first.

I’ll keep this simple: you are too nice. There’s nothing wrong with being nice. But being too nice can be detrimental. Are you a “people pleaser” type of person? So was I. Seek help for that, seriously. Step outside of this situation and look at it objectively as if you didn’t know the people involved - what do you honestly think about the person in the bus? From this reader’s perspective, she’s no friend, she’s a leech to be gotten rid of as quickly as possible. Why would you tolerate someone doing this to you? She knows exactly what she’s doing…and she doesn’t care. She knows you won’t say anything, so she’s taking full advantage of that, because why not? Make her feel it.

There is never a good time to call a customer names. Always keep it professional, always. If you don’t want to do business with someone, politely inform them. Don’t let someone else control your emotions. You stand to lose much more than they do.

It took me 6 years to become 100% independent (I don’t need an outside job to pay my bills and support me and my wife), so that sounds about right.

Define “cold calling”.