Everything we buy should be categorized into «needs» and «wants.» The most important monthly expenses are rent/house payment, electricity, water, and food. If you can’t afford these things, you’re in deep trouble. After that, you need gas in your car so you can get to work and around the house items like soap and toilet …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’
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23-year-old forces her coworker to constantly cover her shifts because she has a boyfriend and he’s single: ‘I figured you’d be fine with it since you don’t have a girlfriend or kids to worry about.’
There’s nothing worse than a coworker who walks all over you and a manager who lets it happen. I don’t miss the time in my life when people would beg me to cover their shift and act like I was a bad person for not being able to do so. It’s challenging to plan your …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old forces her coworker to constantly cover her shifts because she has a boyfriend and he’s single: ‘I figured you’d be fine with it since you don’t have a girlfriend or kids to worry about.’
Ex demands 100% of joint house sale proceeds, claiming their ex-partner is more financially stable and should walk away empty-handed for the sake of fairness: ‘My partner essentially asked that I turn over the keys and walk away’
Breakups have a way of revealing just how creative people can get when it comes to redefining fairness, especially when there’s real estate involved. Suddenly, the person who couldn’t scrape together a down payment five years ago becomes an expert in equity theory, armed with a sob story and a calculator that only works in …
Seguir leyendo Ex demands 100% of joint house sale proceeds, claiming their ex-partner is more financially stable and should walk away empty-handed for the sake of fairness: ‘My partner essentially asked that I turn over the keys and walk away’
High schooler wins $500 Staples gift card at hockey game, is forced to split it with friend’s entitled family, ends up with less than $20: ‘Her family was sneaky and got a laptop for over $480’
There are lessons you learn in high school, and then there are the ones that come with a $500 price tag and a lifetime ban on inviting freeloaders to hockey games. This unlucky teenager, armed with playoff tickets and the naïve optimism of youth, found himself the unwitting host to a family who saw generosity …
Seguir leyendo High schooler wins $500 Staples gift card at hockey game, is forced to split it with friend’s entitled family, ends up with less than $20: ‘Her family was sneaky and got a laptop for over $480’
Woman backs out of group mountain trip when entitled friend Jay changes Airbnb and assigns an air mattress as her bed: ‘Alex and Sam seemed to understand, but Jay got annoyed’
Group vacations always start with optimism and end with someone clinging to an inflatable mattress, wondering if friendship is really worth spinal compression. In this case, our protagonist is the only one with a driver’s license, a job waiting on Monday, and apparently, the last shred of reason left in her friend group. All she …
Seguir leyendo Woman backs out of group mountain trip when entitled friend Jay changes Airbnb and assigns an air mattress as her bed: ‘Alex and Sam seemed to understand, but Jay got annoyed’
36-year-old dad refuses to fix his broken-down car, instead uses girlfriend’s car to take his kids to school, until she decides to put her foot down: ‘I’m starting to feel used’
What is it about men and their old, run-down, broken cars that they seem so unable to let go of? Why do they feel the need to fight for every scrap of metal, until what used to be a full-functioning car becomes nothing but an immovable lump of mismatched nothings? When I met my boyfriend, …
Seguir leyendo 36-year-old dad refuses to fix his broken-down car, instead uses girlfriend’s car to take his kids to school, until she decides to put her foot down: ‘I’m starting to feel used’
Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’
Paying for things in the early stages of a relationship is always tricky. It feels pretty unromantic to have to Venmo a date $16 for sushi, even if it’s technically paying for precisely what you ate. Many couples have a «I’ll get you this time, you’ll get me next time» dynamic that is usually pretty …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’
28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’
I have one piece of advice for y’all: never move in with a partner just to cut down on bills. I know it can feel so tempting to go from paying four figures in rent to three figures, but if the relationship is not ready for that step, it will have disastrous consequences. You shouldn’t …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’
22-year-old hides his million-dollar inheritance from girlfriend and roommate, says he only makes $53k a year: ‘I do not want them to get suspicious’
Money isn’t everything… But it also is. Especially when you’re young. When you’re just starting out in your early 20s you’re probably bonded with your friends over the fact that you’re not making that much money. You are in it together when it comes to making meals at home. You don’t expect each other to …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old hides his million-dollar inheritance from girlfriend and roommate, says he only makes $53k a year: ‘I do not want them to get suspicious’
51-year-old boyfriend breaks up with his girlfriend after she offered to host her daughter-in-law’s 87-year-old father in her home for 3 weeks: ‘How does it look that you have another man staying at your house while you are dating me?’
We all assume that people mature as they age, but that isn’t always the case. We’ve all met 50 and 60-year-olds who behave as if they’re still in junior high and don’t mature beyond that when they reach their 70s and 80s. Getting older helps many people let go of hang-ups they had in their …
Seguir leyendo 51-year-old boyfriend breaks up with his girlfriend after she offered to host her daughter-in-law’s 87-year-old father in her home for 3 weeks: ‘How does it look that you have another man staying at your house while you are dating me?’