‘You won’t be getting a $3.62 Venmo from me’: Twitter users examine levels of generosity in different income brackets

Stingy people are a pet peeve of mine. I’m not saying that everybody should stumble through life merrily giving up their life savings to any freeloader that comes along, but sometimes buying small things for friends and family is a nice thing to do! I hate owing money, but I hate miserliness more. Perhaps part …
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24-year-old daughter racks up $3000 in credit card debt, mother refuses to bail her out: ‘She is an adult, but still acting like a teenager’

When you’re a young adult, figuring out your finances is one of the hardest life things you’re tasked with. If you weren’t taught financial literacy growing up, it’s easy to be flying blind, especially once you get your first job. Getting paychecks is exciting, and if you’ve never had that kind of money before, it …
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‘I just wasted as much of their time as I could’: Pesky debtors face petty revenge for blowing up dude’s work phone

I don’t think I know a single person under the age of 40 who will answer every call they get without question. The main reason for this is that these days, there is a significant chance whoever is on the other end of the line is an annoying stranger who we don’t want to hear …
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‘Credit scores are a scam’: Driver pays off car, gripes about drop in credit score

You’ve got to spend money to make money, or so they say. The hidden addendum to this popular phrase is that it’s usually other peoples’ money that you’re spending in the process. One of the craziest things about being a responsible adult is that you’re generally considered more trustworthy financially when you have some (well-managed) …
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15 Relatable Student Loan Memes For People Who Are Really Counting On Biden Coming Through This Time (August 25, 2022)

Joe Biden might actually be doing it. Student loan forgiveness is on the table again.    As a normal person, you probably have reasonable doubts as to whether or not this promise will actually happen, but you have hope that one day, you’ll log in to your student loan account and the balance will be …
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25 Bleak Memes For People With Crippling Student Debt

President-elect Joe Biden has been discussing plans to forgive student loan debt and it’s caused some controversy on Twitter. Obviously, many people who struggle to cope with the loans are elated. Others, especially people who managed to pay off their own loans, are not too keen on the idea. There’s no way to ignore the …
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