“My girlfriend is talking about getting married but she only earns 125k and I’m about to hit 200k with bonus. I’m worried that she’ll drag me down and it’ll affect my standard of living. How can I get her to earn more money?”

There’s a designer called Louise Linderoth who makes clothes specifically designed and sewn to be worn by wheel chair users

Honestly it surprises me a little bit that the loan underwriting agents had so much leeway back then and didn’t have a strict underwriting strategy to adhere to.

you should have done this for every person looking to buy a used cavalier

Gotta read the fine print, Patrick! Or in this case, the not-really-that-fine print. Prime always tells you the guaranteed delivery day when you check out, so pay attention to that if you need something right away. Two day delivery means the transit time will be two days, not that the order will be processed and at…

The entire business model at those places is based on people defaulting, so they can repo the car and sell it again.  Friend found a car he actually liked on a BHPH lot (don’t remember the details), and was told flat-out that they would ONLY finance it, and would NOT just take a bank check for the full purchase price. 

lol. who came up with this notion? a pancake that takes 45 minutes is... a cake!

Yeah, that makes sense. We’re both steeped in professional cultures where sharing passwords just isn’t done, so that doesn’t really work for us.

It’s yet another -ly app looking for a problem to solve. Will it help you keep track of your car keys? I seriously doubt it.

He indicates she has multiple boxes, wedding rings, the freaking wedding dress, and old phones still full of photos. I am not suggesting she throw all that away, but there is nothing wrong in considering your partner’s feelings and knowing no GOOD can come from bringing all that into your shared living space. One can…

also, I call bullshit. I know a couple of librarians, and a number of true bibliophiles. Books *can* be precious objects. There is art and craft in a well bound book. The illustrations or photos in others are works of art unto themselves.

Just for reference: I think my situation is similar to yours. Married 15 years, divorced amicably, 2 boys.

Vague but... aging relatives who will likely need financial assistance in their golden years. I don’t have children or a spouse, so that makes decision making easier but as an only child, there’s no one else to shoulder the financial burden either.

Spending 30% more then you make each month is crisis level bad. You and your wife need to stop pretending who you are (expensive clothes, private school) and live well beneath your monthly income.

I think you should reach out to organizations involved with that disability. It can be a support group and give you tips on long term care /jobs for your sister. It sounds like you parents are not doing enough but they will be dead and she will probably look to you for help.

On American Ninja Warriors, all of the contestants and audience root for all of the competitors. No one ever says bad things about anyone else. Everyone truly wants everyone to succeed. Truly good life lessons.

And keep in mind, your emergency fund is NOT intended to generate wealth. When I hear these arguments (In general, not saying you are making them) I shake my head and imagine someone complaining that the smoke detectors in their house don’t play music.

Generally everyone’s right.

That’s how people get in trouble. Raid a 401k for something stupid like a kitchen remodel ... then get laid off and be unable to repay it. Get hit with penalties, and have nothing to live off of after retirement. Living off SS alone would be a life of poverty.

Do these steps sound like something that can be automatically done by an app? Generating a license key, for instance? For this to work, you need to mess with your security settings. Of course an app shouldn’t be able to do with that.