That’s why measures like this are silly. In most of America, making $60k at 25 requires a graduate degree which for most people requires some student loan debt. But, usually those are the people who start getting ahead around 30-35 as they really start to progress in their careers. Earning potential matters.

Oh yeah, I believe it. This is definitely not limited to parental leave. I was previously at a firm that bragged alllll the time about how open they were to letting you actually take vacation. I took a couple days to get married, and then my contractually promised PTO for my honeymoon a few months later. I was passed…

I can appreciate your experience was that similarly situated people were buying rolex and vacations, but for most people it IS the electric bill or food. If you’re making enough in 3 months to afford pools and patios, most people would probably do the same because you have enough to make due.

I’m surprised even 14% of companies have paternity leave, but I would bet there’s more that goes with it in almost every instance. In practice, how many companies would offer it if every man actually took it? Or is it more a selling point like most other corporate flexibility when you actually start working, taking…

I hope you get norovirus.

Huh, interesting takeaway that based on your one friend’s unique circumstances involving self-employment, child support, and multiple private loans you would not recommend any IBR to the “typical person.” I guess that’s why people shouldn’t take advice from internet commenters.

You can choose to have your income based on paystubs or directly from the IRS via a web capture of your last tax return. If you do the latter, it should be after all deductions including business costs. I make six figures and don’t pay nearly $600/mo on IBR partially because a lot of that income is tax neutral from…

$3m net worth to be wealthy. I’m 27, not even at net zero, and may never achieve it, but it’s the number I’ve thought would make me feel like I’ve really got things together. Of course, $3m at 27 is very different than the realistic goal of $3m at 60 so...if I had $100k positive net worth from my own hard work right…

The workers are miserable, and they go out of their way to make it known. I’ve noticed more than any other store that you walk in and feel like you’re just not welcome in their space and they want you to leave.

Maybe with the general trend of cutting costs, there’s more sugar and “fillers” in everything, too.

I stopped comparing based on unit because there’s always a comparable product on sale and the sale tags don’t have the price/weight.

He can always pay more towards the principal or interest each month than an income-based repayment plan requires, and he can always switch to another repayment plan. Also, PAYE and REPAYE have specific terms that you will never pay more than you would have under a standard repayment plan. Don’t spread falsities based…

As far as being penalized for never getting sick, I don’t think anyone should feel like they’re lying when they say they need a sick day based solely on the fact that it’s unsustainable to only have 10 vacation days a year and you are so sick of work you need to stay home. (when possible)

Clean-up and variety. Making chicken breast with salad requires dealing with two cutting boards, two knives, maybe a raw chicken bowl, a serving bowl for the salad, and a pan for the chicken. If you splash at all, gotta sanitize the whole counter. And the annoying handwashing in between!

I think the problem is that like you kind of point out, nothing is going to change a workaholic’s mind. The flip is that there are some people who hide behind sick leave policies and take off for everything. I had a co-worker who took 50 days over 18 months because of her sleep apnea and always had a doctor’s note to…

Those two photos look pretty different, but she’s not much darker than the Cravings photo in other pics it looks like from a google image search. She’s also not a black woman in a commercial ad which has the subtext of “you have to be light to sell a product.” I don’t disagree that the photos look different but she…

Uhh yeah, the template demand letters with crappy case law will always come first, the suit/compliant follows when you respond to their claim. Many stages of litigation, every attorney ever would consider a demand letter signed by a member of the bar to be the first stages of a suit.

I did this and used vases from the dollar store I sprayed with mirror-effect spray paint. It was more a pain than expected to put all my flowers together on my wedding day, but they were beautiful and I saved at least a thousand dollars.

Water being boiled before it becomes beer seems entirely irrelevant here. Bacteria and fungi that can be boiled away aren’t the concern, it’s plastic and pharma waste that could potentially be more harmful when boiled.

30% contigency on a maybe settlement of a couple thousand keeps the lights on for another month...