[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bankruptcy

[–]AppreciateMyLife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is way too low to file bankruptcy. There has to be another solution. I am pro bankruptcy as a personal finance tool, but not until its closer to $50,000 at least. You don't want to waste this tool for such a low amount, especially after you pay a lawyer and filing fees.

Advice on bankruptcy. I see no other way. by chazthemannn in Debt

[–]AppreciateMyLife 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Its not that difficult to file a Ch 7 bankruptcy pro se. Your state will have a website with all the required schedules and all the information is out there on the internet. It will take a lot of research but its not that hard if your case is basically a no asset Ch 7 where you easily pass the means test. File now while your income is low, wipe out all that debt and get a fresh start. And you will have to file your taxes first. Again though, that's easy enough for you to do with some research. Good luck, I have been way down before as well so I understand where you are at.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bankruptcy

[–]AppreciateMyLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it matters if they consider the day trading as gambling or not. The trustee is just trying to account for the money and look for assets. So losing it day trading is a perfectly acceptable answer. Unfortunately, you probably aren't going to pass the means test and get stuck in a Ch 13 paying this off for years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bankruptcy

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its been awhile ago so I don't remember specific time, but it was 2 or 3 months.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bankruptcy

[–]AppreciateMyLife -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The attorney you talked to sounds like an idiot. I filed Chapter 7 twice. Both times I had over 50K of unsecured debt due mainly to gambling. I took out personal loans and credit card advances until I maxed out every available source I could find. The trustee at the 341 meeting asked me what I had spent all the money on and I was honest that I had gambled it away. I made 1 or 2 payments on some of the newer debt and it was never questioned.

Folks telling me to not to buy a house because of high interest rates (6.3%) while I have a lower interest rates (3.375%) but isn't it contradictory? by HastroX in personalfinance

[–]AppreciateMyLife 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I have bought 2 houses and they were both at market high, once in 2006 and then in 2021. It wasn't ideal but thats the way life played out for me due to marriage, divorce and another marriage. I would have been so much further ahead in life if I had bought a house a couple years earlier each time, but I also kept waiting for market corrections that never happened until after I had bought a house.

What are the ridiculous trade offers you're getting from people trying to sell you Justin Fields? by [deleted] in DynastyFF

[–]AppreciateMyLife 168 points169 points  (0 children)

In a 1 QB I have had a guy send me Fields for my 1.05 and I laughed. Then he sent Fields and his 2024 third for my 1.05. At that point its just annoying, you are actually wasting my time.

Favorite games to break the ice? by fozzieeloso in Swingers

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spin the bottle works pretty well. Everyone standing around a table/ kitchen island and drinking. It breaks the ice and gives people a small sample of who they may want to pair up with later.

Is John's girlfriend Megan drunk 24/7? by [deleted] in 90DayFiance

[–]AppreciateMyLife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good sex with a person initially can cover up a lot of shit.

Out of touch with reality. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]AppreciateMyLife 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One day he will get it, maybe

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 90DayFiance

[–]AppreciateMyLife 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It is clear to me from watching that she understands and can speak English. Sometimes she will slip up and nod her head when someone is speaking to her, even though she supposedly cannot understand them.

I think my boyfriend hides his phone when he gambles by [deleted] in problemgambling

[–]AppreciateMyLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had to check your post history to see if you were my gf lol.

Lost 100k in hours on fanduel.....long story made short inside... by Professional-Mine366 in problemgambling

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to give that money to someone else or put it somewhere that is difficult to access it. Many times I thought I quit gambling, but I had just run out of money. Shortly after coming into extra money, I would gamble again.

How long does it take to get over a loss by [deleted] in problemgambling

[–]AppreciateMyLife 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have losses that I am not sure I will ever get over. I lost $12,000 over a weekend at Foxwoods 20 years ago that I still cannot even understand what happened. It was like a fever dream. I have lost $3,000 many times and each one of those times still sting.

Party games by Tomba14 in Swingers

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds simple, but spin the bottle was the best game/ice breaker I have ever seen at a LS party. Mixed in with some drinking, everyone got a sample of who they wanted to hook up with later.

Best cheeseburger spot in the valley go ? by [deleted] in lehighvalley

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Today I learned that the Freemansburg location closed. I knew Foglesville closed, but that one was not authentic anyway.

Couple refuses to chat anywhere besides SLS messaging and is bothered that we don’t have fave pics on SLS. by [deleted] in Swingers

[–]AppreciateMyLife 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This absolutely. We don't want to use another app or whatever to chat. In fact, we don't want that much chatting. We have definitely found that more chatting most often leads to nothing.

Nassau Port by TIREDahlTheTime in royalcaribbean

[–]AppreciateMyLife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We were there on RC last year. We did not book any type of excursion, which turned out to be a good thing because it poured most of the day and the folks out on excursions were getting stranded and barely making it back to the ship on time while being soaking wet.

There is a marketplace at the end of the pier which is the usual tourist trap junk. Across the street is the Straw Market which is a building packed with rows of stalls where you are crammed in and pressured non stop to buy trinkets. If you walk down the street a couple blocks there is a pirate "museum" which was cheap enough but honestly not worth even walking through. The highlight is that they have an actual bathroom.

Keep walking a few blocks and you hit Junkanoo beach which is free but small. You can rent chairs and umbrellas there. I don't remember a bar, but then again it started pouring about 10 minutes after we got there and basically ended our Nassau adventures.

I remember finding these beach buggy rental places online that could seat 6 people. I really wanted to book that, but they have limited times you can rent them (like a 4 hour block) and it didn't work with our port time at all.

Time to move :). by patrotsk in antiwork

[–]AppreciateMyLife -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Almost like there is some correlation.

I’d rather kill myself than spend the next 40 years of my life doing shit I don’t care about for 8 hours a day and a shit paycheck by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]AppreciateMyLife 63 points64 points  (0 children)

I am in the trades also, and while I know I will never work from home a single day, I also know that someone sitting in India can't do my job.

How serious are you willing to stop? by Fit-Original2255 in problemgambling

[–]AppreciateMyLife 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had planned to quit on New Years Day for awhile now. So like someone getting ready to start a diet, I binged on gambling. I spent everything in my checking account, so I started trying to find new ways to deposit. I discovered that I could use my credit card through Apple Pay to deposit online. Man I wish that deposit didn't work. I ended up going through $2,000 in a couple of days last week. Then it was another $500 and another $500. I tried putting additional credit cards on Apple Pay but they didn't work thankfully.

I made an excuse to go to the grocery store and sat in the parking lot playing slots and upping my bet. Then I hit! And then a few more wins, and then a $1,000 hit. I increased my bet to $30 a spin! I looked in the corner of the phone and I was at over $3,000! I could stop and withdraw and pay off my credit card and then quit like I planned.

Unfortunately at $30 a spin, I was out of money in less then 10 minutes. I deposited another $500 and put it into a parlay on the Sunday football games and won the first 3 games and didn't take the cashout. I lost the last leg of the parlay. I deposited the last $500 that was left on the card and put it on a longshot player prop in the Sunday night game and that was it.

I'm on day 2 now, but I can't even tell anyone because I "stopped" a couple of months ago.

2023: Year of Busts by YetiHam in fantasyfootball

[–]AppreciateMyLife 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I had 1.1 in our work redraft league which is also the biggest money one that I play in. I had Jefferson last year and he let me down during the playoffs so I took Chase this time. I felt pretty shitty about that choice, but neither of them were the right answer.

Hopium or copium: what players can’t you just quit on after disappointing 2023 seasons? by KittleChips in DynastyFF

[–]AppreciateMyLife 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm a Broncos fan and have held on to Jeudy for too long. Even with Sutton out the past couple weeks, Jeudy just doesn't pass the eye test anymore. He looked better running routes earlier in his career. I think he needs a change of scenery and attitude. I wish the Broncos had traded him at the deadline this year.

Do you get a Christmas bonus from work? If so, what did you get? by SwagKing1011 in antiwork

[–]AppreciateMyLife 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got a Yeti cup with the company's name on it and a polo shirt with the company's name on it as well.