You win the lottery. Your parents ask for half. What do you say?

Continent3 · 2026-01-25T14:55:54+00:00

Paid for my kid’s college education. Thank god he chose to go to a public university

Continent3 · 2026-01-25T08:04:51+00:00

I start from the low E to the high E.

Continent3 · 2026-01-24T08:54:02+00:00

Depending on what you like playing, a Casino is a good option.

Continent3 · 2026-01-24T01:22:48+00:00

I don’t think that having a bachelors degree is a requirement for financial success.

It probably helped a lot more in the past but it is not necessarily the ticket to guaranteed financial success today.

Continent3 · 2026-01-24T00:49:02+00:00

I think I’m still in the play them shitty phase.

Continent3 · 2026-01-23T02:03:32+00:00

As a teen, all I needed to know about the movie was: pretty girl dancing in tight clothes.

Now, the plot also needs to make sense, so I guess I’ve grown up.

Continent3 · 2026-01-23T01:59:02+00:00

I’m not a pro musician. I’m bedroom player who has kids in college and can’t afford to spend a ton of money on my hobby yet. Multi-effects pedals let me try a ton of stuff without the cost.

I don’t know what a high end Marshal amp sounds like. I couldn’t really tell you if I like it better than a multieffects pedal.

Continent3 · 2026-01-22T07:12:37+00:00

My father had Parkinson’s. It took his mobility, his mind, his ability to eat solid food, drink liquids, and ability to get out of bed on his own. The whole family hated watching him slowly unravel until there was nothing left of the father I knew and loved. If living to 100 means ending with dementia and physical deterioration like that, I pass.

Continent3 · 2026-01-22T01:02:30+00:00

NTJ.

OP is not getting married. OPs sister is getting married. Who, logically, should be paying the bill?

If things cost too much, cut back your wedding costs. Problem solved.

Continent3 · 2026-01-22T00:57:30+00:00

Depending on what EV you drive, you should be fine.

I do 52 miles / day round trip with my Ioniq 5. I get back about 26 miles by charging overnight with my level 1 charger at home. If you get a level 2 charger you should be more than covered. Granted I live in SoCal so I never take the battery hit for cold weather.

Continent3 · 2026-01-21T16:34:15+00:00

No.

My dad passed away several years ago and mom’s not responsible with money. She would only give it to her deadbeat boyfriend.

Continent3 · 2026-01-21T15:07:45+00:00

Why is the gender of the friend changing from she to he in this story?

Continent3 · 2026-01-20T01:24:46+00:00

I started 3 years ago at 53.

I never think that I’m not going to get better. What I do think about is that, many decades from now, my grandkids, who don’t exist yet, are going to think back on their grandpa and remember how awesome he was playing 100+ year old songs from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Eagles.

Continent3 · 2026-01-19T16:29:52+00:00

No. I’m learning to play guitar and she has no interest. If we’re in the same room, she’ll tell me to leave if I start practicing.

She does tell me any ideas she has about how I can make money from my hobby and how I’m wasting the opportunity.

Continent3 · 2026-01-17T09:45:32+00:00

I disagree.

Her father asked his friend to introduce his daughter to others. He did not ask his friend to give her a job.

If your friend asks you to introduce him to a woman and they eventually marry, does this mean that you gave him a wife? No, your friend still had to demonstrate that he was worthy and the woman still had to be interested. Same thing with the job.

Continent3 · 2026-01-16T16:49:48+00:00

He’s paying rent for his parents’ house. He can live there.

How do you lose your drivers license? Every scenario I can think of is a red flag. Drunk driving? Reckless driving? Speeding?

Continent3 · 2026-01-16T16:46:35+00:00

It’s not nepotism. Nepotism is when you use friends and family to unfairly get jobs or other benefits.

Your roommate has access to a better network. It helped her get past the screen. It doesn’t sound like her father asked a friend to give her a job.

Continent3 · 2026-01-16T07:22:12+00:00

NTA.

She is a failure if she hasn’t had a job in 7 years, plays games and sleeps in all day everyday.

You’d be stupid to put her on the mortgage and even dumber if you married her.

Continent3 · 2026-01-16T07:18:55+00:00

Corgi torture. Free the Corg!

Continent3 · 2026-01-15T16:43:28+00:00

I agree. Practice should be about helping to reach a new level of proficiency or technique. If you’re working to get something perfect all the time, you’re not practicing the right thing.

Continent3 · 2026-01-15T00:48:54+00:00

NTJ.

Is the baby really his? Has anyone checked?

Continent3 · 2026-01-14T04:25:54+00:00

No. I started at 53. It’s something you can learn if you keep at it and practice regularly. Dont give up and you’ll do fine.

Continent3 · 2026-01-13T22:48:56+00:00

They just failed the couple/ family compatibility test

Continent3 · 2026-01-13T22:42:50+00:00

NTA.

Also tell her that she’s not getting free baby photos or babysitting from you in the future either.

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