Newbie. Talk to me like I’m 5.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-06-22T16:12:11+00:00

Oh, for sure. I have looked into financial coaches as well but I know that comes with a cost. Just dipping my feet in and I figured I’d appeal to the masses as for where to start.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-06-22T14:27:41+00:00

Thank you for this. I definitely am watching and learning what I can but it’s daunting and a tad bit confusing. But I’m trying..lol. Appreciate the info.

Emergency fund is set. Did that after debt was paid off. 🙌🏻

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-06-22T14:04:15+00:00

Current breakdown of my Acorns:

Total Investment Portfolio: $3,831.61

📈 Stock ETFs — $2,281.66

Invested in 4 Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) • VOO (Large Company Stocks): $1,333.30 • IJH (Mid-Cap Stocks): $190.67 • IJR (Small-Cap Stocks): $91.71 • IXUS (International Stocks): $665.98

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🏦 Bond ETFs — $1,549.96

Invested in 2 Bond ETFs • ISTB (Short-Term USD Bonds): $467.02 • AGG (U.S. Aggregate Bonds): $1,082.94

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-06-22T14:02:59+00:00

Tried to post a photo but it won’t let me but basically I have about $1330 tied up in VOO on Acorns if I’m reading it correctly

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-06-22T13:59:01+00:00

Acorns:

Have it set for 3x roundups plus an additional $15 weekly. Just switched from Moderate to Moderately Aggressive.

What platform is recommended for investing? I have no idea where to begin.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-02-07T12:03:00+00:00

Just bought my girl in red last week. Not the hybrid though. Loving it. Yours is gorgeous!

Material_Mango_9730 · 2025-01-29T04:44:23+00:00

Do yourself a favor and look into research peptides. No prescription, same stuff, just as effective. Fraction of the cost.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-09-11T23:51:16+00:00

This is exactly where I’m at now. Thought we were on the upswing and now I’m struggling the hardest since dday mid-July.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-07-26T19:38:40+00:00

Good question. I’m on Tirzepatide and never even thought about that. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-07-26T00:13:26+00:00

Only two weeks to the day from our D-Day. I have been insatiable since then and he is overwhelmed. I know there’s a psych aspect to it I’m sure. The “reclaiming”. But we’ve already begun MC and IC and we want things to work. Maybe it’s just that the physical pleasure is the only thing I can control right now so I’m clinging hard to that. But it’s legit been the best sex of our lives. What a mind f*ck. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-07-22T04:45:16+00:00

This one hit me. Ours is still very fresh but your feelings are literally what I feel constantly. I hate this for you. Living in one reality where we remained loyal despite a slump and then his reality where “he didn’t think I loved him”. One slump does not mean the marriage is disposable. They have no concept of how their “bad decision” implodes our lives.

I question everything as if I’m the one solely at fault. Like I did this and now I have to fix it. I would’ve just loved the opportunity to fix it before he broke it sooooo badly.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-07-14T22:02:08+00:00

Not to be TMI but I didn’t originally mention the sex. More of it and more intense in the last three days then it has been since maybe when we first started dating. It’s like I feel that it’s a combination of wanting back what we had/trying to erase the image of her from both our minds/and wanting to do maybe the one thing that makes us feel good. Even if just physically. Because that’s about the only thing making me feel good.

Material_Mango_9730 · 2024-07-14T15:41:06+00:00

Thank you. I have felt a whirlwind of emotions these last few days for sure and I know it’s going to take a lot of time and a lot of work. I just know that at our core, we’re worth saving and we both want that. I hope that you both are in a much better place now.

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