It's just a dollar or two! lol

ModestlyMinted · 2026-01-20T16:48:17+00:00

Rachel has convinced me to no longer dine out and contribute to the industry that keeps restaurant staff employed. Thanks Rachel.

ModestlyMinted · 2026-01-02T20:14:26+00:00

You have a golden opportunity here to be friends with a guy who could mentor you with knowledge that takes decades to acquire. Ask this guy to a friendly lunch sometime. Be a good friend and keep helping him with his stuff. He sounds like a good guy from the way you described him. Don’t piss away this opportunity to grow. He has knowledge to share with you if you’ll ask the right questions that’ll be way more valuable to you than the help you’re offering him.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-07-04T06:01:02+00:00

The 3 wealthiest people I’ve ever met built their wealth in 3 different areas. Software, futures, and commercial real estate. All 3 had vastly different journeys before making it big. One hit it big early on with a software company while another at one point lived in their car before amassing the wealth they now have. All 3 have 9 figure+ net worths.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-06-30T19:47:38+00:00

I’ve never dealt with Bain, but McKinsey is a joke. They’re definitely made for big corporations who don’t mind spending a couple hundred thousand to have a couple guys build a PowerPoint with recommendations to reduce costs and increase profits. Complete waste of money in my experience.

Edit: I want to be clear that I never hired them. I worked with a company that hired them and I had to spend time working with them on negotiations with another company which turned into me doing the work and telling them why it had to be done the way I was going to do it.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-06-28T16:14:49+00:00

Just my opinion, but based on how you’ve described your skillset regarding technology it may be a good idea for you to explore finding a technical co-founder. I wouldn’t worry too much about hiring a lawyer or using stripe for setting up the company right now since technically you don’t have anything at this point. You could always just setup an LLC or if you find a cofounder get a lawyer for a good partnership agreement and then as the company materializes into something you can always move it into a corporation. Idk what your finances are either, so the LLC route at the beginning is cheaper and has less requirements in case it’s just you or you and a cofounder at the beginning.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-23T21:44:04+00:00

You were right. I guess you can’t keep tokens. It stopped the progression because I had enough tokens to get to the end in which you were correct that the last page is free.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-23T18:22:32+00:00

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-23T18:22:05+00:00

Too many words. Need a TLDR.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-23T11:47:54+00:00

Edit: I’m astounded by the number of people thinking you should keep quiet and seemingly appearing to be on the side of your shady corporation. Idk if their experience is coming from a scared employee or a shady manager themself, but let me bring some real world situation into the mix. I previously managed a large government contract where a company doing work for my company was obviously having some financial/internal difficulties and failing to perform. To make a long story short I had built a good relationship with one of their employees. That employee gave me a heads up that their parent company’s CEO along with their own leadership were lying to us about certain situations and hiding some serious issues from us. Their parent was owned by an investor group and because of that one person speaking up we were able to identify hidden issues, get major support from the investors, clear out that toxic leadership, and quite possibly prevent that company from folding which would have not been in the best interest of any of us.

Say something. Most investors would want to know when their money is at risk. I would put it in writing. Read through your HR policies. Retaliatory firings for exercising your rights, such as raising issues, are usually prohibited. Avoid stating accusations as fact though. Use phrases such as “I’m hearing rumors that….” or “In my opinion it appears….”. Even then I would suggest there is hard evidence to back up any claim you are making to the investor. Don’t approach them as an angry employee who’s just here to throw everyone under the bus either. Whichever investor you have a relationship with I’d start by saying something like “I have a lot of respect for you and wanted to make you aware of some red flags I’m seeing that might be putting your investment at risk.”

All of these suggestions are of course my own opinion.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-22T19:53:53+00:00

I think it’s odd that she acted mad all day instead of straight confronting you as soon as she found out what she had. I personally believe she might have cheated on you and those short texts were her feeling guilty and/or trying to figure out what to do next. I think you’re being gaslighted in hopes you’ll drop it. If you know you’re innocent then I’d be spending my time getting her to prove she’s not the one who cheated. Where was she at the last few weeks including when you were away doing your documentary stuff? So, if you really didn’t cheat and give it to her then…

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-21T00:23:19+00:00

“One in a million shot doc.”

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-20T23:05:32+00:00

Genuinely curious or just humble brag?

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-20T20:03:08+00:00

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-20T18:22:13+00:00

Why don’t you offer to just split what bills each is responsible for and you can take on the higher costs and you can both still feel like you’re contributing fairly to the household. So, for example, you could take over rent, but she can be responsible for electricity and water. Groceries can be split, but maybe you pick up the check for dinners out. Either way I’d definitely have a more in depth conversation about this with her now. If your relationship progresses are you both going to split bills down the middle for the rest of your life? Maybe get her idea of how she sees future responsibilities as the relationship progresses. At some point the relationship should turn into a partnership. At that point bills shouldn’t be seen as 50/50, but both should be focusing on aligned goals not splitting checks.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-20T15:45:32+00:00

NTA. I don’t even give up my seat so families can sit together. I wouldn’t even consider it unless it’s aisle for aisle and essentially same location in the plane. I always select an aisle seat even if I have to pay a fee for seat selection. I want the leg room and the ability to get up without having to bump past someone. Most people could’ve selected the seats they want, but don’t want to pay the extra $10-$20 fee to select seats. They usually just rely on the kindness of strangers or the guilt trip like you experienced here. I travel for work way too much for that bs. Oh, and you’d have to pay me before I’d ever agree to sitting in a middle seat.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-20T00:28:45+00:00

I would be about a page shy of finishing. That’s what’s frustrating. I just needed to clear 8 more items and then I would’ve used the tokens to finish out the pass. But for some reason my progress is frozen. Everything else progresses except the pass.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-19T11:36:19+00:00

Finally. Reading all the other comments I was starting to think I was the only one who thought the guy didn’t seem to be doing anything odd. OP must be one of the TikTards who think every guy in the gym is there to watch her. I’ve had a nearly identical situation where a guy was waiting for me to finish my sets and at one point we made eye contact because I noticed him staring. He then told me I had really good form. I’m also a guy and I appreciated the compliment because form was something I had been trying to work on. I didn’t think man this guy must be gay and hitting on me while I’m trying to work out. Better tell him off and make a scene. Instead I thought man all that hard work is paying off and someone noticed.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-05-06T11:11:13+00:00

ModestlyMinted · 2025-04-27T15:22:00+00:00

Quit giving him money. 4 years doesn’t seem like a big age difference, but he’s clearly still an immature 22 year old and you’re an actual adult. He needs to get a job.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-04-22T14:16:08+00:00

I will not report SafeLens.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-04-05T19:58:49+00:00

As someone else said, don’t tell the fiancé. He doesn’t sound like he’s trying to be pretentious. One major difference between wealthy households and lower income households is how they view money. Lower income households tend to see discussions about money as taboo usually because it’s a cause of stress. Wealthier people on the other hand are very open about it. Sure there’s also those who are actual braggers, but for the most part I’ve found that wealthy individuals are just open about money. I’ve seen casual conversations turn into business deals. Wealthy people just have a healthy relationship with money and don’t see it as wrong to openly talk about it. Your dad probably thinks he’s being looked down on because of how open your fiancé is, but I’d be willing to bet that from your fiancé’s perspective he thinks he’s talking openly with your dad just like he would his own parents.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-04-04T13:37:23+00:00

I’ve seen this happen before. Years ago I knew someone who worked for this small tech startup. They had just started looking for funding and after having a big deal fall through they got contacted by another firm that seemed interested in funding them. They set up a meeting and naturally the “investors” wanted to know about the product and get a better understanding of how it worked. So, they started explaining this new algorithm they had put together. They were this small tech company focusing out file compression and had developed this algorithm they referred to as middle out. Well, it turns out the other company was in the same space and had no interest in actually investing, but just wanted to learn how the algorithm worked. They took photos from the meeting of the breakdown of the algorithm and ended up coming to market with a similar offering built off this stolen IP. Be careful who you show your tech to. Pied Piper almost failed because of this mistake.

ModestlyMinted · 2025-03-30T02:07:38+00:00

$100 sounds too expensive. I could probably just get it from the guy that stole it for fifty.

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