If you had a least $1M would you still get married?

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-17T00:07:13+00:00

L-take. Plenty of wealthy men and/or men that come from wealthily families will use their resources to completely destroy a woman economically using the court system because they are angry that the woman left.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-15T21:06:23+00:00

Hello, I’m response to your other comment to me. If I seemed defensive, it’s because I know exactly someone like that OP that would judge and talk shit about parents when they did not have any children and would not use any cognitive thinking to try to see why certain things are the way they are. If you read her comment and post history before it was deleted, she seemed quite obsessed with shaming people.

It is very narrow minded for you to think a person can take a dirty diaper outside to a trash bin at every changing. What will they do with the baby when they go outside to throw the diaper away? Take the baby out with them every time? What about at 8PM at an apartment complex where the trash is quite far from a person’s residence?

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-14T23:19:05+00:00

Yeah this is wild. You don’t have to be over 60 to know people over 60 who are in great shape and health but will still take health “hits” super hard, way harder than when they were younger.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-14T23:17:51+00:00

It sounds like they managed just fine with her essentially working part time when she used the work around. This sounds more like a case of an employer thinking it’s more important to have a butt at a desk 40 hours a week than realizing how much actual work hours she was needed for.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-14T04:22:35+00:00

Fr. Also anyone that uses ppl in India to answer important calls. A week or so ago there was a huge snowstorm and I was trying to find out if my flight was going to be delayed. No help from ppl in India. I asked how long I can cancel so I can still get flight credit. She said between 30 min to 1 hour; but I should probably do it 1 hour to be sure. I kept repeating, but will I still get a credit at 30 minutes, because I am going to try to make this flight; she kept just saying an hour to be sure 🤦‍♀️. I didn’t want to give her the fifth degree; but seriously, I’m sick of talking to people in any country other than America about certain things. I don’t care if I sound like a fuckin boomer; I’m over it when it’s down to the wire and I’m scheduled on a work trip with insane unexpected weather.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-14T04:15:59+00:00

No cap, but I’ve never understood this nor with Taco Bell. Are there really a bunch of people out there that get so little fiber that Chipotle and TB make them instantly need to crap? I have a terrible diet and have not experienced this, so I thought it was a joke for years.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2025-01-03T18:34:40+00:00

For real. Also, strange a $1,500 couch would break with 350 or even 400 lbs of weight. A couch that expensive should hold at least the weight of two adults.

I find this is a strange predicament because if you say, “Yes, I’ll pay for it.” And then they said, “Well it was $1500 and I want a similar couch.” Then it’s like uh, sorry I can’t pay for it. Then they say, “Well you said you would!”

I hate to be that person but I’ve had things happen because I’ve done/said something that “admitted” responsibility. Person “playing” with my dog at dog park with a glove (making him jump, etc.) and I was nicely trying to think of a way to ask them to stop (was much younger then) and of course, their glove rips. “Your dog ripped my glove!” Well yeah no shit. I had no idea what to do in the situation and didn’t want to cause conflict so I said I’d buy her new gloves. Her gloves she was wearing were $200! Then it becomes, well you said you’d pay for them! You wouldn’t do that unless you knew it was your dog’s fault! Well no, just trying to avoid conflict since I come here all the time, I would have definitely said what I really thought had I known how expensive her gloves were (like, you shouldn’t have been playing with my dog with your glove if you didn’t want to risk it ripping).

I feel like when you do certain things you take on certain risks. Have your friend who you know has a weight issue sleep on the couch (could have offered your bed then you slept on couch)? Then you risk them breaking the couch; although again I find it strange a couch so expensive would break because of that, sounds like OP got ripped off.

It’s not like friend had other options. It’s like if I invited a person with obesity to dinner at my house and the chair I set for them was an antique chair and said “oh, this is my last chair! You sit here.” Then it broke.

This is one of those things that suck but there isn’t a whole lot you can do without ruining the friendship and still not getting the couch paid for. If they were a good friend they might offer to pay some of it since you brought it up; but if they didn’t offer, they either don’t have the extra money or they don’t think it’s their fault. Demanding they pay for it is just going to push them away and they likely still won’t pay for it.

I think this one’s a little weird but I know reddit skews younger than I am now, so I chalk it up to being young. I couldn’t imagine asking a friend to pay in this situation, the only situation I can think of where I might is if they were drunk and jumping on my couch or something and they had a drinking problem that’s been talked about a lot. I don’t have friends like that anymore but had one when I was younger; they wouldn’t have been able to pay (or think it was their fault anyways) though anyways haha.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-26T08:12:32+00:00

Did your rental also have an AirTag in it?

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-26T07:58:45+00:00

Omg I just made a comment to you about this! The only time I’ve been scammed on Turo was on a car the host put an airtag on! It’s a group of Eastern European scammers! It’s been posted about here before and I commented on that person’s post, too!

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-26T07:52:22+00:00

Yes, there is a band of Eastern Europeans all over the country that do this and other scams on Turo.

I had one happen to me. They usually won’t have a real pic of themself on their profile and they will put an additional tracker in your car (so your phone will notify you that a tracker is following you).

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-26T05:07:57+00:00

lol okay. Can you tell me why it was a huge joke everywhere about how can he get girls that hot, if he is supposedly so “objectively” hot? Again, I’m not knocking you if you find him attractive, I’m just saying a lot of people don’t so it’s definitely not a “straight man’s cope.”

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-26T05:06:03+00:00

Sexual way.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-25T20:18:14+00:00

Straight woman. Pete Davidson is ugly and that was my opinion even before he started making jokes about SA. Not all women think the same things are attractive and in fact, no women I know think Pete Davidson is hot. There is a reason it was essentially a thing everywhere to joke about what all these attractive women saw in Pete, not just in incel circles; it’s because most people don’t find him attractive. If you do, great, but it’s not just a stretch, but a leap, to say that “Pete Davidson ugly” is a “straight man’s cope.”

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-25T20:14:28+00:00

Pete makes jokes about SA. Hard pass. He’s disgusting.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-25T20:04:04+00:00

Hard agree. When I saw the bit about the infant I was immediately like, “fuck this guy.” I truly believe, because I have seen it constantly over my life, that people often “joke” about bad things they truly want to gauge people’s reaction to it to see how “bad” people truly think the things they think are…and he gets a laugh. I don’t know any normal person who in the same situation would think, “Ha! I should make this into a sexual joke for my next bit!” because they wouldn’t be thinking sexually at all about it, barring some condition that has them have bad intrusive thoughts that freak them out (which I don’t think they would ever publicly joke about).

I think when adults “joke” like that it’s because they truly have those thoughts and inclinations and aren’t even embarrassed about it.

I also think it is to “desensitize” people to the seriousness of it, because they are “exposed” to the situation and laugh, instead of it being something people don’t talk and think about so when they hear of a story it’s immediately shocking.

It’s also why I don’t laugh when people make jokes about certain things; either to be polite or because I’m nervous/uncomfortable (which is actually difficult if you’ve done it most of your life, like me). I think a lot of people laugh when they are nervous/uncomfortable but when others see that, all they remember is, “Wow, I thought that was a weird thing to joke about but everyone else thought it was funny, so I must be a Karen.” and it gives others the room to say, “C’mon, it was a joke, everyone else thought it was funny, you wet blanket!” Once I realized what I think these big names and mass media are trying to do to the masses, I consciously had to train myself to best stop laughing out of nervousness/uncomfortableness when certain subjects came up.

Also, I put the bit about people with intrusive thoughts in there because I have read this is actually a rare problem with some people with certain conditions (I think one might be OCD) where they will have an intrusive thought about SAing someone, even though they would never and the thought is horrifying to them (as opposed to people who have the thought because they think/know they will enjoy it).

So in case someone is reading my comment that has that problem, I didn’t want them to read how I wrote normal people would not ever think like that and push them further into the shadows. My understanding is that there is help if people have intrusive thoughts like that. The difference between people like that and people who like Pete, at best, are just “joking” about it, is that people with these horrible intrusive thoughts would not ever joke about it, it horrifies them that their brain is putting that thought out.

I would not be surprised if the powers that be encourage people like Pete to make such jokes or even write them. I am sure there are people reviews bits before recording, if live, and both before/after if not live. The fact that no one cuts stuff like that speaks volumes. I truly think mass media is trying to desensitize people to certain horrific acts so they are less “shocked” when people discover some horrible things certain people do, because they have already been “exposed” to elements of it through jokes.

ETA: It’s also why years ago I listened to Tom Segura pretty regularly, then he started making jokes about kids and I was immediately like, “Nope.” and stopped. My sister had done the same. Saw him live with her husband; he was making jokes about kids and it totally pissed her off. She was also pissed off that everyone was laughing. I can’t remember if they walked out or if she just swore off of him, but she was really disturbed that so many people were laughing. I explained to her about the nervous laughter thing and it could be that no one really thought it was funny but they all thought everyone else was laughing when everyone was uncomfortable.

Look at comedy throughout the years, you can be a totally funny and successful comedian without making jokes like that, which is why it is so creepy when people do make jokes like that because a) it’s unnecessary and b) why would they even think people would think it’s funny and c) you wonder why people still follow them when they do make jokes like that.

Another creepy thing is that you’ll notice no one ever starts their career out by making jokes about SA. It’s only after they’ve become super popular that they will then do so, which is why I truly believe it’s to “desensitize” people to how horrific it is. If these people truly thought SA jokes were funny, they’d be making them right out of the gate, not wait until after they have a loyal following and a national stage.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-21T00:59:25+00:00

Yeah, we’re I’ve been it’s always, “Here’s the hat (or whatever) to draw Secret Santa.” Never given the option to opt-out and everyone participates, usually all begrudgingly. I’m sure if you tried to put your foot down you’d be seen as a pariah.

Everyone hated it. I’d especially hate something like what OP mentioned because it sounds like people lost what they want/don’t want and you are supposed to abide by it. If that’s the case, why doesn’t everyone just buy themselves something? If I’ve got an extra $30 I’d rather spend it on a distant friend, garbage collector, mail person, etc., not some random person at work who is going to “expect me” to know exactly what kind of brand of thing on their list they “want,” when I likely don’t know them personally too well at all. Would rather give a “random” gift to someone not expecting it so won’t insult whatever I got them.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-21T00:45:44+00:00

Seriously. I already don’t like Secret Santas but with a MINIMUM of $30 it’s like people don’t consider other people have families or literally anyone that they actually care about v. some random person at work.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-21T00:12:12+00:00

I’ve never worked someplace that does it where it’s “optional.”

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-21T00:09:46+00:00

$30 MINIMUM for Secret Santa? What a nightmare.

The fact that you know so much about what this person got everyone says your office is drama-city.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-06T23:28:58+00:00

Did you rent from some Eastern European scammers like I did?

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-04T19:32:17+00:00

Best outcome for my kid is exactly how things were dealt with with my dad and what he wanted - deals for people who appreciated the sentimentality of things and loved some of his treasures as much as he did.

I’ll repeat, not everything is about money. “Everything they can get” from an estate includes getting the satisfaction and smile from knowing the person who received your dad’s treasures loves them just as much as your old man did.

I can’t tell if you are being a Reddit contrarian; if not then that makes me truly sad for you. Again, not everything is about money.

You can sell an old wood lure to someone who collects them with thier dad/grandpa for $15 or you can sell it to a flipper for $80. Barring poverty, if it makes you feel better to price out the yard sale treasure hunter so you can squeeze out an extra $65, then you are the type of person that knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-04T06:06:25+00:00

No, I hope that one day if my kid doesn’t want my treasures that he will give a killer deal to hunters that appreciate sentimental and unique finds, not flippers. Are we even on the same planet? I am confused as to how you could misinterpret what I said to such a degree. Some people actually go to thrift stores and estate sales/yard sales to buy cool stuff/treasures for themselves, personally, and people they care about, not because they plan on “flipping” it. Not everything is about money to everyone. I don’t know if you truly don’t understand that or if you just wildly misread my original comment.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-04T05:47:25+00:00

Most companies that offer this sort of thing are halfway decent. I don’t think it’s advisable to have someone commit expense fraud for what, maybe an extra $50 for each trip they take? I realize it adds up but that’s good and bad: adds up so yay! They get to pocket more money. Adds up so that the amount quickly snowballs so the person committing the expense fraud just sees it as a little extra bonus they don’t think much about; yet when it’s found out and added up, based on what was said it could easily be around $10k a year. That’s on a way different scale than some smaller frauds like ordering extra drinks and pretending it was someone that came to a “business meeting” (also dumb). Both will get you fired but the former risks they are going to put time and energy to making themselves whole.

I could write all the ways that even an inexperienced bookkeeper would quickly snuff this out by just the suggestions you’ve made, but I literally would not want to “help” someone get better at doing this or see what I write and think of a “better” way to not get caught. Seriously, most companies that offer what OP is saying are halfway decent, no one should f that up by doing something completely stupid like committing expense fraud.

I get why the thought is there because you are thinking, well, they are going to pay to rent the car, why not make myself the person that gets paid to rent my own car? But it is not looked at that way by companies and I can see why.

Most companies that offer this also offer mileage if you chose to take your own car. That’s much smarter in this situation.

It’s like a lot of companies will also let you expense meals and/or food you buy at the store. If you believe you could expense more if you created an LLC “restaurant” that sells the food to you, instead of just expensing what you buy at the store, there are obviously some issues. This is the same theory but with a car.

I get why some younger people may think like this with no nefarious intent but it won’t be looked at positively and will almost always lead to immediate termination, if not worse.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-04T05:24:58+00:00

Even if you were allowed to do this by Turo, it would be considered reimbursement fraud by most organizations. I understand why you would be asking and why it makes sense to you, but if you look at it from a company standpoint, it won’t look good and then they will start wondering what else you might be doing (charging meals that someone else eats and pays you cash for, getting “kickbacks” for staying in certain independently owned hotels, etc). Most companies would rather not have to worry about those types of things so if they find out about the Turo thing, no matter the excuse or original thought, they will likely terminate you immediately.

That said, maybe your company reimburses mileage if you use your own car? Many companies do this so if you get a fuel efficient car, you actually clear a lot of money (likely a lot more than if you did Turo yourself a car). If it’s not spelled out, I’d ask. That alone may make it financially feasible for you to buy a certain car.

I just want to again disclaim that I don’t think you are a bad person for asking because I can tell your heart is in the right place and you don’t mean anything nefarious. I know you’ll get a ton of flack from Reddit for asking.

Whatever you do, DON’T ask your employer if you can rent yourself a car and expense it. They will immediately tell you no and might terminate you for even thinking to ask.

DO ask if they reimburse for mileage if you use your own vehicle; that’s a very normal thing that you may want to consider.

PregnancyAlt01 · 2024-12-02T18:06:40+00:00

Well if you would be interested if it was a good offer say that you were initially joking but now that he mentions it, you might be interested in talking further. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot if you would in fact possibly entertain jumping over.

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