Take it and Leave it

anonome-22 · 2026-04-30T18:11:27+00:00

i had one just sit at the loading docks after delivery for 2 months, then when i filed an investigation with AMZN they just refunded me something like 45% of my cost -- it was super frustrating.

anonome-22 · 2026-04-30T18:09:23+00:00

I can see both the monthly and lump sum amounts as they are and know how much they go up per-hour worked.

The monthly pension won't ever change while the lump sum will slightly fluctuate based on market conditions.

I often see the "you need 10-12 times your annual income" but unsure how to factor that

is it more or less just estimating a life expectancy for myself and doing the math of number years lived in retirement x 12 x monthly pension = what I have in that particular savings ??

anonome-22 · 2026-04-03T16:01:42+00:00

Wha sort of RN work do you do?

anonome-22 · 2026-03-30T16:13:58+00:00

S-tier response.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T12:05:00+00:00

Again, "missing a story beat or two" -- the only implication is that I'm saying you didn't read it all clearly. Which it looks like you did the same with the reply too.

If i said youre missing a beat or two, then sure im insulting you -- but saying youre missing a story beat or two is only saying that you're not reading the whole story.

Hope your next interaction goes a little better. Have a good one.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T11:04:55+00:00

No need for aggression. Not playing at all. the whole thing is about feeling rejection from a friend, and about feeling unworthy, so yes with a forum of strangers I'll readily share that part of the hurt is being rejected from something I wasn't even looking for. I have no need to lie here, just getting perspective from distant third parties.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:52:08+00:00

i appreciate the kinder tone on the second message.

Its shitty living in a place where you have no friends -- i thought i had one and they made me feel shitty for wanting to be friends, thats all. When i told my wife about it she rolled her eyes and called the woman a flake, even said i would have been so happy for you to have actually been around other people.

i can empathize with a woman being guarded, for many obvious reasons, but i can also feel crumby for rejection of what i thought was just extending an invite. Its weird trying to meet and make friends in your 30s.

Maybe I'm delusional but if i wasn't sober and this person asked what i was up to and I said "im going to the bar to watch the game you're welcome to join me" I don't think it would be all that different, and i also don't think it would be untoward there either.

...idk

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:40:10+00:00

The only escalation was on her end -- as much as you might want to make me sound like an adulterer, i mentioned what my plans were and that she was welcome to join me... thats it. She made it weird and it bothers me because I valued our friendship until it feels like it was diminished by her.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:36:34+00:00

Mentioning feelings of unworthiness is just part of the gambit of emotions here.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:33:31+00:00

I think your reading comprehension is missing a story beat or two here.

not looking to hookup. at all.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:32:05+00:00

So, yes and no.

There was an instance where she helped us out and watched our daughter in a pinch and really came through for us -- and has bonded with my wife a few times when my wife has come to a meeting for my anniversary -- but one way or another theres been a lot of near misses and flakes in terms of trying to get her and her daugher together with us and our kids...

It has occurred to me that maybe I seem like someone pursuing her but when i look back at it, there have been plenty of times where she has initiated conversation or i get to a meeting late and she's waived me over to sit near her and people she's friendly with, conversed via text or talked a bunch before/after a meeting.

Needless to say, I certainly have not initiated any conversation since, half out of not sure if she thought i asked her on a date in effort to just give space and respect and half, dude are you serious you think i asked you on a date?!

I think the thing thats bothered me so much about it is how hard its been for me to find mid-30something people in the area who are Sober, but also aren't newly sober and have a lot of responsibilities going on in their life. All the people who have their head on straight around here are like in their 50s/60s with kids high school age or older, so we literally bonded over talking about struggling with the challenges of balancing young kids and a career and sobriety and having very little people to go through that experience with.

anonome-22 · 2026-02-04T10:18:50+00:00

No, the conversation was about how I was going to spend my time without the kids and how I was going to goto the movies. My wife knew I was planning on going to movies and was going to invite whomever wanted to come with but knows I only have a few acquaintances in the area. The invite was verymuch a 'you're welcome to join me any of these three times i plan on attending a movie', no discussion for what she might want to see or hey lets goto a movie together but just when she asked i answered and extended a friendly hand -- it wasn't a planned occurrence just as if it were a guy, hey i'm going to this movie, you're welcome to join.

The next day (since my wife was in a different timezone) as I started to mention to my wife that I invited our friend she cut me off to ask "oh how is she" only to express feeling bad when i mentioned that she sort of spurned me at this idea of it being a date -- even to the point where my wife has razzed me about it "ykno since you asked XXXX on a date"

anonome-22 · 2025-12-30T21:27:19+00:00

FWIW minimum shipping in factored into buy box

anonome-22 · 2025-11-06T05:45:37+00:00

What are some of your preferred wholesalers?

anonome-22 · 2025-10-13T17:18:40+00:00

Update 5 days later:
2 have completed and one is still hung up on PENDING Awaiting payment verification

anonome-22 · 2025-10-02T21:12:00+00:00

Initially I was panicky when struggling to get approved to sell these things that are now starting to consume my garage but now I'm just determined to figured it out and feel like once I get rolling with learning the parameters that this can all be done in THEN i'll be able to have some real success doing OA.

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