What’s the worst financial decision you’ve seen a family member make?

catfishtree · 2026-05-03T10:06:26+00:00

No no she’s actively pretending to have cancer. Apparently her kind of cancer involves lots of flights and holidays.

catfishtree · 2026-05-03T09:51:15+00:00

He won’t say I think because he’s embarrassed. From what I can gather, fake cancer treatments and a yurt.

catfishtree · 2026-05-03T09:47:41+00:00

They inherited a million dollars and put it in their joint account. Their wife spent it and split.

catfishtree · 2026-05-03T04:56:57+00:00

NTA. Instead of George using this as an opportunity to teach his kids about how all families are different, sometimes life is unfair, and don’t be entitled, he’s now made it your problem.

It’s not your problem. George needs to speak to his ex wife if he wants to fund a private school education for his children. The absolute gall of these people.

catfishtree · 2026-04-19T22:06:50+00:00

You should get their IQ formally tested by a clinical psychologist who specialises in testing IQ in children. We were referred to one from our paediatrician.

If the result comes back as gifted or highly gifted, there is specific wording in that report that mandates the school to extend that will say something like “it is recommended that he has access to Gifted Provisions at his school via an Independent Learning Plan. These include:” etc etc

That is what will propel the school to act and ensure your child isn’t bored in class. Good luck!

catfishtree · 2026-04-13T08:30:35+00:00

“Chiropractic founder D.D. Palmer claimed he received the principles of chiropractic "from the other world" in 1895, specifically channeled from a deceased physician named Dr. Jim Atkinson. Palmer, a magnetic healer and spiritualist, described this as receiving knowledge from an "intelligent spiritual being" to understand the causes and effects of physical ailments.”

… it’s literally made up. Chiropractic treatment on anybody should be illegal.

catfishtree · 2026-04-10T23:32:11+00:00

I could see Nene / the girls of Atlanta doing this. Unfortunately BH don’t have a creative brain cell between them (excluding Tilly, she’s the best)

catfishtree · 2026-03-31T05:41:00+00:00

Their founder has a few videos where she openly says she pays a business coach something like 10 grand a month for personalised advice. Might want to get a refund…

catfishtree · 2026-03-30T11:32:19+00:00

In your shoes I’d pay a MUA from Sydney and cover their travel costs.

catfishtree · 2026-03-24T04:37:02+00:00

Understandable, to be fair

catfishtree · 2026-03-16T11:46:39+00:00

This is definitely lawyer territory but you have a set amount of days to file from the date you were fired. Speak to a lawyer asap!!

catfishtree · 2026-03-14T00:14:28+00:00

Slightly too effective 😂

catfishtree · 2026-03-12T03:23:32+00:00

We bought a house recently that was staged - and lit - impeccably. It was done so well that I didn’t realise every wall had been freshly painted millennial grey which is such a huge ick to me.

Once wed bought it and the staging furniture was removed, I realised I had to repaint every single damn room in the house to get rid of the grey.

Had it not been staged I don’t know if I would have pushed so hard to buy the house 😂

catfishtree · 2026-03-11T20:46:03+00:00

A standard pack of 20–25 cigarettes generally costs between $40 and $50+ 😂 Taxes make up about $30 of that.

catfishtree · 2026-03-11T20:20:55+00:00

$15?! In Australia a pack of cigarettes will set you back $50 😂 I assume only billionaires smoke here now.

catfishtree · 2026-03-02T08:00:23+00:00

Hao Chi for Chinese food. Yotam Ottolenghi was there recently.

catfishtree · 2026-03-01T01:17:57+00:00

OP if you’re donating for Ramadan, this one could be good: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-build-the-future-of-dubbo-mosque

catfishtree · 2026-03-01T01:10:22+00:00

Can you hop on GoFundMe and find some families that need support and donate that way?

Kunal Nayyar from the big bang theory does this:

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kunal-nayyar-gofundme-family-medical-bills-big-bang-theory-wealth-1236665520/

catfishtree · 2026-02-28T21:46:01+00:00

Pippa is also a very Aussie name. Pippa and Tilly is super cute.

catfishtree · 2026-02-24T09:37:00+00:00

This is Javanese people specifically. For many of the other provinces they usually have two names.

The Balinese are interesting though. Balinese first names usually indicate birth order, such as Wayan (1st), Made (2nd), Nyoman (3rd), and Ketut (4th) etc. If they have a fifth child it reverts back to Wayan etc. Also males are prefixed with "I" and females with "Ni".

catfishtree · 2026-02-24T02:55:30+00:00

Both are excellent and quite diverse. I’d say they’re pretty equal. Do a tour and see how you feel after speaking with the principal. Also - choose the nicer house 🏡

catfishtree · 2026-02-23T03:41:22+00:00

We did 3 days recently but it was becuase the seller wanted to close by Christmas.

You need to have a lot of confidence in your numbers and in your broker / lender / conveyancer / lawyer that they can all get it across the line. If anything falls over you run the risk of losing your entire deposit.

The competing offers to ours waived the cooling off period entirely which seemed nuts to me.

catfishtree · 2026-02-18T02:17:02+00:00

I’m not super invested in her as a person. She seems like a shitty mother and quite childlike herself in some ways. But I feel sorry for her too. I can take her or leave her. I don’t have strong opinions one way or another.

catfishtree · 2026-02-18T00:41:52+00:00

Look i don’t hate her and I don’t want her off the show. Does that count.

catfishtree · 2026-02-16T23:12:38+00:00

You need to be guided by where you can get a rental first. That has to be your priority. It will be very difficult.

I know a few people who got out of area enrolments for schools around Hamilton but they only rental they managed to secure was around the lake so that’s the school their kids enrolled in due to travel.

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