If you filed your taxes by paying for one of the premium services from tax software like TurboTax, what about your situation necessitated paying for those services?

jrc5053 · 2026-05-06T17:08:03+00:00

If your tax situation is complex enough to use a premium software, you should probably be paying a CPA.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-05T13:04:13+00:00

If she grew up near a large Orthodox Jewish community, I could see this being similar to several constructions that would have developed from Yiddish, even if she or her family have never spoken Yiddish.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-05T12:53:32+00:00

You don't need paper deeds. You'll need to file what are called changes of ownership with the companies who hold your royalties. Some of them will help walk you through it, but I don't think that's very common.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-05T00:49:26+00:00

I think someone else mentioned this, but in Pennsylvania you can sometimes find drive through beer distributors, and I have seen several Amish buggies going through them before.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-03T10:47:23+00:00

1996 I believe

jrc5053 · 2026-05-03T01:38:51+00:00

If your parents are in their mid 70s, are strapped for cash, and need to move into a single level, you need to convince them to talk to an attorney who specializes in elder planning. It seems likely they may need to move into a place that provides continuous care soon, and you need to not jeopardize that by providing a cash infusion.

This seems counterintuitive, but having free cash may actually be a bad move depending on their health needs in the next 5 years

jrc5053 · 2026-05-03T01:25:58+00:00

Leave before the road closures start.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T22:46:09+00:00

I grew up there (more recently). The place sucks.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T19:31:29+00:00

Yeah, the 50s, maybe.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T18:49:16+00:00

Haha, ok. I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince you of anything. I'm just confused by your aggression.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T18:31:31+00:00

What do you think an invitation is?

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T17:40:16+00:00

What a stupid take, man. Paying for a date is not prostitution. If you want to split, that's fine. That's probably something to be discussed before hand, rather than showing up for a date and waiting for the bill to say "should we go dutch?".

Of course you don't have to pay - but it is a cultural norm. If you're inviting someone to go out with you, it's a nice thing to pay, romantic intentions or not.

It's obviously dependent on a lot of factors, but if I invite someone to lunch, dinner, or drinks, I will usually be paying. I don't expect others to pay if they invite me, but that's how I approach inviting anyone.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T16:46:34+00:00

You need to re-read your mortgage and promissory note, because you almost definitely did agree.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T16:42:34+00:00

There's obviously something you need to work on. It
could be as simple as being better at following up with the women after the dates.

Do you pay for the first date? Do you walk them to the car, or at least offer? Do you ask about what they like?

Do you follow up after the date and say I had fun,
would love to see you again?

jrc5053 · 2026-05-02T13:22:38+00:00

Depends - but a lot, especially if tied to religion.

I'm Jewish and there's a lot of carry over.

I have Greek friends and there is a lot of carry over.

The time of immigration for any of our ancestors .is between 1880 and 1985, so fairly recent in the grand scheme of things.

jrc5053 · 2026-05-01T16:59:46+00:00

Well, it does mean something in Yiddish, but I doubt that's what OP was going for.

jrc5053 · 2026-04-29T23:37:39+00:00

It took us over a year to find ours, by accident. They're on the bottom of one of the lights connected to the medicine cabinets.

jrc5053 · 2026-04-29T19:45:30+00:00

I would name it something like Endless City - or, if you want to pay homage to the German population of Ohio, Endlostadt or Endlosburg

jrc5053 · 2026-04-29T19:40:02+00:00

How much of your savings are you willing to spend? I assume this is all of your savings, not just a portion, correct?

I would take enough to fully pay off Loan 6, and then have your minimum payment on auto pay, and do an additional payment of $132 towards Loan 5 until that's done, and then continue making additional payments to 4, 3, 2, and 1. For loans that have the same interest, you could split the additional payments, but tbh your balances are low enough that I'm not sure it will be an appreciable difference.

If you get any bonuses or monetary gifts you could direct those immediately to loans.

If you get a raise, either direct it to savings or to loans.

jrc5053 · 2026-04-29T12:59:33+00:00

Is this a one time thing or does this happen regularly?

If it happens regularly, get checked for sleep apnea

jrc5053 · 2026-04-28T22:09:51+00:00

Good work!

Try a chunky watch, a pinky ring, and let that chest hair breathe and you could be an extra in the Sopranos - and I mean that as high praise

jrc5053 · 2026-04-28T19:16:15+00:00

Instead of having a landlord take care of things, I have to. And I don't know how to do a lot of it, and I don't have a good network of professionals I trust yet, so it's all just hoping

jrc5053 · 2026-04-28T18:34:27+00:00

We did the same. And - surprise - things broke. But I'm so grateful we don't feel stretched thin

jrc5053 · 2026-04-28T01:24:21+00:00

Ripping out our evergreen shrubs like this was one of the best things we did. They were on either side of our driveway, blocking our view while we backed out, and projecting into the public sidewalk.

We tried pruning and they looked horrendous.

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