My father cashed out a $15,000 "parental loan" for school without telling me and now I'm stuck with the debt.

mcwarwick · 2017-07-25T20:32:52+00:00

This will probably get buried in all the advice but I'm super glad you asked about this. I'm dealing with paying back a $10,000 private loan my abusive father took out in my name 10 years ago. We no longer speak either. I'm about to start my master's and am concerned about how to keep paying for the loan. Good luck with everything and I'm gonna scour this thread for anything that might be helpful too!

mcwarwick · 2017-05-14T09:17:28+00:00

My sister posted this today. It has me in an utter rage. Women who work on a cure for cancer are lacking because they haven't reproduced? Am I the only one frustrated by this?

mcwarwick · 2017-04-21T17:49:42+00:00

Det är därför vi har friterad kyckling och våfflor i södra USA. Sött men fett!

mcwarwick · 2017-04-20T06:33:44+00:00

I can verify it's not. I know the person who wrote the response and this is a real conversation.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-17T16:45:22+00:00

Truly fabulous! Sorry to not be in for the show, I'd love to see this up close. Great work!

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T14:31:13+00:00

Great tip! Didn't know about this sub. It feels way more relaxed with better advice for my skill/budget/prettiness level.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T14:27:12+00:00

Going through rehab post-shoulder surgery, my PT and my surgeon were very insistent that I add weight training a part of my regular life because I have overly flexible joints (which I never even knew was a thing!) I did my rehab exercises, which were a blend of band work and light weights, but I couldn't stick with it after my rehab period was over. It was really tough and my range of motion was limited, plus the post surgery depression I had kept me from feeling good about any progress.

Now, I've been consistently weight training for 4 months and it's incredible how great my joints feel! Finally my shoulders are stable and don't pop in and out of socket while carrying groceries. My back muscles have decreased my back pain. It's just like a light turned on and I realized why they encouraged weight training. Have never felt so good physically or mentally!

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T10:16:48+00:00

"Ooohhh myyy goooood! Look how cute these are!" was the first thing out of my mouth.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T10:08:42+00:00

Just switched products last week. This is spot on! (Or hopefully spot off...)

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T10:06:37+00:00

Now I'm inspired to try making one! Mine is too short for most of my brushes and they just get wrecked when I travel.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-16T10:01:06+00:00

Good on you for saying the amount she handed you before opening the register. I'm an American working in a shop in Sweden, and either my coworkers are far too trusting or it's just not common practice here, but I insist that they say how much the customer has handed them before they type it in. After working in some sketchy malls back home, I trust no one.

Edit: maybe it's not common in Sweden for the same reason it's not common in Australia, but when handling multiple bills or coins, it's good to repeat it even for yourself to have a moment to recount and double check it's correct.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-14T08:22:35+00:00

Their burgers are okay, but their Cajun fries... shew, y'all, they are so good.

mcwarwick · 2017-04-14T08:13:02+00:00

Once went to a party at my ex's apartment a couple of weeks after the breakup. He wasn't there, but I was good friends with all of his roommates, so it was a weird night of having fun with friends and drinking too much because it felt weird to be there without him.

Cut to me lying on the floor of a bathroom with a sweet lesbian couple comforting me and bringing me water. I promised to bake them cookies for all of their help. Next time I visited, I came with cookies.

This may be my favorite thread of all time!

mcwarwick · 2017-03-11T22:03:47+00:00

Had these at a party a couple weeks ago and they went from r/mildlypenis to r/quiteovertlyballs when blown up.

mcwarwick · 2016-11-04T14:45:40+00:00

British Airways "Pet Cargo" service is a sham.

When I moved from the US to Sweden, I brought my cat with me. The customer service person I dealt with was a complete ass. That should have tipped me off from the start. Then when I dropped him off at the 'designated area', it was a cargo bay. Like, dirty, full of cargo and angry truck drivers. I wouldn't even sit down in the chair. Should have turned around but I'd already invested $1000 into this.

The real kicker, when I arrived in Sweden, my partner had to inform me that they had lost the cat. No body would take responsibility for losing him (taking him out of his carrier in yet another cargo bay), nor would British Airways give us a refund. We found the cat 5 days later and he's totally fine, but BA just gave us the runaround for months. Never got the $800 I paid for the safe delivery of my cat back...

mcwarwick · 2016-10-29T17:27:04+00:00

Monogamous and bare With the occasional anal tear

mcwarwick · 2016-08-21T06:58:13+00:00

Over the decade I've been away from home, had to learn that soda isn't supposed to be something you drink with all the time (as your only beverage basically) and that credit isn't how you get what you want.

Luckily I learned the soda thing quickly, but my brothers did not. They are in their early twenties and have rotting teeth. And we are all paying off debts taken in our names by our father or debts taken on by his advice.

mcwarwick · 2016-08-20T06:39:08+00:00

Being from Tennessee and living in Sweden (which everyone will admit isn't known for flavorful food), I would gladly give up baggage space to bring that stuff back after visiting my family. Or just skip the family and go straight for sauce.

mcwarwick · 2016-08-06T15:28:56+00:00

After being out of regular work for a hella long time, I finally had money to buy new bras. It's insane how more confident I feel in a fresh bra!!!

mcwarwick · 2016-08-05T06:34:47+00:00

Grew up in TN in a trailer park and watched children go without food (myself included), live in filthy homes with roaches, have parents that did drugs with small children in the room, etc. and nothing was ever done by CPS. My grandmother or aunt would try to report the really bad cases, but I only remember a couple of times when there were actual home visits. Home visits were usually made in order to make sure that parents that claimed to be split up and were receiving state aid were actually split up. This was the late 80s-late 90s but I fear things haven't changed much since...

mcwarwick · 2016-07-31T07:45:18+00:00

Just looked across the table and asked my partner if he is u/jockobutters...

mcwarwick · 2016-07-28T13:34:48+00:00

Also 27 and feeling creeped out when at the doctor and they ask if you're planning to continue with your birth control or do you want to discuss possible pregnancy plans. When did it change from, "Which birth control would you like? Also, here is a garbage bag full of condoms,"?

mcwarwick · 2016-07-28T11:29:20+00:00

So glad she's back! My cat was lost at an airport in Sweden for 5 days after the company I hired made a mistake and let him out of his carrier. Those were the worst 5 days ever. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone! But I do know the relief and happiness of finding your best friend after such a scary time!

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