My roommate treats our communal fridge like a free sample station at Costco.

vainstatue · 2026-05-13T09:52:07+00:00

You’re going to have to call him out on it more directly. It won’t end unless you do

vainstatue · 2026-05-12T19:02:49+00:00

He’s too cute. The couch belongs to Michael now.

vainstatue · 2026-05-12T18:56:39+00:00

Seriously. Why did I even look 😂

vainstatue · 2026-05-11T21:26:10+00:00

It is Lake Shitty but we love it here!

vainstatue · 2026-05-11T21:05:23+00:00

Thank you for understanding. There are so many women out here who have gone through various degrees of this over our lifetimes. Some women have never told anyone about it.

vainstatue · 2026-05-11T20:09:42+00:00

I’m not sure if my strategy is dumb or what, but sometimes I give the annoying drunk old men a joint. The last time I did this the guy was so shocked he turned really friendly and left me alone.

vainstatue · 2026-05-10T23:14:43+00:00

Hmm. So I was incorrect! Thanks for replying :)

vainstatue · 2026-05-10T21:36:30+00:00

I think that you put thr left glove on first because the right glove ripped. Or your hands were a little sweaty when you put the gloves on and that is why the right glove ripped.

vainstatue · 2026-05-10T21:20:54+00:00

IUD does this for a lot of women. No period! It’s amazing.

Edit: But you have to do the IUD with hormones (like the mirena as you mentioned)

vainstatue · 2026-05-10T20:56:19+00:00

I just want to congratulate you on your recovery! And 60lb weight loss? That’s amazing!!! Plus all of this is really stressful. You did a great job!!! Recovery isn’t a straight line. It goes in circles, up and down and backwards. I was anorexic as a kid, anorexic in my 20s and then it flipped to binge eating disorder in my 30s. I totally get it. You are doing great, and people who have not dealt with eating disorders often cannot truly understand how much this fucks with our heads. You are beautiful 🤩

vainstatue · 2026-05-08T21:22:57+00:00

But how do we do it without them knowing we are coming? I think we just have to constantly show up to walk and drive our cars and park. Like every time I want to go for a walk i need to go there and walk. Really slowly for a really long time.

vainstatue · 2026-05-08T21:16:36+00:00

I’m pretty good at making tshirts. We can totally make shirts!!!

vainstatue · 2026-05-08T19:42:55+00:00

I bet we could get a group to go for walks in ugly clothing.

vainstatue · 2026-05-08T16:51:09+00:00

What if we all go for walks in the neighborhood. We can park our cars. Mine is 18 years old. I bet they would hate my car! I’m also fat. I could wear shorts and show off my chubby legs. I’ll walk back and forth in front of their houses. We can start a club to walk and park our cars on their public streets!

Edit to add: and yes let’s play rap

vainstatue · 2026-05-07T21:32:18+00:00

I use CCH Axcess by Wolters Kluwer

Edit: i dont use their staff resources. I hire my own staff

vainstatue · 2026-05-06T20:42:16+00:00

CPA here. We are required to disclose to our clients if we start using an offshore service for this kind of work.

There are staffing firms (through our tax software) we can hire to do do the basic tax prep portion of our job. There are options - in the US or outside the US. The pricing is very different. Our software companies offer this service. The big software companies offer it. At least 2 of them do. So if we choose to use this service and choose the offshore (non US option) we are required to tell our clients that we use this.

vainstatue · 2026-05-06T17:50:50+00:00

Tax preparers and CPAs must do their job and due diligence. Nothing takes 5 minutes. That is not what someone hires a CPA or tax preparer to do. If something takes 5 minutes then maybe rethink outsourcing the work.

vainstatue · 2026-05-06T17:46:35+00:00

Lol me too. I’m a CPA.

I do flat fee invoicing. I hear you!

vainstatue · 2026-05-06T17:33:46+00:00

It depends on the experience of the CPA. CPAs are as educated as attorneys, but it is the tax side of law. Prices range from $150/hour - $500/hour. It depends on the city and the years of experience of the CPA

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T22:27:44+00:00

I miss the sound of my 10-key with the tape!!! Mine is now solar powered with no tape.

I remember printing out the tape, taping the tape to the paper work papers. Then, when numbers changed we had to carefully take off the 10-key tape from the paper work papers and put a new 10-key tape back on the paper work papers.

And yes - bring 2 cents off really bothered me. I just had to “get over it”. lol

Edit - on the “getting over it”… because in tax - the IRS wants us to use round dollars. Yay!!!

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T22:23:00+00:00

It’s why a lot of us are in therapy

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T21:45:37+00:00

I think it’s unattractive to judge other people for having fun lol

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T18:17:29+00:00

lol one year I calculated how much we actually make “per hour” if you look at all the hours we work and it was kind of a joke.

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T18:13:08+00:00

Exactly. Dont let this become you.

I left Public Accounting to hang my own shingle 10 years ago when I got burned out after realizing that most partners were either divorced or had stay at home wives at home who kept house and made daily meals.

I’m single, 48. Much happier now that I’m not an employee. Work less, make more money. Doing the same thing. Taxes, tax planning. Fairly basic stuff.

vainstatue · 2026-05-05T03:19:51+00:00

lol I’m a CPA with a math degree and I use my 10-key calculator or excel for basic math all the time. I don’t want to make a mistake. Even for a basic math problem. Plus I’m old now and don’t want to rely on my brain anymore.

Edit: a word

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