LivingAlmostLarge

I had a very heated debate with my mom and aunt when they were visiting over racism in the US.  They are both in their 50s and have not been exposed to many other cultures.  They believe that racism is still rampant in the US.  Neither believe that Barack Obama can become president. That the [...]

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Okay as most know, MP Dunleavy seems to always piss me when she writes about her finances.  She always does STUPID.  But the most recent article in the NY times is called “Paying off debts that seem Unshakeable.”  So what’s the problem?  Well here is a thread on her Women In Red discussing her decision [...]

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I’ve been complaining non-stop about the quickly escalating price of food.  It’s been going up as quickly as gas.  I’m not sure which is worse really.  But Money @ CNN had this article about this woman not being able to live on $280/month food stamps for her family.  I found the sidebar showing the increase [...]

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I get a lot of crap from people for suggesting that people dating go Dutch on the first date.  I get even more crap because so called “feminist” say whoever “asks” pays.  UNTRUE!  Validation!  Here is an article where it says women want men to pay for the first date. 
 So how is it possible that [...]

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A question was asked here on Savings Advice about “how much do you make?”  The question was asked because why are Americans so afraid of asking each other what we make.  Unlike other countries, where everyone is very open and shares their salaries. 
I’ve posted in the thread if you read through it and one particular [...]

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I’ve noticed that Dave Ramsey followers fall into two categories. Those who use his words and try to live a new life without debt, and those who follow his words blindly and extremely.
I admire the first group, while despising the second. Why? Because usually those in the second are judgemental [...]

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Since I ranted already today, I thought I’d continue with declaring bankruptcy. On the savingsadvice message board, there is a woman choosing to declare bankruptcy. I’m okay with that because she has a lot of bills she cannot seem to pay.
However, she writes about declaring bankruptcy here, but in her post she says [...]

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Last night, again we were invited to dinner out and we went because I had a coupon, but people at the table wanted to “share” and appetizer and dessert. Now I prefer not to because of the a whole “diet” thing, but I don’t get why people keep trying to push “sharing” an appetizer [...]

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Just a couple of things about my bank I hate. And maybe your bank is different. It probably is, but I am with a nationwide bank I hate. If I didn’t have a mortgage with them, I’d be using a credit union. As it is, we’re stuck and I hate them. [...]

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I hate Amazon.com. I attempted to order some stuff online last Thursday 11/28 because I had a $50 gift certificate. I forgot to input the gift certificate code before I pressed the send button. So I tried to input th code afterwards, but it did not appear to have worked.
So I had Amazon.com call me [...]

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