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Friday evenings lost their mojo during WFH!
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Question: do guys like glasses on women?
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The new company I’m at now sent me an email from an email address that was HR@companyName.careers saying I was accepted for the position. They gave me paperwork to fill out and sign to accept the position
I fill out the paperwork and send it back to them and it goes through… then a few days later I go back to the email to say something else and I get this…?
Then today I got a check from the company In the mail to setup my home office, and it’s signed by someone I’ve never met before or heard of…?
What…..
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Not having to check my bank balance before I buy groceries or do a target run.
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Yeah this is a big one
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Not having a budget but somehow meeting all the financial goals and being on track with retirement
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Somehow it works. I know you’re intentional about your finances
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Having to not think before buying groceries or clothes. Knowing that I don't have to borrow money at the end of the month. Knowing that I don't owe any money to anyone.
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That’s a real sign these days. The grocery store is so expensive now
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Having a choice.
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There’s a freedom in choice that nothing can replace
Affording a new or nice used car. Growing up, "new to us" cars had like 80,000+ miles on them. That was the best we could afford
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Camrys are so reliable. I see 25 year old Camrys still driving around
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Taking vacations that aren’t determined by where we have relatives with extra space in their homes for us to crash in. When I was younger, I thought it was because we loved visiting family. As I grew up, I realized it was because hotels are expensive and while visiting family is always good and fun, the real reason was free housing. Now I’m top tier lifetime status at multiple hotel chains and my young kids always get confused when our hotel room is only “one room”. They also always ask the front desk where the lounge/club is when we check in. We still visit family, but we almost always stay in hotels. The exceptions are where we have family that have done well and have their own guest housing.
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I have always felt that when you travel you should have enough money for a hotel room. Unless otherwise stated, don’t lodge with family because it can be difficult. Congrats on being a hotel aficionado
For me it’s not giving a second thought to the cost of the vet when my pet is sick.
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Vet bills are no joke lol
Birkin
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Can you really afford a Birkin? Congrats!
A good friend and colleague said being able to buy real milk. He grew up so poor that they had powdered milk in the house. That one has always stayed with me and I remember it at times when I am feeling ungrateful.
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You’re right, perspective is key. people of a certain generation will remember powder milk.
Being able to afford to hire someone to clean my place. Not having to scrub toilets or dust or mop was life changing.
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It gives you so much time to do other things
Peace financially
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Yes!!
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Not worrying that my debit or credit card will be declined.
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Honestly, I’m so used to doing it I still get a bit of anxiety lol
The ability for my wife to not work.
My wife and I both grew up very poor. Like trailers and the food bank type of poor. I make a lot of money now, but it’s been hard to adapt our lifelong learned mentality of feeling like we never have enough money. We worked really hard over the last year to define what we want and determined my wife stepping away from work to focus on family and just really her happiness is a luxury we can afford.
We obviously increased our spending throughout the years and have some nice “stuff” (though everything is lagging a few tiers behind our actual income) but this was just such a massive switch in our brains.
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This is great actually. It really shows the love you have as a husband toward your wife. Not only that, but to go from a 2 income house to a one income house is a big difference. Speaks to the diligence you all have shown over the years
Soda cans in the fridge
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SM2, that’s the best option
Having college savings for my toddler, having a retirement account, and owning a home.
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Important. People talk about the pay at ACN but it’s been a real ladder for some of us
Being able to buy anything I want in the supermarket without looking at the prices. Ordering what I want to eat at a restaurant, rather than what's cheapest on the menu. Treating family and friends.
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Can afford to buy new name brand clothes - they are no longer from a garage sale, church rummage sale, or homemade
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Nice. Congrats. It’s very difficult to reach that level in corp America
Michael Kors bags - I still get them on sale & with cash back, but it feels better than WalMart brand and the quality is better. Nothing too fancy but it helps me not feel like that small town girl from the middle of nowhere.
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There’s is an older woman that lives near my grandmothers house and she loves that brand. Except she buys the knockoffs and thinks they’re real lol
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I love gaming and I was always 1-2 gens behind. When the ps4 came out my brother and I were lucky to have a ps2. Now I can buy whatever new console or games I want whenever I want.
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I remember growing up we had old game consoles, the PS1 and 2. But we were never gaming enthusiasts just as interested in them as any other young adolescent boys
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A loads of material stuff.
But more importantly, financial peace of mind.
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Being able to sleep at night is underrated.