General Politics XII World • Page 407

You ignorant slut. It's just a goal, to save $401,000. Once you have that you can retire.

 

I'll never save that much, I have too many games to buy and never play.

 

this was the situation my brother and his wife were in when they had kids. his wife made more money and it didn't even make sense for him to go to work at all. now that the kids are a little older and in school he is back at work.

 

When I was like 23 and got my first job with benefits I about shit myself when the 401k guy said I’d need a million dollars to retire lmao

 

Chapo getting their Time Square billboard in 2024 feels so weird lol

 

My wife and I make what was previously a very comfortable joint income, but this year taking on a mortgage in Los Angeles and shelling out $2,200/month in daycare for a new baby has us very tight. Meanwhile the film/television industry is so fucked up right now that I’m more worried every day that my job, or at least doing my job for a good salary, won’t be anywhere near reliable enough to carry me through to retirement. No degree and not much experience in other fields so I spend a lot of time thinking about what the fuck I’d do if my company shut its doors

 

come do our backyard. it's the only thing that wasn't entirely redone in our home. We're planning on paying a professional to do it so it can be graded and drained, planted with native plants and grasses, and irrigated as efficiently as possible. We're estimating like $20k :(

 

The childcare price differences are fascinating. When we were first looking in 2019, the places we looked at ranged from $950ish to about $2000, and the $2000 was, like, top tier shit, a really good and somewhat exclusive montosorri school. We ended up at a cheaper Montessori for like $1175 a month I think. And it was great, he really did awesome there.

 

we had a very old retaining wall in our yard before the fire that split the backyard into two levels, and eventually it collapsed. I was getting quotes where the cheapest was $40,000 to repair it. I ended up doing the work myself with my uncle who had a tractor, and we trucked in as much dirt as I could afford and made it into a hill with just a small retaining wall near the house made out of stones from Lowes or Home Depot

I am not handy at all but it came out pretty damn good and didn't cost a whole hell of a lot either

 

Nah he just only cares about himself

 

my vision of Oregon rain and my attempt at a wall

 

when I say small retaining wall, I mean SMALL - it was only maybe 4½ feet tall and came out a few feet from the house. it was only there because there was a basement window in an odd place and I am not a hill creator / retaining wall builder

 

fun fact of the day:

 

Liberal TV viewers now just watching reruns of The West Wing, Veep, and SNL sketches from 2008.