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Thats no F You money. In fact, thats the opposite of F You money.

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The point is, I can walk away from my job tomorrow because I don't require a lot to live. I have a paid off home and a decent net worth. I don't need 10MM to support a life that makes me happy.

I'm not a big fan of drinking plain water. I grew with delicious well water, and I just don't find most water to be good and refreshing. I rarely drink it without adding some kind of flavoring to it. I also drink a lot of Diet Coke.

As a Christian mom, I can say it's almost impossible to find nice Homecoming and Prom dresses that are both youthful and modest. Their school required prom dresses to be approved by administration most kids dressed appropriately.

The biggest issue was Homecoming. The dresses in the junior department are super short almost without fail. My oldest daughter is fairly tall, and we never bought a Homecoming dress for her from the junior department because it would show everything on her. We tried to target the women's department because the dresses there are several inches longer.

I feel like we managed to find modest dresses most of the time, but a couple of dresses ended up being tighter and shorter than I would have liked (although they still high mid thigh and covered everything well).

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Was thinking the same thing. To be able to officiate the termination of one's alimony must be a real treat.

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She was the one with the money in the relationship. Her dad is super rich and connected. He founded the biggest talent agency in Hollywood and was president of Universal Studios.

A good chunk of my wardrobe is from Goodwill. It's an easy way to save a ton of money. I get compliments on my clothes all the time.

We went to Goodwill because my daughter needed scrubs for a class. We found two brand new sets for $15. And they were the fancy, expensive scrubs. We also found a new, formal dress for her for $8. It still had the $175 tag on it.

I worked in a mental health facility previously, and at least two male patients were there because they were each found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing male family members.

It happens, but their cases weren't national news stories.

Weird Al.

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Boys 18 and 20.

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I have two girls the same age. The oldest is already back at school and the youngest moves next week. It is just so bittersweet. I keep saying I would love to have one more day when they were 4 and 6 just so I could appreciate it in a way that I couldn't at the time.

My husband has stage IV pancreatic cancer so it just feels particularly hard right now.

He also claimed he didn't speak until he was 11 and couldn't read or write until he was 18. And that he had cancer, a stroke, locked in syndrome, and a few other insane medical issues.

It's just scary that no one questioned this at all.

Does the student loan industry suck? Absolutely! The industry and colleges prey on vulnerable people.

At the same time, a college student should be smart to do basic math. If they aren't, college isn't for them.

I came from a poor family and was a first generation college student. My parents basically kicked me out at 18 so I had no choice but to live in student housing. I remember my mom telling me to just borrow money because I would be able to pay it off after college. I told her that was stupid because I wasn't guaranteed a good job. I went to the school that gave me the most money, worked multiple jobs, and was dirt poor through school. I managed to graduate with only 8k in loans that I paid off as quickly as possible.

College doesn't have to cost 100k! I live in TN and community college is free for students. The unfashionable state schools (which are great schools) have tuition of about 11k a year without financial aid. There are so many options!