Plans to spend your third socialist check?

hutch wrote:

Space wrote:
And for some people, saving is not the same as hoarding.

It’s not the same…

But what about a person who doesn’t have enough money to send their kids to school cause he would rather “save” money?

Is that “saving” or a good thing?

He is hoarding - a bad thing- under the guise of saving - a good thing

By sending the kids to school, do you mean college, or private elementary/secondary school?

What if someone (not me) could only afford a retirement account or a college fund for kids, but not both? And they choose the 401K. Does that make them a hoarder?

In this specific case my dad was serving overseas and the Argentine government gave him an education allowance to pay for his kids international private school (we couldn’t go to Japanese school) and he convinced himself we would be leaving soon, pocketed the money and kept us home for a year.

That’s hoarding

I don’t believe your example constitutes hoarding. I don’t believe you or anyone I know is a hoarder… other than my father I guess..if he is still alive

I agree with your example. Sorry that happened to you. You really don't know if your father is alive? That's my second "wow" of the day.

Well I assume he is..but he has lost his mind and lives alone in Argentina and covid and last time I called him about six months ago I got real angry and hung up… there is a lot of pent up anger..long story

I will swallow my pride and call him March 24..his 82 birthday..

Obviously I am the only one of his three kids that still talks to him.. that has been the case for over 20 years

Space wrote:
If you're buying concert tickets for more than a few shows a year, you're not broke.

yes in a relative sense, yes I'm not broke
but spare discretionary income in 2021 is extremely thin and has been for getting close to two years
I run with very little debt (besides my mortgage) and own cars and stuff outright (no loans)

but that $48 I had to decide…I only have $250 this month to just spend on entertainment/beer/other fun stuff…do I spend it on that
And that was an easy decision

I used to have a bigger pool of discretionary fun funds…but those days are gone and almost every dollar I take in, is spoken for
It's not the best situation, and I feel pretty darn broke because of it

hutch wrote:
In this specific case my dad was serving overseas and the Argentine government gave him an education allowance to pay for his kids international private school (we couldn’t go to Japanese school) and he convinced himself we would be leaving soon, pocketed the money and kept us home for a year.

That’s hoarding

I don’t believe your example constitutes hoarding. I don’t believe you or anyone I know is a hoarder… other than my father I guess..if he is still alive

Well, this is a fascinating and sad look into Hutch's personal life. Y'all bumming me out – can everyone go back to listing what song you're listening to or something? Shit is getting dire.

hutch wrote:
Obviously I am the only one of his three kids that still talks to him.. that has been the case for over 20 years

This is actually not obvious to those of us who only know you via a messageboard. Its not obvious at all.

Julian, wrote:

hutch wrote:
In this specific case my dad was serving overseas and the Argentine government gave him an education allowance to pay for his kids international private school (we couldn’t go to Japanese school) and he convinced himself we would be leaving soon, pocketed the money and kept us home for a year.

That’s hoarding

I don’t believe your example constitutes hoarding. I don’t believe you or anyone I know is a hoarder… other than my father I guess..if he is still alive

Well, this is a fascinating and sad look into Hutch's personal life. Y'all bumming me out – can everyone go back to listing what song you're listening to or something? Shit is getting dire.

Can we get a Julian-esque recap of the bubble concert?

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:

hutch wrote:
In this specific case my dad was serving overseas and the Argentine government gave him an education allowance to pay for his kids international private school (we couldn’t go to Japanese school) and he convinced himself we would be leaving soon, pocketed the money and kept us home for a year.

That’s hoarding

I don’t believe your example constitutes hoarding. I don’t believe you or anyone I know is a hoarder… other than my father I guess..if he is still alive

Well, this is a fascinating and sad look into Hutch's personal life. Y'all bumming me out – can everyone go back to listing what song you're listening to or something? Shit is getting dire.

Can we get a Julian-esque recap of the bubble concert?

exactly!

We all got our scars man!

I am still listening to On the Beach…


It’s addictive

Slack-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:

hutch wrote:
In this specific case my dad was serving overseas and the Argentine government gave him an education allowance to pay for his kids international private school (we couldn’t go to Japanese school) and he convinced himself we would be leaving soon, pocketed the money and kept us home for a year.

That’s hoarding

I don’t believe your example constitutes hoarding. I don’t believe you or anyone I know is a hoarder… other than my father I guess..if he is still alive

Well, this is a fascinating and sad look into Hutch's personal life. Y'all bumming me out – can everyone go back to listing what song you're listening to or something? Shit is getting dire.

Can we get a Julian-esque recap of the bubble concert?

exactly!

It doesn't really lend itself to a longform review. It was cathartic – the moment they opened with Race for the Prize both nights was just an explosion of bubbled humanity. It was unbelievably hot by the end. It was a cool experience but obviously its like watching a concert through a plasticy, sweaty fog. Same setlist both nights like 9 song main set and a three song encore.

Oklahoma City was surprisingly fun. I would do it again, even as crazy as it was flying halfway across the country on a Friday and turning around on Sunday morning and going back. Live music fucking kills and it raises the spirits.

On another downer note, today I learned that my supervisor's husband has onset dementia. Apparently he just sits in his chair watching tv all day  while she runs the office from home.(I told her that sounds like a typical Sunday for my dad when he was 35, watching the cars go around the track 200 times over the course of four hours.) No wonder she always seems drained when we talk.

It’s just a ride….