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"^ Like what?"

Probably like taking time off from actual work so you can volunteer or work a lower paying, more meaningful gig, adopting a kid, etc etc. Plenty of things.

Currently saving for shit like this, as I finally have a big boy job. I live a pretty minimalist life (biggest expense by far is eating well), saving the rest to pay down debt (first priority) and then hopefully other shit like I listed above once I'm at least in the black. Just don't see the point in spoiling the fuck out of myself, I'd be guilty about it when some people don't have a single house much less 2-3.

8/10/2009 10:58:16 AM

There is something wrong with expecting your partner to earn more than you do.

and

There's nothing wrong with wanting someone who has the same drive and ambition that you have.

8/10/2009 10:58:18 AM

just don't be a breadwinner if you are a woman comic......women are not funny

8/10/2009 10:58:55 AM

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"haha, i smell jealousy. want me to throw a few benjamins your way son?"

I make more than enough money, I don't need to raid your pork 'n bacon fund.

8/10/2009 10:59:00 AM

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"The only justice in these situations is that dipshits like you waste your best years chasing material"

not sure how thats any worse than wasting your best years with your eyeballs in your fucking nose...

just sayin'

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 10:59 AM. Reason : a]

8/10/2009 10:59:17 AM

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"5 Yeah, no... but I can see the trolling really starting to come out, so I'm just gonna go with.. whatever you say holmes"

^Trolling? I'm just being honest with you. You're the one spewing out the bullshit.

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Reason : ]

8/10/2009 11:00:09 AM

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"I make more than enough money, I don't need to raid your pork 'n bacon fund."

i just can't understand why you're suddenly riding my nuts for wanting a beach house when i'm 50. if that's what we choose to save up for (once the kids are off to college) then what the hell is wrong with doing just that?

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Reason : .]

8/10/2009 11:00:21 AM

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"However in the real world, it's certainly feasible that Dad could stay home to take care of the child. But I would think in the first 6-8 weeks it's best to have the Mom around since she carries the food in her boobs."

She can also just as easily pump her breasts and leave it in the fridge for Dad to deal with while she's at work.

I had friends in a situation where she was the breadwinner and he was working a crap job. He quit his job to stay home with their daughter and it ended up costing them less than if she had taken maternity leave and then put the kid in daycare. He plans on staying home until she is preschool age.

8/10/2009 11:00:42 AM

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"Currently saving for shit like this, as I finally have a big boy job. I live a pretty minimalist life (biggest expense by far is eating well), saving the rest to pay down debt (first priority) and then hopefully other shit like I listed above once I'm at least in the black. Just don't see the point in spoiling the fuck out of myself, I'd be guilty about it when some people don't have a single house much less 2-3."

Well then go on about your minimalist life and shut the fuck up about what other people do with their hard earned money. People have no obligation to live like you and what makes you happy makes most people want to commit suicide, so you've got to understand that nobody is going to understand this attitude of "waste my life until I'm 90" minimalist bullshit.

8/10/2009 11:00:52 AM

^4 Whatever you say.. Your opinion of my relationship means oh so much to me.

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM. Reason : carats >.<]

8/10/2009 11:01:13 AM

^^^i think that's awesome and if it's feasible, i also plan to stay home until the kid(s) are in preschool

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM. Reason : moving fucking FAST]

8/10/2009 11:01:19 AM

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"i just can't understand why you're suddenly riding my nuts for wanting a beach house when i'm 50. if that's what we choose to save up for (once the kids are off to college) then what the hell is wrong with doing just that?"

You can't understand why somebody would ride your nuts in chit chat

Jesus woman

8/10/2009 11:02:12 AM

i've never won bread

8/10/2009 11:02:39 AM

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"Well then go on about your minimalist life and shut the fuck up about what other people do with their hard earned money. People have no obligation to live like you and what makes you happy makes most people want to commit suicide, so you've got to understand that nobody is going to understand this attitude of "waste my life until I'm 90" minimalist bullshit."

fuck poors get money

8/10/2009 11:02:49 AM

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"Good Lord, I had no idea TWW was packed with so many ambitious, motivated women. You fuckers are posting on TWW in the middle of the day on a workday. I don't care if you're sitting in an executive chair on the top floor of an actual ivory tower, y'all need to bring your asses back down to earth. I mean, Jesus Christ, it's 11 o'clock on a Monday, folks. Get back to work."

actually, i will be heading to bed shortly. I work 3 nights per week.... sometimes extra if the unit census is high and we are short staffed, but only for incentive pay, which is an extra 10.00 an hour.

so, imma gonna come back down to earth and rest my head on a feather pillow *yawn*

8/10/2009 11:03:21 AM

i'm gonna start collecting these with my money, since i'm such a fucking baller

8/10/2009 11:03:35 AM

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"^4 Whatever you say.. Your opinion of my relationship means oh so much to me. "

I'm not giving you an opinion of relationships, or what you should chase or have. I could care less what kind of relationship you want or desire. That's your affair. You want to be a gold digger? That's fine, just be honest about it. All I was doing was making a point that it's not ambition you want, but money.

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM. Reason : ]

8/10/2009 11:03:48 AM

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"fuck poors get money"

Naw son.

Fuck YOU, get money.


NO NO, SCRATCH THAT....

I WILL DO THE FUCKING AND THEN I'LL GO GET SOME MONEY AS WELL SON. YOU CAN JUST GO TO YOUR MINIMALIST CORNER AND TWITCH.

8/10/2009 11:03:58 AM

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"You want to be a gold digger? That's fine, be honest about it. All I was doing was making a point that it's not ambition you want, but money."

Yup, I could care less if they were making $20K a year (like I said) but I am SUCH a gold digger...

You caught me.. damn.

8/10/2009 11:04:51 AM

this thread is hilarious


GIRL POWER

8/10/2009 11:05:16 AM

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"if it's feasible"

That's the thing, it is feasible for the average person. They just don't sit down and crunch the numbers before making the decision. They simply assume it's not a choice. If it wasn't midnight and if I wasn't lazy I would look up the various articles that have been written over the years on the topic.

8/10/2009 11:05:35 AM

i'm not quite sure how it got this far.

8/10/2009 11:05:50 AM

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" Yup, I could care less if they were making $20K a year (like I said) but I am SUCH a gold digger... "

Because ambitious people always make this kind of money.

8/10/2009 11:07:13 AM

^^ People are going crazy in here too.

This thread turned out awesome son!!!

8/10/2009 11:07:29 AM

8/10/2009 11:07:35 AM

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"Because ambitious people always make this kind of money."

I actually interned at a non-profit agency where people were very ambitious and were making something of themselves at that organization.. and made that kind of money.

8/10/2009 11:08:35 AM

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"ummm. well the situation you described seems too extreme for me; however, if we both had careers, and mine was just better and we made enough money to live comfortably without him working and he wanted to be a stay at home dad, i'd be cool with that"

but i would prefer the other way around.

8/10/2009 11:08:54 AM

It's funny when people bitch about their "hard earned money". The majority of people on this board could be replaced by a trained monkey if we could only breed them a little bit smarter.

8/10/2009 11:09:50 AM

8/10/2009 11:10:14 AM

I for one don't think I work hard enough for what they pay me. I mean seriously, you see how much I'm in this cesspool every day.

8/10/2009 11:12:18 AM

Far be it from you to act like you deserve every last red cent though.

MY MONEY OH MY GAWRSH

8/10/2009 11:16:33 AM

Huh? Not once did I say I earned every damn cent and that I deserved it. I mean, I'm tickled pink that they toss the green my way, but I'd be damn upset if they cut my salary but kept my responsibilities the same.

8/10/2009 11:18:44 AM

Mr. McDanger has a serious inferiority complex.

8/10/2009 11:20:12 AM

not on account of any of you chucklefucks i don't lol

thumper i could just be confusing you with countless other people on these boards that crow nonstop about their HARD EARNED MONAYS when they just chill in an office and consume more than they produce

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:22 AM. Reason : .]

8/10/2009 11:22:01 AM

nah, not me. i think they pay me way too much for what i actually do. but i'm not gonna tell them not to.

8/10/2009 11:23:15 AM

welp sorry then

you should check out the dudes that post in the soap box all day though, crowing about how the government takes too much of their hard earned (lol) money

8/10/2009 11:24:16 AM

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"It's funny when people bitch about their "hard earned money". The majority of people on this board could be replaced by a trained monkey if we could only breed them a little bit smarter."

Well I can tell ya son, I work damn hard for mine son. I post on here all day and fucking get paid son. Then I go do some Janitor shit, a couple of classified missions, and then I go home at the end of the day son. But I go home wit rolls of cash son.

MY SHIT IS HARD EARNED MOTHERFUCKER.

8/10/2009 11:24:21 AM

if i so much as click on the soap box forum my head will explode

8/10/2009 11:24:41 AM

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"Then I go do some Janitor shit, a couple of classified missions, and then I go home at the end of the day son. But I go home wit rolls of cash son."

I don't want to imagine what sort of classified missions janitors get sent on

8/10/2009 11:25:47 AM

How ya gonna pay that fine Randy?

Straight cash homey!! When ya rich like me ya don't need banks!

8/10/2009 11:25:50 AM

I don't understand the obsession between white people and beach houses. I'm currently living in a beach house, and it's not anything better than a normal house, except the weather is hot as hell.

8/10/2009 11:26:31 AM

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"I don't want to imagine what sort of classified missions janitors get sent on"

AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO SON.

YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO.

8/10/2009 11:27:14 AM

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"I don't understand the obsession between white people and beach houses. I'm currently living in a beach house, and it's not anything better than a normal house, except the weather is hot as hell. "

I love the beach. I love the ocean. I love the water.

Houses are great.
Beach houses, therefore, are even better.

Oh, and hello racism!

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:27 AM. Reason : .]

8/10/2009 11:27:27 AM

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"I don't understand the obsession between white people and beach houses"

Status symbol

Plus whites are pretty much taught to expect these sorts of luxuries

8/10/2009 11:27:50 AM

i think there's a stuffwhitepeople like that covers it.

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM. Reason : http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/02/04/51-living-by-the-water/]

8/10/2009 11:27:50 AM

i have that book

8/10/2009 11:28:12 AM

black people like beach houses too

because white girls in bikinis are on the beach

and thats some stuffblackpeoplelike

[Edited on August 10, 2009 at 11:29 AM. Reason : x]

8/10/2009 11:29:13 AM

Yeah, I bought it not realizing I already know what white people like because I'm white son.

Then the store wouldn't give me a refund because they were racist son.

8/10/2009 11:29:33 AM

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"I actually interned at a non-profit agency where people were very ambitious and were making something of themselves at that organization.. and made that kind of money."

Sure they make it now, but they'll be making more later.

8/10/2009 11:30:48 AM

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"black people like beach houses too because white girls in bikinis are on the beach and thats some stuffblackpeoplelike"

hahaha

8/10/2009 11:34:42 AM