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  1. J

    Help. How to handle this situation from my daughter?

    A teenager with cash? She would be ostracized.
  2. J

    Help. How to handle this situation from my daughter?

    I think it was a mistake to tell her to buy gifts for her friends without giving her a spending limit.
  3. J

    Muhammad Ali Fans

    I learned that Ali was in favor of racial segregation. And that he was cruel to some of his opponents.
  4. J

    Need Help for a long time friend with spending issues.

    The difference is asking for money is different than asking for financial advice. Some people want money but don't want advice or to be told what to do. Unsolicited advice, especially about money, is rarely welcomed.
  5. J

    Need Help for a long time friend with spending issues.

    Right, he asked for money, that's different than asking for financial advice.
  6. J

    Need Help for a long time friend with spending issues.

    I went back and read it and I don't see where the OP said the friend asked for advice.
  7. J

    Money does buy happiness!

    It's all relative to one's circumstances and personality. An average person making $30,000 who gets a raise to $60,000 would probably experience a significant increase in happiness, whereas someone making $300,000 who gets a raise to $330,000 may not even notice.
  8. J

    Travel -> apprehensive

    Exactly. People who expect Covid to go away are living in a fantasy. I often hear people say..."When the pandemic is over I am going to...." And I ask "How will you know when it is over?" I haven't gotten a clear answer to that question yet.
  9. J

    How did they get my cell #?

    I got a text with a request to buy a house at a certain address in my neighborhood, but I do not own that house and it is not connected to me in any way. The text basically said... "Hello I am X and I am interested in buying the property at 123 Main Street, do you have an interest in selling...
  10. J

    Travel -> apprehensive

    I am responding to the original post. I re-read it and I do not see a reference to a suppressed autoimmune system.
  11. J

    Travel -> apprehensive

    Stop worrying about it and live your life.
  12. J

    Need Help for a long time friend with spending issues.

    Did your friend ask for your advice?
  13. J

    Embarrassing question

    No, you should not move forward.
  14. J

    Was just curious what you as a parent would do in this situation

    It's interesting that you included "ultra right wing conservatives" but not "ultra left wing liberals."
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