Long one, but here we go.
When I was younger I had a job at a fast food place. My coworker was an 18 year old young woman with a 17 year old boyfriend at the time. He worked as a dishwasher and she was a cashier. They decided to have a baby, splurge on her first birthday because “everything had to be perfect”. They even had the audacity to ask if they could have the party at my family home so they wouldn’t have to pay to rent out a venue. I suggested they just have a party at home to save money, and she immediately shot down the idea.
all of the photos she would post online would be either her making “duck faces” at clubs/bars and of course, photos of her, her boyfriend and their kid. About a year later, when the child was two, she kept posting how she “wanted another bayyyybeeee” and how she “loves being pregnant”.
Honey. Your boyfriend washes dishes for a living, drives a barely functioning car, and always reeks of weed. He once tried to sell me a plastic and rubber gas mask bong for 20 dollars directly in front of our wingstop after one of my shifts.
Now she’s recently got pregnant again, had her second kid and her photos have almost exclusively become of her new baby, and of course, her still clubbing and making duck faces. Haven’t seen anything of her firstborn anymore. I have however seen them ask for “donations for their new baby”.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re nice people, but being nice doesn’t provide food and shelter for children. Both of them being high school dropouts certainly doesn’t help either. They haven’t moved up in their lines of work, and we live in one of the most expensive states in the country. And yes, she complains about everything being too expensive. These kids are in for a rough life.

As the title says I just bought my first bike, a Suzuki Inazuma gw250. Lovely, comfortable little bike, having great craic driving it around empty car parks getting used to it.
My question is, I passed the theory a few weeks ago, do I have any options on insurance now or do I have to do the Ibt before I can get insured? I'm 31 btw.

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Hello Bay Area dwellers!
I am planning to visit SF with my wife for the first time. We are from LA and one of my biggest concerns is the smash and grab crime in the city. I drive a tesla so I'm assuming it will stand out as a target for thieves. I know to not keep valuables in cars but I also understand that thieves don't care and will still break your windows.
I want to know what hotels in the area have a secure parking lot or garage? Preferably close to city center as we want to do tourist stuff. We will be taking public transport while we are staying there to limit the risk of my car getting broken into. I want to be double sure that my car will come out of SF unscathed.
Please let me know! Thank you!

I’m a new driver. I was driving to an appointment and I was in this pretty crappy area. This guy was parked with his car out in the street also illegally parked in a no parking area and I tried avoiding it and accidentally side swiped his car. I kept going to find a parking spot and I don’t even remember what the car looks like. So I’m searching around and looking at every car in the area. My car got a few scratches and all the cars look fine.
Eventually I gave up and kept driving I don’t know what to do. I cleaned off the white from the side of my car and after my appointment I made a slow drive throughout the neighborhood again searching for the car. I couldn’t find it.
I want to get in contact with the owner and also not get a misdemeanor or suspended license. I feel pretty guilty. However, I have no clue what to do. I’m also embarrassed.

I (23 M) am going to be starting a PhD program here soon (will last 4-5 years). Typical starting incomes for someone in my field are about 75-85k with room for growth (average mid career incomes being approx. 110k once you get experience). The school is giving me 18k distributed over a year in 12 monthly paychecks (~1,500 a month). It's a low cost of living area. I currently have no debts. I have fair-good credit.
I have a paid off 2008 Scion XD (128k miles on it). About 7k in savings. Insurance is $75 a month. I found an apartment (with roommates) that'll be 425 a month (including utilities). I'll live on campus ($100 a year for parking pass). I plan to NOT drive as much as humanly possible and just make do walking when I can.
I personally consider myself a minimalist and attempt to only buy/keep whatever I need or would truly be meaningfully less happy without. The school is unfortunately on the other side of the country (US) so I'll have to put 1k miles on my car (and pay for gas) to get there. Fortunately, I can fit everything into my relatively small car due to my minimizing practices.
Broken down. Income will be 1,500. Monthly expenses will be about 520. Before factoring in food, clothes, personal hygiene products, gas, etc. How should I go about making a budget for these things? My hope would be to just live off the stipend and only touch my 7k savings in the event of an emergency (my biggest fear is my car breaking down. It seems to be in good condition! I just hate going into a 4-5 program with a car that has over 100k miles).
I'm horrible at managing money. I guess what I'm asking for is for people to give me tips on making my money work on this low stipend? I'm trying to really keep costs low. Or if anyone has good advice for creating a budget. I'll admit it, I'm not financially literate.

What if I pretend in public at a store? I found forearm crutches on Walmart.com for $30, and Ik if there’s a Walmart 6.5 miles away from me. I’m home alone with the car, so maybe I could go there and see what they have So I technically could drive the car SAK. The issue is getting out of the car and going in public like that It’s a few towns away, but still Hopefully no one recognizes me I can’t even wear a hoodie to cover up because it’s the summer heat. It’s 22C real feel 28 in the sun, but I don’t want to wait until November to possibly get the car home alone again. How do I overcome pretending in public in a store? For Walmart, I would walk in with Auxiliary crutches I have from another Walmart & then hold the forearm crutches with the Auxiliary ones on the way out. If the thrift store has a wheelchair, then I can walk in with crutches and then buy the wheelchair and wheel out I would put on socks and a pair of sweatpants over my binded leg/regular leg, but you can still see the impression. I’ll put on a T shirt too, but a hoodie would be way too hot And a winter coat or long coat to hide the impression of my real folded leg will be even hotter I’ll drive RAK and just move over and use my left leg it’s not that hard But first I have to call the stores and ask what they have. I remember I was biking down my block with canes, I was leaving to go back home trying to get them locked to my frame, and a guy asked if I was okay Imagine what people will ask if I actually pretend in public? Especially if I’m struggling or fall, Or if they see my real leg through the pants. Or if I go to the store another time without pretending and they remember me.

Hey people, how was your day? I went to work, then after dinner it was raining so i went with my friend for a drive. Parked car conversations>>>
What do you have in mind rn?

Coming from a regular ICE vehicle, test driving both the standard and performance had me completely blown away.
However, I didn’t for some reason think the performance was THAT much faster? Am I trippin? I thought both cars were quick as hell but there wasn’t some insane difference between the two.
My problem atm is that I would like to get the black on white trim but the black on white trim for the performance would not qualify for the $7500 since msrp would technically be over 55k.
So this leaves me with a black on white standard vs a black on black performance. I personally value the white interior a ton since it makes the car stand out… and lets be honest, everyone in California has a Model 3.
I could theoretically get seat covers on the performance to fill that void, however, not sure if someone wants to buy seat covers after spending $50k on a car.
Please give me your opinions. Is the performance THAT much better and worth spending $12k more even though I do not like that black interior? Will I regret not buying the performance? Does the speed get boring over time? I have no problem spending the additional $12k but I really wanted the white interior and noticed a marginal difference in test driving btw the performance and RWD.
Performance VS RWD! Opinions please !

Can I add new oil into old oil in the car? And how long will it last til I need a oil change?. I'm short on money and just trying to wait atleast 2 weeks so I can get a actual oil change but my car has a slow acceleration but drives fine when moving.

I’m 26. I haven’t had a crush since I was I think 15? Like back in the 10th grade. Lol.
This guy isn’t even my type at all. Like AT ALL. He’s a 5’7 skinny blonde haired blue eyed white guy. Im a 6’0 black dude.
I’m almost certain he’s bisexual. I haven’t told him I’m gay, but it’s pretty obvious by my mannerism/personality that I am.
Anyways, he was recently hired at my work and he’s very extroverted. He always comes to my desk and wants to talk. He talks to everyone , but I feel like he talks to me more than anyone else. I don’t know why because I’m so socially awkward and introverted and just a boring guy. But he chooses to talk to me more than anyone else. He said he has ADHD, so I think he likes my quiet, chill and calm aura. At first it really used to annoy me that he’d always come up to me and want to have a long convos when I just wanna be myself and not talk to anyone lol. I just hate being social , so he’d annoy me.
But as I’ve been talking to him more and learning his personality and life story. He has an amazing heart and is he so sweet & kind. Yesterday, he gave me a ride home and he didn’t have to, but he insisted. I was looking his cute smile , his groomed hair and sparking blue eyes as he was driving and I got butterflies. I realized in that car ride , that I think im crushing on him.
Now how will I talk to him again next week? I feel like I will be so nervous around him now. I won’t be acting normal. Now I wanna look my cutest for him when I’m at work. Ugh it’s so annoying!!!

Hi, I’m in my early 30s. I’ve been offered a creative/arts residency in a city that’s decently far from where I live now (about a 6-hour drive). My gut is torn over whether to accept it or not. The terms of the residency would be: -they will provide a room rent-free in a house share with two other artists in my field doing the same residency. the house is equipped with a studio with equipment and software for what we do, plus a gym, kitchen and co-working space. -in exchange, they would ask that I quit any work I’m doing that’s not directly related to the creative field (i.e. take a leap and start making money only creatively) -I would be allowed to leave the city but they’d ask that I keep it to a minimum. I didn’t ask what the limit for leaving is but I asked if I could take trips home every 3-4 weeks for a potential planned medical thing and they said no I'm hesitant to accept because: 1) I’m in a long-term relationship (over two years). It’s my first every LTR and I feel like my BF and I are compatible in so many ways. My BF has said in no uncertain terms he will end the relationship if I accept the residency as he doesn’t want to do long-distance for this period of time. (It’s most of a year.) 2) If I were sure this would be a great career move, it would be a hard but easy decision for me to leave my BF. I love him, but I wouldn’t want to date someone who was standing in the way of my career over a temporary situation where we could still see each other sometimes. However, I’m not sure, and I’m worried about what will happen if I basically implode my life for this opportunity (quit a job I’m happy in, leave a relationship I’m mostly happy in, and lose my housing in the city I’m currently living in) and then the residency program turns out to be BAD. My biggest fears:

• LONG-TERM CAREER RISK: I was adrift for a lot of my 20s and my job history is very patchy. I got the job I have now by knowing someone and it’s honestly the first job I’ve worked where I truly feel like the company culture “gets” me and cares more about me as an individual than blood sucking me dry for their own profit. I like the people and the vibe, and it feels like there’s room for growth. I don’t know if I could get a job like this again.
• SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL RISK: If the program doesn't want me to do "regular" work, then I'd be taking a huge risk in assuming that I can make enough creatively to pay my other expenses. The program wouldn't pay for anything other than housing - not food/car insurance/gas/etc. I have made some money doing things like creative coaching, paid feedback, etc but I've made more like in the low hundreds a month and my monthly expenses without rent would be at least $1,000. I have a lot in savings but this could potentially deplete at least 1/3 of my emergency fund. Based on what I know about career prospects in my industry, it's highly unlikely that I would make back enough money to replace my lost professional income. Most people in the industry never make a profit from it
• POSSIBLY WORSE OPPORTUNITIES: I’m currently in the #1 city in the country, probably the world, for live performance in my creative field. I’ve worked my way up for the past few years to the point where I have my own thing I’m producing on a regular basis that’s starting to get a small but sure following. I’m getting the opportunity to perform once a week at a place that may start paying me eventually, possibly even within the next year or two. My BF pointed out that if I leave to go be in a more remote place for such a long time period I’ll lose the momentum I’ve built up in this city and potentially be putting myself in a worse situation.
• RED FLAG ON THE PROGRAM?: My BF says that his friend, who's further up than us, says the specific person running this program has a bad reputation for taking advantage of young people and acting like more of an authority than he is, and that he's generally seen as a laughingstock. I have to admit that offering rent only, and not paying for other necessities like food, but requiring participants to quit their non-artistic work for the program feels a bit like a red flag to me though I can't quite put my finger on why
• DRIVING: I have a car but I'm not a confident driver. Where I live now there’s ample public transportation. If I took the residency, I would need to drive frequently. I’ve visited the city it's in before and there’s a bad combination of aggressive drivers and poorly designed/confusing highways.

Reasons why I want to accept:
1) I'm from the city I live in now and have never really lived anywhere else for an extended period of time. This feels like a relatively risk-free way to try living in a new place, and frankly I'm getting tired of how competitive and expensive my city is. I feel like everyone is jumping over each other to get opportunities. I'm a little tired of live performance and have been interested for a while in putting more emphasis on creating digital stuff / social media. A program like this that's in a more remote place with less going on so I have room to sit alone and write would be perfect for this
2) They're offering a room where I could be alone and undisturbed which is out of my reach in my city. Rent has skyrocketed the past few years. I can afford my rent now but BF and I are sharing a one-room apartment, we both work remote most of the time, and it is AWFUL. Yes I could get a co-working space or there's solutions like putting up barriers but I really just want to be able to roll out of bed and journal for an hour without anyone saying anything to me. I'm introverted and my social battery is constantly being drained in this living situation. Rent has gotten so bad that even if I left my BF's apartment, I'd have to pay an extra $500 a month just to have my own room in an apartment share on the absolute lowest end if I found a deal, but it would probably be closer to $700 to 800 more a month. I really want space to breathe.

My thought process

Right now, I'm leaning towards turning down the residency for all of the above reasons, but my heart is torn over it. I feel like if I had gotten this just a little bit earlier while I was still adrift it would have been perfect, but I might be more interested in it for the person I was then and how little I had going on, and now, I have too much that I'd be giving up if I accept.
I just did the math and with my typical current expenses minus rent and utilities, I'd be losing about $12,000 over the period without an income (I'm guesstimating that food & drink will be cheaper but that I'd be spending way more on gas than I currently do on public transportation). That same amount would net me about 7.5 months of Airbnb rental in a rural area I love where I'm comfortable driving. I almost would rather just make my own little "mini residency" where I rent a place one month out of the year and continue to work, but scale it back slightly. My BF isn't thrilled about me going away for an entire month, but he'd accept it.
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TL:DR: I got offered a residency that would pay my rent in a smaller town but with some restrictions including quitting my job so I could focus 100% on art - but they wouldn't pay my other expenses. Also, if I take this opportunity my long term BF would break up with me rather than do long-distance, and I will definitely lose momentum that I've built up in the highly competitive city where I live now and have to shift my focus – which I'm interested in doing, but also feels scary! I'd appreciate any insight on how to make this decision.
I'm considering an alternative step of turning down this residency and instead renting a cabin for one month. This would cost me about $1,600. If I take the residency I would have to spend about $12,000 out of my savings unless I magically start making $1,000+ a month creatively, which is unlikely based on what I know about my field. It would be taking a huge gamble on myself to accept and I'm not sure that I'm ready.

Hi all, TL:DR at bottom. For the first time in my life, I'm thinking of breaking off my relationship with my boyfriend of 12 years. We've been together since highschool, hes been my one and only this entire time. We've built a life together, a house, a dog, cats. My entire adult life has been spent with him. But I'm now not so sure if there's a future for us. We've always had problems. Minor spats here and there, but a big one that's been a point of contention since about 3 years in has been the intimacy. I was just finishing University and we had moved to a new city to be closer to my school and closer to his work. This was hard for him even if it benefitted him because it distanced him from his friends, which he had a real hard time with. This resulted in him using nearly all his free time taking the bus back to hang out with his friends. It was rare he'd be at home with me at all and when he was, he was so hungover from the nights previous with his friends that he couldn't do anything outside the apartment. When I got my license and a car, it became him begging me to drive him, "I'll get home sooner to see you" he'd say, which was true... The bus would take him near 3 hours while me driving him was only 40 minutes. But weekend after weekend of this left me feeling uninterested in having sex, and it dipped to about once a week, where it now still is. We've had loads of arguments regarding my sex drive being low, and how he's missing the connection of being with me physically. I've expressed that I feel like he doesn't make time for me other than to have sex, which always blows up into a big fight about how I don't realize how hard he works to keep this relationship going and how hard to tries to make me happy. Which is mostly true, he busts his ass at work and generally works hard. But I don't personally see the effort in regards to the missing emotional intimacy. This issue pops up periodically, maybe two or three big blowouts about it a year. All this to say, I'm not perfect. Not even close. I've had a terribly hard time being assertive and direct about how I feel which is detrimental to the relationship. I have depressive episodes which makes me a bummer to be around, I often let things fester to the boiling point because I fear confrontation. All this makes me far more agreeable to things I shouldn't be which no doubt hasn't been easy for him to navigate.
Honestly, I started having these doubts years ago. But I wanted to work on them and expected this to get better, especially as I had really started vocalizing my qualms but it seems to have only made things worse. But looking back there were a lot of... Inappropriate things I shouldn't have tolerated but was too young and naive to really act on, such as extreme jealous (male friend touched my hand while hiking to help me up a steep ridge, and he went off the handle saying he doesn't trust me,) he was oblivious to when I developed anorexia, he kept asking if I was gay because I would say no to sex, up until today during our not-enough-intimacy fights. It came to the point where I've been agreeing to sex reluctantly and have been getting more or less no sexual pleasure from it for years to keep the peace while I try to get us to work on my issues,, which I think he knows since there's no foreplay, and he knows I don't usually orgasm during it. Today, I had run out for a couple hours with the puppy to do some errands and chores and had just gotten home. I hadn't yet eaten so I was preparing myself something to eat. He asks if I'd like to have sex, to which I say I'm not feeling it, and I'm making lunch. He suggested afterwards, which I wasn't keen on either. So instead he asked if he could touch me while he gets off, which would mean delaying me making food so again I said no. This launched our trip/quazi-annual fight about lack of intimacy. I tried to explain to him that I need to feel more effort and emotional connection from him to be more open to having more sex. I want to feel important and valued, and like he wants to do things with me outside of watching tv. He proceeded to get really mad and defensive because he does put in effort in the form of finances and working on better his job prospects so we can have a better life. (For context, he makes about the same amount as I do yearly, just so no one assumes there's a breadwinner in this circumstance). It divolved into him angry and upset because he felt I wasn't listening to him, and that I'm basically asking him to forfeit one of the things he likes to do in his very small window of leisure time in order to satisfy me. (Which yes he does have a very narrow window of time, he works out from 8-10, his schedule has him working usually 10-7 WFH, and then he usually has some sort of meal prep which would take him from 7-9, if no meal prep then he'd play bass or read work-related things to improve his employable skills, which leaves me from 9-10 for basically TV). It got relatively heated, not yelling or insulting, on topic but both emotional and upset. I suggested that perhaps every second Saturday, we do a date night. We would alternate who plans the date, and we would each plan a date that we think the other would enjoy. He didn't like that idea at all. Instead he wants me to decide what I want to do as a date, plan it, and then ask if he wants to go. He said if I lead by example then he'll get a better understanding of what's expected and be able to do the same. My problem comes from the fact that this isn't a new suggestion, and this isn't the first conversation we've had about it. And I've done that But nothing comes of it and the cycle repeats. At this point, I'm nearly 30. I feel lonely in my own house, and I'm not sure where to go from here. We are tied together in every way, with the house only being owned by us under a year, three pets under 3, all our assets are together, we've only really dated each other... The implications of even considering breaking things off is daunting and life changing, especially since we live in a HCOL area so we'd both suffer tremendously. But I also can't help but think I'm overreacting to something minor and that it'd be a waste to just...throw this all away. I have no frame of reference for whether or not this is pretty normal stuff, and don't really have anyone in my life I can talk to about this.
So... I guess I wanted to know from others in similar positions what youve done and how it's worked out. Please be as blunt with me as possible. If what I've written screams that I'm the problem and that I need to work on xyz, please say so. If I'm the problem I want to work on it and do better.
Sorry for the wall of text but it felt really good to articulate my thoughts as I've not really done it in this much detail ever.
TL:DR: Boyfriend doesn't make time for me so I don't feel the intimate connection I require to be more sexually intimate. At what point is it no longer worth continuing the relationship?

First of all, Fuck Cars
I daily go to Library in the evening on my bicycle and once in every two days i fucking dodge those speeding assholes. One mf almost killed me today.
Can you just follow the fucking lane even if it's the country side ffs. If not for my reaction timing i wouldn't be writing this today. Son of a bitch. Can you drive little slow mf? I hope that the chick you're getting late for, fucks someone else. And then you jump off a cliff while driving that little shit of yours.
Thankyou

Coming from a regular ICE vehicle, test driving both the standard and performance had me completely blown away.
However, I didn’t for some reason think the performance was THAT much faster? Am I trippin? I thought both cars were quick as hell but there wasn’t some insane difference between the two.
My problem atm is that I would like to get the black on white trim but the black on white trim for the performance would not qualify for the $7500 since msrp would technically be over 55k.
So this leaves me with a black on white standard vs a black on black performance. I personally value the white interior a ton since it makes the car stand out… and lets be honest, everyone in California has a Model 3.
I could theoretically get seat covers on the performance to fill that void, however, not sure if someone wants to buy seat covers after spending $50k on a car.
Please give me your opinions. Is the performance THAT much better and worth spending $12k more even though I do not like that black interior? Will I regret not buying the performance? Does the speed get boring over time? I have no problem spending the additional $12k but I really wanted the white interior and noticed a marginal difference in test driving btw the performance and RWD.
Performance VS RWD! Opinions please !

Lol, it was 2011 and i had a blast that year just driving around with my friends just singing "I wanna see you work out! girl Ay, we've got a good thing don't know if I'mma see you again. But is that a good thing?
Just blasting that in the car singing it with the homies, i miss it haha. Always brings me good nostalgia though.

I recently purchased a 2023 Jetta SE. I love it so far, but there's two things that bug me.
I now have around 3k miles on this car, and both of the back windows rattle when driving. Has anyone had this happen to them as well? I know Jettas are going to rattle, but at 3k miles? Should I send back to the dealer? Will they actually fix it?
Secondly, does anyone actually get 31 to 45 mpg (epa rating) in this car? I seem to get 30 on a good day, most of the time under 30 cruising around suburbs and traffic lights and what not. I'm not exactly pushing it hard. I guess if I did only highway driving, it does get up to 35ish. It definitely has NOT hit 40, ever. Is there something wrong with my car?

I’m looking at getting my first sailboat, I currently live in Utah and would probably sail on Utah lake. If anyone here sails in Utah let me know, I could use some pointers for sailing here. (Though I do start my lessons on July)
There’s a local Catalina 22 for 3500$ but doesn’t have a motor, I’ve yet to get a closer look at it. What could I expect to pay for a new motor? And I’ve heard 6-8hp is what I’d want?
Lastly I currently drive a Honda accord, which obviously couldn’t tow the boat. I have family with a car that could tow it, but would it be smarter to wait till I have a vehicle that can tow a boat? What are some expenses I may not be expecting?
Sorry if this breaks the rules, if anyone has resources they’d recommend let me know.

I'm moving from Montreal, QC, Canada to Austin, TX, US and am considering driving there instead of taking the plane. I was wondering if it's simpler to buy a car in Canada and then import it or to take a small trip somewhere in the US close to my city (like Vermont) to buy the car.

I’ll be in Andorra from 2-4 July.
I’m from a small city at the base of the Rocky Mountains in the US and am comfortable with mountain driving and hiking in higher altitudes
I’m overwhelmed by the number of beautiful hikes I’ve found in the country!
Rough itinerary:
July 2nd - •Arrive in the afternoon/early evening •Check into my hotel (near Soldeu) •Rest a bit, if needed (3-4 hour drive depending on the stops I will make for coffee, lunch, sightseeing) •Drive the “long” way (like 40 minutes including stops/detours to miradors!) to Andorra La Vella •stop at Miradors along the way, do some light hiking around these miradors as my energy/the time of day allow) •park the car, explore Andorra La Vella on foot. Buy groceries, get dinner
July 3- •wake in the early morning •full day of hiking •dinner en route back to the hotel or at the hotel resto •soak in the hotel spa or steam room before an early night
July 4- •check out by 10am •drive to several selfie spots •stop at anything interesting along the way •maybe a short (>3hr total) hike? •drive back towards Barcelona (there is no time concern so I’ll leave Andorra whenever I feel I’ve experienced all I need to
If anyone has suggestions for my big hike or for anything to check out on 4 July im so keen to hear it!
Thanks I’m advance!