Excellent and informative article. One nit pick: diaphragms and female condoms are different things. Diaphragms are reusable and made of silicone. As they are placed directly on the cervix, they are helpful in preventing pregnancy but not STI’s. Female condoms are latex, single use, and an effective barrier against both disease and fertilization.
This seems to be a golf heavy crowd, but I’m with you on a lot of these points. I’d be a lot more likely to join a club with a larger variety of activities than just golf. Dressing a certain way and exclusivity are definitely part of the experience though.
So long as it’s replacing a trip that requires travel and not just a way for entitled white people to kill time, a staycation could actually be a fun and relatively affordable event.
I always love this column, though I will say that a big part is always the discussion here in the comments. I would love to hear multiple perspectives, as well as yours (which is consistently very good by the way).
Money guy: The fact that you are saving as much of your income as you are means you’re already set up for success. The rest is optimizing that savings, and honestly that’s easy compared to getting into the habit of not spending every dollar you get your hands on. Keep it up and the wealth will come fast.
We had a glorious but short lived middle stage where everyone was gainfully employed but no one had kids yet. It’s called “game night”. It includes getting hammered at a fraction of the cost of a bar, actually getting to talk to your friends, and not having to be in public. Bonus points for not feeling too washed up because you’re still being social after sunset.
Making our playlist was the most (only) fun part of wedding planning, and I can’t recommend it enough. Band is high risk/high reward and paying a DJ to botch what amounts to making a playlist is my version of hell.
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God you’d have to get a pretty huge discount to justify prepaying that much. Yields are shitty, I know, but 1-2% on 25k is still something
A wedding without Shout at the reception has a 100% chance of ending in a contentious divorce.
Happy to be informative!
Like men don’t know that women carry their diaphragms around with them
Excellent and informative article. One nit pick: diaphragms and female condoms are different things. Diaphragms are reusable and made of silicone. As they are placed directly on the cervix, they are helpful in preventing pregnancy but not STI’s. Female condoms are latex, single use, and an effective barrier against both disease and fertilization.
This seems to be a golf heavy crowd, but I’m with you on a lot of these points. I’d be a lot more likely to join a club with a larger variety of activities than just golf. Dressing a certain way and exclusivity are definitely part of the experience though.
The Last Waltz is incredible
Oh she’s a modern day Marie Antoinette
So long as it’s replacing a trip that requires travel and not just a way for entitled white people to kill time, a staycation could actually be a fun and relatively affordable event.
I always love this column, though I will say that a big part is always the discussion here in the comments. I would love to hear multiple perspectives, as well as yours (which is consistently very good by the way).
Money guy: The fact that you are saving as much of your income as you are means you’re already set up for success. The rest is optimizing that savings, and honestly that’s easy compared to getting into the habit of not spending every dollar you get your hands on. Keep it up and the wealth will come fast.
We had a glorious but short lived middle stage where everyone was gainfully employed but no one had kids yet. It’s called “game night”. It includes getting hammered at a fraction of the cost of a bar, actually getting to talk to your friends, and not having to be in public. Bonus points for not feeling too washed up because you’re still being social after sunset.
Re: Pornhub on the phone. “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Henry David Thoreau
I honestly cannot wait for the next recession, simply for Girl’s weekly fall from grace.
Making our playlist was the most (only) fun part of wedding planning, and I can’t recommend it enough. Band is high risk/high reward and paying a DJ to botch what amounts to making a playlist is my version of hell.
That’s a high risk/high reward maneuver. You’re going to eliminate a lot of people, but the ones you get are likely to be of the highest quality.
If you don’t love Americans while drinking on a Northern Michigan lake then you don’t have a pulse.
I’ve come to the conclusion that this column is actually some kind of avant-garde performance art.
For some perspective, Mexico had the same odds of winning that game as they did in winning an actual war against Germany.
Kitty?