OldSoulHippie

Counterpoint:

These young gen Z MAGA dorks aren't old enough to really remember trump #1 and that is enough to hurt my head.

Time is a fuck and this is why we don't ever make a lot of progress. Young people become politically aware and want to try to fight the system "their own way" but that usually just means the ineffectual methods the older generation(s) tried. But you can't tell them nothing so off they go with their pithy signs to the scheduled and permitted protest. They write their congresspeople, they share their memes...

And nothing happens. Nothing changes, not really. They get disillusioned and move on. Rinse and repeat

I was going to make my own post but yours is basically my situation. I am the one who isn't really on top of it, like your partner. We both have our own bank accounts that we get our checks deposited into and then we have a joint bank account that we both contribute to. We have an excel spreadsheet for all of our bills and expenses. We take the total number and divide by two and each pay in our half. We make roughly the same amount of money so that is what we came up for "fair" on our joint bills. We also account for vacation funds and small/large projects and emergency funds. It's nice to have a round amount that I'm expected to put in every check. It's reliable

We each pay our car note out of what's left over after contributing to the joint account. What's left over in our personal accounts is for personal expenses like snacks and gas. It's also how we pay for our own hobbies. It's also a good way to hide a purchase like a birthday present.

If asked, I would show her my personal bank statements and she would show me hers. There's not really any mystery as to what goes on with our personal accounts. They're mostly used to save up for things the other wouldn't get anything out of. I couldn't expect my wife to throw down on a guitar she would never use for example.

The flip side of that is: why don't we just put it all in the same account and give each other a hobby allowance? I don't have a good answer. Maybe we will go that way some day.

Just wanted to add on to the conversation. I didn't start out as a very responsible person. Getting on a budget and having a bed time are the things that changed my life the most

God is that the setlist from the Eagles final forever farewell we mean it this time tour?

Well, you see we were mad at the terrorists back then. There wasn't time for nuanced discussion or fancy demonstrations. We had to go out and buy things or the terrorists would have won

They do this every year. I guess it gets to enough eyes and people still post it. The three of us with memory longer than a game of thrones book see it and are like "hey look it's that same thing again!" And everyone tells us to shut up because someone who hasn't seen it will see it and change the whole world or whatever

"where were you when the world stopped turning?"

"Hell, do you even know who Alan Jackson is?"

There was also "white knighting" back in the day

You can heat up a dry tray and then spray water into it when you put the bread in but I don't know how much of a difference that makes in a home oven. You could also just spray the loaf directly, or paint on some olive oil.

Wake up, play a little Palia and smoke some weed. Get motivated to do a few hours of chores. I try to squeeze an hour or two of guitar playing in. Once my wife gets less busy at her stay at home job, we usually drink some whiskey and hang out.

It's so weird how the Nazis have managed to stay alive the whole time, but they have to round up old men and children to send to fight?

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