@Irene_L.A. wrote:
You need to stop already, and BG, don't answer, you don't owe her/him a thing.....#troublemaker
@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:
I did a Sonic shop for lunch today for a lousy $10 bucks. My health insurance costs over $900 a month. My house payment is a $1000 a month. I'm a world class idiot by these peoples standards irregardless of my grammar and spelling! Lol!
@bgriffin wrote:
I don't "want" to live for free at my mom's house. She asked me to when my dad passed away and refused any rent or help with the utilities. I finally negotiated paying for all of the groceries. That was difficult enough.
I don't "have" to use government funded health care.
I can identify with not bgriffin but bgriffin's mom. My husband died almost two years ago. So I was living alone. Both of my kids had moved away, No other family members. My daughter offered to move back home to be with me. I am forever grateful to her. I do not need her help with the "rent." It is nice to have family around and a taller person to trim the bushes. It does not cost more for my housing expense because there is another person here. She is the one sacrificing to move in with me so I have no problem with her living here rent free. As far as health insurance is concerned, I just found out that as an independent contractor we can deduct our health insurance costs. If I deduct mileage, health insurance and reimbursements my mystery shop income becomes very small. This is totally legal and I am not taking health insurance away from anyone if I do that. In fact I am providing health insurance to many a person who has not worked or earned and saved much for what ever reason, honest, lazy, a hard worker with a low income, dishonest, a big spender and small saver or the millions of reasons why good and bad people do not have money.
Soap box time warning
I do pay taxes but as most people would be happy to find legal ways to pay less taxes. .In the end though, I contribute a lot of my hard earned money to the tax bases...sales, income, unearned income, property, and all the other things that come up. I personally have heard of very few people in my long life that send a check to the government beyond their taxes.
So raise your hand if you fill in your taxes by entering your gross income from wages, investments, business income and all other sources and then figure how much tax you owe based on that not taking deductions for work related expense, health expense, student expense, alimony or any of the myriad of deductions allowed. Hmm, I don't see any hands raised. Oh I forgot everyone can cleverly figure out how to rationalize why they absolutely need to have something the way they want it.
@LindaM wrote:
I don’t know where everyone is at in their life but if you have time and energy I sincerely encourage you to take a few classes in college to get a good paying job. Doing mystery shopping full time is not realistic in the long run for many people.
@LindaM wrote:
I don’t know where everyone is at in their life but if you have time and energy I sincerely encourage you to take a few classes in college to get a good paying job. Doing mystery shopping full time is not realistic in the long run for many people....
I suppose if you don’t have to take care of a family it’s ok for a little while.
Hopefully you'll get the casino rate on the next cruise. On our last one, many of the people were cruising *free* due to previous casino play. We generally play slots on the first night as they tend to be looser -- in order to draw in people when you tell them about your winnings.@walesmaven wrote:
By playing a "nearly perfect" basic strategy I managed to play blackjack on a 14 day Atlantic crossing, playing every day for one hour. Net loss: $32. People around me were leaving the table in disgust after losing $50 to $250 per hand, in 1-4 hands. Slower pace, knowing the odds, watching the dealer's cards, and the basic strategy will provide a LOT of cheap entertainment. Since "the odds" bet is sometimes be a loser, and may be a loser for several hands in a row, lower expectations may mean lower losses and better odds of an overall win.
@kessdarln wrote:
One of the companies has a really good paying online AARP shop for males or females :-)
@Mum wrote:
Same here JAS, I made a whopping $35 doing phone shops today. I will do any shop that can be done sitting on my couch. Meanwhile, watched Friends, did my workout and breakfast. Not bad!
@KathyG wrote:
Only for males in my area :-(
@kessdarln wrote:
One of the companies has a really good paying online AARP shop for males or females :-)
@Mum wrote:
Same here JAS, I made a whopping $35 doing phone shops today. I will do any shop that can be done sitting on my couch. Meanwhile, watched Friends, did my workout and breakfast. Not bad!
@LindaM wrote:
I don’t know where everyone is at in their life but if you have time and energy I sincerely encourage you to take a few classes in college to get a good paying job. Doing mystery shopping full time is not realistic in the long run for many people.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
I have a college education. I also live in a house that is paid for and drive a car that is paid for. I have 0 debt. I make good money with mystery shopping and merchandising. I take a lot of lengthy vacations so getting a regular job wouldn't work for me. Oh, and I've been mystery shopping for over 18 years, which IS working out just fine.
@LindaM wrote:
I don’t know where everyone is at in their life but if you have time and energy I sincerely encourage you to take a few classes in college to get a good paying job. Doing mystery shopping full time is not realistic in the long run for many people.
@bgriffin wrote:
ROFLMAO.
I'm typing on my phone. It's actually 15.3%.
When my dad passed away a couple of years ago I moved in with my mom. Say what you want, she wouldn't have survived if I hadn't. Unfortunately she refuses to take any rent or or help with utilities. So my only bills are cell phone, insurance, and food. Not that any of this is any of your @#$%& business.
The same thing that happened to the present generation of Millennials that is robbing their parents of grandchildren - narcissism. The concept of "family first" has been replaced by "me first." (Not with most of mine.)@Msaddict wrote:
What happened to the days where people respected their elders and everyone in the family lived in one house or at least on the same plot of the property so they could help each other instead of strangers?
I'm sure your Mom understand and is not selfish which is why you turned out so well, your an Attorney....@Niner wrote:
I don't have kids. I'm robbing my mom of grandkids?!? That is not a fair definition. I would be at high risk for complications, hence, no kids. Maybe don't be so fast to judge people.