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Or, would have given 5 stars, if you rated books?
The idea here is to:
1) generate perhaps more diverse answers than "your favourite book" question and
2) give lots of recommendations all-around
EDIT, This book is not available in English yet. Silly me My last 5 star book that I can't stop raving about is The Rabbit Yard by Johannes Anyuru. It's very topical as it starts with an act of terrorism. The book is part dystopian, but even if you're not into dystopia, it's also so much more. The story is clever and the book is also moving in parts. The ending is totally unforgettable.
EDIT I love you guys! You are keeping me busy, because I'm reading every single answer. I hope everyone gets lots of recommendations from here.
I'm sorry to say the book I'm mentioning here seems not to exist in English translation yet. I'm an idiot, should have checked first.
EDIT My upvote finger is cramping but I'm not quitting because you guys are not quitting. PLEASE SORT BY NEW
EDIT The passion for books here is fantastic!
E.g. fetishes, racial or ethnic stereotypes, etc...
x2Backstory- My parents wanted me to learn responsibility with money when I was in middle school so they opened a bank account for me with a debit card. They have complete access to it and can take out or add money if they want to. Multiple times while in high school I had money saved up in my account and they took huge chunks out because they “needed it.” I was paid back in increments when they took large amounts of money out but I still don’t think they have fully paid me back for all the money they took.
Fast forward to now and I still haven’t learned my lesson of keeping my money in a separate account that they don’t have access to. I have to take our student loans to pay for school (tuition, rent, utilities, food, etc). I had $4000 in student loan money in my account last month and I get a text from my mom saying she transferred all that money to her account so she could pay my rent in advance for the next couple months. I didn’t understand why she did that because I’ve been paying my monthly rent just fine but I said okay and didn’t think twice about it until yesterday.
My rent is due the first of each month and if my mom would have prepaid my rent, I should not have gotten a notification to pay it. But I did get a notification and I was confused. I logged online to look at my account and it said I needed to make a payment. I thought it was just an error or something so I called the 24 hour hotline and they told me there was no payment ever made. I confronted my mom about this and she said “oh crap I forgot to pay it! Let me go pay it real quick.” I was relieved but only for a little bit. She came back later and told me my dad spent all my loan money on bills and Christmas gifts because he thought it was theirs. She told me she is sorry but they don’t have the money right now to pay me back because they don’t have any extra money leftover after Christmas. So now I have come up with enough money to pay my rent and utility bill and am out $4000. I doubt I will ever see anything close to that $4000 again.
TL;DR - Parents have access to my bank account and mom took out my $4000 in loan money to pay my rent. Dad spent all the money and they can’t pay me back. I’m out $4000.
Edit - I have since created a new checking account online at a different bank and will be moving what money I have left into the new account and will be adding my direct deposit to the new account. Thank you all for the advice so far and the support!
My wife and I have a 6 month old baby girl and a two year old boy. Wife hasn’t been too happy since returning to her job from her last maternity leave and I actually just got a new job.
At my old job I was working 45-50 hours a week. At my new job my hours fluctuate a lot — it can be anywhere from 60 to 80ish hours a week at the worst. I make a lot more though so there’s that. The pay raise makes it so my family can do really well on just one paycheck. My wife is ecstatic because this means she can be a SAHM which is what she’s wanted.
The issue is that my wife and I aren’t on the same page about what this change would mean. Before, when our work hours were almost equal, we divided housework pretty much equally. We also paid a housekeeping staff to come every other week to help us out. (Plus we have a nanny to care for our kids while we work).
I told my wife that her staying home would mean no more housekeeping staff or nanny. These cuts will help us afford to have just the one income and I also think it’s practical. She was mostly agreeable to that. But then she said that we should divide the chores 50-50 still.
I told her there was no way I was going to be taking on as many work hours as I am and then come home to cook or clean too. That would defeat the entire purpose of her quitting her job.
She looked at me like I was some sort of Neanderthal but I think what I’m saying is completely fair. I’m not expecting her to do any heavy lifting. Just tending to the kids, cooking, and doing a reasonable job keeping up the house. I recognize that this would be an old fashioned way of living and if she ever wanted to return to the workforce I would support her 100%. But I think it’s fair that if I’m the sole paycheck and working crazy hours I don’t come home to more stress and chaos.
Obviously my wife and I will have to work this out between ourselves. I’m mainly posting here as a sanity check to see if my thoughts on this issue are completely off base.
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