Ragnarock1276 · 46-50, M
I'd say storage units. Over the years I've spen thousands on them. Just stuff thats rotting away
zonavar68 · 56-60, M
Second relationship and moreso the time not so much the money.
The only part worthwhile was (ironically) all the money spent on 4 cycles of IVF (no result) and then egg donor (the last of four fertilised blastocysts worked). So out of 8 'attempts' the final one is what created my beautiful now 8 y/o daughter (biologically mine, not biologically my ex's).
My life would be very different if she hadn't come into the world to make me a super-happy second-time-around dad.
I might probably have still not had another relationship after breaking up with my first ex after she cheated on me.
The only part worthwhile was (ironically) all the money spent on 4 cycles of IVF (no result) and then egg donor (the last of four fertilised blastocysts worked). So out of 8 'attempts' the final one is what created my beautiful now 8 y/o daughter (biologically mine, not biologically my ex's).
My life would be very different if she hadn't come into the world to make me a super-happy second-time-around dad.
I might probably have still not had another relationship after breaking up with my first ex after she cheated on me.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Probably a long wheelbase, petrol, Series Two Landrover.
The problem was not the extravagance of such a big car, and I like LandRovers anyway, (the real ones, not the "Landrover"-badged saloon cars now made) but my not spotting its chassis was severely corroded.
That had happened because its previous owner had used it not only to tow a boat-trailer, but also to launch the boat into the sea. He told me that much!
My failure to realise the implication of that, was as stupid as his own misuse of the vehicle.
The problem was not the extravagance of such a big car, and I like LandRovers anyway, (the real ones, not the "Landrover"-badged saloon cars now made) but my not spotting its chassis was severely corroded.
That had happened because its previous owner had used it not only to tow a boat-trailer, but also to launch the boat into the sea. He told me that much!
My failure to realise the implication of that, was as stupid as his own misuse of the vehicle.
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MaBalzEsHari · M
Paying for a course on how to attain wealth. All those do is give you common sense things to do....and generate wealth for the ones selling you the programs.
Second...........ALL life insurance. What a con job. If you pay faithfully for 30 years and miss a payment..........they can take all you have ever paid in and its just gone. If the same money you paid for premiums was saved each month in an investment paying just 4% you would end up with FAR FAR more money than you ever paid in premiums in that 30 year window...... and if you miss a payment or two...........its all still your money.
Second...........ALL life insurance. What a con job. If you pay faithfully for 30 years and miss a payment..........they can take all you have ever paid in and its just gone. If the same money you paid for premiums was saved each month in an investment paying just 4% you would end up with FAR FAR more money than you ever paid in premiums in that 30 year window...... and if you miss a payment or two...........its all still your money.
HoeBag · 46-50, F
@MaBalzEsHari
I always wondered about those.
In my family, we have lost three people in recent years. None of them even wanted some $10,000 funeral and burial.
So, private memorial and cremation.
I mean most people are not going to have $1,000 just laying around to spend on frivolous bull.
There are several jokes revolving around how people spend money on COMPLETE bull.
Like, "Pay me X amount of dollars and I will share wisdom" so someone pays and the wisdom is, "A fool and his money soon part."
ALL life insurance. What a con job.
hahah hell yeah it is. I always wondered about those.
In my family, we have lost three people in recent years. None of them even wanted some $10,000 funeral and burial.
So, private memorial and cremation.
Paying for a course on how to attain wealth.
Yeah if someone can pay for one of those seminars, at the tune of $1,000 or more? They probably already have some idea of how to attain wealth.I mean most people are not going to have $1,000 just laying around to spend on frivolous bull.
There are several jokes revolving around how people spend money on COMPLETE bull.
Like, "Pay me X amount of dollars and I will share wisdom" so someone pays and the wisdom is, "A fool and his money soon part."
MaBalzEsHari · M
@HoeBag You have a head on your shoulders. ;-)
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Probably that little red 2-seater sports car.
I often referred to it as the "Babe Magnet"....
It was fun, but really expensive to own and operate.
I often referred to it as the "Babe Magnet"....
It was fun, but really expensive to own and operate.
WonderGirl · F
Not the biggest. I used to purchase Amazon movies and TV shows. But I never really owned them because I could only play them on the Amazon Prime Video app. Eventually, they dropped that whole system, and all the movies and television shows I bought vanished. I had the films downloaded, but they only played on Amazon Prime, so if I drop Prime, I could never play them. So when I got a new account after my divorce, I had no access to any of them.
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WonderGirl · F
@HumanEarth I download everything I like: movies, TV, and anything else. Sometimes my Wi-Fi goes out here.
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Matt85 · 36-40, M
-tooth needed root filling
-had to go to private dentist
-700 quid
-was told to get crown at normal dentist
-didn't
-months later tooth disintegrates
-had to go to private dentist
-700 quid
-was told to get crown at normal dentist
-didn't
-months later tooth disintegrates
Katie01 · F
My daddy bought me a beautiful Rolex and spent a few thousand on it but it was too big so I had to throw it away 😭
meJess · F
Taxes
jackrabbit10 · M
@meJess your taxes feed some of the lazy people.
meJess · F
@jackrabbit10 those fables I was told as a child about sensible animals saving for winter and foolish ones doing nothing. They need a re-write.
jackrabbit10 · M
@meJess the ant and grasshopper. your so right.
HoeBag · 46-50, F
I was 20, didn't know any better, got involved with some "Savings club" BS that ended up costing me $1,500 for nothing.
HoeBag · 46-50, F
@Allelse That wasn't the only time I had ever messed up or wasted money on stup*d things, but it was by far the most expensive. I have never lost other people's money.
If I am to be honest, what has saved me from getting scammed really big is - I have never had a lot of money to pay the (often) high costs.
If I am to be honest, what has saved me from getting scammed really big is - I have never had a lot of money to pay the (often) high costs.
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SlippingAway · 46-50, F
Anything for the house I am living in now. It's a money pit wasted thousands of dollars on this place.
jackrabbit10 · M
Hospital.
Tracos · 51-55, M
Buying a motorcycle
Notsimilarreally · 31-35, F
The brand new truck I bought that I don't have anymore 💔
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HoeBag · 46-50, F
@beermeplease I think a lot of people never will.
People used to talk about how owning a house was some investment but the truth is - most of us will be paying most of our lives for a place to stay either way. Plus, what happens in some places when someone buys a house, the neighborhood goes to sh*t, and the property value drops.
My sister used to own a modest house in a then-quiet neighborhood but the neighborhood turned into a slum eventually.
People used to talk about how owning a house was some investment but the truth is - most of us will be paying most of our lives for a place to stay either way. Plus, what happens in some places when someone buys a house, the neighborhood goes to sh*t, and the property value drops.
My sister used to own a modest house in a then-quiet neighborhood but the neighborhood turned into a slum eventually.
NativePortlander1970 · 51-55
@beermeplease My grandparents bought a house 20 minutes sw of downtown Portland for $69,000, my grandmother lost the house about six years after my grandfather died in the late 90's, about a year after I moved out of state, I saw it a couple of years ago on zillow.com for over $700,000, the neighborhood californicated and gentrified.
Livingwell · 61-69, M
Second wife!!!!
YoMomma ·
Not mine but my hub buying smc membership bs a big scam really
Captainjackass · 31-35, M
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Letting my dad borrow it.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
jessica harkness
HoeBag · 46-50, F
I know some of the knuckleheads on here probably waste a lot of money on lottery tickets.
Like those people that hang out as gas stations throwing dollar after dollar IN THE TRASH trying to win.
Like those people that hang out as gas stations throwing dollar after dollar IN THE TRASH trying to win.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@HoeBag I don't know about you, but last time I checked, $2 or so a week to try to win $600 million wasn't the biggest waste of money in my budget.
HoeBag · 46-50, F
@LordShadowfire I am not talking two dollars a week, I mean people who drop a fortune on that.
I never play the lottery, it is a tax on people who are bad at math.
I never play the lottery, it is a tax on people who are bad at math.
SteelHands · 70-79, M
Buying friendship. They never stay bought.
SteelHands · 70-79, M
@RosaMarie Yeah it's easy to say that when you got nothing to compare it to. Over in eastern places they take the whole company and if you want to leave they tell you best stay here and work or you go jaiah, maybe we put ho fumley in jaia too.
RosaMarie · 46-50, F
@SteelHands Yes, you're right, there are worse places to live. I used to be able to say that there were very few better places. That's less true every day. I'm working towards moving to a better place.
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