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My aunt's 2 a.m. phone call about her divorce filing made me rethink all my relationship takes

She called me last Tuesday out of nowhere, crying that she'd finally filed after 22 years of marriage, and the first thing she said was that everyone kept telling her to 'fight for it' when she was actually fighting for herself. It hit different because I've been the jerk who told friends to 'just communicate more' without knowing that some things aren't fixable, and her situation had way more layers than I ever guessed. Has anyone else had a close relative or buddy completely flip how you saw their mess once they finally gave you the unfiltered version?

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margaret_jackson73•4d ago

Paper planners beat my $300 tablet for grocery lists, fight me

I tracked my spending for 3 weeks in August using both a cheap spiral notebook and the fancy planning app on my tablet, and the notebook won because I actually looked at it instead of swiping past a notification, so am I the only one who needs something dumb and physical to stay on track?

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the_jason•6d ago

Overheard a barista roast a $9 pour-over, tipped him anyway

At a shop in Portland last Saturday, a guy next to me ordered the $9 single-origin pour-over and the barista told him plain that it tastes like dirty socks compared to the $4 drip they brew fresh. The guy laughed, tipped him five bucks, and walked out with the drip. Is it ever worth paying triple for the fancy version, or are we all just paying for the story?

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daniel857•6d ago

Skipped the $40 oil change, paid $680 for a tow on I-80

I pushed my Hyundai past the 3,000 mile mark because I figured it was fine, and the engine seized at mile 4,102 outside of Reno last Tuesday. The mechanic said sludge had built up from ignoring it twice in a row. I learned that saving a few bucks on synthetic oil is the dumbest math I've ever done. Has anyone else learned this lesson the expensive way, or am I the only fool here?

c/blunt-takes-only

My aunt's 2 a.m. phone call about her divorce filing made me rethink all my relationship takes

Paper planners beat my $300 tablet for grocery lists, fight me

Overheard a barista roast a $9 pour-over, tipped him anyway

Skipped the $40 oil change, paid $680 for a tow on I-80

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That 'quick question' email rule from a coworker, 5 years later

That moment in my shop when I stopped blaming the tool for my own bad habit

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the parking garage exit at DFW broke my brain last month

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The Tuesday my three kids all slept through the night for once

My flat rate box hack cost me 3 trips to the post office

Rant: I called meditation a bunch of hocus pocus until my therapist made me try it

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Caught a guy at the library printing out AI-generated travel guides and selling them at the bus station

Old timer told me to hand wash my cast iron, I used soap for 10 years instead

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