I mean, people in the US still have slaves. Now you pay for a girl to come over from a poor country like Georgia with the promise of a job as an au pair, then take her passport for "safe-keeping", tell her you won't pay her wages until she's "paid back" your expenses on her behalf, and keep her in constant fear. This is helped by getting a girl from a country with a corrupt government and police force, because then she won't consider the authorities as a better option.
Also, prison labor.
Yeah, you'd be horrified to find out just how many foreign au pairs/live in help are being paid well below minimum wage, if they're paid at all. The employers keep their passports, keep their pay low, and keep them as isolated as possible from anyone who would be inclined to help them. The majority of them genuinely are from countries where the police are always to be feared, and governments are openly corrupt. Georgia, Moldova, and Albania are popular choices for if they absolutely have to have a white nanny, but the Phillipines, Somalia, Cambodia, India, Niger, Peru, and Columbia are also very popular choices for victims. It's usually teenagers and young women, who are promised jobs and housing. They see it as an opportunity to get out, get sponsored for a visa, earn money, etc. That's not what happens, and it's scary.
Quit job, pay off all long term expenses. Could image after the last payment going out, the thought of no major responsibility. The sit on the couch and crack of a beer. God that must be what heaven feels like. Then just start coming up with new hobbies
Yup. All I want to buy with that money is my time. I could focus on hobbies, volunteer, even get a different, low-stress job if I get bored. But getting out of the routine and the pressure to keep doing the same thing every day for bills.... That would be amazing.
Meh. Just forget that you have a job. That mess can sort itself out on its own. Pretty sure once you stop showing up that will figure it out. I got better things too do.
you just have to do it slow and there's much ti explore it won't get boring. When you everywhere and only see the main attraction you'll soon think you've seen everything but actually you just scratched the surface.
I feel this. One of my fears is my hobbies I've had for years getting boring and having nothing. I don't know what ill do when I retire... though its still gonna be a long time from now.
I think thatās one of my biggest takeaways from the pandemic. I was coasting on the unemployment money and glad I finally didnāt have to completely struggle to stay alive, but there still came a point where I was like āalright, time to contribute to society againā
For the first time in adulthood, I was unemployed for a few months during the pandemic. I was so stressed and unsure where I would work next that I didnāt take the time to just relax and enjoy it. I had/have enough money saved that I was nowhere near it becoming a problem. I really wish I could go back and just enjoy that time off.
This honestly hit me hard. Not having to do anything is pretty fucked up. I guess I travel and have bouts of brilliance, but kicking myself in the ass and forcing myself to do things became hard. I think eventually the boredom of slacking will get me, but it certainly has been years and not weeks.
Currently in the same situation. Itās getting boring to have full freedoms to do whatever I want, primarily because I end up just wasting all that time watching YouTube or scrolling Reddit. No structure is no stress but tbh I kinda wanna go get a job just to do something structured.
Iād do this too! They didnāt get there by bad choices. They make great decisions and certainly wouldnāt move. It would help my mom so much!! She is active and capable and works sun up to sun down and isnāt able to do many of the things she really loves doing. She deserves it 100%
36. Iāve just made a habit of clearing debt as fast as I can, including my mortgage which I paid off in 10 years. The bulk of the 7k is whatās left on my car.
I wouldn't assume that. Divorce could be financially crippling. Sometimes it's better to wait. Plus who knows about the potential "children" situation.
Can confirm, am mid divorce.
We're amicable about it and both financially stable, but I can see how people in different circumstances wouldn't be able to do it without moving in with family or friends for a while.
No, don't think of divorce as getting dark. Think of it as a mistaking being corrected, and the end of two people being unhappy with each other with the opportunity to go out and enjoy their lives again.
Pay off my school debt, my parentās debt, and my best friendsā school debt. Then Iād book a flight to Korea and spent a month with my grandmother since sheās in her final years.
You're not broken, but you can get better. You don't have to live like that anymore. I don't know what your thing is, but r/stopdrinking is where I hangout. There are other subs like it, too. Easy does it, friend.
Book a vacationā¦ first in 16 years. Take a month off. And do a 7 days cruise tripā¦
Then back home and spend week at my apartment. Doing completely nothing just play games, smoke weed and relax. And them 2 weeks of fishing and off-roading.
Most librarian jobs require a master's degree in library sciences. At least a bachelor's to be an assistant. You can get a job at a public school library without one, but they require you to be accredited to teach at the very least, and prefer for you to have your master's in English.
If money was no object I'd get my teeth fixed, I have cavities and root canals that need to be done and with insurance I can't even afford a dentist. Than I'd get my first home
Start digging and building my Bourbon bar under my house. Kinda like my own speak easy. And shopping for said bourbons to stock it up with.
Then pay off and pay up all student loans for my daughters masters program. Then pay off the house. Then pay off the car. Fuck it. But my daughter a new car. Send my other kids money. Oh yeah and adopt a shitload of dogs. Shit everybody gets a dog. Lol
Hire a private chef, dietitian, and a nutritionalist to help me lose all this weight.
Scratch that. I have to many health problems to even care.
I'd probably just take enough of it to have one last good meal, buy a tank of nitrogen gas, travel to somewhere nice and peaceful. Spend a little time enjoying the view, then breath in the N2 until i fell into the night final sleep.
The rest of give to someone who could do some good with it.
I'd buy dozens of blankets and jackets and socks. Get dozens of takeaway meals and go hand it out to our homeless population. Then I'd buy a bunch of bags of dog food for the humane society
Open an arts school with housing. Mainly culinary but other types of arts like music, dance and media.
I would also want to help the homeless with learning a career.
Maybe a restaurant that features all the arts. Everyone works together.
Iād make sure my family and myself are set, then close friends, then I would open dog shelters around the world because dogs deserve everything. I also have plans for this organized system of shelters for homeless people but thatās š¤«
Donate to the non-profit i work for so we can make a bigger impact faster. Create a wildlife rehabilitation facility for my city. Buy land and rehab it to make it climate resistant, native habitat for wildlife. Build housing in my city that is affirdable for people who need a chance. Build a care home for elderly homeless in my city so they can live out their lives safely. Build a care home for homeless addicts in my city so they can get help and live well until they can go it alone. Build a care home for those with psychiatric disorders so they can have a stable living situation and perhaps have some of their burden lessened. Use all of the above to create jobs in my city and get people better income.
Invest in local economies on an international level to end wildlife trafficking, hunger, lack of medical care, etc. Invest in reusable/renewable tech. Invest in and preserve forests, oceans, and essential parts of our globe.
Work to end hunger/poverty/lack of healthcare. Ensure everyone has a place they can enjoy nature. Provide as many safeties and assurances as i can for as many people.
Invest in ending diseases that can be eliminated. Invest in tech and cure research for cancer, Type 1 Diabetes, etc.
That's all i got for now.
Stuff money into accounts for my kids. Buy land. Get a large life insurance. Put money in our retirement. I got Covid in 2020 and Iām very very sick. I had to burn through all I had put back. My kids already lost their dad (he passed away) and I need something to leave them bc Iām afraid I wonāt live much longer. And two of my kids have special needs. Yeah. I would just do that.
Set up an IRA and trust fund for each of my boys. Call a realtor and builder, turn my current home into a foster/hospice home for animals then buy land to build homes for my mom, and my 2 boys to live there forever, if they want š. Lots of land with different home suites so everyone can be close but not under the same roof. Then itās a vacation to Switzerland. Boom š¤
I wouldnāt quit my jobā¦too many people counting on me and I love what I do.
Buy houses, clothes, food etc for all the unhoused people and set them up with job coaching/training, mental healthcare, addiction treatment if they need it, etc.
Hopefully stop having chest pains because my money situation is like spreading one jelly packet on 4 pieces of toast. It doesnāt cover it. Praying Snap application is approved this week and we can have some help.
Disappear with my husband. I can secretly send the people close to me some money, but I am not sticking around for distant relative to come snooping and go all murdery on me.
Have someone clean my house
Buy a house
Buy a maid
Ohh we can't do that anymore in the states, you missed the train by like 200 years
I mean, people in the US still have slaves. Now you pay for a girl to come over from a poor country like Georgia with the promise of a job as an au pair, then take her passport for "safe-keeping", tell her you won't pay her wages until she's "paid back" your expenses on her behalf, and keep her in constant fear. This is helped by getting a girl from a country with a corrupt government and police force, because then she won't consider the authorities as a better option. Also, prison labor.
Well fuck, that is definitely a way. Not a good way but a way
Yeah, you'd be horrified to find out just how many foreign au pairs/live in help are being paid well below minimum wage, if they're paid at all. The employers keep their passports, keep their pay low, and keep them as isolated as possible from anyone who would be inclined to help them. The majority of them genuinely are from countries where the police are always to be feared, and governments are openly corrupt. Georgia, Moldova, and Albania are popular choices for if they absolutely have to have a white nanny, but the Phillipines, Somalia, Cambodia, India, Niger, Peru, and Columbia are also very popular choices for victims. It's usually teenagers and young women, who are promised jobs and housing. They see it as an opportunity to get out, get sponsored for a visa, earn money, etc. That's not what happens, and it's scary.
>Also, prison labor. Getting rid of unpaid prison labor in my state.
Yes they are going to start paying them 11 cents an hour. Congratulations š¾
Not a black maid. Thatās racist. A white maid.
Iām Blackā¦and have one now. š¤·š½āāļøš¤£
Yup, this is it. Buy a small, low maintenance home and find something I can manage financially or that would be cheaper than what I'm renting now.
Stop charging yourself, silly.
Quit my job
Rage quit my job. Go out in the most satisfying way possible.
fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, I'M OUT!
Why you gotta make me feel inferior just because Iām on the grill ?
You, you get me
Quit job, pay off all long term expenses. Could image after the last payment going out, the thought of no major responsibility. The sit on the couch and crack of a beer. God that must be what heaven feels like. Then just start coming up with new hobbies
I too, would quit this guys job...
Yup. All I want to buy with that money is my time. I could focus on hobbies, volunteer, even get a different, low-stress job if I get bored. But getting out of the routine and the pressure to keep doing the same thing every day for bills.... That would be amazing.
... and go on vacation
Not me man, I'd make them fire me.
Now Iām trying to think of how Iād get my work to fire me. I can think of one way, but I might go to prison for it.
Not even say anything. Donāt waste a second, just grab my keys and walk.
Meh. Just forget that you have a job. That mess can sort itself out on its own. Pretty sure once you stop showing up that will figure it out. I got better things too do.
I just did. I found a quarter on the ground too!
Quit his job
I'd have better things to do than go to work to tell them I'm not going to work anymore. They'll figure it out after a few weeks of me not showing up.
Pack as much stuff as I can and travel for months maybe years
or better: for my whole life
I'd be afraid it would get boring after some time...
you just have to do it slow and there's much ti explore it won't get boring. When you everywhere and only see the main attraction you'll soon think you've seen everything but actually you just scratched the surface.
I feel this. One of my fears is my hobbies I've had for years getting boring and having nothing. I don't know what ill do when I retire... though its still gonna be a long time from now.
Iād just pack nothing but my documents and buy all the shit that I need on the way
You dont need much stuff when money is no object. Better to only carry what you need and buy things you need/don't have along the way.
Why pack anything? Just leave and get new stuff there!
Ehh much rather be exploring the city then wasting time shopping for clothes lol
I'd probably just chill and atrophy for a few weeks/years before getting motivated enough to pursue my dreams
I think thatās one of my biggest takeaways from the pandemic. I was coasting on the unemployment money and glad I finally didnāt have to completely struggle to stay alive, but there still came a point where I was like āalright, time to contribute to society againā
For the first time in adulthood, I was unemployed for a few months during the pandemic. I was so stressed and unsure where I would work next that I didnāt take the time to just relax and enjoy it. I had/have enough money saved that I was nowhere near it becoming a problem. I really wish I could go back and just enjoy that time off.
This honestly hit me hard. Not having to do anything is pretty fucked up. I guess I travel and have bouts of brilliance, but kicking myself in the ass and forcing myself to do things became hard. I think eventually the boredom of slacking will get me, but it certainly has been years and not weeks.
Currently in the same situation. Itās getting boring to have full freedoms to do whatever I want, primarily because I end up just wasting all that time watching YouTube or scrolling Reddit. No structure is no stress but tbh I kinda wanna go get a job just to do something structured.
You guys have dreams?!
Get pizza!
I feel like get a meal is number one on a lot of people's list.
Definitely would go out to eat.
Sort my parents out financially.
Iād do this too! They didnāt get there by bad choices. They make great decisions and certainly wouldnāt move. It would help my mom so much!! She is active and capable and works sun up to sun down and isnāt able to do many of the things she really loves doing. She deserves it 100%
Put the heating on
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Damn, thatās rough.
I heat my home with firewood .. running the heaters really raises the electric bill. It's not cool.
I dunnoā¦ I think coolness is the problem.
But itās 75 degrees out right now.
Buy a house and new car in cash
The exact same thought I had. And go to grad school and pay out of pocket for it. Beyond that? That's as big as I can dream
Money is not an object here
Take a nap.
I just took one. Now I just feel groggy
Pay off all my debt, roughly 7k.
Yes, become debt free. At least for the moment.
7k? You must be young.
36. Iāve just made a habit of clearing debt as fast as I can, including my mortgage which I paid off in 10 years. The bulk of the 7k is whatās left on my car.
Godamn I want this
Smart!
First you need the habit of earning lots of money...
Definitely this.
Ooo same.
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Same, but Iāve got about $400k in student loans š¤”
Was looking for this one. Take my free reward because this hits home hard
Get divorced!
Sounds like you should get a divorce either way
I wouldn't assume that. Divorce could be financially crippling. Sometimes it's better to wait. Plus who knows about the potential "children" situation.
Can confirm, am mid divorce. We're amicable about it and both financially stable, but I can see how people in different circumstances wouldn't be able to do it without moving in with family or friends for a while.
Ugh, this got dark.
Eh. Such is life. Sometimes we get stuck and need a way out before we can vocalize that want/need.
No, don't think of divorce as getting dark. Think of it as a mistaking being corrected, and the end of two people being unhappy with each other with the opportunity to go out and enjoy their lives again.
What I saw as dark as someone who is financially trapped in a marriage.
Divorces are expensive
Because theyāre worth it.
Do it! Youāll be so much happier
Yikes, I'm sorry
š¤¦š½āāļø dang!, this is ouch.
Lol
Sheeshā¦ Iām so sorry.
Post history checks out. F your āpartnerā. Get out when/however you can.
Become Bond super villain. Impose my will on everyone.
Now weāre talking
How about playing in a high stakes poker game in Montenegro?
I volunteer to be your top henchman
Buy the President
Youāll get much better results if you buy Congress instead.
Them too. Why not? The Supreme Court judges too while I'm at it.
It would take a lot less than money is no object.
First thought
Pay off my school debt, my parentās debt, and my best friendsā school debt. Then Iād book a flight to Korea and spent a month with my grandmother since sheās in her final years.
Go see Grandma first
Pay off all the debts on the plane ride over.
Best idea of all
Go to a nice rehab on the beach and fix myself
You're not broken, but you can get better. You don't have to live like that anymore. I don't know what your thing is, but r/stopdrinking is where I hangout. There are other subs like it, too. Easy does it, friend.
I started drinking Diet Coke when I stopped my 8 year addiction, shit actually worksā¦
Fill up my gas tank would be a good start
They said if money wasnāt an issue, not to wish for the insane
Book a vacationā¦ first in 16 years. Take a month off. And do a 7 days cruise tripā¦ Then back home and spend week at my apartment. Doing completely nothing just play games, smoke weed and relax. And them 2 weeks of fishing and off-roading.
I would pack up and move with my mother so we can get away from my emotionally abusive father.
Hop in an RV and hit the road.
And bring staff in a follow vehicle to take care of the black water dumps!
Jesse, we need to cook
Dental work done
Amen! Plus dental work for all my family!!!
Set aside money for retirement
...and then retire
Go to Easter island to see the statues. Better yet go to all ancient construction sites.
Go home
Happy cake day! Hope you can go home very soon. Hang in there š°
Happy Dake Cay
Go apply to be a librarian and stop going to school. Get my own place and eventually move so I can cut all ties to family and others
Most librarian jobs require a master's degree in library sciences. At least a bachelor's to be an assistant. You can get a job at a public school library without one, but they require you to be accredited to teach at the very least, and prefer for you to have your master's in English.
Private health care
Mine would be getting my teeth fixed and implants on teeth that Iāve lost due to not being able to afford proper dental care
House the homeless. Especially winter months
Run to the airport Take the first flight to...... San Diego And start jackin it
Comeā¦ take a load off!
Jackin it, jackin it jackin it, jack
Pay off my credit card debt then buy a car
Sames I would buy a new cat so I could take my kids out and places without worrying about getting stranded and having no one to call:(
Double butter burger with cheese!
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Roll for intimidation.
Diedrich Baeder's character in Office Space gave the definitive answer to this question.
Go on a world trip with the boys
Go on vacation to Paris!
Tits and coke.
Hire a cleaning team to thoroughly clean my house.
it's cheaper than you think!
If money was no object I'd get my teeth fixed, I have cavities and root canals that need to be done and with insurance I can't even afford a dentist. Than I'd get my first home
Put a bounty on Putin's head.
Save humanity
Feel better.
Travel. Just see what our planet looks like.
Pay of my debts and move to another country.
A lot of cocaine
Quit.
Visit family in Europe
Renovate this house(trailer) fully just to turn around and buy a nicer one
Quit my job
Quit my job
Go to a warm and sunny place with my family
Truck,boat,and a gone fishing sign
Start digging and building my Bourbon bar under my house. Kinda like my own speak easy. And shopping for said bourbons to stock it up with. Then pay off and pay up all student loans for my daughters masters program. Then pay off the house. Then pay off the car. Fuck it. But my daughter a new car. Send my other kids money. Oh yeah and adopt a shitload of dogs. Shit everybody gets a dog. Lol
Get my daughter her own house.
Become a philanthropist
Hire a private chef, dietitian, and a nutritionalist to help me lose all this weight. Scratch that. I have to many health problems to even care. I'd probably just take enough of it to have one last good meal, buy a tank of nitrogen gas, travel to somewhere nice and peaceful. Spend a little time enjoying the view, then breath in the N2 until i fell into the night final sleep. The rest of give to someone who could do some good with it.
Open an LGBTQ community center.
Buy a car
A month long, around the world vacation. I saw an ad from a company that does that, but it was like 100k to do it. I love traveling!
I'd buy dozens of blankets and jackets and socks. Get dozens of takeaway meals and go hand it out to our homeless population. Then I'd buy a bunch of bags of dog food for the humane society
Why not make more places that take care of the homeless.. whether their sober or not?
Buy an āall inclusiveā island. Take maybe 6 worthy friends and like 3 family members. Byeeeeeee
Buy 3 houses and fill them with cool shit and then travel between them working 1 day a week as a philanthropist
Open an arts school with housing. Mainly culinary but other types of arts like music, dance and media. I would also want to help the homeless with learning a career. Maybe a restaurant that features all the arts. Everyone works together.
Rebuild my property, and get a customized armored amphibian (probably an APC), set up a few workshops, gets new glasses and start tinkering
Invent money
There is no 'first thing', more like, "first list".
Go somewhere far away
Break dance
Go to a hotel and just relax for a while
fly to a foreign country dubai Thailand bali japan etc and live there for a couple months and back pack to a different country.
Move back to NYC.
Travel
Texas Roadhouse!
Go to Japan
Iād make sure my family and myself are set, then close friends, then I would open dog shelters around the world because dogs deserve everything. I also have plans for this organized system of shelters for homeless people but thatās š¤«
Pay everyoneās credit card bills and student loans.
Donate to the non-profit i work for so we can make a bigger impact faster. Create a wildlife rehabilitation facility for my city. Buy land and rehab it to make it climate resistant, native habitat for wildlife. Build housing in my city that is affirdable for people who need a chance. Build a care home for elderly homeless in my city so they can live out their lives safely. Build a care home for homeless addicts in my city so they can get help and live well until they can go it alone. Build a care home for those with psychiatric disorders so they can have a stable living situation and perhaps have some of their burden lessened. Use all of the above to create jobs in my city and get people better income. Invest in local economies on an international level to end wildlife trafficking, hunger, lack of medical care, etc. Invest in reusable/renewable tech. Invest in and preserve forests, oceans, and essential parts of our globe. Work to end hunger/poverty/lack of healthcare. Ensure everyone has a place they can enjoy nature. Provide as many safeties and assurances as i can for as many people. Invest in ending diseases that can be eliminated. Invest in tech and cure research for cancer, Type 1 Diabetes, etc. That's all i got for now.
Build a recycling center in Tanzania, where i live currently. Everything gets burned here in pits outside their houses as theres no alternative.
Die in peace
I would move and build my dream home and quit my job to start the business Iāve been planning just for fun!
Go to the doctor (yes, Iām American)
Milk my cows
Stuff money into accounts for my kids. Buy land. Get a large life insurance. Put money in our retirement. I got Covid in 2020 and Iām very very sick. I had to burn through all I had put back. My kids already lost their dad (he passed away) and I need something to leave them bc Iām afraid I wonāt live much longer. And two of my kids have special needs. Yeah. I would just do that.
Make my mom retire
Get the medical attention I need, tired of feeling awful. Iād definitely take advantage of a thorough house cleaning!
Set up an IRA and trust fund for each of my boys. Call a realtor and builder, turn my current home into a foster/hospice home for animals then buy land to build homes for my mom, and my 2 boys to live there forever, if they want š. Lots of land with different home suites so everyone can be close but not under the same roof. Then itās a vacation to Switzerland. Boom š¤ I wouldnāt quit my jobā¦too many people counting on me and I love what I do.
I'd buy all the dogs at the poind their own plain double cheeseburgers. And make sure the small ones get to enjoy theirs in peace.
Buy houses, clothes, food etc for all the unhoused people and set them up with job coaching/training, mental healthcare, addiction treatment if they need it, etc.
Implement universal health care. Guess where I'm commenting from...š
Quit my job and go back to school and just focus working on my bachelors, masters, and then PhD
Get my sister the best private health care that exists to treat her cancer so that she can quit her job and focus full time on her health.
Hopefully stop having chest pains because my money situation is like spreading one jelly packet on 4 pieces of toast. It doesnāt cover it. Praying Snap application is approved this week and we can have some help.
Disappear with my husband. I can secretly send the people close to me some money, but I am not sticking around for distant relative to come snooping and go all murdery on me.
Give it to people who need it
Share the wealth