Oh agreed, it's not my problem personally. I wouldn't date without money. I'm married now. When I did date, it cost me money. To me, that investment was worth it.

What kinda nigga you gon be? What do you have to offer? You the funny nigga? You just naturally charismatic? Style and clothes? They don't know, and they're frustrated from not knowing. Which is why they flock to pods and socials: They're looking for a playbook instead of playing the game to learn.

Then there's the issue of the confidence crisis. They don't have it because they are trying to do behind screens what you used to have to do in person: socialize and find your identity with women. They skipped steps and are trying to do big boy things without all the early lessons. And failing.

Austin Powers ass undersecretary

Brother...my brother...

Mold remediation on whole house HVAC, $2700 September 26
AC blower motor went out, $1500 October 18th

That's it. You hope the problems don't butt up against each other and there's no major surprises.

But hoo boy, I've had multiple issues in the last couple months and it's turned into a RTS game lol

And yet, the roughly $3000 I've had to spend on it the last 5+ years amounts to roughly 5 months of what a new car payment would be. And hopefully it can ride at least 10 more years without major failure since I keep it tuned and updated.

It started 6yrs ago. The ceiling lining started to hang. Fortunately, found an old school upholstery shop in my area that handles it. Couple hunnid, not too big a deal.

Since then it's been window motors. Door lock switches. Steering wheel replacement. Radiator fan, AC belt, solenoid assembly...$$$