Michelle
@sassyanalyst.bsky.social
Mom, Grandma, Political Junkie, Early retiree
Just helped my daughter with hers. She’s a full time student in a MSW program (so interning and working part time). Her cost went up 90.4% (from $188 to $358).
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Just helped my daughter with hers. She’s a full time student in a MSW program (so interning and working part time). Her cost went up 90.4% (from $188 to $358).
My husband has an “Aunt Connie” who has always been Aunt Connie. We’d been married like 20+ years before I learned she was technically his dad’s cousin. Splitting hairs much?
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My husband has an “Aunt Connie” who has always been Aunt Connie. We’d been married like 20+ years before I learned she was technically his dad’s cousin. Splitting hairs much?
My daughter is 26, and a full
time student in a MSW program, and can only work part time. She also has type 1 diabetes (so has expensive medical needs). ACA is about $80 a month this year. I’m very concerned what it will be next year. She NEEDS coverage.
time student in a MSW program, and can only work part time. She also has type 1 diabetes (so has expensive medical needs). ACA is about $80 a month this year. I’m very concerned what it will be next year. She NEEDS coverage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My daughter is 26, and a full
time student in a MSW program, and can only work part time. She also has type 1 diabetes (so has expensive medical needs). ACA is about $80 a month this year. I’m very concerned what it will be next year. She NEEDS coverage.
time student in a MSW program, and can only work part time. She also has type 1 diabetes (so has expensive medical needs). ACA is about $80 a month this year. I’m very concerned what it will be next year. She NEEDS coverage.
Remember all the way back to like 2019 - when lives were valued? Those were the good old days.
October 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Remember all the way back to like 2019 - when lives were valued? Those were the good old days.
I love all your podcasts and often listen with my (adult) kids. I feel like listening to reality in such a down to earth way has kept me sane the last bunch of years.
September 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I love all your podcasts and often listen with my (adult) kids. I feel like listening to reality in such a down to earth way has kept me sane the last bunch of years.
Bought it! Can’t wait to listen.
September 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bought it! Can’t wait to listen.
I agree that’s not the norm. But the idea of working and saving until you can retire isn’t in any way a scam. If you’re unable to save, you work longer. That’s just economics.
July 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I agree that’s not the norm. But the idea of working and saving until you can retire isn’t in any way a scam. If you’re unable to save, you work longer. That’s just economics.
How is it a “scam”? It’s not ideal - but it’s about choices. My father has been retired for 33 years. I’m 54 and I’ve been retired for 6.
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How is it a “scam”? It’s not ideal - but it’s about choices. My father has been retired for 33 years. I’m 54 and I’ve been retired for 6.
Tell me you haven’t been to Alcatraz without telling me (his stupid post). It’s prohibitively small, earns a fortune in tourism, and is in San Francisco! Hilarious, and so dumb.
May 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tell me you haven’t been to Alcatraz without telling me (his stupid post). It’s prohibitively small, earns a fortune in tourism, and is in San Francisco! Hilarious, and so dumb.
$4.42 at Sam’s club, which is about the cheapest I’ve seen (and about what it’s been for months).
April 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
$4.42 at Sam’s club, which is about the cheapest I’ve seen (and about what it’s been for months).
I can’t do much - but I haven’t set foot in a Target in months.
April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I can’t do much - but I haven’t set foot in a Target in months.
That’s incredibly stupid. And to say fraudsters complain more? Let’s see the evidence of that. I don’t believe that for a moment. I call insane BS.
March 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
That’s incredibly stupid. And to say fraudsters complain more? Let’s see the evidence of that. I don’t believe that for a moment. I call insane BS.
This was the first thing I saw and read this morning. Thank you for the hope you inspire!
February 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This was the first thing I saw and read this morning. Thank you for the hope you inspire!
If it wasn’t them, that seems like a problem…
January 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If it wasn’t them, that seems like a problem…
Turo provides insurance during the rentals. I’ve been renting out a van for a couple of years now. My insurance company is aware.
January 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Turo provides insurance during the rentals. I’ve been renting out a van for a couple of years now. My insurance company is aware.
I learned when I was 16, because my parents took a road trip and only left me the manual car. It wasn’t pretty - but I was motivated!
December 26, 2024 at 2:58 PM
I learned when I was 16, because my parents took a road trip and only left me the manual car. It wasn’t pretty - but I was motivated!