Even the positive experiences here sound like a nightmare to me. Really glad I never tried this.

Yes, my best friend and I have been friends for 35 years, even though he lives 1000 miles away. I’m close with one of my male cousins and we talk regularly. My wife and I also just hung out with another longtime male friend and his wife and just spent the night bullshitting. Also making new friends, including men, at the living history museum I’m on the board of.

I’m not always sure why these folks want to hang out with me, but I’m glad to have them in my life.

Well, hell. Let’s all get banned by them so they have a real count of how many customers they are losing.

Came here to say this.

Boo. He’s always just so damned delighted to be included!

Also showing love for Some More News. It’s run by some golden age Cracked alumni.

Pay off debt.

Edit: adding context

My wife recently lost her job to AI. She wound up finding a job that she actually likes, but at about 50% of her old salary. At the same time, I racked up some healthcare bills and we have a child trying to get out of the country for college, but of course the loan from Sallie Mae may not get to school in time for the first year, despite the fact we started the process about a year ago. About the only way we can think of to temper the loss of income is to sell the house and use the cash to pay off debt and live… somewhere.

If we could get out of the debt we are in, my wife would be able to keep her job and we would be able to help pay for college without selling the house.

Hopefully, we will find another way because ain’t nobody willing or able to give money away in this country lol