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Thank you all for the guidance. As a left-brained person, I am not particularly money-savvy, but know enough to get by. I have been able to maintain a diverse portfolio of investments mostly in ETFs. I also use robot investors like Wealthfront , Betterment etc since I do not know how to pick stocks myself.
In my early 50s I am feeling pretty lost in life as I don't know where I am headed next, what kind of support system I will have as I become old and frail etc. Friends from 20s and 30s left me due to political differences that peaked during COVID.  Lost my father last year, and Mom is in her last years. 
This forum has been a good support system .. especially sage advice from the people ahead of me in this journey called life.

Thank you all for the guidance. As a left-brained person, I am not particularly money-savvy, but know enough to get by. I have been able to maintain a diverse portfolio of investments mostly in ETFs. I also use robot investors like Wealthfront , Betterment etc since I do not know how to pick stocks myself.
In my early 50s I am feeling pretty lost in life as I don't know where I am headed next, what kind of support system I will have as I become old and frail etc. Friends from 20s and 30s left me due to political differences that peaked during COVID.  Lost my father last year, and Mom is in her last years. 
This forum has been a good support system .. especially sage advice from the people ahead of me in this journey called life.

Thank you all for the guidance. As a left-brained person, I am not particularly money-savvy, but know enough to get by. I have been able to maintain a diverse portfolio of investments mostly in ETFs. I also use robot investors like Wealthfront , Betterment etc since I do not know how to pick stocks myself.
In my early 50s I am feeling pretty lost in life as I don't know where I am headed next, what kind of support system I will have as I become old and frail etc. Friends from 20s and 30s left me due to political differences that peaked during COVID.  Lost my father last year, and Mom is in her last years. 
This forum has been a good support system .. especially sage advice from the people ahead of me in this journey called life.

I have zero debts. I use credit cards to accumulate miles or cash back. Autopay pays off full balance every month.
My credit score went down because i had no loans. So when i purchased my last car, I financed half of it despite having the cash. Paid it off just to demonstrate to the credit agencies i am able take on a loan and pay it back. That added 5-10 points to my credit score. 

I followed the payment plan.

Epstein basically pimped these young girls out to the rich and powerful. I wonder if he deliberately made sure they were underage, but didnt reveal that to the 'clients' so he could blackmail them.

Epstein basically pimped these young girls out to the rich and powerful. I wonder if he deliberately made sure they were underage, but didnt reveal that to the 'clients' so he could blackmail them.

Epstein basically pimped these young girls out to the rich and powerful. I wonder if he deliberately made sure they were underage, but didnt reveal that to the 'clients' so he could blackmail them.

I have zero debts. I use credit cards to accumulate miles or cash back. Autopay pays off full balance every month.
My credit score went down because i had no loans. So when i purchased my last car, I financed half of it despite having the cash. Paid it off just to demonstrate to the credit agencies i am able take on a loan and pay it back. That added 5-10 points to my credit score. 

I owe more than I'd like.  I used to be debt free except for my mortgage until 2020.  Then a bunch of household repairs all came due at once: Water pipe leak/mold remediation, HVAC system replacement, water heater replacement, damaged garage door, exterior house repaint, broken toilets, replaced all exhaust vents and smoke detectors; all within 2020-2023.  And, I embarked on my most expensive holiday yet: two gay river cruises in Europe in 2023.
That leaves me with $100k on zero interest credit cards and low-interest HELOC that I used to finance these improvements/repairs/travel.   I finally decided to stop contributing to my 401k/Roth IRA and instead use the money to more quickly pay down this debt.

I have no debt of any sort but I use one particular credit card as much as I can.   The reward benefits really add up over time.  Of course, I pay off any credit card balance monthly and never carry a balance forward.   

So many guys think escorting and porn is easy and that they should be given thousands for just showing up. A job is a job. It's still work and if you're not willing to work hard then don't be surprised when you don't get much out of it. 
Yes, there are exceptions. When the algorithm randomly chooses to push your content, you can make a killing for relatively little work. But such blessings should not be expected. 
My guess with this guy, he was picked up by a wealthy daddy and spoilled rotten when he was barely legal. Now that he's older and has a few miles on him that game plan isn't going to work the same. 

Please BTC, don't hold back ... let it ALL out!
I hope this doesn't make your head explode, but I think Kathy Griffin is hilarious, or at least she used to be a couple of decades ago. Of course, it's her life and she can do whatever she wants.  But for the sake of her career, not to mention her mental well-being, she should forget politics and get back to doing what she does best.
This clip gets a lot funnier at the 2:00 mark.

So much hatred!
 
 

"Comedienne"? Really? A comedienne is supposed to make people laugh. Kathy Griffin is no comedienne.
Phyllis Diller was funny...Moms Mabley was funny...Totie Fields was funny...Lucille Ball was funny...Gracie Allen was funny....Rosanne Barr was funny...Joan Rivers was funny...Carol Burnett is/was funny.
Kathy Griffin is a witch. She is more ugly on the outside (have you ever seen her without make-up?) than on the inside. And that's tough to do.
It's hard to believe that vile woman was married!?!?!!? Who would marry that rat-faced orange crone? 
Randy Bick is one fortunate man to be getting this divorce. Tough too! How he could stand four years with this POS is beyond my understanding. Did it really take 4 years for Randy Bick to regain his hearing, eyesight, and ability to detect foul odors? Did it really take him four years to see her in the daylight?
Well, one thing we know for certain is that her soon to be ex just got the greatest New Year's present ever! He should be the happiest man on earth right now. He got his get-out-of-jail card not having to spend another day with that attention-craving narcissist. Let's hope she doesn't display his severed head any time soon.
Kathy Griffin has made a living by being shallow, hateful, vulgar, and crude. And those are her good points. 
She is a miserable, wretched, hate-filled woman that has brought this misery up on herself! May her TDS consume her ! 
BTC

I actually think Kathy Griffin is hilarious, and a very funny comedian. I love it when she makes fun of pop stars like Britney in particular (whom I adore). She never really says truly mean things about her, and you can always tell she respects Britney and makes jokes out of admiration for her.

Somebody married Kathy Griffin ? 😳
The saying: "there's someone for everyone" must be true.
 

A good escort is a friend for the time he is paid. If he is not friendly, he probably wont get hired again unless the client has some sort of fetish for getting mistreated. 
It's best to not expect any emotional connection with an escort. There may be an occasional exception to this, but it's rare. I know it's hard to not fall for a hot one you just had great time with, but you have to learn it to  get the most pleasure out of your hard earned money. It took me 15-20 years of hiring to get good at my game as a regular client. 
These days sob stories are easy to ascertain for truth Just this weekend, a very friendly guy i had great times with the prior weekend, told me he would not be able see me because he was sick and didnt want to spread the germs. Well, hours later he posted an instagram story hanging out, hugging, and being handsy with a bunch of friends the same evening. Did I feel hurt? May be a little. But was I surprised? Absolutely not.

A good escort is a friend for the time he is paid. If he is not friendly, he probably wont get hired again unless the client has some sort of fetish for getting mistreated. 
It's best to not expect any emotional connection with an escort. There may be an occasional exception to this, but it's rare. I know it's hard to not fall for a hot one you just had great time with, but you have to learn it to  get the most pleasure out of your hard earned money. It took me 15-20 years of hiring to get good at my game as a regular client. 
These days sob stories are easy to ascertain for truth Just this weekend, a very friendly guy i had great times with the prior weekend, told me he would not be able see me because he was sick and didnt want to spread the germs. Well, hours later he posted an instagram story hanging out, hugging, and being handsy with a bunch of friends the same evening. Did I feel hurt? May be a little. But was I surprised? Absolutely not.

A good escort is a friend for the time he is paid. If he is not friendly, he probably wont get hired again unless the client has some sort of fetish for getting mistreated. 
It's best to not expect any emotional connection with an escort. There may be an occasional exception to this, but it's rare. I know it's hard to not fall for a hot one you just had great time with, but you have to learn it to  get the most pleasure out of your hard earned money. It took me 15-20 years of hiring to get good at my game as a regular client. 
These days sob stories are easy to ascertain for truth Just this weekend, a very friendly guy i had great times with the prior weekend, told me he would not be able see me because he was sick and didnt want to spread the germs. Well, hours later he posted an instagram story hanging out, hugging, and being handsy with a bunch of friends the same evening. Did I feel hurt? May be a little. But was I surprised? Absolutely not.

I experienced someone like him years ago. These guys are expert and - I mean EXPERT manipulators. They tell you exactly what you want hear and transform themselves to whomever you imagine them to be - chameleon like. They love to play the role of a victim as well.  They drain you emotionally and financially and disappear when they’ve taken what they wanted. Best thing to have happened to you is that he blocked you everywhere. You need to move on and see this as a learning experience and eye opener. 

50+ gifts worth thousands and thousands of dollars?
Your friend has maybe formulated these types of connections with many different men over the years making him very good at what he does. 

You don’t pay for or buy friends. Those recipients aren’t friends. 

“You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. You've got to be old with money because to be old without it is just too awful, you've got to be one or the other, either young or with money, you can't be old and without it. - That's the truth, Brick...” ― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

I experienced a lot of attitude from him even for the most common questions we ask when hiring an escort. I passed.