Debt Dumpers 2026

[Twilghtsprkle]

I had a coworker who's neighbor got pregnant at 14 and the boyfriend was 14 too. They're equally clueless.

My daughter has a classmate that is 16 and pregnant - she was freaking trying to get pregnant. The girl will be finishing up her junior year & then dropping out of high school. Her parents are ecstatic which feels wrong. The father has been living with the girl and her parents and details seem sketchy. He may be over 18.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

My daughter has a classmate that is 16 and pregnant - she was freaking trying to get pregnant. The girl will be finishing up her junior year & then dropping out of high school. Her parents are ecstatic which feels wrong. The father has been living with the girl and her parents and details seem sketchy. He may be over 18.

When I was 16, my boyfriend was 21. It didn't seem weird. Most of my friends were a few years older than me. Kids in my own grade seemed very immature.

 

[DanceDisney23]

Sorry, I have no answers. I come in, shoot a portable xray, sometimes hear somethings, some stuff the nurses would tell me, and I'm out the door. I never got to stick around for the drama.

I had a coworker who's neighbor got pregnant at 14 and the boyfriend was 14 too. They're equally clueless.

Teenagers do dumb things, sure. But a girl who was pregnant six times by the time she is 18? That’s beyond not knowing how to use a contraceptive.

 

[pblack]

Sorry, I have no answers. I come in, shoot a portable xray, sometimes hear somethings, some stuff the nurses would tell me, and I'm out the door. I never got to stick around for the drama.

I had a coworker who's neighbor got pregnant at 14 and the boyfriend was 14 too. They're equally clueless.

Luckily I didn't expect answers lol. Just stating that I definitely have a lot of questions.

 

[Nettlelondon]

We got back from our trip Sunday - I haven't yet had the courage to open the credit card app and see what we ended up spending but I will soon. Not all of the costs are ours though - we need to sort out who paid for what between us and the in-laws and then square off between the two. The main thing that we need to split is dinner each night. Breakfast we had in our room, everyone came down to our room as we had more useable space.

On arrival I realised the hotel was a Marriott brand and as a Bonvoy member we were upgraded to a suite which was handy. The in-laws were already booked in to a suite as there were the 3 of them (nephew was sleeping on the sofa bed) and it turned out they were directly above us which was useful.

Eating breakfast in was a real cost saver, and SIL had brought a lot of protein bars and candy bars (saved from various Christmas bits and pieces) which saved a lot of minor expenses for the skiiers in the group. It doesn't take long for those minor costs to add up. The leftovers of those were also useful on the flight home. DH and I were fine as we got a meal but they had run out of main courses by the time the crew got to SILs row, which was less than helpful.

Our cab arrived within a few minutes of us exiting arrivals and we were home exactly at the time the satnav had predicted. As our journey involvef the most unpredictable road in the UK this was pretty impressive.

We didn't spend much on souvenirs as we have a rule - any souvenir must be physically small and useful so I bought some earrings and DH has a new pair of cufflinks. Some boxes of cookies formed the balance of the items we bought home as gifts for family (they don't need more junk either).

Whilst we were away we were discussing an upcoming short trip that involves a flight and I realised I had not booked any parking for that. I sorted that out today using a cashback site - as a result I have saved money over the cost of on the day parking and saved a lot of stress over realising as we drove to the airport that there was no booking. It would not have got the trip off ot a relaxed start!

And on a personal note I made progress on one of my "60 Before 60" challenges. I have never, ever been able to do a push-up. I had a gym class today and at one point one of the options on a round of exercises was a push-up from the knees. I was going to go with the other option, but I thought "why not - give it a go" and I managed about 5 push-ups. And then did a second round. I wouldn't win any prizes for them, and the form was not perfect, but it was a significant step forward - physically and mentally.