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SATURDAY, 5 APRIL 2008
Your banking app pauses slightly before opening.
It's deciding how to tell you.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Parenthood is a long journey from "mama" to "can you send money" to them…
- Your financial advisor is a spreadsheet you opened once in January. It's been screaming…
- Being a parent means eating cold crusts standing up and calling it dinner. You'll…
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