My husband gave me our $800,000 house in our divorce.
He gave me the cars too.
The furniture.
Even the savings account.
He wanted nothing.
He only wanted one thing:
For me to sign the divorce papers as quickly as possible.
My lawyer looked at the settlement and frowned.
“Why is he giving you all of this?”
“I don’t know.”
“He’s either very generous…”
She paused.
“…or you’re missing something.”
My husband was already calling me, asking when I planned to sign.
“There’s nothing to fight about,” he said. “Take the house. Take the cars. I just want this over.”
So I signed.
Three weeks later, the house officially became mine.
That was when my lawyer called me.
Her voice sounded completely different.
to all my old mutuals from that era, wherever you are, even though none of you will ever read this, i hope you’re doing well. wishing you nothing but happiness and success, always
been here long enough to remember how different alter twitter used to be. some of my mutuals back then turned into fwb, some i paid their tuition, some i helped land jobs, some i covered their rent, even helped one of them start a business
anyway, these are just my midnight thoughts. i miss the alter era of those days. back then i couldn’t give much to my closest mutuals, but everything felt exciting. now i can give anything, yet the feeling is gone. or maybe i’ve just gotten old?
Interesting how wars are named after the country attacked: Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iran War... That's because if they were named after the attacker, it would be too confusing, since 80% of conflicts would be called the US war.
oh wait. there already is. it's called scarcity research. turns out kekurangan resources literally menyempitkan cognitive bandwidth, less self-control, less empathy, more impulsive.
otak dalam mode survival ga punya ruang untuk jadi "nice." it's not an excuse. but it is an explanation.
which means the real problem isn't just the money. it's what the lack of it does to the mind