Seems like you might as well not have them take out the 401(k), assuming it's not going to be a life-changing amount of money, and putting that much more in your short-term savings. You still stay on track with whatever your plan was around your annual 401(k) contribution.
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 02, 2012 9:53:13 am PST #24929 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2012 10:00:17 am PST #24930 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thing #2--there might be a raise, and that might change things. Seriously, why so taunty and close-lipped?
Still, either way, I'm looking for 1 month of art class and a cloak. That's in my budget for March.
-t - Mar 02, 2012 10:05:00 am PST #24931 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I always made bonuses extra-budgetary because we never knew how much they were going to be until the check showed up. My standard way of dealing with them was to put the usual paycheck-% into the 401k, half the take-home bonus into savings, and the other half immediately squanderable. Not knowing what we could squander on was super tantalizing.
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2012 10:06:42 am PST #24932 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
More Incredibly Cute Footage of Baby Sloths at Costa Rican Sanctuary
First video is the one I lined to yesterday.
Calli - Mar 02, 2012 10:08:24 am PST #24933 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Back when pine trees were muttering about those new angiosperms messing up the neighborhood, I had a boyfriend with a waterbed. I don't remember the bed being a problem. (Maybe it helps that I don't get motion sick.)
sumi - Mar 02, 2012 10:09:06 am PST #24934 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
brenda m - Mar 02, 2012 10:09:12 am PST #24935 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Our bonuses do not have 401k contributions taken out by default - you have to elect that specifically every year if you want it. So those are the emails we get. The idea of suspending your regular contributions so that 401k didn't hit the bonus seems kind of misguided. How many people forget or delay reupping?
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2012 10:09:35 am PST #24936 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Part of it is that I feel my 401K is completely useless, and I just pay into it because it's entirely dumb not to, but I'll still be working for the rest of my life anyway.
eta:
How many people forget or delay reupping?
Exactly.
Connie Neil - Mar 02, 2012 10:11:13 am PST #24937 of 30001
brillig
The only problem we ran into with the waterbed was Cat Mondu, who rightfully acquired his title of Bubble Hunter. He cold spot a bubble through three layers of blanket and sheet and mattress cover, and more than once we'd wake up to soggy covers and a proud cat. "I got it, Daddy!"
tommyrot - Mar 02, 2012 10:13:27 am PST #24938 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This made me LOL:
A local tennis instructor gave this family 300 used tennis balls because their Lab loves tennis balls. This playtime, he hit the jackpot!