Can I pay my entire year lease on an apartment up front?

I did that when I first left the Navy in 1993. Rent was $550. Not used to budgeting & not employed, I offered the landlord $500 a month for 12 months upfront. He smiled, shook my hand & said mee…

Top stories for Susan   Can I pay my entire year lease on an apartment up front? Mike Vee, Retired (2021-present) • Answered February 25 I did that when I first left the Navy in 1993. Rent was $550. Not used to budgeting & not employed, I offered the landlord $500 a month for 12 months upfront. He smiled, sh... Read more » 8.2K 339   I adopted a dog now regret it. The dog misbehaves constantly and drives me absolutely nuts. My fiancé refuses to let me rehome him and says it's either me or the dog. What should I do? Chris Longford, 10+ years doing animal rescue • Updated November 10, 2021 I am an animal lover and believe that the right home is more important than a forever home. Because forever is a very long time to be in the wrong home. Can you make your ho... Read more » 4.7K 359   Why does a woman have to give birth when their baby dies in utero? It seems so traumatic and they're oftentimes placed in the maternity ward to recover. Paula Levay Bass, MA Education & Health, University of North Carolina at Pembroke (2003) • Updated March 15 I had a full term stillbirth. Our son's heart stopped beating 36 hours before our scheduled c-section. The baby's body is separate from the mother's and will start to decom... Read more » 8.5K 604   How should I tell my family that I am newly vegan over the holidays? I am traveling by plane to see them so I cannot bring my own vegan dish. Should I give them a heads up before I get there? Or should I tell them when I get there? Murphy Barrett • Answered March 30 To be frank, I have a generalized dislike to vegans and veganism, and questions like this is partly why. I presume that you are expecting to be fed by your relatives. There... Read more » 4.1K 215   I ran over my neighbor's dog when backing out of my driveway. They called the police and threatened to sue me. Do they have a case? Eric Barbehenn, former Volunteer EMT (1990-2003) • Updated February 9, 2020 I'm stunned at the number of people who say you should "accept responsibility" and do what is " morally right". If the dog was off leash, running uncontrolled and you had n... Read more » 20.4K 747   Why is my in-hand salary is too low for my package which is 13.93 LPA? I am adding screenshots of my compensation and payslip. Abir Bandyopadhyay, Senior Solution Integrator at Ericsson (2020-present) • Answered May 26, 2022 Hi Nirmal. I am not sure about your total work experience. If you are a fresher and getting such salary in Infy, then many congratulations to you. If you are an experienced... Read more » 1.5K 57   Why does everybody like Thailand? Arkaneh Urairat, A Thai who doesn't really know Thailand that well. • Answered March 31 Let's face it—Thailand isn't everyone's cup of tea. Honestly, I hate many aspects of this country I was born into but I do appreciate many things Thailand has taught me. Amo... Read more » 213 30   How much did you retire on for an early retirement? Doug Massey, Retired at 41 after working for The Man and investing mostly in index funds. • Answered February 25, 2017 I retired at 41 with a net worth of about 35 times my yearly expenses. I created a rule of thumb for retirement called the F.T.I., or "F&*% This Index" -- once it's over 100... Read more » 680 91   Do people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) feel bad about themselves as they grow older and their mental state deteriorates further from aging/illness etc.? Robert Torbay • Answered March 31 If you had spent your entire lifetime furiously attempting to get as high and as grandiose as possible at the expense of others, so much so that you were physiologically un... Read more » 194   Is life hard in Chennai? Bhanu Prasanth, lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (2022-present) • Updated July 20, 2022 I don't know about others, but Chennai sure has been hard on me. I have been in Bengaluru for the past three years for my Bachelors, and lived in Hyderabad my whole life bef... Read more » 979 153   Is it better to live in Germany or the UK long term? Garcia Calavera, EU expat in UK • Updated May 19, 2022 In my opinion, except for the rather ugly and quite difficult to learn language that is German compared to English, I honestly don't see a single reason why someone would c... Read more » 2K 360   A 2nd-grade teacher in Darien, CT included the book "Julian is a Mermaid" in her curriculum. The book is about a child who transitions, dresses in drag, & strips to his underwear to join a parade. What should we think? Angela Birch, BA from Pepperdine University (1974) • Answered April 5 We should think you didn't read the book and thus have been fed nonsense. It is about a boy who wants to dress as a mermaid for a parade. No the child doesn't transition or... Read more » 3K 45 Read more in your feed

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