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“This isn’t exactly easy to talk about, and people don’t always believe me when I tell them, but here it is: I died. I got drunk and decided to go for a drive to clear my head (don’t do that). It was a cool night, just perfect to have the windows down, and I wanted to hear the turbo whistle. It was about 11 p.m., so not too many people out in my area. I took a…
This was, in a word, inconvenient. But I tried. I made coffee at home instead of ordering in, declined an impulse lunch invite, and tracked my expenses for the day. Honestly? This felt the most helpful, not in a “wow, horoscopes work” way, but more like, sometimes you…
People Who Lived Through The 2008 Recession Shared What It Was Like, And It's A Harrowing Warning
April 9, 2025
(Cont.) “We didn’t have heat that first winter — thankfully before we moved somewhere where that would be deadly — but we would still have a thin layer of ice form on top of a water glass if we left it near the exterior wall on the counter. The cold was the most…
I lay in the driveway of my new one-bedroom apartment near the beach, watching my boyfriend of three months and my dad carry furniture up the stairs into the sundrenched space with an ocean breeze. My back spasmed. My boyfriend’s face was sheet-white, and we were both…
23 Shocking Healthcare Stories From Canadians Who Lived In Other Countries
January 23, 2025
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“American living in Canada now. My kid was born in the US with several GI issues, and had to have two major operations in her first month, totaling around half a million dollars US.
“The result of my daughter’s issues meant she was left with…
