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  1. Dec 2016
    1. You can charge a higher interest than you'd get from many savings accounts and still be charging less than the interest on a credit card or bank loan,

      Summarize: Interest would be in the middle because if it was too high, then the person you would lend the money to would just go to the bank to ask for a loan. If you charged more interest than the savings account where the money would be then you would actually be earning more monry than having the money sit in that savings account.

    2. "We realized we had bailed her out that year to the tune of about $12,000," Beth says. "I'd like to say the gravy train stopped then, but it actually continued until about a month ago

      Summarize: Beth and her husband kept giving their step-daughter money time after time. The gravy train refers to the ride the step daughter was being just to ask her parents for money so easily.

  2. Oct 2016
  3. Sep 2016
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    1. It’s easy to see why online dating has taken off. It provides you with a seemingly endless supply of people who are single and looking to date. Let’s say you’re a woman who wants a 28-year-old man who’s 5 ft. 10 in., has brown hair, lives in Brooklyn, is a member of the Baha’i faith and loves the music of Naughty by Nature. Before online dating, this would have been a fruitless quest, but now, at any time of the day, no matter where you are, you are just a few screens away from sending a message to your very specific dream man.

      I agree, online dating is the ideal why to find the "dream" guy or girl. I don't think we need to settle for "good enough", but I do think this generation is obsessed with the idea of "perfection" and living the "dream". What happens when we don't find the "dream" online? What do we do then?

    2. There are downsides with online dating, of course. Throughout all our interviews—and in research on the subject—this is a consistent finding: in online dating, women get a ton more attention than men.

      I believe this to be true and a complicated part of the "downside" with online dating. If women are so popular on online dating platforms, does it make it harder for them to find love since there are seemingly so many choices out there? This is where the immediate face-to-face connection factor comes into play...

    3. “Oh, wait, you like the Red Sox?! No thank you!”

      Oh, wait, you disagree with me? Get outta here. This would never work.

      With the digital age, we're more connected, yet QUICKER to push away someone who doesn't share our every interest. How does this affect our chances of finding a suitable mate? What does this mean for the world outside dating? Does it affect how we interact with friends, family, coworkers, etc?

    4. The first woman he clicked on was very beautiful, with a witty profile page, a good job and lots of shared interests, including a love of sports. After looking the page over for a minute or so, Derek said, “Well, she looks O.K. I’m just gonna keep looking for a while.”

      In a world where dating has turned into shopping, it's funny to see this opinion put in print. There are so many options, yet, he continues to look. It's all about casting a WIDE net.