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  1. Little Christine said: Disposables, in the original, were never meant to be the main use diaper, they were meant for travel and other small-scale use. Also they were a product of a prosperity that no longer exists and were not half as complicated as they are now. A product of a prosperity that no longer exists... Humm…. Meet 1987, the year the Federal Reserve, under Alan Greenspan, decided to alter the economic system in a chase to ZERO. Zero real dollars in our pocket and increased spending for all basic necessities while the real cost of consumer goods decreased to zero. Cars have soared in cost. Homes have soared in cost. Food has soared in cost. Utilities have soared in cost. Taxes have soared in cost. Health care has soared in cost. Meanwhile, everything else has dropped to zero. Furniture is a good example, it is now worth basically zero. Art Van is a store in Michigan and they just went bankrupt trying to sell Chinese made Furniture in the US... Buy a couch today for $349 tax in that was $899. When I bought my first couch in 1991 is was $1500! My mom visited in Cincinnati to help me find a good couch. Now that Art Van is going out of business traffic jams around their stores are huge! People have all come out of the woodwork to buy $199 couches while they go out of business. A race to ZERO! Yet, everything else has gone up in cost. Chrysler just announced that it will stop making its $19,995 van. Instead they will hit the market with a $24,995 van. I used to buy a new van every two years. I would buy the $19,995 model because it was made in North America and was a great van for no real cost. I would trade in a paid off $19,995 van and they would give me $14,000 on trade. After my friends and family discount I would get a new van for $17,995 - $14,000 = $3995/ 2 years = $2000 per year of cost. But, Chrysler reduced the costs of its Pickup to compete with the $19,995 van... I went by my Dodge dealership 6 months ago and I could lease a new, super fancy pickup for $68 per week! Sign me up! $272 per month x 12= $3264 x 3 = $9792 cost of vehicle over 3 year lease. Van: $3995 + 2,000 = $5995 cost over 3 years. Instead of driving a $19,995 new car I can drive a $54,000 new car for lower total cost or ZERO. $9792/ $54,000 = 18%. I am driving a new $54,000 truck and only paying 18% for it over three years. The van? $5995/ $19,995 = 29.98% There is a huge race to ZERO for things that we WANT as consumers. Our NEEDS have soared in cost. A cart of food has soared. Bread .55 to 2.97, Milk 1.59 to 2.98, Pizza 2.49 to 3.77, Peanut butter 1.49 to 4.77, Pork Loin 1.39 pd to $9.06 pd. A pickup in 1988 was $7560. Today it is at least $38,000. While Interest rates have crashed to near zero the cost of a house has soared. In 1987 the cost of an average home was $189,105 and the interest rate was 9.29% or $17,558 per year. In 2019 the cost of a home was $531,000 and the interest rate was 3.1% or a total interest rate of $16,461. But INCOMES have dropped. The average household income in 1987 was $55,156. In 2019 it is just $52,600! Not only has the cost of everything that we NEED gone up, the cost as a percentage of income has SOARED. Bread has gone up 440% but as a percentage of income it has gone up 479.27% US government debt has soared from 3.0 trillion to 23.0 trillion or 660%!! Capital asset rates have dropped from a cap rate of say 10.8% return on a $187,000 rented home to just 4.5% on a $531,000 rented home. The kicker? Back in 1987 we would invest in producing assets that over time would make a profit larger than the cost of the machine over its lifetime. Now we import cheap machines that do not last as long and are total operating cost over their lifetime. In 1987 we exported 780M of industrial pumps and imported $700M. In 2018 we imported 2.7Bil of pumps. As the cost of a pump/ its useful life turned to ZERO we simply imported more crappy pumps.
  2. Great start and very similar history. While I have not been given millions I do have a big brother and 4 successful, growing businesses and wear pretty much 24/7 to keep stress at bay.
  3. Congrats on 29. I was that age at one point too! As a matter of fact 29 was when I got married and here we are 23 years later. Being able to binge and purge may be a good thing for you if you if you are a fetishist. I mean, think about it, there are a ton of things in the world to explore, like... I dont know... Fisting. However, take a look around. When I realized I was an adult baby there were about 300 members of the old organization called DPF and tetradactylies used to deliver hand carved pieces of granite to my mail box every 2 months! Now, there are 10,000's of Thousands of people around the globe who LIKE diapers in some way! Heck, there are adult babies living in Amsterdam that dress in onesies and go out to the public square for the milkshake festival with their daddy. We as a group, have come so far! You mentioned that a loved one died and now you are back in diapers. That was either because of the stress of the loss or the celebration of the loss. Celebration can be exceptionally freeing. Celebrating their life, celebrating their teaching in your life. Celebrating that they helped you to be who you are. Right now that is having a small interest in diapers in some way. I am sure you are like me... I have a small interest in Dodge Pickups, and Numismatics. I think Jeeps are awesome. But deep in side when I stop and realize it, I am me because those who have loved me that have died, loved me. They had their own interests and oddities. I will never know what my grand parents interests and oddities were. They never told me. Diapers are a part of mine. Dressing up to toddle off the bed and waking up to a wet diaper, plastic pants, a pacifier in my onesie are all just ME. Sure, I binged and purged... ONCE! Then I got down to business meeting people like me or who would support me. Great lifetime friendships have developed and you know what? VERY FEW of those friends still wear diapers. When we go to visit, do I stop wearing because they dont? NO. Is it a little weird to get ready for bed at 9 at their house when they no longer are into this scene, sure! But they accept me. Why? Because I accept them, they are my friends and that is what friends do. Perhaps I have it easier than you. Back when I was 29 and ran into my hubby, I ONLY LOOKED in the roster of DPF and found him. I put a stamp on an envelope and enclosed a photo... I then waited for him to respond. I simply knew that I was always going to be an AB and I needed someone who I could love on and support them to be themselves so that they could love on and support me for being who I am. It just made sense to only focus on people like me. 23 years later I am still an AB but there is a lot more to me than just that! My diapers just go along for the ride. They are with me when I am running one of my businesses, they are with me when I work on a project for a friend, they are packed when I go camping. They dont limit me, they actually kind of empower me while making me as unique as the 10's of thousands of people around the globe like me! Bwian
  4. Things are getting that bad in England???
  5. That is why I am just building my business.
  6. My daddy and I visit Columbus to do business several times per year.
  7. I do not know if this qualifies or not but 19 years ago this year I met my husband through the old DPF.
  8. To say that your post has not been on my mind would be a lie.
  9. I think for me there are a ton of moving parts to the year ahead.
  10. BBoy, The Canadian system is not all that awesome.
  11. The issue you have is unpleasant but one that everyone faces in states of the united states where there are NO STATE LAWS protecting you. Trust me, I have been there. I do not need nor want to relay to you my issues working in Ohio. You need desperately to move and get on with your life in a place that is affirming. North Carolina is not that place. Put in for a store to store transfer to a more protective state. Sell the house for anything it is worth. Move. The stress and dread that you are constantly at is unappealing. You have the numbers of the VP and the HR director. Each and every time you have an issue at work you should dial them and ask them to protect you. When they refuse, you have a corporate issue. Have you written a letter to the CEO of the corporation??? If you have not, you should do so immediately. In your letter you should be seeking protected status as a minority and you should also seek an immediate correction to your hostile workplace. You should copy all the posts that you have put on this public forum as well. Just the posts, not the location. In your letter you should seek a solution to be an immediate transfer and promotion to assistant store manager. The CEO of the company MAY have a better understanding of LGBTQ issues and or a better understanding of the zero tolerance policy of the company or a better understanding of the legal exposure they have because your posts are part of the public record. Do your research and ask for a corporate transfer to a state that supports you. But you have to sell the house you are in. Just as you were dreading your stay cation, you powered through it and made the best of if. The same with the letter to the CEO. If I would have written a letter to the CEO of the firm I worked for at the time in 2008 heads would have rolled. His sister is a lesbian and he would have never allowed what happened to me to happen to me. It is all water under the bridge for you in the future. Now, I own my own successful international firm based here in Canada where I am free to be married to a wonderful husband and we are building a wonderful new home. You will get there. B
  12. The IRS has just released a report stating that those of us "married" in states that recognize gay marriage or in countries that allow same sex partners to be married, can and SHOULD file joint tax in the US. As well, the social security administration will only pay your benefits on death to your partner IF you are married in a state that fully recognizes same sex marriage OR any country. The easiest way to meet this requirement is to simply travel the country on your next vacation and get married in EVERY STATE that recognizes the marriage. As well, if you would like, visit the falls from the Canadian side on your Canadian honeymoon. We marry same sex partners from around the world every day her in Canada. The tax laws have now changed, you are free to move about your life. B
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