€47 Still sitting there untouched and I'm furious about it
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VirgiePaul
Original post · 4 Sep
Not at the money. At myself. Covered the rent shortfall, told Declan "sorted for the week," even screenshot the balance like some kind of receipt. That was Thursday. Now it's Monday evening and I've checked it fourteen times — fourteen — without touching it, and every single check feels like I'm proving something to a room full of people who aren't there.
The badge is still on my counter. Dunnes Stores. 2019. Can't bin it, can't put it back in the drawer. The win and the badge are having some kind of staring contest and I'm just stood between them waiting to see which one calls me a liar first.
I'm not even down. That's the
The badge is still on my counter. Dunnes Stores. 2019. Can't bin it, can't put it back in the drawer. The win and the badge are having some kind of staring contest and I'm just stood between them waiting to see which one calls me a liar first.
I'm not even down. That's the
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SoulSurfer4 Sep
That screenshot-as-receipt thing hits different when it's for someone else, don't it? The win stops being yours the second you name it out loud.
Still sitting there untouched though—that's the part that matters. Means you're not chasing the feeling anymore, just sitting with it. Rare headspace.
Still sitting there untouched though—that's the part that matters. Means you're not chasing the feeling anymore, just sitting with it. Rare headspace.
MarcoPolo4 Sep
Had a small win that just about covered the week myself, so I get that screenshot impulse — receipt for who though, that's the thing
You named it "sorted for the week" to Declan, now it's Monday and you're furious at yourself not the money... Ngl that sounds like you already spent it in your head three times over, mate
cleobetra actually paid out before my coffee went cold for once — green third session running — and I'm still waiting for the other shoe because that's what this is, init
That €47's real until you spin it. Everything else is just rent you haven't paid twice yet
You named it "sorted for the week" to Declan, now it's Monday and you're furious at yourself not the money... Ngl that sounds like you already spent it in your head three times over, mate
cleobetra actually paid out before my coffee went cold for once — green third session running — and I'm still waiting for the other shoe because that's what this is, init
That €47's real until you spin it. Everything else is just rent you haven't paid twice yet
BonVivant4 Sep
Small win covering the week is the best it gets, mate — you know that. Naming it to Declan just locked it in escrow before you even spent it. At least you didn't miss a live hedge grinding WR on a sister site while your team drops 22 at home.
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