what is the worst case of princess syndrome that you have heard of?
I have this friend that is 35 years old and she told me that she has never did any household chores before. She does not know how to wash dishes and fold clothes and refuses to learn.
She is barely making 3k a mth and she spends her money lavishly every mth racking up credit card bills.
She spends her whole day gaming at work, and refuses to take on responsibilities whenever she is needed.
Whenever her credit card bill gets too ridiculous, she just requests her mum to clear her debt for her. She does not come from a rich family and her parents are retired.
She demands that her bf meet her 3x a week and send her home every time even though they stay far apart. I am quite appalled to know that someone can actually live her life like this. Is this common?
Netizens’ comments
Wah this friend of yours still got a bf???
Sorry to say but she is dead weight
Not knowing chores is fine, not learning if there’s a need is not. Getting others to settle your shit is really really terrible.
Got ghosted after a 2-month situation and I don’t know how to save this rs.
I don’t want to ask for closure or just end things, but want to give her a way to start talking again without feeling the pressure to explain herself.
Or if I’m the reason she’s ghosting, I want to talk it out with her and try to fix things. How should I talk to her about this?
How it started
So I met a girl and it’s pretty obvious we have mutual interests in each other. We text every day and go out every week, we reciprocated each other’s flirting and physical touch. We were damn sweet like the kind that’ll cook for each other, prepare surprise gifts or like stand there to watch each other leave when saying goodbye
I was planning to confess but out of nowhere she hasn’t replied for 10 days and ignored all texts to meet. I triple-texted her already. I feel like she’s intentionally cutting it off.
I know if she really intends to cut that I should just let it go and not pester her but it really feels sad to let this go like this. I rlly value her and want to at least try to save this rs, please dun tell me to just leave her in the comments :’)
She’s also the quiet, shy, non-confrontational type, if I don’t reply it will probably just fizzle out. I don’t think I should pressure her to explain the ghosting cause she will prob be too shy to explain the real reason. And if she feels too pressured or awkward it might ruin any opportunity to start talking again in the future (say after finals when she’s in a better headspace)
I just thought we’re off to a good start, but I hope we can talk things out to see if there’s any misunderstanding or if there’s anything I can do to change or make things right. Honestly if it’s because she saw some red flag in me, I’d like to see if it’s something I can do to change. How can I communicate with her without sounding needy or stressful to her?
Admins, please help this lost soul and dun filter this:( I really like her
Here are what netizens think:
chill. if she’s willing to open up and talk to you again.. she will, eventually. stop pestering her. give her some peace and quiet. it’s very clear she doesn’t wanna talk, okay. respect her decision. if you guys are meant to be, you’ll meet her again. chill. it’s good you do want to reflect and make changes for the better. but sometimes you may not be the problem. don’t always find fault in yourself for other people’s action.
I get ghosted too. But Ive got other things going on for me. Or maybe I already expected this to happen. Either way Im not too affected by it.
Maybe try to talk face 2 face in real life. ( not sure if you can ask her out if she is still ignored your message) Make sure the environment is chill and she is comfortable to share her side of story. I’m sure she has her reason or she’s just recovering from her past relationship. And she is not obligated to stay with you if this is ‘situationship’ in the first place. Don’t pester her more if she doesn’t give any reply as this will probably be a turn off
I F31 have been with my bf M27 for 6 years. 4 out of those 6 years, he’s had trouble with his car and refused to take the time to properly fix it or trade it in for something less problematic.
His excuse was “It’s not paid off yet, and my credit sucks so I can’t buy another one yet”. My mom, without my knowledge until recently, decided to pay his car off and help him open a credit card through our bank, getting rid of at least one of those excuses.
He has yet to pay her back, and it happened early this year.
Fast forward a few months, his transmission officially starts acting up, to which he says “I don’t feel safe driving it” and would only take it on the 10 min drive to work and back, leaving us to take my car everywhere else. I don’t mind, I bought a newer car last year and I figured it would be fine while he decided what to do about his.
Well, I recently got a job working from home, which means I won’t really need to drive my car around. I give him my permission to take my car to work while he yet again figures out a solution to his own car situation. We agreed that he would take the insurance off his car while it stayed in the lot since he wouldn’t be driving it anymore.
This month comes along, and I’m hit with my car payment and my insurance. I ask him a month out if he’s okay with giving me half the car payment since he’s driving my car M-F, and he agrees.
Well, the week it was due, there was a fight. He doesn’t think he owes me help with the car payment because it’s my car, and that we never agreed to that kind of transaction when I agreed to let him drive it in the first place. He says that it digs into his savings, and that I’m being unreasonable.
I’ve been sleeping with a beautiful more mature woman..just found out she has been leaving me money…
Ok so I had a bad breakup a few weeks ago. I got the courage recently to hit up the dating sites and stuff. Found a pretty chill good looking woman about 13 years older than me in my mid thirties.
Anyway tonight was our 3rd time hooking up. We have been meeting at my home..she brought my dog a bag of toys and stuff tonight and there was a 50 dollar bill in the bottom of the bag I saw when she was gone.
I messaged her and asked and she said she has left money Everytime. I found the two other money deposits she left and I’m just very confused.
I made it very clear I’m only for friends or hookup. Why is she secretly leaving money? She is gorgeous and cool and I never got like weirdo vibes.
But who knows? Also I never talked to her about money trouble. Never asked for anything or even hinted I needed a dime. My place is decent. I’m very confused
Netizens’ comments
You got yourself a sugar mama. Maybe she feels better for herself that way because of the random hook ups.
She’s trying to take care of you. Take it if you need to, hide 100$ on her next time if you want to show you don’t.
What a nice woman, please take care of her and don’t take advantage (which is you don’t) because there are only few people like that.
A video emerged online showing an allegedly hit and run on a parked car at the carpark of the Audio House building in Ubi.
The incident happened on 25 November and was captured on a CCTV nearby.
The Honda driver was seen turning into a parking lot but drove too close to the parked car and inadvertently hit the other vehicle.
The driver and another man then alighted from the car to assess the purported damage, before walking away – they later returned moments later and drove off without leaving a note to the other driver.
Here is what they said
The driver parked too near to my car (not captured entirely in the footage) Scratched my car and drove off immediately. Didn’t leave any notes on my car. I have lodged a police report. Hope that the owner of the car will contact me or anyone who knows the owner. Please request him to contact me. I hope we can come to an amicable agreement. Thanks.
Netizens’ comments
Swee cctv direct just for u
Driver turn too early.. imagine if driver become bus or trailer driver. Pedestrian and motorcyclist @ traffic light become pancake when he turn too early..
wah this one really need to jiaks sai! what a noob driver
So huge space also kana!? From which driving test cntr har? Assessor
A video emerged online showing a man jaywalking across the road before being honked at by a car, and he then got upset and started attacking the camcar.
The incident happened on 25 November at about 10.38am, at a road junction in Pasir Panjang and was captured on the dashcam of the car.
The camcar driver was making a left turn on Pasir Panjang Road when the jaywalker purportedly crossed the road all of a sudden.
The driver then honked at him, and the man then got angry and allegedly started swearing at the driver and refused to move.
The man then attacked the camcar after the driver continued honking at him, kicking and punched the vehicle before the driver drove away before things escalated further.
Here is what he said
Was performing a left turn on Pasir Panjang Road on green when a jaywalker decided to strut across the road. When I horned him he got mad and started to swear at me refusing to move. On Horning more he attacked my car! Drove off before things escalated further
The 71-year-old later died in hospital from his wounds, and the man couple has since been arrested by the police.
According to Sin Chew Daily, the incident took place on 25 November near Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, in Kajang.
The man suspected that his wife was cheating on him, and brought a knife with him when he came across the both of them inside a car.
He then stabbed her lover, and the victim was then sent to the Serdang Hospital in Selangor at about 6.29pm where he was found with stab wounds in his right lung, right thigh and right shoulder.
The victim told the hospital staff about how he was attacked at the supermarket, before succumbing to his wounds and dying at about 11.05pm later that day.
His autopsy results later revealed that his cause of death was an injury to his chest.
The police confirmed that the 45-year-old man and his wife were arrested on 26 November at about 1.35am, and the victim’s car, 4 phones, the suspect’s bloodstained clothes and the receipt for his knife were seized.
The police are also not ruling out the possibility of premeditated murder, as investigations are ongoing.
A netizen spent $1,149 on a brand new 55-inch Samsung TV at Mustafa Centre, as well as another $500 to ship it to his father in India last August.
However, as of today (more than 15 months later), his television still hasn’t been delivered to his father, according to STOMP.
He said that when he asked the shipping company about it, they kept making excuses and delaying the delivery for the television.
The netizen, Kuras, shared that he has since made a police report about the company, and lamented how he lost $1,149 and the shipment fee of $500.
He added that he wasn’t the only one, with other victims coming forward and forming a Whatsapp group.
The Singapore Police Force also confirmed that a police report has been lodged against Tamilan Express Cargo & Logistics, at 6 Cuff Road in Little India.
Suppose conservatively, the long term real rate of returns net of inflation for Temasek is 4%.
Since the NIRC allows Singov to spend 50% of the expected long term rate of real return, this means up to 2% may used to supplement Singov budget (and shelter the population from even higher GST).
So 2% of Temasek’s net portfolio value of about S$400 billion would be S$8 billion.
But even if we use a more conservative valuation of Temasek, say based on retained earnings, that is less volatile, we could still be talking about 2% of say S$300 billion, or S$6 billion.
Currently, 7% of GST adds about S$12 billion to our Singov coffers in 2021.
So each 1% of GST adds about S$1.7 billion to our Singov revenue.
So S$6-8 billion of NIRC contribution from Temasek would translate to 3-5% more in GST.
The current 7% GST or S$12 billion revenue is behind corporate income tax revenues of over S$17.5 billion, and personal income tax revenue of S$13.8 billion.
All 3 sources of tax revenue are each less than the NIRC contribution of about S$20 billion.
[Side note:
NIRC contribution for FY2021 was estimated to be S$19.56 billion, and projected to be S$21.6 billion for FY2022.]
Without reserves saved, invested and grown over generations, Sg GST would need to climb to 12% more of GST to make up for the S$20 billion of spending capacity that the NIRC framework has given.
Wow!
And don’t forget!
50% of the GST is paid by tourists and foreign residents of Sg. This is net of refunds for tourists too!
And the top 20% of households by income paid another 20% of the GST revenue. This is kind of proportionately carrying their share of GST, with some support from the foreign households and tourists too.
And 80% of the Singaporean households pay 30% of the GST collection. This works out to be about S$3.6 billion, or equivalent to slightly over 2% of GST, with the balance paid for by foreign households in Sg, and the tourists.
Hence, despite the tourist GST refund scheme for goods that they take out of the country, the bulk of their spending on food, hotels and other services are not refundable.
Hence, all Singapore households, local or foreign, benefit from GST paid by tourists.
Without NIRC contributions from GIC, MAS and Temasek, we would be missing S$20 billion of spending capacity, which must come from corporate income, personal income, or goods & services taxes.
Already, by taking 50% for spending, this means 50% less for reinvestment for more future income.
Let’s not be greedy for more, and kill the golden geese that help us keep our tax burden lower than most countries, other than those who can benefit from oil reserves or other natural resources.
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Afternote:
I’m not sure if the 80% of households contributing 30% of the GST pie is before or after the GST vouchers for the households.
If it is before, then the 80% of households would have paid an even smaller slice of the GST pie.
