What are the things your parents/schools left you totally unprepared to do?

Me: basic home repair (idgaf about cars, but that too), financial planning
As a math-impaired Quaker journalist, I suck at financial planning on a Vulcan chess level. I'm fearful, guilty AND suspicious.
I finally set up a living trust. Not everything is in it, but... And my long-suffering friend is walking me through consolidating rando bits into some index funds.

Have a great CPA who does my taxes. Worth every dime.

I hate every iota of it all. Elevated heart rate hate.
Once i get through the retirement fund bit I have to turn to "should I get long-term insurance." My dad had and the terms of it did not help much, but they were late to/reluctant to activate.

also we live in a capitalistic dystopia

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1/ the horrific murder of #SarahEverard by a cop, the national reckoning about women's safety and the brutal response of the Met makes me want to share a story of a run-in I had with British men and cops when I was studying in Oxford the summer of 1988.
2/ So first: a lot of town/gown, and UK vs US factors also apply to this story, those I didn't fully understand at the time and will not get into.

Suffice it to say, I was studying there with a bunch of Americans, most British students were on holiday.
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