• CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml
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      I was in a similar boat for the first few years out of college. Like, totally fine score, couldn’t even get a PayPal credit for under $1000 for some reason.

      When I met my wife and we secured a credit union mortgage, everyone just started throwing credit at me. My score is sky high, so every account keeps raising my limit, which raises my score, etc. it’s all a bunch of bullshit.

      • The only crazy thing I noticed after getting married was how people speak to me when I wear the ring vs when I don’t.

        I still wear the ring even tho I am no longer married just because people are often friendlier when they see it.

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          What’s with the wedding ring?

          Helps strangers think I’m trustworthy.

          Sean Bean, The Hitcher, 2007 (he’s a serial killer)

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      Not paying a financial institution might be the worst advice you could give. That’s like not paying the mafia.

      Don’t take a student loan in the first place.