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Living paycheck to paycheck nearly broke me and my boyfriend last night.

Time to break up with that dusty dude. Honestly. Yes, time to break up with him. Last night, me and my

boyfriend just laid there starving and meditating and complaining to each other until my check

hit around 1.30 a.m. And we rushed the Taco Bell to finally eat something. We live paycheck to paycheck. We both get paid on the same week instead of alternating weeks. So when we run out of money, we run out completely. And then we both get both of our paychecks. I get mine on Thursday, and he gets his on Fridays. By the way,

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Storytime subreddit. I'm Riley. I'm Patty. I'm Carly, and today we have a very special guest.

Please welcome Patty Asai. Hi.

A keynote speaker, author, and content creator living in Los Angeles, California, best known

for her TikTok channel, Duchess of Decorum, where she teaches financial literacy, social,

and workplace decorum, along with a focus on empowering women.

For the last 20 years, she's had a multifaceted career as a lawyer and manager in financial services and currently stands as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions Lending. Thank you for coming in today. Thank you for having me. So excited to be here. Oh, and by the way, we're here to give good advice goofily. We do have an expert here, so we can give some advice correctly. And if you guys have anything you would like to add, please add in the comments down below. So far in this story, before we get into the meat of it,

what are like some key things you see that you may want to change or do you need more context?

No, I mean, some of the key things I think that I see is two people that aren't helping each other

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