r/brag

I graduated highschool last year, and I did well, but I didnt feel like college was right for me. I started working as an operator at a factory near me, and after busting my ass for 6 months, I applied to an apprenticeship program with their maintenance team and was accepted.

They have been paying for my certifications, my classes, and have continued to talk about more upward mobility. I might be able to buy a house before Im 25, and Im really grateful for the opportunity. Ive been giddy the past few months because good just keeps happening

I talked about this before, and this'll be my last post about this on this sub, but holy shit things worked so good it has to be a statistical outlier.

First time buying a home.

• They lowered the price 3 times. I ended up offering slightly below asking + 3% seller's concessions. They immediately said yes

• The house appraised for almost 20k more than purchase price

• I managed to get a lower rate due to a special program I qualified for for being poor

• The sellers agreed to repair ALL of the issues found in the inspection report

• We're closing earlier than expected

• The house is compliant

I genuinely cannot believe it worked out so well. I'm dying to get moving. Just need to hold on a few more days and the keys are mine

Hehehehe.

Don’t know if this is the right place to make a post like this but I have no where else to share my celebration. I’m turning 30 in a week and for all my life I’ve just been wasting all my money living pay check to pay check not thinking about the future.

But 6 months ago I became a father to a girl and I realised something had to change.

Now 6 months later I’ve got a couple thousand in my savings + managed to get a couple thousand in the stock market. Also I’ve landed a new job which increases my income significantly. So I can put more money in my portfolio.

All in hope to give my beautiful daughter a great future.

Good luck to all of you!

That is all 🙂

Ha you wish were me, I'm 32 and I'm a woman who's never dated or slept with anyone before despite being alive for decades.(dies a little inside)

I had a horrible hernia in my neck in my mid 30s and thought I‘m gonna lose everything I built. Lost control over my right arm and got really fat, because I couldnt move.

now some years later, I tried dunking yesterday, After I felt very bouncy at a Beach Volleyball tournament I played with Friends.

EASY!

felt like jumping in my 20s. Missed the Window in the Summer, but approaching sixpack Status in the Fall again.

never gave up.

I just wanted to exclaim that I was offered a fully funded graduate assistantship yesterday. I will be a teaching assistant and a research assistant. My life goal is to work in academia and contribute to science. I feel like I’m finally hitting the ground running. I’ve put in a lot of work to get here and I’m so excited.

That’s all. Thank you. 🥲

Growing up, I was the weird one. I had weird hobbies and obscure knowledge.

I still do.

Last night I took my 14 year old down to the fields in the middle of the night, to watch the meteor shower.

While we're laying there, just comfortable in the silence, they say "imagine having basic parents". I told that my mom (their grandma) is very basic (teen slang for "boring"). They said "but you're not.... I'm so happy about that... no one else I know, would be out here in the middle of the night with their mom, watching this wonder".

And I know their friends and their parents, so that is true.

He (20M) makes me feel like I’m so easy to love and care for. Today we were in the car together and I made a joke that I’d go through his phone, i went on his notes app and the first thing i see is a note in a with my name on it, it was a list with all of my favorite foods/drinks/interests, and I’m talking things i even forgot i LIKED. He didn’t let me look all the way because he had gift ideas in there. but it just got me thinking damn, this man genuinely loves me so much and i can feel it and see it in his actions. I mean he picks me up everyday to take me to work, he’s stayed outside my work place for entire work days to just catch me in my breaks (days he doesn’t have work lol) i mean I don’t think he’s ever really suggested to watch anything he likes, he more so suggests the usual things I like, he compliments me I think every 2 minutes, finds me the funniest person on earth. Always makes sure I have money on me and he always makes sure I’m feeling alright. He loves hanging out with my friends and my sisters, he loves playing Minecraft and Zelda games with me, he basically loves anything I love. He always puts my needs before his own, he always makes sure I have eaten, got clothes, and had fun before he even thinks about spending a cent on himself. When I want to order food, he goes and picks it up to come drop it off just to see my face, this man hates feet but never refuses my foot rub requests, he never fails to remind me how grateful he is to have me.

Anyways I could go on and on, next month is our one year anniversary and my biggest fear with him is him dying. I love this man so much and I’m so happy that he loves me just as much :)

Sold my marijuana company in 2021 for ~100m and started another one. Responsible for over 600m in Mary sales in my lifetime. Take that system and mom & dad

My wife had surgery a while back and prepaid 800 bucks. Insurance later paid everything in full, so she emailed the medical organization and politely asked for a refund since insurance covered it all. There was a long period of back and forth, but they just emailed her and said they are sending the claim to their refund department.

Just proud of my wife for getting a win from our abominable health care system.

Going through a divorce with my wife who I've been with for 18 years. Things have been going bad for really long time and honestly we should have started this process years ago. My biggest fear was my whole life was going to fall apart. I would lose connection with my kids. I'd lose all my money and I never find anyone else to love me again. But, a year and a half into this process and things aren't that bad. After the initial hurt and pain, me and my ex were able to have a friendly relationship as we move through this process, she said she's finding her spark again and I'm so happy for her. I was able to get a bigger apartment so my kids can stay with me half the time, it's not everything they wanted but we're having a lot of fun and things haven't changed too much from when I was living in the house with them. I'm dating a beautiful woman who loves me and is giving me all the things that I was missing in my marriage. She's a business owner and a paid and published bikini model. When I started this process I was certain my life was going to end but things aren't half bad.

[As all partners should be]

I've been on antidepressants for the first time in my life for the past few months, and while everything has not been perfect, I can say I am definitely better than I was before. Lately I've been able to get back into my hobbies, keep up with chores, and generally just feel okay. One of the things I've noticed (and want to brag about) is how my husband can't keep away from me, especially when I'm doing my own thing.

I'll be singing, folding laundry on the other side of the house, swinging my legs in the air sketching, or writing something dumb, and then he just appears. He can be nefarious. He's scared the shit out of me multiple times with a sneaky ass grab. And then sometimes he comes and silently joins my chore or activity, and whenever I ask him "what's up" he just says something along the lines of "nothing, just want to be here."

When you've been in your head about your physical and personal worthiness for so long its easy to feel unwanted, ugly, and annoying. I've been trying to give him space from caretaker burnout by doing my own thing. Its just ironic that by leaving him alone hes even more obsessed. This is rambling a bit, but I am incredibly grateful to have him in my life. I can feel the love radiate off of him just from seeing me happy. I want to keep getting better for him. There's always going to be cloudy days but for the most part things keep getting brighter.

I am 25 and do medical device sales.

At the beginning of the year, I was leaving a strip club with my friend sauced out of my mind on molly, weed, and alcohol. We got pulled over (I was passenger) and we both got booked for possession of meth (molly tests positive as meth). Charge was eventually amended to possession of controlled substance once lab results came back and proved baggy I had was molly and many of the surgeons I work with heard about this arrest/saw the busted facebook post. I took most of the surgeons I work with out to dinner separately and explained the situation to do some damage control. I essentially failed upwards as many of the surgeons I work with told me about previous things they had done or stuff they knew previous peers in residency had been arrested for, etc. This basically skyrocketed my career and helped me get enough surgeon support to have my biologic mesh product for breast reconstruction to be championed by the highest volume plastic surgeons at the biggest institution in my state be brought in on a 90% committal contract over the next 5 years.

This institutions yearly spend on the previous product was about $5 million, with mine it will be about $4 million and I will get about 20% of that spend, so the overall amount I will make will be higher than $400k by end of year.

Grabbing a beer by myself to celebrate tonight. Cheers guys.

EDIT: I don't know why this is a point of discussion/accusation people keep throwing at me, but I am not white nor am I Jewish! I am mixed black and white. I've been working in med device sales for years and my arrest didn't immediately "lead" to the contract with the hospital system. There was around a 7-month in between where I was still working this deal and meeting with surgeons, getting a contract like this takes 1-2 years of work, I just had enough surgeon support finally to push it forward.

EDIT 2: The original CHARGE was for meth, I was not actively using meth. The baggy I had was molly, but molly will always test positive as meth on the police rapid tests. This was proven when the baggy was sent off to a lab and then came back as MDMA.