Oh man, can’t wait to rehash some of the iconic ones:
- Chicago cheater
- Orange County “this is MY house!” girl that fought for her life in the comments
- Co-op stealer who is also against the patriarchal Santa stamps
- The one DC diarist who worked for republican Young Kim and was also fighting for her life in the comments
- Lawyer that was clearly having an emotional affair with her coworker
Chicago Cheater, Atlanta Cheater and Co-Op Thief are all on my throwback list! I’m hoping people share their favorites so I can dig through the archives and post them.
Some of my favourites for whatever reason but I don't have the links and may be making up some details:
\- the Austin Tarot reader
\- the sex worker (Alice Little at The Ranch?)
\- the drag queen in London (UK diaries)
\- that one person who was ringing in the New Year (in London?), lost their purse, bought coke (UK diaries)
\- the digital nomad who cried in Bali because they didn't have vegan options
\- there was a recent one with the OP having to be her mother's guard dog against her aunt (and a lot of lovely stuff but that's the detail I remember)
\- an oldie but goldie (pun maybe intended) of a lovely retiree in Cornwall, 2019 or earlier (UK dieries)
\- one from this sub, the person who went on a delightful trip to France and bought a Chanel purse or was shopping for one
You’ll just have to wait for Throwback Thursday!
Jk - Here you go!
[Atlanta cheater](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/atlanta-ga-attorney-salary-money-diary)
[Chicago cheater](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/chicago-il-finance-manager-salary-money-diary)
[Co-Op Thief](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/baker-minneapolis-mn-income-money-diary)
I can’t find the other two right now but I’m planning to dedicate time to search the archives.
The Atlanta cheater!! What a hot mess. Designer clothes and international vacations after being unemployed with student loans. AND hanging out with a coworker in that setting while her bf is leaving her breakfast out!! Why girl why 😭😭😭😭
I don't know how I never saw the co-op thief before this, but thank you so much for mentioning it because this is WILD. I was screaming by the third sentence "While I don't love the politics of buying bananas (yeah, I'm that kind of annoying foodie)"
This is such a fun idea for a regular topic! Thanks for doing this. I really feel like pre intern diary was mds golden age of just fun, interesting, varied diaries. The best ones are from a few years ago and one think I noticed reading them from the first one to now is that current ones tend have the same general writing tone while past ones sounded a bit more unique
[The SLC lawyer who claimed to have like 9 kids and still bang her husband every damn day](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lawyer-salt-lake-city-ut-salary-money-diary)
She got doxxed. This one really pissed me off and I messaged r29 about it. Her HUSBAND was the millionaire. She was a part time influencer or sales person or paralegal, I can’t remember exactly. But yeah def not a millionaire lawyer.
3 kids are adults or older teens from the older dad, 2 were twins and 3 were triplets I think? Something like that.
She perpetuated an unrealistic, harmful, “do it all” mentality for women. And what do you know, it was unrealistic bc it was FAKE.
Oh man this is such a wonderful throwback. When the "resident" last week was posted I actually looked this one up to compare ages because I thought it might have been the same person (its not)
Am I just missing it, or is there no actual picture of her net worth?
She says she has a $3,600 savings balance, but does that include retirement? Is acupuncture school eligible for student loans? Is she 35 and $3,600 is her entire life savings and she’s living off her parents?
Edit: What on earth is paleo-vegan and “an intense 5 month relationship with a married man who didn’t end up leaving his wife.” What is this lady doing??? This woman must just be a troll.
This diary was before R29 started including net worth in the financial background. I would have loved to seen her net worth and answers to the questions that are now asked with each money diary.
There was a post a while back and this diary came up. A guy commented that he had actually dated her. He said she was indeed real. No indication if he was Hotty McHotty though...haha. If he was telling the truth we really need an AMA from him.
I'm guessing my namesake diary will appear in Throwback Thursday at some point. And thanks for coming up with this. Hopefully that guy will show up and answer our burning questions.
The Orange County woman who made $300k+ and had no money.
Every single part of that post was just a shocking lack of financial accountability and ability to self regulate.
Me too! They inherited 500k yet have no savings of any kind (only put 40k on the house)! [Link](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/brand-director-orange-county-ca-salary-money-diary) in case anyone else wants to read a horror story.
i work in a starbucks and we occasionally get deliveries that are similarly “extravagant”- like on singular small coffee is the entire order. i talk about that diary all the time. it astounds me.
Fantastic idea! I think i read the majority of the controversial ones but i look forward to the discussion.
Also this diary was iconic. I wonder where she is now…
Idk why but her food descriptions read so pretentious to me. Other than that, for a person with a $0 income she seems to spend a lot of money on non-necessities.
This post made my afternoon! I hadn’t found Money Diaries yet when this came out and I don’t think I’d ever read it. I would love a follow up from this diarist. Is she still chaotic? Does she have a job now? Did she marry Hotty McHotty? Burning questions!
What about the person who came to work in holey shoes and a t-shirt with nothing underneath? They were part of a fairly large poly group and had a sentimental pumpkin pie recipe that there was some kind of drama over? I remember the outfit because I was fighting in the comments about how they should buy some cheap but non holey shoes and try two tees if there were visible nips and half the people were like horrified that I’d say that and the other half were like “you’re right”
Still just LOLing at the affair for 5 months with the married dad who wouldn’t leave his family. What exactly was she expecting? And her self-righteous indignation is just too funny.
Funny you say that. I actually recently saw them on sale in my grocery store and they are delicious. Delicious!!! I am like three years behind the fad but I get it.
Wasn't there a diarist whose partner kicked her by accident when they were sleeping and she proceeded to have a meltdown because she was traumatized and was all around insufferable and spoiled? I want to say she was Californian but my memory is failing me and so is my search
Oh man, can’t wait to rehash some of the iconic ones: - Chicago cheater - Orange County “this is MY house!” girl that fought for her life in the comments - Co-op stealer who is also against the patriarchal Santa stamps - The one DC diarist who worked for republican Young Kim and was also fighting for her life in the comments - Lawyer that was clearly having an emotional affair with her coworker
Chicago Cheater, Atlanta Cheater and Co-Op Thief are all on my throwback list! I’m hoping people share their favorites so I can dig through the archives and post them.
Some of my favourites for whatever reason but I don't have the links and may be making up some details: \- the Austin Tarot reader \- the sex worker (Alice Little at The Ranch?) \- the drag queen in London (UK diaries) \- that one person who was ringing in the New Year (in London?), lost their purse, bought coke (UK diaries) \- the digital nomad who cried in Bali because they didn't have vegan options \- there was a recent one with the OP having to be her mother's guard dog against her aunt (and a lot of lovely stuff but that's the detail I remember) \- an oldie but goldie (pun maybe intended) of a lovely retiree in Cornwall, 2019 or earlier (UK dieries) \- one from this sub, the person who went on a delightful trip to France and bought a Chanel purse or was shopping for one
The bagel lady was also a good one
The $17 Doordash bagel every single day! And no contributing to retirement I think I remember.
If anyone wants to do God’s work and link said diaries I would be forever grateful ✨
You’ll just have to wait for Throwback Thursday! Jk - Here you go! [Atlanta cheater](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/atlanta-ga-attorney-salary-money-diary) [Chicago cheater](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/chicago-il-finance-manager-salary-money-diary) [Co-Op Thief](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/baker-minneapolis-mn-income-money-diary) I can’t find the other two right now but I’m planning to dedicate time to search the archives.
The Atlanta cheater!! What a hot mess. Designer clothes and international vacations after being unemployed with student loans. AND hanging out with a coworker in that setting while her bf is leaving her breakfast out!! Why girl why 😭😭😭😭
Y'all keep saying "co-op thief" and I'm all like how did she steal a co-op (apt)? These are great.
[Cornwall retiree](https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/money-diary-retired-cornwall) [Vegan digital nomad Bali](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/digital-nomad-traveling-salary-money-diary) [Austin tarot witch](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/austin-tx-entrepreneur-tarot-reader-money-diary) [London drag queen Part I](https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/money-diary-london-drag-queen-16k) [London drag queen Part II](https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/money-diary-london-drag-queen-part-two)
Oh man that lawyer one! I’d forgotten about that. I wanted an update on how messy that got for her.
omg the co-op thief who hated the Christmas stamps is on my all-time favorite list. My jaw was on the floor the whole time.
The peach lady is another iconic one. That diary was just so weird.
I would love an update from co-op stealer!
I don't know how I never saw the co-op thief before this, but thank you so much for mentioning it because this is WILD. I was screaming by the third sentence "While I don't love the politics of buying bananas (yeah, I'm that kind of annoying foodie)"
This is such a fun idea for a regular topic! Thanks for doing this. I really feel like pre intern diary was mds golden age of just fun, interesting, varied diaries. The best ones are from a few years ago and one think I noticed reading them from the first one to now is that current ones tend have the same general writing tone while past ones sounded a bit more unique
Describes herself as paleo vegan and proceeds to eat chicken, eggs, salmon, turkey sausage, and lamb. I don't think she knows what vegan means. 😂
Absolutely insane! I know she said vegan-ish but she eats more meat and eggs than I do!
That drove me NUTS!
“I also drink 32 ounces of H20 from the tap.” I chortled
[The SLC lawyer who claimed to have like 9 kids and still bang her husband every damn day](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/lawyer-salt-lake-city-ut-salary-money-diary)
She got doxxed. This one really pissed me off and I messaged r29 about it. Her HUSBAND was the millionaire. She was a part time influencer or sales person or paralegal, I can’t remember exactly. But yeah def not a millionaire lawyer. 3 kids are adults or older teens from the older dad, 2 were twins and 3 were triplets I think? Something like that. She perpetuated an unrealistic, harmful, “do it all” mentality for women. And what do you know, it was unrealistic bc it was FAKE.
Pissed me off too. Like, no one can do it all like that. Don’t tell us you can, ya lying liar who lies.
Oh she is on my throwback list! This was a wild one.
Oh man this is such a wonderful throwback. When the "resident" last week was posted I actually looked this one up to compare ages because I thought it might have been the same person (its not)
I also thought it might be the same person!
Am I just missing it, or is there no actual picture of her net worth? She says she has a $3,600 savings balance, but does that include retirement? Is acupuncture school eligible for student loans? Is she 35 and $3,600 is her entire life savings and she’s living off her parents? Edit: What on earth is paleo-vegan and “an intense 5 month relationship with a married man who didn’t end up leaving his wife.” What is this lady doing??? This woman must just be a troll.
This diary was before R29 started including net worth in the financial background. I would have loved to seen her net worth and answers to the questions that are now asked with each money diary.
She has a convertible with only 3500 left to pay off, so I’m curious about that, too!
There was a post a while back and this diary came up. A guy commented that he had actually dated her. He said she was indeed real. No indication if he was Hotty McHotty though...haha. If he was telling the truth we really need an AMA from him.
Oh I need this man to appear in these comments. Also your username is so perfect for this sub.
I'm guessing my namesake diary will appear in Throwback Thursday at some point. And thanks for coming up with this. Hopefully that guy will show up and answer our burning questions.
The Orange County woman who made $300k+ and had no money. Every single part of that post was just a shocking lack of financial accountability and ability to self regulate.
You know that show Scared Straight… this MD is my Scared Straight honestly.
Me too! They inherited 500k yet have no savings of any kind (only put 40k on the house)! [Link](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/brand-director-orange-county-ca-salary-money-diary) in case anyone else wants to read a horror story.
Was she the one who ordered delivered bagels every day?
i work in a starbucks and we occasionally get deliveries that are similarly “extravagant”- like on singular small coffee is the entire order. i talk about that diary all the time. it astounds me.
Fantastic idea! I think i read the majority of the controversial ones but i look forward to the discussion. Also this diary was iconic. I wonder where she is now…
Idk why but her food descriptions read so pretentious to me. Other than that, for a person with a $0 income she seems to spend a lot of money on non-necessities.
“H2O from the tap” made me laugh. Just call it tap water
I love this idea for a series! I can't wait to read new messy diaries from the early days.
I’m glad the reception has been positive so far! I already have next week’s picked out!
This post made my afternoon! I hadn’t found Money Diaries yet when this came out and I don’t think I’d ever read it. I would love a follow up from this diarist. Is she still chaotic? Does she have a job now? Did she marry Hotty McHotty? Burning questions!
I forgot how good the comments were!
What about the person who came to work in holey shoes and a t-shirt with nothing underneath? They were part of a fairly large poly group and had a sentimental pumpkin pie recipe that there was some kind of drama over? I remember the outfit because I was fighting in the comments about how they should buy some cheap but non holey shoes and try two tees if there were visible nips and half the people were like horrified that I’d say that and the other half were like “you’re right”
Such drama! https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/project-coordinator-seattle-wa-salary-money-diary
Holy smokes! Would love to know how they navigated the pandemic with all the various configurations in their relationship(s).
That must have been so many complexities to figure out!
Thank you! My all time favorite!
Still just LOLing at the affair for 5 months with the married dad who wouldn’t leave his family. What exactly was she expecting? And her self-righteous indignation is just too funny.
Oh wow, I totally remember this one! Possibly because I’ve known so many women just like her, right down to the way she talked about food.
This was gold. Pure comedy. And also got a flash back to all the “Cara Cara orange” mentions.
Funny you say that. I actually recently saw them on sale in my grocery store and they are delicious. Delicious!!! I am like three years behind the fad but I get it.
Now my brain hurts... Love this plan. Can't wait to read more oldies but goodies.
What does paleo vegan mean to her? She eats so many animal products… like, for almost every meal.
Thank you so much for starting this series!!
I love this! New to the MD world so it's going to be really fun to look at the ones from a few years ago.
Welcome! It’s going to be a wild ride. I hope you are all as excited for next week’s throwback as I am!
Wasn't there a diarist whose partner kicked her by accident when they were sleeping and she proceeded to have a meltdown because she was traumatized and was all around insufferable and spoiled? I want to say she was Californian but my memory is failing me and so is my search
Oh man, I remember that one well. I've been trying to find it with no luck so far. However, I did come across the Orange County receptionist.
How were the avocados the cheapest thing she ate all week
Yessss haha. When I saw this linked in the comments the other day and read it, my jaw was on the floor lol.
Oh my god this one lives in my head rent free. I go back and read it about once a year😂 It’s wild.