Dear Suze Q. I can barely afford things now. An extra four cents doesn’t sound like much since the penny has retired, but it can be.
Dear Thoughtful, First minted in pure copper in 1793 featuring Lady Liberty, the penny is the only U.S. coin in our history that has ever been retired while in circulation. 11/12/25 was the last batch that cost four cents for every penny minted. 250B are still in circulation, so don’t start a penny coin collection unless they’re rare. Current laws require “rounding” price on cash sales to the nearest five cents, up or down (card and digital transactions remain the same). Canada retired its penny in 2012, and other countries have also done so without fanfare. Don’t think twice, it’s alright. -SQ
Dear SuzyQ, I’ve been dating a divorce. She for about four months and it has been a good four months. It was nice to be back in an intimate relationship and nearly 60 years old. Because we’re adults, we have other lives. We are living and got together maybe twice in a week. Two weeks A goal ago I was visiting my children out of state and I would call her each night but one night she called me at a very inopportune moment while I was out at dinner with the kids I did not answer when I called her back later that night, she did not answer. I just accepted that as normal. Didn’t think a thing of it. Later, when I was talking to a mutual friend, she asked me if I had seen Alan, my girlfriend’s ex-husband when he was in town on the very night we missed our phone calls. I was incredibly insecure with this knowledge that Alan may have been visiting my girlfriend, even though he is her ex-husband. I sat down with my girlfriend and asked her about it very firmly, maybe my hurt feelings were showing or maybe it was insecurity, but she was honest with me . She admitted that Alan showed up at her door, they went out, they stayed out late, and he spent the night at her house. She swears he slept on the couch. I am beside myself with insecurity because she never mentioned this to me, until I had found out about Alan being around. I just can’t look at her and feel the same way I did before I knew. I had to ask her, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. But if she had lied to me, maybe everything would be fine today. Alan doesn’t live in town. I just don’t know how to even view this mess that I am in, but I don’t feel as attached in this relationship as I did just two weeks ago
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