A VERY serious issue regarding singlehood, dating

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Well, basically I've spent very little of it as of now, and what I spent, I spent frugally. The amounts I gave are AFTER I spent 2021 buying processor and other chips for my collection as well as a new laptop PC and accessories for it, plus the $2,500 I gave my folks for the car and more chips bought for my birthday and Christmas in 2022.

I have a self-imposed policy of spending no more than $50 per item and a target total order limit of $100. So far, I have successfully stuck to those limits and will continue doing so. Amazon and eBay are amazing places for me to get stuff like that, often for as little as $5 to $20 per item, depending on what I'm buying. Plus, my dad is still working. He works two jobs, though not at the same time on the same days. One of his jobs, Walmart, pays a bit better than his original job at Cybertronics (which he's still working at to this day). My brother is also working and between them, we are able to make ends meet for the most part without having to draw out of my savings. And given that that money is in a savings account (thank you Capital One 360 Checking and Savings!), it earns interest.

As of my last statement, I was getting an earned APY of 3.17%. That translated to an amount paid for December 2022 of $40.60. As long as I keep money in that savings account, it will continue to earn more interest and hopefully grow. I am trying to keep as much of my funds as I can so that I'll have something to fall back on in lean times.

I'm just majorly fortunate that our government didn't decide to take all of my money away. I feared that they'd just up and confiscate all of my inheritance and I'd have nothing at all. Even now, I'm still looking back over my shoulder, checking to make sure they're not sneaking up behind me to rape me again. You just can't trust government to do anything right.

Probably the biggest issue is the type of personality I have. I've taken the time to talk to my mom about this and one of the things she pointed out to me is that I don't like being told what to do. Which is true, I seem to be far too openly opinionated and free-thinking to be compatible with modern-day work and school environments. I thought that I had lost my job at Cybertronics in January 2009 because of the economy. That did play a role, but from the discussion I had with my mom, I learned that because of my unwillingness to submit to being told what to do by a "superior figure", I might have made a bad impression on the man who hired me to work as my dad's assistant due to some unwillingness to take orders cooperatively.

You’re in New Orleans.

There’s got to be an unusual, eccentric, independently wealthy woman into the Esoteric…and perhaps into your fetish, too, who lives there. Maybe a voodoo woman?

Maybe join the Eulenspiegel Society or something like that? They’re into role playing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eulenspiegel_Society

As far as those in the Mainstream….your chances are like there being a glacier in Hades.

What do you do for food and other essential expenses?

You'll need to get the whole job issue sorted out of you want to stand more of a chance of meeting a woman too. Have you looked after your health too?

Sounds like you need to be self-employed.

If you happen to like animals, see my post here.

Otherwise: If you happen to have a very good voice, maybe you could earn money making audio books for Audible?

Otherwise: Maybe buy stuff at flea markets and sell it on Amazon or Ebay? I used to know someone who made money that way.

Or maybe you could earn money doing odd jobs like house painting?

There are websites for various kinds of freelancers to advertise themselves and find clients. I'm not up on the latest in this regard, however.

Self-employed. Yes, I have thought of that, but to be self-employed would require funds I don't have and probably can't secure. I don't have any experience running a business and can't afford the tuition to learn.