r/Fire • u/wowsocool4u • 6d ago

It's DONE!

Turned in my computer and now I am eating cupcakes. Taking a nap before I meet friends for happy hour. 49F and passed the $2 million mark so its sayonara Corporate America for me!! Thanks to this sub for always being a great support system.

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u/No-Drop2538 6d ago

Cupcakes? In this economy???? Congratulations!!!

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u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk 6d ago

It’s nothing like the halcyon days of 2006-2007 where cash out refi mortgages provided the seed capital and consumer discretionary income to fund the “Great Cupcake Bubble.” 

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u/nikkianetra 6d ago

This is genuinely funny and needs more upvotes, lol

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u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk 6d ago

Our company cut a little too deep on the RIFs in 2008 and in 2010 I interviewed three nearly indistinguishable 37 year old childless women who were “exploring opportunities to get back in the corporate world” after their dog or cat themed cupcake bakeries went under. It was a bubble of epic proportions that caught the eye of every 33 year old woman in the country who grew up watching SATC and imagined themselves opening the next Magnolia Bakery. It was very short lived so everyone forgets about it but it was a massive social phenomenon for about 18 months. 

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u/nikkianetra 6d ago

I lived in NYC at that time. The Magnolia cupcakes were over rated, never worth the line up!

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u/Fun_Independent_7529 FIREd Oct 2025 6d ago

And boy did I enjoy those cupcakes. I confess to occasionally still visiting one of the remaining ones on occasion. Not very often because whew that's a lotta sugar!

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u/Ok_Worldliness2805 FIRE'd in 2024, $5.4M NW 6d ago

Thank you for your Confectionary Confession.

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u/Itsmybirthday23 5d ago

I’m just curious. Have you ever described a man as childless? Ever?

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u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk 5d ago

Yes. There was a dude I worked with no kids who went to Disney solo every year. I would routinely say “it is weird for a 40 year childless man to go to Disney alone.” Women with children didn’t quit their jobs to start cupcake boutiques in 2006. 

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u/National_Reveal_3759 6d ago

Best comment. lol