Please explain the chaos of leaving your Venmo activity public

[Anonymous]

Some people are pathetically online. I always make my Venmo transactions private but once I purposefully made one public to see if someone would notice. They did so immediately and texted someone about it. I have social media but don't post and only use it for the groups we are part of that use it, so I find it weird when people are so obsessed with what is happening there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like to put fake descriptions to keep people talking about me.

Child support, 420, wake and bake, hide the body, hush money, bat mitzvah, restroom toll, gene editing

Bat mitzvah is a weird addition to that list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the number of people who are constantly Venmo'ing their spouse back and forth. That must be an exhausting way to live.

I do this. Dh and I don’t share bank accounts so sometimes we send each other money. It’s not exhausting at all.

NP but I don’t really get this either. Why don’t you share bank accounts? It makes life so much easier.

+1 you don't share bank accounts so are you bean counting for like clothes you bought for the kids that was supposed to be in his budget or what? Insanity.

If you know anyone who divorced, you would understand why having your own separated money is so important. Especially as a woman. So very very dumb not to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like to put fake descriptions to keep people talking about me.

Child support, 420, wake and bake, hide the body, hush money, bat mitzvah, restroom toll, gene editing

Funny until the brown shirts come to get you for criminal activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the number of people who are constantly Venmo'ing their spouse back and forth. That must be an exhausting way to live.

I do this. Dh and I don’t share bank accounts so sometimes we send each other money. It’s not exhausting at all.

NP but I don’t really get this either. Why don’t you share bank accounts? It makes life so much easier.

+1 you don't share bank accounts so are you bean counting for like clothes you bought for the kids that was supposed to be in his budget or what? Insanity.

If you know anyone who divorced, you would understand why having your own separated money is so important. Especially as a woman. So very very dumb not to.

One foot in and one foot out of your marriage. But have you heard of having one joint account?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like to put fake descriptions to keep people talking about me.

Child support, 420, wake and bake, hide the body, hush money, bat mitzvah, restroom toll, gene editing

proctologist, rash cream...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A neighbor who has a public profile labeled a payment "lice treatment" couldn't believe it!

Also so strange that married couples split expenses like meals - a coworker with a public profile sent money to wife for sushi and other transactions that looked like meals.

Anyone who’s had kids would not think twice about this, especially girls. DD had lice at least 3 times. I don’t think DS ever got it.

As for my husband, he has a business and sometimes transfers money to our joint account with Venmo or Zelle. I have no idea why he doesn’t just use a normal bank transfer. He says it’s easier to use one of those apps. I think his transactions are private. I don’t care if his settings are messed up and people think we are an odd couple transferring money to each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real question is why the app makes public an option, plus the default option.

Correct. Most people don't know their transactions are public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real question is why the app makes public an option, plus the default option.

Correct. Most people don't know their transactions are public.

We know. We don’t care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real question is why the app makes public an option, plus the default option.

Correct. Most people don't know their transactions are public.

We know. We don’t care

This. FTR my in laws gave been scammed so many times. They don't have Venmo or social media-- just phones and email. But damn to they like to click links.

[Anonymous]

Mine are private. I set it up that way when I opened my Venmo account years ago. Never considered anything else.