Yes it was, lol. By design it can only function as a ponzi scheme, the itention might have been something else behind it but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a scam from the get go
too bad I don’t drink anymore, well actually I drank this Saturday while celebrating a friend’s birthday but I literally can’t remember when I drank before that, probably like my birthday in May.
I am guessing this is mostly informed by your own experience, personally I feel the same, but I was a fucking moron at 24, certainly not ready for something like marriage or kids, hell I am 31 and I still don’t feel that way.
Others might feel otherwise or grow up faster, to better parents and that’s okay, no need to label people who do things different than you as weird imo.
those random realizations are the worst, like one day years later realizing that the proper response to a girl inviting you in for beer is not: “no thanks I have had too much yesterday” and then leaving