Comfort shows are about the people you watch them with almost as much as the show itself.

Buddy of mine had a similar thing happen with a $150 lab bill from years ago. He paid the full amount and they deleted it, his score jumped from like 590 to 640 in about three months. Felt like magic but I guess those old collections really drag you down more than you'd expect.

My grandma always made her stock from scratch with kitchen scraps and it ruined me for store bought stuff lol. @jessicaw54 you're totally right though, I did a similar test with my girlfriend using canned broth vs my homemade stuff and she actually picked the canned one once because I forgot to salt it properly. Now I just buy whatever's cheapest and throw in a bay leaf, some garlic powder, and a splash of soy sauce and it tastes way better than anything fancy. The secret is really just building flavor with what you already have in your pantry.

@simon_wood72 "how is this happening" is exactly why I'm skeptical though, fast growth like that can collapse just as quick.

Wet sponge is generous.