From Brave's AI:

No, you cannot send direct messages to someone on Venmo without initiating a transaction.

According to user discussions on Reddit, Venmo does not have a standalone messaging feature for non-transactional communication. To contact someone, you must use one of the following methods:

Send a small payment with a note: You can transfer a minimal amount (e.g., $0.01) and include your message in the transaction note.

Send a payment request: You can send a request for money (even if intended to be ignored or declined) and attach a message, which the recipient can see.

Comment on a past transaction: If you have an existing transaction history with the person, you can comment on that specific completed transaction.

Venmo’s design is strictly financial; any communication is embedded within the context of a payment, request, or transaction comment.

Send a payment request: You can send a request for money (even if intended to be ignored or declined) and attach a message, which the recipient can see.

I'm going to send these dumb twats payment requests, saying something like "you should pay me for inflicting that stupid birthday request upon my eyeballs. That'll be $20".

@Typo-MAGAshiv

The grass is greenest above the septic tank.

That line is very much Erma Bombeck.

I saved a small piece she wrote in one of her books that sticks with me, especially with Father's Day coming up.

“One morning my father didn’t get up and go to work. He went to the hospital and died the next day.

I hadn’t thought that much about him before. He was just someone who left and came home and seemed glad to see everyone at night.

He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn’t afraid to go into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood that when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled.

He took lots of pictures … but he was never in them.

Whenever I played house, the mother doll had a lot to do. I never knew what to do with the daddy doll, so I had him say, “I’m going off to work now” and threw him under the bed.

The funeral was in our living room and a lot of people came and brought all kinds of good food and cakes. We had never had so much company before.

I went to my room and felt under the bed for the daddy doll. When I found him I dusted him off and put him on my bed. He never did anything. I didn’t know his leaving would hurt so much.”

(Erma Bombeck, The Ties that Bind … And Gag! [NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1987], p. 2.)