No. I brought up four kids by myself. Last left in 2021.
I overdrew my account less than 24 hours before my paycheck cleared.
Financially, no. Emotionally, fuck yeah.
Same. Im at the point fortunately where by pocketbook can still stretch farther than my ability to deal with this bullshittery. I will live. But I’m pissed about it. And my heart goes out to those that can’t. I don’t have a solution but I hope we fix it soon.
I am.
I’m so god damn hungry.
Of course not. Nothing is ever the same for everybody
It’s pretty standard to have to choose between paying rent and eating, now. My electric bill is three months overdue. I’d not even be online if I wasn’t pointing a cantenna at the store down the hill. I think the only bills I’m current on are my email, which I’m not sure I’ll be able to swing $50 a year when it is due, but for now it’s current… And my VPN.
do they charge fees for overdue utilities, they dont over here, and people i know have overdue charges for utilities they dont charge extra fee, they just shut off the power after a certain amount of time, due to him being a pushover unable to stop a hoarding wife that also shops, plus not able to rent because he wont fix the house.
They do, but it’s much less likely to be cut off than being evicted or starving, so if you have to not pay something the power company is the first to be skipped.
I have about $60 in late fees on it, now, which is actually pretty low for late fees compared to most places.
Perhaps because we’re all hydro, here, and don;t have a datacenter explosion… Yet.
I have moved back in with parents, who are struggling to pay their own bills. It’s mutually beneficial, but goddamn does it make transitioning hard. I doubt they would kick me out since they’d lose the house when they can’t pay bills, but in the meantime I would need to find somewhere to put up a tent and hope I can store my stuff somewhere cheap.
Since my spouse got fired over a medical issue, and their health has since spiraled, we have been eating through our savings. “Luckily” I just started a second job today.
Sure would be great if you could survive on a single income as a family like people used to be able to do. We’d have to make billionaires extinct first(and even then it’d be a long road getting from here to there) and unless society does a 180, that’s not happening.
I’m good. Though, I feel like I don’t really have the life I expected for my current level of income. Like my parents made a lot less, but had it better.
Even before my unemployment I felt this way. I mean by felt that its just a fact. My father never went to high school. Im not saying did not graduate. Im saying never went. Mom only worked a few part time jobs and never for a need for money. Grew up in a massive 5 bedroom house and we always had 2 or more cars. Dad was a janitor. I have a BS and masters and had changed to IT due to my first career not paying enough and have no kids (I had 6 siblings). One car and two bedroom condo is my max achievement and im running through savings in my 50’s. Oh my dad had multiple pensions and a good amount of retirement savings.
Sounds like he had a union job and/or worked for govt. Like a janitor in a school district.
We don’t generally have to worry where our next meal is coming from, but there is little to no wiggle room after that. Savings? Lol. Investments? See savings. No vacations. No subscriptions. Just rent, food, and bills. We’re one unexpected large expense away from homelessness at any given time. But we do have the essentials covered.
It’s pretty bad at the moment.
Had to sell the helicopter after last quarter’s revenues tanked and fell prices are out of control. Kinda awkward since the yacht still has a helipad.
Really just hoping people are too into their own yacht to notice…
It’s always something.
— My Life
Financially? No, I’m doing pretty well, having made a lot of boring but good long term decisions, gotten a few lucky breaks, and had the sort of career where I’ve always been able to find a new job when I needed to. Though with the rise of LLMs that may not be true in a few years.
Health wise though? Fuck. And the mental fallout from that sucks.
Yeah, the burnout is real. I keep trying to do everything I can to keep it from being ever present, but I feel without a career change and a massive risk to my financial stability that I am utterly stuck and will just keep getting fried out at the cost of keeping dinner on the table.
I just went to Costco for a monthly-ish grocery trip. This month was 700, whereas in previous months it has been 4-500. I’m not even buying beef. I’m in a privileged position to still afford my groceries, but honestly I’m dancing on a knife’s edge right now.
How many people are you feeding?
3, we are all home full time and no eating out ever. Its about 45 days worth of food for us. I definitely see my privilege when it pertains to food, but after a 9% pay cut in March and significant price increases the budget is basically maxed at this point.
I had to sell my helicopter, too. The babes I’ve pulled and flew around in it are starting to suspect I don’t have. I just keep saying it has a computer issue going on.
Not in the US, and I myself am doing fine. I earn about 30k after taxes, job is quite chill and for the moment it is safe, rent is about 12k a year, and I have some savings to not worry about the immediate future. But I can feel it coming, one way or the other.
your situation sounds ok as long as you stay healthy.
If the fascists don’t ruin the country too quickly, I should have almost-everything-paid-for health insurance and protection against unjust dismissal for the foreseeable future. As I said, not in the US.
And I’m lucky enough to have enough savings to live a year or two without a job, even without welfare.
I am more worrier about how they grind up what is left of the economy between the US, China and “we need 500000 tanks to fight Russia”. And desperate people vote for easy answers, hence the fascists. If the US serves as an example, they will accelerate the decline, but at least they will shoot some brown people in the process, yay…
yeah. I have a sick wife and healthcare was a third of my monthly nut. If the us had universal healthcare I would be able to keep going for some time.
Ouch, that sucks. I am amazed how there is not a landslide majority in the US to fix the healthcare system, one way or another. Even if I didn’t have insurance, paid everything out of pocket, it would still be cheaper than the US, for what I believe is a comparable standard.
But then again, the average voter probably knows nothing about the world and is fed too much propaganda. I can see it starting here, too.
