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Posted on 1/24/23 at 6:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I did for a long period of time and it was not fun.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:07 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I have. It sucks. Not fun. I don't intend on going back to that.
If I'm being honest. If either me or my wife lost our jobs right now, we'd be right back in living paycheck to paycheck.
If I'm being honest. If either me or my wife lost our jobs right now, we'd be right back in living paycheck to paycheck.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:12 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Not by choice. There have been a few times when money was tight if we had vehicle breakdown or something major. But I do know someone who makes $13K/month and lives paycheck to paycheck.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:16 pm to Breauxsif
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Yes, when I was on active duty with the Army.
I actually had quite a bit of money when I was in the Army. Lived in the barracks, ate at the mess hall, paid cash for my old beater car. Got deployed a few times.
It wasn't until I got married to my ex wife when we didn't have money.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:25 pm to SaintlyTiger88
During my time in the Navy. My wife and I still talk to this day about how much fun we had during those four years.
Been very financially blessed since then so definitely not complaining but man those were some good times.
Been very financially blessed since then so definitely not complaining but man those were some good times.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:25 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Almost my entire 20’s.
Paid off student loans and got a better job, and that era ended.
Paid off student loans and got a better job, and that era ended.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:26 pm to Dicky
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$2k/month child support (to an ex wife that makes $20k/year more) will really throw your life into a downward spiral.
You must have really fricked up.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:28 pm to fallguy_1978
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$35/wk grocery budget
Amen. Ramen and spaghetti brother.
The rest was for beer. Cheap beer.
This post was edited on 1/24/23 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:32 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I always saved minimum of 15% so there was times I was trying to save too much and I couldn’t touch my ira or Roth accounts
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:37 pm to AUriptide
I remember when ramen noodles were 10 for $1! Got me through graduate school without going hungry!
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:37 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Did You Ever Live Paycheck to Paycheck?
I've bounced a check at a Chinese restaurant, so yes
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:40 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes 18-25. Was poor as shite. Now I am 33 and have a good amount saved and on cruise control.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:41 pm to thetruthisnotkind
Add some carrots and celery and you have a meal!
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:44 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Honestly I never have, not even in college but I had two jobs and one was a very prominent cover band that made insane money. Pretty much paid my way through school on Jessie’s Girl, Come On Eileen, and Blister in the Sun. My family had a small business as well so I work there during the week after class.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:44 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:48 pm to deeprig9
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You must have really fricked up.
Not at all. That's how shite goes if she's the domiciliary parent.
50/50 is not as common as the OT wants people to think and it's incredibly hard for dads to pull it off unless living in the same zip code and have support(new wife, parents, siblings, etc).
So yea, a good dad who's divorced is often in this exact predicament.
I have been in his shoes for 11 years now. Counting down the payments.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:52 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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I’m sure a lot of you may have experienced this at some point, but how many of you had a time where you lived paycheck to paycheck? What was life like for you during that time? How were you able to get out of that cycle?
Might as well ask if anybody has ever served as an enlisted man in the armed forces.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 7:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Early 20's around the late 1980's. Bought my first home for $45k, wife left a full-time job to go back to college and work part-time. Was sweating every OT hour I could work. Eating out at Ryan's buffet or happy hour $1.00 Margaritas and free food at El Toritos was a huge treat. I laugh at what we spend on a dinner now days, was a week's worth of groceries back then.
Posted on 1/24/23 at 8:00 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Right out of school, I did. It was a nightmare basically- had to sell whatever I could find around the house to pay the electric bill for an apartment I didn't even live in anymore.
I got out of it through work, discipline and ability. Started a job at $14/hour and worked my way within 5 years to 40/hour. Patience is still a virtue and I think it's the #1 thing killing our middle class
I got out of it through work, discipline and ability. Started a job at $14/hour and worked my way within 5 years to 40/hour. Patience is still a virtue and I think it's the #1 thing killing our middle class
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