F4lconF16 (3,240 posts)
When you've about got it figured out, and then life smacks you back down...
I am tired.
I am tired of being right on the brink of being financially stable-ish, only to be shot down in flames.
I am tired of watching my savings account grow, only to be completely exhausted after being in a hit-and-run, or after the new job doesn't work out, or after shit just keeps happening and happening.
I am tired of wishing I could sleep because I can't afford anything other than my 15+ year old mattress I literally don't fit on, that stabs me when I turn around.
I am tired of watching my clothes, my bike, my things slowly fall apart, knowing I can't survive on my own if they break.
I am tired of not knowing.
I am tired...and I've got it pretty good: an apartment, food most of the time, a few friends, a family just in case everything goes wrong and I really have nothing left.
But I'm really, really ****ing tired right now.
Love to all of you in similar places, or who have already passed it.
Star Member CaliforniaPeggy (116,801 posts)
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How can he be in such dire financial straits after 7 years of the booming Oconomy?
I am tired of watching my savings account grow, only to be completely exhausted after being in a hit-and-run, or after the new job doesn't work out, or after shit just keeps happening and happening.
How can he be in such dire financial straits after 7 years of the booming Oconomy?
Response to F4lconF16 (Original post)
Fri Sep 25, 2015, 09:25 PM
yewberry (6,137 posts)
18.
It's exhausting and unbelievably disheartening.
Having the power shut off, and it's always on a Friday so you lose whatever food you have in the fridge.
Literally crying with envy seeing people eating in a restaurant.
Hand-washing clothes in the bathroom sink and letting them air-dry in the shower overnight to save on laundry money.
Standing in line at the food bank, trying not to look anyone in the eye.
Spending the whole year paying down credit card balances after winter heating oil bills.
Selling plasma because you need five bucks that badly.
Oh, a Po' Talk thread. Predictably, they have to one-up each other. Just to make you smile, a sample:
:-)
How can he be in such dire financial straits after 7 years of the booming Oconomy?
Oh, a Po' Talk thread. Predictably, they have to one-up each other. Just to make you smile, a sample:
:-)
They all have internet access though... I can never get that part. If they are truly struggling, I'm sorry for that and wish them the best (but I'd argue the policies of their party is making their situations worse).. but it might be time to prioritize.
I have a slightly different stance, summarized neatly as so: **** 'em. They struggle because they're assholes who blame other people for their troubles.
I have a paddle for faux16 but it ain't what he wants but it's what he needs..
I have a slightly different stance, summarized neatly as so: **** 'em. They struggle because they're assholes who blame other people for their troubles.
Fri Sep 25, 2015, 09:25 PM
yewberry (6,137 posts)
18.
It's exhausting and unbelievably disheartening.
Having the power shut off, and it's always on a Friday so you lose whatever food you have in the fridge.
Literally crying with envy seeing people eating in a restaurant.
Hand-washing clothes in the bathroom sink and letting them air-dry in the shower overnight to save on laundry money.
Standing in line at the food bank, trying not to look anyone in the eye.
Spending the whole year paying down credit card balances after winter heating oil bills.
Selling plasma because you need five bucks that badly.
Ken8521, you're much too gently diplomatic. We bring out the long knives here. We're sick of the proglodytes. Everything they touch turns to shit, just like their messiah, and they're stinking up the country as a result.
Fri Sep 25, 2015, 09:25 PM
yewberry (6,137 posts)
18.
It's exhausting and unbelievably disheartening.
Having the power shut off, and it's always on a Friday so you lose whatever food you have in the fridge.
Literally crying with envy seeing people eating in a restaurant.
Hand-washing clothes in the bathroom sink and letting them air-dry in the shower overnight to save on laundry money.
Standing in line at the food bank, trying not to look anyone in the eye.
Spending the whole year paying down credit card balances after winter heating oil bills.
Selling plasma because you need five bucks that badly.
Response to mopinko (Original post)Mon Sep 28, 2015, 01:29 PM
Star Member F4lconF16 (3,246 posts)
17. I've been better.
I recently took a job with a new local company, and it was looking pretty good until recently. I was just starting full-time work, with a promotion on the table and likely training to become a "higher-up" (the company only has 9 people, maybe fewer now). It was a really good opportunity, and the company was exploding in growth.
Unfortunately, a large corporation famous for screwing its workers ended their business with us after an article accused them of screwing its workers. This did, of course, result in lots of people losing their jobs (not sure what their PR department was thinking). Their business was a substantial chunk of the available hours, so mine got drastically cut. I'll be lucky if I get 5-10 a week, now.
So things aren't looking so great for the foreseeable future. I think I can get help paying for rent this month (that looks like it will work out), but I can't figure out how I'm making it through the next. Some bills are just going to have to go unpaid, I guess, and I'm probably going to be asking my parents for help as it is (though I don't know if I can do that right now for other reasons).
Things have been better. Just on the edge right now, and kinda falling apart mentally. I really need some sort of work, part time or anything, just so i feel like I'm at least not losing ground.
But thankfully I have some good friends and an amazing girlfriend who's been nothing but supportive. We went down to Portland recently, which was a lot of fun. She had never been there, so it was cool to take her to Powell's, Voodoo, and the food carts. I had a couple of free streetcar tickets so she got to take a tour of a lot of the city and see all the bridges. And of course, spaghetti dinner with my parents back home.
I'm hoping I can attend a teaching conference in Portland soon, too. It's all about teaching with a purpose and integrating social justice issues into our classrooms. With luck, while i'm home, I can snag a bit of the quarter-pound of herb my ex just got too. It would be nice to have a bit around the house.
My roommate and I built a huge box fort for the cats last night. I think it's too imposing for them--they've been sidling around the edges kinda nervously.
What kind of tattoos does she want to do?
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F4lconF16 (3,240 posts)
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I am tired of wishing I could sleep because I can't afford anything other than my 15+ year old mattress I literally don't fit on, that stabs me when I turn around.
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