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TheKentuckian

(26,314 posts)
18. I had grinded up to stable and now am back to paycheck to paycheck
Wed Nov 27, 2024, 03:55 PM
Nov 27

maybe I can work back up but I don't see a clear path right now.

I was trying to get a couple hundred back into savings this month but my property manager held my check, it appeared to go through, a little bill came out, the check then showed returned so returned check and late fees took that little dream.

I need to get out of this cruddy apartment and get another bedroom so my daughter has a space but I can't seem to quite get there and now my credit is going back down as my usage rate goes up which caused a card to reduce my line which blew up my usage more though I was trying to get it back down again.

It feels like the poverty cycle is kicking in.

I can see homelessness again but this time I won't have the benefit of a car and likely would lose my job with no transportation or ability to work from home.

Maybe I can find a way to borrow from Peter to pay Paul before my credit crashes further to keep the game going.

I don't know but I'm stretched, bone tired, and feel it won't be long until I have to throw a hail mary and hope for the best.

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I wonder where the Duers who keep harping on about how good the economy is fits in here. SunImp Nov 27 #1
"Harping"? maxsolomon Dec 5 #36
We we're planning a major upgrade inside our house, but we've put that off indefinitely. CrispyQ Nov 27 #2
We saved to do the same since son and gra sonmoved home Lifeafter70 Nov 27 #28
I bounce between Comfortable and Stable... Innocent Smith Nov 27 #3
There was one a couple of years ago XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #4
Given age demographics Sympthsical Nov 27 #6
This is a bad idea leftstreet Nov 27 #5
People have been honest about such things in the past Sympthsical Nov 27 #10
Maybe a poll asking how members perceive others are doing in US leftstreet Nov 27 #11
I didn't think it was a good idea at first. Mike 03 Nov 27 #22
Threadbare at best mvd Nov 27 #7
If you and your mom cannot get affordable housing XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #8
Hard to say. But my mom has a good lawyer mvd Nov 27 #12
I'm saying this out of concern... XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #13
I do think about it a lot mvd Nov 27 #16
Good luck XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #17
My adult life has run the strata GreenEyedLefty Nov 27 #9
Poverty is expensive Sympthsical Nov 27 #14
I have "poverty brain" too, but a little different Just_Vote_Dem Nov 27 #25
...rotate through streaming services... yardwork Nov 27 #26
My old cars always knew XanaDUer2 Nov 27 #15
My Toyota RAV4 is almost 24 years old. Mike 03 Nov 27 #21
I had grinded up to stable and now am back to paycheck to paycheck TheKentuckian Nov 27 #18
A Post About DU Prairie Gates Nov 27 #19
"The solution to higher prices is higher prices." W_HAMILTON Nov 27 #20
We're all about to get a lot poorer. Scrivener7 Nov 27 #23
Pass ProfessorGAC Nov 27 #24
Do tell! Abolishinist Nov 28 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author happybird Nov 27 #27
Reinvented myself 4 times Kilgore Nov 27 #29
Damn Polybius Nov 28 #30
I've come back from the brink of bankruptcy twice dickthegrouch Dec 5 #35
Most of the older members already know about me. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 28 #32
I'm stable right now, but I'm not sure how long I can be there. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 28 #33
Americans not in the habit of saving money as some other countries are. Not so much about how much you make, it's betsuni Nov 28 #34
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