Anyone been broke before?

[lion paw]

Here, twice. When the economic downturn started I was in shit creek. Luckily I found a crappy job but it paid bills. Another time, I quit my job for a promise of another job. Had my interview but they did me dirty so I did temp jobs until I could get back on my feet. My hard work paid off and now I got an okay job with benefits, retirement, etc. I'm not much into my job but I'd rather be here than be broke again.

 

[DarkneT]

I lost my job a couple of months ago, so I’m currently working as a real estate agent with no salary. Things are tough, market is down. I’m not even making enough money to pay all of bills. Just like 40%
I’m married and I have a son. I’ve never experienced this before

Stick with it dude, it's weird how life still keeps turning, I've been there myself
Just enjoy the free things until the money starts coming in again, money comes and goes trust me

 

[DarkneT]

I remember in the global recession 2007-2009 (at least it was for me)

Having literally nothing and having to borrow money off my wife (girlfriend at the time) just so I could afford petrol to drive and see her

There was literally no work for carpenters anywhere as it was the housing bubble that had popped

When it's going good the money is amazing so I hung on and waited it out instead of taking another job I'm qualified for (which is nothing)
In hindsight I should of tried and got something to cover me but I rode on all my savings
Things came good in the end but it was rough going for a long time

 

[Lawblaw]

Why were you fired?

I didn’t really get fired, they just lowered my income almost half because the industry wasn’t doing very well (travel industry)

 

[cincymma79]

I didn’t really get fired, they just lowered my income almost half because the industry wasn’t doing very well (travel industry)

Ah well you need to find a different career. Healthcare is stable.

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

When you're at your lowest you find out what kind of man you really are.

Adversity hits us all but when you push through it, the stronger you become

 

[TeTe]

Been there before... Early to mid 2000s I had credit cards charged off, car repo'd, behind on rent, etc after I was laid off and went from two jobs (one of them decent paying) to one crappy paying job.

I was lucky enough to crawl out of the debt after a few years and learned quite a bit from it. I'm just way smarter with my money now, even though I'm making way more than I did back then.

 

[MaxMMA]

Yeah, after i split from my babys mama and started paying child support. I was living in some ghetto apartment, sleeping on the floor, and constantly fighting with ghetto neighbors and getting minimal action in the way of pussy, its hard to have fun with no $. For food i was eating ramen noodles, and fried baloney sandwiches. Eggs, milk, and beef/chicken organs where my main sources of protien.

Still better than living with my ex.

 

[Swiftie]

I'm not sure of your age, but how about joining the military? You get a salary, learn a trade, and you and your dependents will get free medical and dental.

Good luck

 

[Headkicktoleg]

I lived off a bag of frozen broccoli for 2 days once in college, but honestly my parents are pretty well off and they would never let me be destitute.

 

[Carvaso]

I've been poor most of my life.

You get used to it.

Same here. Not that you want to get used to it. Either you work at being not poor with varying degrees of success.

Or find happiness by other means. Everyone’s priorities are different.

 

[sleepwalk]

I remember being overdrawn on my checking account, behind on my credit card so it was turned off, and having to ask my college student sister to put gas in my car on her card so that i could get home from my cousins wedding, when I couldn't afford to give a wedding present.

But I really wasn't broke.

The car was up to date on payments and insurance. My student loans weren't in arrears. I still had a job to go to when I got home to my parents' house (who I was not behind on my rent to.)

Broke is when "No. You kids eat up, I'm not hungry," stops working.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Only when I was young and my dad left my mom. We lived in the smallest fucking house you have ever seen, which was somehow two stories. I was in high school, still wearing all the clothes my grandparents got me for Christmas during middle school. Needless to say, I wasn’t super popular.

 

[TapoutforSprawl]

Why do people do this to themselves.
My sister did it 3 times. Like wtf? Neither of you have a career.

It was pretty dumb, I pushed one night in college when I should have pulled, then 9 months later I had a kid to care for. And being a dumb, stubborn 21 year old I figured I could somehow take care of everybody on an $11 an hour job.

 

[Lawblaw]

I'm not sure of your age, but how about joining the military? You get a salary, learn a trade, and you and your dependents will get free medical and dental.

Good luck

I’m not American, I’m turning 29 and military doesn’t pay much in my country. I did a personal training course so I’m trying to get some clients too

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I was not broke a couple times.

 

[21 Savage]

lmao americans

 

[I Am Legion]

A good paying job can get you out of debt quick. But staying in a dead low paying job with just perpetuate the cycle. So many people are so afraid of change, and really have no confidence in themselves.

 

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

ive been told i sound poor by bullies int he maybery lounge

 

[CWMMA]

I think everyone needs to be poor some time in life to really appreciate money and the time invested.