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SheilaT

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20. You are not describing lower middle class.

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 04:14 PM

Nov 2014

You're describing poverty.

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Life as the new Lower Middle Class. [View all] leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 OP

For clothing and housewares, check out thrift stores. raging moderate Nov 2014 #1

I also recommend thrift stores. LuvNewcastle Nov 2014 #55

3rd LiberalLoner Nov 2014 #71

Yea, I resemble that liberalmike27 Nov 2014 #96

It could be worse walkingman Nov 2014 #127

Watch out for that clothing!! CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #94

We have one nearby that has $1.00 bag days. Anything you can get in the bag for a buck. B Calm Nov 2014 #95

So true! peace13 Nov 2014 #2

Communal living for sure starroute Nov 2014 #5

Agree marions ghost Nov 2014 #7

Umhm, and it's also the way of the past and of the present for many very functional, and Hortensis Nov 2014 #30

I am talking about marions ghost Nov 2014 #31

I hope not, Marion's Ghost. We're a fabulously wealthy nation. Let's copy our grandparents and Hortensis Nov 2014 #35

My view is not so rosy marions ghost Nov 2014 #48

oh yeah they're already doing that here in nh redruddyred Nov 2014 #99

Old farmhouses marions ghost Nov 2014 #112

the biggest barrier, imo, is people's inability to get along w/ each other redruddyred Nov 2014 #115

I know marions ghost Nov 2014 #117

I think we are socialized from birth to act like assholes. thanks neocapitalism. redruddyred Nov 2014 #120

Young people plan on different futures. How do old people decide on the financial arrangements, if WinkyDink Nov 2014 #23

You can write a will giving your assets to anybody you want. former9thward Nov 2014 #27

Have you ever tried communal living? Warpy Nov 2014 #34

None of us are interested in living with strangers leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #65

No kidding! Warpy Nov 2014 #80

Living with Roomies While Young liberalmike27 Nov 2014 #97

As a married person ... CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #3

Pretty much our story too. Skidmore Nov 2014 #88

I have nothing but old stuff as well CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #89

I hear you. Skidmore Nov 2014 #92

Thank you CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #93

oh yeah disability payments are ridiculous. redruddyred Nov 2014 #100

Some one on SSI gets more $$$ and help than I do CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #108

yeah I think if you don't work and get paid poorly you get better benefits. redruddyred Nov 2014 #114

What is red tagging? JimDandy Nov 2014 #103

It was a clear case of misrepresentation CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #107

Recommended because for true, that is the new reality for so many of us. Autumn Nov 2014 #4

Have you tried shopping for better insurance rates lately? There can be quite a difference. n/t pnwmom Nov 2014 #9

You are sounding like a GEICO ad salib Nov 2014 #12

AAA lowered my insurance costs quite a bit. Geico couldn't even come close. magical thyme Nov 2014 #13

My mother's house insurance went up by 50% in one year for no apparent reason, pnwmom Nov 2014 #19

I live on 1/4th what I made 15 years ago, which was the end of my peak magical thyme Nov 2014 #14

Move way out? Way way out? Don't move too far out. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #17

Do pay attention to the fact that there is SheilaT Nov 2014 #22

that money comes back to you once you reach full retirement age magical thyme Nov 2014 #26

Just as long as the reduction SheilaT Nov 2014 #47

any reduction now is made up for later, when I fully retire magical thyme Nov 2014 #59

Did you EVER think you would stil be paying student loans at 62? SoCalDem Nov 2014 #122

I did because I went back to school late. however I also expected magical thyme Nov 2014 #125

We are all good at thrift stores. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #6

waiting.... shanti Nov 2014 #8

You realize your dirt cheap medical insurance wouldn't have covered you for anything important? pnwmom Nov 2014 #10

But the banks are reporting record profits, we made sure of that. Feel better yet? n/t jtuck004 Nov 2014 #11

That use to be called "Working Class". happyslug Nov 2014 #15

This is Why the Koch Brothers and their Ilk Want a Theocracy AndyTiedye Nov 2014 #33

Educate me tabasco Nov 2014 #36

Koch do NOT want a Theocracy, unless it is one based on Ayn Rand. happyslug Nov 2014 #41

YAY, a fellow Marxist! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #40

Actually I am a radical capitalist....But in many ways so was Marx. happyslug Nov 2014 #46

Your post is spot on. Paper Roses Nov 2014 #16

Solo living is a luxury Boomer Nov 2014 #18

Not if you're not too particular Warpy Nov 2014 #37

Trailers might be OK in areas that aren't prone to tornadoes Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #49

The probability of being hit is very small. Warpy Nov 2014 #50

Where I'm from, any time there's a tornado, Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #54

We get occasional tornadoes but they're mostly on the other side of the mountains, Warpy Nov 2014 #56

On the other hand, they seem to be getting more frequent in my old stomping grounds Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #58

There are some nice trailer parks now. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #66

The woman next door to me had a basset hound and a chow Warpy Nov 2014 #81

Not the American Dream Boomer Nov 2014 #62

I'm terribly introverted Warpy Nov 2014 #64

You are not describing lower middle class. SheilaT Nov 2014 #20

+1 Go Vols Nov 2014 #90

According to most Republicans, you are wealthy Yavin4 Nov 2014 #21

According to our neighbors here, if you're not them specifically or affluent, you're unworthy, Hortensis Nov 2014 #25

people in india don't live in mud huts tho redruddyred Nov 2014 #101

The new reality is that most households are a couple paychecks away SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #24

I like LL Bean for clothes and shoes. Higher initial cost, but Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #28

You have described me and the majority of my friends. nruthie Nov 2014 #29

welcome to DU marions ghost Nov 2014 #32

Widowed or divorced. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #42

That is me, and you are spot on correct. RiverLover Nov 2014 #60

Underemployment One_Life_To_Give Nov 2014 #38

It's such a waste of human resources leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #43

It sounds like it will only get worse. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #45

Don't worry, the Job Creators are creating jobs Jon Ace Nov 2014 #57

We could allpack up and move to China leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #67

Engineering/Professional Work too in China One_Life_To_Give Nov 2014 #73

The correct term is WORKING CLASS. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #39

Except we aren't working. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #44

More like "desperately need work" class. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2014 #79

This is the agenda of the Koch Bros...and a few others, Walton's etc. This is what they want randys1 Nov 2014 #51

If you can't afford fresh fruit and veg, you're not middle class, even lower middle class Warpy Nov 2014 #52

The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World�s Richest RiverLover Nov 2014 #61

My house is 750sq ft. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #68

That's about how big my house is Warpy Nov 2014 #82

That sounds like the house I have CountAllVotes Nov 2014 #110

sounds like you are all single hfojvt Nov 2014 #53

We don't want to get married. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #69

so there it is hfojvt Nov 2014 #75

Have you tried Match.com? leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #77

yes I have, two or three times hfojvt Nov 2014 #78

"you'd rather be poor than married"... bhikkhu Nov 2014 #119

About cooking economically for one or two people: DebJ Nov 2014 #63

Thankyou for writing all that down. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #70

I do much the same you do food-wise...I sprang for a chest freezer a few years ago magical thyme Nov 2014 #84

It would be fun to have you as a neighbor. We think alike. DebJ Nov 2014 #123

It's a lot of work in the spring, and a lot of work at harvest magical thyme Nov 2014 #126

Your post is one of the best arguments for (Democratic) Socialism I have read in KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #87

:) DebJ Nov 2014 #124

"We didn't vote Republican." whereisjustice Nov 2014 #72

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^n/t truedelphi Nov 2014 #98

^^^+1 ladyVet Nov 2014 #118

+100 840high Nov 2014 #128

I am so glad we didn't buy a bigger house 15 years ago CrispyQ Nov 2014 #74

That's why I do frozen. n/t leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #76

you can't shortchange your health tho. redruddyred Nov 2014 #102

Add: Looking for trinkets and collectibles to sell on E-Bay or Craigslist. joanbarnes Nov 2014 #83

I hear whining.... GTurck Nov 2014 #85

$49,500 for a fitted out railway container car. leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #86

If you are willing to do that, used mobile homes are often very inexpensive. missingthebigdog Nov 2014 #104

There's no middle class. There's the poor and the almost poor. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #91

class enid602 Nov 2014 #105

We are also 'lower middle class' Stonepounder Nov 2014 #106

Somebody looked into my life libodem Nov 2014 #109

I have so many single female friends struggling like you describe kimbutgar Nov 2014 #111

I can definitely relate to that. Spiggitzfan Nov 2014 #113

Prices on everything are 10 times as high as they were in the mid 1960's. roamer65 Nov 2014 #116

My first apartment was leftyladyfrommo Nov 2014 #121

Pehaps a new name should UglyGreed Nov 2014 #129