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In reply to the discussion: UPDATE: Stocks tank as another recession warning surfaces [View all]TalenaGor
(1,239 posts)I was two inches from homeless for three years..
I make good money, but I'm still paying off debt from that recession....my hubby at the time and I both worked in the housing market - he in construction and me in real estate (I was a new agent) and also flooring....we both got laid off - my listings wouldn't sell - they were over priced and the sellers couldn't lower the prices cause they were up side down.....under pressure from my broker i ran up credit cards trying to get those sold....didn't work....the hubby sank into severe alcoholism and I left for my own safety.....I no longer had any money, a house, a husband, a job.....i had a little bit of unemployment is all....i completely started over - rented a room from a family, wound up in an unhealthy relationship just because the guy and I couldn't afford to live separately....
three years after I left - I got a job
Im still paying off the judgements, I'm paycheck to paycheck still even though I now have a husband, house + car again.....I'm the breadwinner of the house - left real estate/housing - back in HR at a bio-research organization....
sometimes I get really angry - that ive played by the rules - ive worked so hard for 35 years....and this threat hangs over our heads every time a republican gets in the white house....
all he had to do was nothing....