You know what sucks the most about being broke?

[HEyHEY]

The fact that there is money everywhere. All I see is cash, and I remember when I was around 20 living at home and working full time - $20 was like nothing. Now, it's a substansial amount of money. Even after when I was selling ads making shitloads of money, I'd spend $20 bucks on a lunch.
It's not supposed to work this way, after school you leave and make tons of money right?

Every register, every wallet except mine has money in it, it seems.

[redqueen]

1. lol!

Yeah, right... that's how it works... if you're lucky!

[Racenut20]

2. I find it to be not having money

[HEyHEY]

3. Really?

WHile that is a big part of it...I find it's that I have no money, but money is all around.

[TXlib]

4. That's $20 canadian, right?

So, that's what? $1.87 US? :evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

5. hardy har har

Actually it's about $16 U.S. and climbing thanks to G-dub.

;-)

[TX-RAT]

6. We must remember the immortal words of Fat Freddie

Dope will get you through times of no money, better than money will get you through times of no dope.

[HEyHEY]

7. You need money to buy dope

Unless you're a gardener

[catmandu57]

8. Yep, everyone has a sack of seeds

what sucks also, is the goddamn food commercials, you never want a pizza or ice cream sunday until you're broke and can't buy one.

[redwitch]

9. I know what you mean!

I have friends who have everything- and keep getting more. They travel, new cars, the best of everything. But then I think about people who have far less than I and I don't complain (much). I never wanted to be rich, but I would like to travel more and also not worry so much from check to check. We get no vacation this year and I am worried about money for college for my oldest who graduates next year. It's a long, hard road sometimes.

[HEyHEY]

11. Yeah, same here

My friends all are buying houses, driving new cars all that. I'm the only one with academic post secondary. The richest of all has no post secondary (course being eir to a multi million dollar construction company helps but still he has worked hard for every buck he has.)
The others are all tradesman, except my friends I worked at the city with making $20 an hour to pull weeds.
Sheesh.

[daisygirl]

23. That's the biggest drag for me

Living check to check and worrying all the time. There's nothing quite like that sensation of panic upon realizing that the bills amount to more than the check!

[mac56]

24. I agree.

I remember being really elated on payday. For one afternoon I got to feel like I was flush. Not any more. It's already spent by the time I get it home.

[JVS]

10. That's why god invented modeling glue and paper bags

Either that or you should visit some friends and or family and sponge some good meals and drinks off of them. That'll help.

[HEyHEY]

12. Did that all weekend

If I can convince mom to throw me a $20 for gas, I intended to go again today.

Being 25 and begging from mom and Dad really sucks ass.

[JVS]

14. Maybe you can get a girlfriend and sponge off of her

Whats going wrong anyway dude? Did you lose your job? You seemed so happy and successful a few months ago.

[HEyHEY]

15. I'm happy and succesful - it's just bills

I owe about $1000 in bills monthly. For student loans, car insurance rent all that shit. So I get left with about $650 all for me...then I gotta buy food, gas, etc....

[JVS]

17. Hey $650 after rent isn't so bad

What is it you are having trouble affording?

As long as you have enough to eat and drink and clothes to wear, you should be ok

[HEyHEY]

18. Well, it's summer - so I'm travelling alot

Lots of flow is going towards gasoline. But moreover, I just get Pissed at how everything adds up to a whopping sum.

[JVS]

19. Ok, I understand.

[prolesunited]

21. I just have to point out a few things

For one, you know that you picked the wrong career if your goal is to make money. Sure, there's a few big players out there, but most in journalism just barely scrape by.

Secondly, at the risk of sounding indifferent to your plight, be thankful you have a job and enough money to pay your bills. Some people, including a number here, aren't even able to do that. The rest is just gravy.

[HEyHEY]

22. Hey, they have their sucky moments, I haven mine

And right now this is a big one!
Truly, withougmy debts I'd be okay...

[prolesunited]

25. OK, you're entitled

:hug:

[HEyHEY]

27. aw jeez thanks

:-)

[redwitch]

13. no huffing!

It's very bad for you- just look what it did to our current administration!

[Worst Username Ever]

16. I remember once in college I found 20 dollars in my winter jacket

from the year before. I was in HEAVEN. I recall buying a case of beer, a subway sandwich, and two packs of smokes. I was RICH for a day.

[midnight armadillo]

20. After I left school...

I wound up in a low paying research job with a PhD. After 5 months of job hunting I'm still here and cannot wait to tell my boss to stick it where the sun don't shine. I had one interview last week and two more next week so things are looking up.

Of two of my friends, one never quite finished college and earns a mere $70k over what I do (he's single, I'm married w/ 1 kid). What does he do? He squanders his money on who knows what. My other friend is a Hollywood talent agent and will make close to $200k this year before the age of 30. What does he do? Somehow, his lifestyle is such that he's in debt. ALl I want to do is be able to pay my rent and afford diapers...which I can't do without my OTHER job!

I fell your pain HEyHEY. Seriously, I do. It makes one wonder why on earth you go to school at all.

[Guy Fawkes]

26. I don't suppose you have a canadian $2 bill....

[HEyHEY]

28. Not here - at my foks house I do

[PVnRT]

29. Can't afford Madden 2005

:cry:

[Kat45]

30. At least you have not only a job, but a job in your field.

And I would guess that you knew it was a low-paying field. I have an MS in journalism and I've never had a full-time job in the field. (I did do some freelancing I enjoyed but needed another job to support it.) After my latest layoff, I've only found a 16-hour-a-week job and haven't even found a second PT job to supplement it. And judging by what I've seen lately, I can make more money as an administrative assistant than I can as a writer/editor. When I send a resume for an editorial job, they write back to insist on my giving them salary requirements. I always low-ball it, then never hear from them again. Whatever they're paying is lower than what I would need to support myself, and I'm a single person.