You know what's currently seriously annoying me? (Yeah, yeah, I mean besides all that...) 99% of the responses my fellow students have made to the living on $1,400 per month assignment.
Look at this. Look at this and gnash your freaking teeth!
Corpus Christi
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"Life would definitely be hard as a single mother, if anything it would be a challenge and would probably be something I would look forward to if I was in that situation. "
What the fuck?
What the fucking fuckity fuck-fuck-fucking FUCK?
I'm going to freaking KILL MYSELF. My misanthropy, my total LOATHING for all humanity has hit a new low.
And hang on. She's going to spend TWO-HUNDRED-FIFTY a month on freaking CLOTHES???
And ZERO on utilities?
And train her kids to NOT EAT? $200 per month will feed a freaking family of FOUR? For A MONTH AND A HALF???
And, my head is EXPLODING!!! She's one of those people who believe you get more gas if you fill up in the MORNING or freaking EVENING.
You know... Never mind.
I hate people.
Look at this. Look at this and gnash your freaking teeth!
Goal: 1400.00 (monthly)
Yearly income 16,800
Rent: $520
Groceries: $200
Clothing- $250
Gas- $150
Savings- $100
Fun- $120
Car Insurance- $60
I am in***
"Life would definitely be hard as a single mother, if anything it would be a challenge and would probably be something I would look forward to if I was in that situation. "
What the fuck?
What the fucking fuckity fuck-fuck-fucking FUCK?
I'm going to freaking KILL MYSELF. My misanthropy, my total LOATHING for all humanity has hit a new low.
And hang on. She's going to spend TWO-HUNDRED-FIFTY a month on freaking CLOTHES???
And ZERO on utilities?
And train her kids to NOT EAT? $200 per month will feed a freaking family of FOUR? For A MONTH AND A HALF???
And, my head is EXPLODING!!! She's one of those people who believe you get more gas if you fill up in the MORNING or freaking EVENING.
You know... Never mind.
I hate people.
Circe, I am struck speechless by the budget, train your children not to eat? Budget 250 for clothes and 120 per month for fun? Car payments a priority but not seen in the budget? 60 bucks a month for car insurance? I want the name of her company, I would love to pay that little for car insurance. You can tell this person has no children, lives with mommy and daddy and has never had to go without in her life. Well have fun with your challenge and all that you have to look forward to.
Yeah. We're not allowed to respond this week to the posts of our fellow students, and it's KILLING me to not reply to her post. At the very least, I'd like to tell her to hang onto her proposed budget so she can refer to it in the future when she's actually trying to support herself with or without children...
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Although I'm doing financially better now, for years I feel like I've been trying to explain being poor through this blog. The frustrating thing is how many people have expressed the belief that I'm exaggerating stuff, or making things up. My own mother repeatedly says that she would never put up with being this poor, that she would "just leave," that she would never live this way... and in my head I'm always, WTF? I CHOSE this? 'Cause I love roaches, holes in the floor, and shoplifting so much?
Kill me.
Actually, I think the term she used was "FEELING up" her gas tank. Which, that's about ALL she's going to get to do to her gas tank, on her budget. SHe could include that in her "Fun" money of $120 though, right? Feeling up that ol' gas tank...
So can you respond THIS week to a post made LAST week? She seriously thinks she can feed a family of 4 on $200 a month with no electricity or gas? Only two tank fulls of gasoline in a month? Is this maybe a 16 year old kid trying to get a degree on the sly or something?
Your mom would "just leave"? And go where that would be better? Like your lifestyle is a conscious choice? Did she maybe submit that budget? Oh - no, the pet food allowance isn't big enough. Sorry.