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Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:32 pm to trom83
I once had to drive the same Ferrari two days in a row.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:35 pm to bmy
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how the frick could you barely live on 65k/year combined without children? living above your means?
I make, with 2 jobs about $55,000 a year, before taxes, 4 kids, and stay at home wife, and feel rich. So saying all that, obviously I wasn't the wisest kid after graduation. I worked at Lowes while in college and was already so freaking broke, but some banker guys came in and convinced me to sign a bunch of papers and I just didn't have a clue what I was signing. Well, I had never had a bank account and was signing up for an account with direct deposit.
Well fast forward several months and I go to get my paycheck and it says This is not a Check. I thought that was weird
but took it to place I used to cash my checks in the ghetto and they said they couldn't do anything with it. I called Lowes up and they were like, apparently you have a bank that it direct deposited into, I said no, that can't be right. I freaked out and couldn't imagine why I couldn't cash my check so I went to one of those loan places and got like $200 to last me a few weeks to see what happened when next check came in 
2 weeks later same thing. I go home and started to get ready for class and was looking for a certain school book, found all that paper work from months before and realized after reading through it I signed up for direct deposit, I had to call Lowes to figure out what the hell direct deposit was. That was how I opened my first bank account. Its a wonder I can put my shoes on.Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:37 pm to Mung
quote:Betcha you knew my next door neighbor. J.O.??
my work-study job in Dept. of Entomology
Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:42 pm to DonChowder
After High School. Moved out on my own lived across the street from strip club. If we threw the trash we could eat at the buffet and look at girls for about 30 mins. Gas station next door would call us when they had to throw out food (donuts, hot dogs, burritos, etc) and would let us have them for free. Would go to "all you can eat" nights and fill up ziplock bags and hide them in our jackets. Basically had zero dollars for anything after bills and rent. Good times.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:50 pm to CAD703X
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I used to shop the scratch and dent buggy at that Kroger by LSU. Didn't care what was in the can as long as it was 19 cents
My brother and I lived together as broke-arse college students and we'd buy the cans with no labels at all for 10 cents or so. Some nights it was ravioli for dinner, some nights it was Alpo.
Also we used to swipe rolls of toilet paper from campus bathrooms just to have some at our apartment off GSRI.
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 1:55 pm to CAD703X
A few times in college I only had a gallon of tap water and a box of baking soda in the fridge. I always had frat brothers who had food though. During my time in the military, things were not always great, either. Now that I have been out of the service for over 2 years, my wife and I are finally getting settled. The military was great for me, but when we moved, the wife had to find a new job. That process usually took months and we would have to use credit to make ends meet.
Congrats to my wife. She just got offered a higher paying job yesterday.
Congrats to my wife. She just got offered a higher paying job yesterday.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 2:30 pm to sjmabry
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Congrats to my wife. She just got offered a higher paying job yesterday
Posted on 7/7/15 at 2:34 pm to trom83
Lived in a public park and panhandled for a few months, yet I refused to believe I should stop drinking. I just thought I had crappy luck.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:17 pm to Artie Rome
Artie, thanks. I am doing well. Went from being on the streets with a baby to getting through college and nursing school. Retired RN now. Where there is a will there is a way.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:19 pm to trom83
I spent about a year (voluntarily) being a vagrant/traveller. Hopped trains, slept in parks, did odd jobs for a week or two until I moved on to the next place.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:27 pm to trom83
Tie between being enlisted in the Military with my awesome ~$1,200/month pay and right after graduating from LSU.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 3:32 pm to trom83
Right after I was born I didn't have a shirt on my back, so I guess then.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:19 pm to fillmoregandt
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Take home pay on 65k is probably closer to 35-40k
Not when it's combined income. It's more like $50-52k
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:32 pm to Navytiger74
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Falling out with the old man the summer of my junior year in college while an unpaid intern (over my spending on alcohol and going out, etc). He kept paying my expenses (rent, car insurance, etc) but took my Card and cut my spending allowance down to like $75 a week (for food, gas, and entertainment). That was a rough month full of Raman noodles and tap water.
Why the downvotes? $300 a month for food, gas and entertainment doesn't go far in the North East. That wasn't a subtle brag. Seriously, that's under $10 per day--again for food, gas, toiletries, batteries for the old Discman, booze, movie rentals (back then) and everything else.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:33 pm to bmy
Right now. Can't even afford Mtn Dew. Have to buy the Walmart off brand.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:39 pm to HempHead
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spent about a year (voluntarily) being a vagrant/traveller.
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HempHead
No shite?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:48 pm to onelochevy
After reading this thread I feel very thankful.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 5:50 pm to DVA Tailgater
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Right now. Second year out of law school.
Are you working in the field of law right now?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:05 pm to Navytiger74
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Why the downvotes?
Maybe because you still had your major expenses(rent, etc) paid for by your dad.
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