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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:47 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:20 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:20 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:32 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:02 am
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Well, let me just say that the recession sucks majorly. I am a college graduate, who has two bachelors degrees; one in psychology and the other in sociology. Needless to say, I can't find a job and have been jobless for a year and a half. The people tell me that I am either too qualified for a job or not qualified enough, and I can't get experience if no one hires me. Now my husband's hours have been cut from 40 hours a week to 32. Which takes equivalent to a about a full pay check a month away from us. My husband also has two bachelors degrees; one in philosophy and the other in psychology, but he is too frightened to go back to school for his masters because he would loose his job. So he can't move on to a job that pays over 50k more than he is earning now.
To top everything off, we have had to move back in with my in-laws to help them not loose their house and so my husband and I can eat. We have over 150k in student loans to pay back between the two of us, and all of our other bills; credit cards, cell phones, gas, car insurance & maintenance, and survival necessities. We have no savings because we are living from paycheck to paycheck, and are almost to the point that we can't pay our bills.
Even then, I have more to deal with because my mother has tried to kill herself 3 times in the past 4 months, is in a respite center, and I am having to take over her life and responsibilities. Even still the people who are dealing with her case keep telling me that she can't live by herself because she is a threat to herself, but they want to release her to return to her apartment where she lives alone in about two weeks.
I am not going to win. At this point I am on a one sided battle with no chance at winning.
Thank you for letting me vent
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:02 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:34 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:10 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:58 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:04 pm
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The economy doesn't hurt me to badly. I worked at Wal-Mart (heads up to xXx kitsy xXx, be very careful at Wal-Mart, don't let them steal your soul. I watch it happen to WAY to many, it's why I got out with some of mine intact)
I work at a furniture store, putting the stuff together. Due to the fact it's one of the biggest in the Mid-West, my job is relatively safe. Especially because I am also learning to repair furniture, so I an double up on positions/work. I make only about 9 an hour, and it works for me. Only because I live with my Mum and Step-Dad still. Now, my mother is a watiress and her tips have been $100 less a week for months now, due to people being ASSHOLES and not tipping. If you are one them, start tipping, two dollars is something! I know it may be hard, but if you're going out to eat, make sure you leave something for the people who put that food on your table, it's how they get to eat and pay their bills. We make it, but barely. I'm lucky Wichita has such a low cost of living...
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:37 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:42 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:47 am
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I don't expect to be fired anytime in the near future since my landlady, employer and mother are all the same person. Wait, technically the business switched over to my sister and now I'm working for her. The relevant part is that we sell silver jewelry, silk scarves, and other small frivolous objects. To a certain extent the sales in the five dollar range have gone up drastically as people try to reassure themselves that things aren't so bad, after all, they can afford to buy silver jewelry. However, with the silver market doing what it's doing, (you'd know about this, Underworks) there was a year in which the exact same piece that we'd been carrying for years would jump from five dollars to twelve. It's going back down again, but it's still alot higher than it used to be, and with how poor everyone's feeling, that means no one's buying.
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:56 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:14 pm
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