.......and had to wait until next payday to get things you needed?
2007-11-28 02:40:17 · 33 answers · asked by ♕Soulful Dreamer♕ 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes, i do live like that.
being a college kid & working two jobs is hard..bills to pay, gas to get!
2007-11-28 02:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by kimba_bia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is how I started life. My family was in the 'working poor' category. When I started life on my own, it was, unfortunately, during the Carter administration. Anyone who did not live through it cannot imagine it. Talk about mortgages, the interest rate for a mortgage was higher than we pay for credit cards today! Unemployment was so high, people with PHD's were driving cabs.
Yes, I started out living paycheck to paycheck barely squeaking by with my wife and two sons depending on me. The hardest part was convincing my wife that we could some day buy a house.
We did eventually thanks to Ronald Reagan and his stellar economic reforms. Now we no longer live that way. We have a big house with a huge front porch in a nice neighborhood and three cars. To tell you the truth, we are far better off than we had a right to expect. It all served to make me really appreciate where I am, today.
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2007-11-28 02:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes from 1997 to the present date.
2007-11-28 02:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Madam Naka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times,
2007-11-28 02:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's usually my case. I have two kids and I make $13.48 an hour.... but I do have a 2178 sq.ft. house, a nice car, minivan and all kinds of nice goodies to put in all of them :)
I live paycheck to paycheck because I'm a spending wh0re!
2007-11-28 02:49:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,in fact the first year hubby and I lived away from home we made $17 dollars less per month than our average basic expenditures for the month.
2007-11-28 02:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doing it now. Since gas keeps going up....and I commute 30 miles to work everyday, filling up my SUV is costing me half my pay! I am looking into a less gas guzzling vehicle after winter is over.
2007-11-28 02:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never NOT lived paycheck to paycheck.
2007-11-28 02:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every day of my life. It sucks during the "present-buying season." If you buy presents, then your whole money schedule is screwed up and you end up easting ramen for a week before you get paid again. Sucks.
2007-11-28 02:45:17 · answer #9 · answered by Darksuns 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the early days of our 38 year marriage, yes. Fortunately, my husband is an excellent money manager.
2007-11-28 02:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by AKA FrogButt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not technically, cuz I have a decent savings account in the bank to fall back on. If it weren't for that, I'd probably be living check to check.
2007-11-28 02:44:42 · answer #11 · answered by angelbaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋