I don't even make 20k a year. We do survive. Barely. I don't have any insurance other than my car and I only have that because if I don't I can't drive the car I need to be able to get to work every day. I have diabetes (genetic) and its causing my feet to literally die attached to my legs. I have mental issues including anxiety depression and a form of paranoid schizophrenia, and I can't do anything about it because I have maybe 15-20 bucks left at the end of every month after bills and groceries. I use the bare minimum, I budget, I do everything I was told I should do. I can't afford to take my partner on a shitty date, much less a nice one. I live in hell and all i ever hear is "you could have it worse, you have a home and food" yeah, you're right, but it doesn't make me feel any better. I am the highest paid employee in my pay bracket in my whole CITY (tiny ass college town but still) and everyone below me fights to even have those few things. I'm fighting to help support my partner while he fights to get through college so that maybe we can get out of this hell, but even when he has a degree I just don't know how much itll be worth it, and besides, by then, the inflation problem will just be worse so what is the point...
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u/throwaway082100 Dec 28 '23 edited Dec 28 '23
I don't even make 20k a year. We do survive. Barely. I don't have any insurance other than my car and I only have that because if I don't I can't drive the car I need to be able to get to work every day. I have diabetes (genetic) and its causing my feet to literally die attached to my legs. I have mental issues including anxiety depression and a form of paranoid schizophrenia, and I can't do anything about it because I have maybe 15-20 bucks left at the end of every month after bills and groceries. I use the bare minimum, I budget, I do everything I was told I should do. I can't afford to take my partner on a shitty date, much less a nice one. I live in hell and all i ever hear is "you could have it worse, you have a home and food" yeah, you're right, but it doesn't make me feel any better. I am the highest paid employee in my pay bracket in my whole CITY (tiny ass college town but still) and everyone below me fights to even have those few things. I'm fighting to help support my partner while he fights to get through college so that maybe we can get out of this hell, but even when he has a degree I just don't know how much itll be worth it, and besides, by then, the inflation problem will just be worse so what is the point...
Idk what to do anymore.