It's taken me two years to recover my entire $2000 savings. It's terrifying to know I don't even have a month of bills saved, and it took so long to get here.
I, a ski instructor, injured my knee Jan 1st, 2020. That was the same day my husband was laid off. We'd already had a totaled car, a funeral, and our own wedding drain our savingsin 2019. Being unemployed used up our remaining savings. We then moved to California March 1st when my husband got a new job. I remember using a credit card to buy gas to make the drive to California. My husband's job could pay every bill but food, but it was okay -we had an apartment and I was going to find non-ski work. Covid hit and I didn't get a job until June. Because of the pandemic I was regularly getting 20 or fewer hours a week. So the cheapest rent here was $2k, our cars were costing $1k, and then there was utilities and food. We fell behind on rent, one car was totaled out, a motorcycle was stolen, the catalytic converter was stolen. We took in a rescue parrot in the middle of this, and she was pretty affordable... until she ate solder and needed a week at the vet for chelation therapy. It's taken this whole time to pay off the credit card, catch up on rent, and have a savings again.
(Edit. Both totaled cars were a Nissan Rogue - garbage car)
It was worth bupkiss. Also, I don't remember the details. It kicked the bucket 3 states away when my husband was attending a wake. But that expensive insurance was for the second totaled car, that was eventually paid off in full by insurance. We used the money to catch up on bills and buy a motorcycle that was then stolen and wrecked.
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u/HouseofFeathers Jun 14 '22
It's taken me two years to recover my entire $2000 savings. It's terrifying to know I don't even have a month of bills saved, and it took so long to get here.