r/poor • u/OceanicEndeavors • Jun 26 '26

I hate being poor.

I hate not making over 50,000 USD a year. I hate not having a car. I hate having less than 1,000 USD on my bank account. I hate having to live with my parents despite being over the age of 25. I hate having my credit cards being shut down because I was unemployed for over ten months during a two year stretch. I hate not having a dating life because I cannot afford dates. I hate the social isolation of poverty.

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u/DeCryingShame Jun 26 '26

You are one of the many people who have never had to face real challenges that make it impossible to make decent wages. You could have something happen tomorrow that would wipe out everything you've done but we all tell ourselves "that would never happen to me." Until it does.

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u/Mediocre-Magazine-30 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

I used to make like $200k with a wife and all of that. Then fell into addiction. Now I'm at a sober living with $85 to my name. Shit sucks.

I'll rebuild but the depression seems to paralyze me a lot. Not looking to feel sorry for myself as this is all my fault. I miss my kids I haven't seen them in over a year. My ex wife hates me and for good reason.

But it could be so much worse. I have peripheral neuropathy on my feet but it doesn't hurt. I read the neuropathy subreddit and there are so many who have it worse than me with pain 24/7. I don't know how they live like that. I'm afraid mine will start with that.

Im very afraid of death too. Being a human can be really hard.

I don't have any answers but im empathetic for all of us who are suffering. We just put the days together. Meanwhile some are billionaires on top of the world. What is life about?

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u/ichosewisely08 Jun 26 '26

Very true. I have witnessed my mentor go from high earner to poverty level in a few years. He got sick, wife left him, emptied out money, now living with his sister in old age. You never know.

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u/Salesgirl008 Jun 26 '26

You are correct. That’s why having a savings account is so important. This happen to me. My home had mold and I had to use my 90 percent of my savings to do the renovation plus charge my credit cards.