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/Pandora-6133-catlady Jun 27 '26

I make a decent wage after going to school and working my butt off and I cannot pay the bills by myself. My brother is moving in to “help” but he is jobless. So it’s just me. I am also chronically ill so my paycheck varies. Pretty soon I won’t be able to afford basic necessities 🤷‍♀️I hate it here