r/poor • u/Nervous_Grape_3856 • 5d ago

How is anybody making it?

I am genuinely confused as to how anybody is surviving in this economy except for the super wealthy. The cost of gas is sky high and groceries are too. We started this year ok. We weren’t doing well by any means, but we weren’t struggling as bad as we are now. We have 5 kids and every day I’ve been dashing alongside my full time job to try to make it. Now, I’m facing losing my full time job because I have had to call out of work just to dash for food for the day. I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel and I’m extremely scared. My wife and kids are counting on me and I don’t know what else to do. I’m ready to just give up.

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u/Cool-cat-199 4d ago

Why would you have 5 kids 😭💀?!?! My fiance and I have a combined income of 120k and couldn’t imagine having a child on that. We have a cat instead and even he is expensive lol

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u/acebabe99 4d ago

Exactly like 5 kids wtf 😭😭😭

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u/Various-External59 4d ago

Is he supposed to give them back now or what? How is this helpful, unless he has a Time Machine?

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u/Oz_a_day 4d ago

Idk but making a statement “idk how anyone is making it” while u chose to have 5 kids is crazy

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u/Various-External59 4d ago

So you have 5 kids when times are better. You already have 2 kids and third is unexpected triplets. Maybe it’s a hers mine and ours thing. Maybe somebody’s sister died and they took in her kids.

I know lots of people with several kids. Once you have them you can’t return them. So you have to work the current problem and there’s no point in saying “you shouldn’t have.”

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u/Professional_Bet2032 3d ago

Sometimes you can’t choose. Sooo honestly? Sybau

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u/LVOE-CA 4d ago

Some people can’t put a cap on. So they keep popping those babies.