We Can't Get Ahead

Hello Gadget_Kat this wont help you any but I just wanted to let you know You are so not alone. My family situation is much like yours. I am out of work and having a hard time getting a job and my hubby is the only one working. I just hope that yours has a better work ethic then mine. He knows that he is the only one making money but he still manages to miss work for no reason or comehome early from work, so his paychecks arent as high as they would be if he would just go to work all the time. We are still fortuanate enough that nothing is canceling but we are now just getting a month behind. I do wish you lots of luck with getting a job with the Toyota plant!!! I hope that I might be able to stumble across something soon too. Good Luck!!!!!!!

I'm sorry to hear about your situation. I can relate my husbands work slowed down drasticlly this winter and we got really behind on our bill. We're now almost caught up but it's not easy. Have you checked to see if you have a local food shelf that is what saved us this winter. I'll keep you in my prayers and hope things get better soon. Going through these hard times makes us who we are and when they are over we really enjoy the good times.

i know where your coming from, our household is exactly to the same, i got bills coming out of my ears, its only been last month that i have been working a fair bit that i have started getting a bit infront but i still have bills flinging left right and centre, is any chance you could talk to a bank or something for a loan. or even a family friend just to tie u over to friday or to like a fortnight or so. if you want your kids to go to school, like a public one, you can talk to the principal about not being able to afford thigns like books and clothes its a wonder what they can provide ( been there and done that for myself) with your bills can you ring them up and ask to go on apayment plan or extension, i had to do that all on mine, so at the end of the month i put a bit to cover it over. sorry to hear about your troubles, we are all here for u :)

I"m so sorry to hear that. I can understand your situation completely because I am currently more or less in the same position - including the car troubles. I do work but due to some silly decisions on hubby's part quiting his old job - that paid fine by the way - and ending up with a worse and less paying one, things have been pretty rough since January and are at their worse now. I don't even pick up the phone any more, since I know it will be people calling for the bills that are late and I have nothing to tell them other than I can't pay right now. I wish I could tell you that things will get better soon. Actually they probably will. But in my case the last 10 years have been one thing after another after another. It seems that every time we finally are able to do something for us 59 more negative ones come to tip the scale into the panic zone. I"m actually feeling quite tired of the whole situation. I used to fight and work things out but at this moment I basically feel like the little fish caught in the fishing hook. I am so tired from swimming that the fisherman will be pulling me out in no time. I know this is probably not what you need to hear and i hap planned on writing something more cheerful but i got caught in my own thoughts and feelings. One thing I can tell you ... no matter how bad it gets we can always take it - we might end up depressed but we can take it ! No, really, I'm sure things will be able to get better for you soon, at least that's my wish for you :)

Sorry you are in this position, I have been in it before, and it is not fun. Maybe it is possible for one of you to pick up a side job, just to keep the food on the table and get caught up on the bills.

I'm sorry to hear that.. I know what you mean. My husband has been unemployed for several months, and I've been paying all the bills and trying to keep things together, and it's very hard. We argue all the time too, because I resent the fact that he's not trying very hard to find a job, and is basically just sponging off of me. Not only that, but he expects me, to not only work and pay the bills, but clean the house too. I'm very sick of it. I wish things would get better too.

Hi Kat, I have some ideas for you, but I will share that with you on another post of yours. Good luck on getting on with at the Toyota plant. What I want to share with everyone reading your post. If you go to modestneeds.org you can find some assistance . Make a valid request that can be verified. People helping people with a hand up, not a hand out. When your able, you can be a supporter to help others. http://www.modestneeds.org

If you find an answer to that question, please share. It seems that every time we think we are doing okay that something comes along and knocks us down again. We "rob" from Peter to pay Paul lately. Have to pay whoever is more serious about cancelling whatever the service is that we have. I do stuff online (Mylot, Epinions, suvey sites) and that little bit of money here and there have helped out with gas and such here and there, but it's so hard to make ends meet anymore!

Oh my dear, I can feel your pain. Isn't it aweful when money gets slim. You just don't know what to do. I've been trying to do a bunch of the survey sites for extra money, and I'm getting there. But I just started and will have to wait till the end of the month to get my money. What do I do in the mean time? I think we all go through these dry spells. Hopefully it will get better for you soon and you will get that job. Are the kids old enough to get summer jobs?

Boy can I relate!! It seems to get worse and worse, even though you think it can't get any worse!! I don't really have any advice, just letting you know that I can realate! We manage to pay our bills but have nothing left over for food or fun. And with my daughter out of school it sucks because at school she gets free breakfasts and lunches =) But I love spending extra time with her =) But the bills thing can really get you down!! Just have fun with your kids, even if it is just going outside and running around the yard with them!! Try to have fun with them so they don't get worried about the money situation. We take walks when it isn't too hot outside and I let the kids decide where to go, like left or right or go straight. They are 6 & 2 so that is fun for them =) Do you have any local churches that offer food pantries?? That is our saving grace sometimes because without them we wouldn't have any food for our kids!!

wow. i am very sorry to hear your predicament. where i work, 3rd world country, when someone is in your shoes, they do not have a computer and what more internet excess. here computer is a luxury. pray things gets better. when everything else fails, try God.