Just how Poor are you?

Pretty poor. Well let me explain. I don't work because I'm partially deaf. But my husband does work, but only 19 hours a week, and get's paid only once a month. We live in a nice mobile home, but we also have to pay rent which is about $315 a month, he only get's paid $500 per month. The rest of the money which is $185 goes on mostly bills and then the 40 or so left goes on groceries and gas for the car and bus money for my husband. How much do we shop for food. 14 bucks. This week it will be 80 on groceries because of the income tax check he got, so this time we go all out, but technically it's not always like this. If you wonder how I can afford the internet, it's paid for by my mother in law. I often wish we had more money a nicer home and more stability. It's not easy living on one meal a day. Thankfully on Fridays my mother in law takes us out to eat and on Sunday my mother takes us out to eat.

Well I was lucky to be born in a relatively rich family in my country. However it is lucky if you look at it one way, unlucky the other way. I can;t walk on the streets in my country since people are being kidnapped and murdered even if families pay ransom in my country. It has been going on for about 4 years and no one is being caught... My parents were both from poor families, my father and his 5 brothers used to sleep in the same room. They only had two rooms. My grandfather used to ride a biccle, pedalling goods door to door for huge distances each day, trying to provide for his family. After a while they saved enough money to open a small wooden shed in the local market. After many years of hard work, they opened a store and now the business has expanded to be one of the most successful businesses in our country. M father always shows me what can be achieved by hard work. Remember, never give up! Do whatever you are doing with full commitment and maybe you too will be successful like my grandfather and his sons. Thought a nice true success story would give you hope!

i can't say that i am really really poor... i was raised in a medium family... we are not rich but not poor as well... we just have enough to fulfill all our basic needs, education and a bit of entertainment... that's it... my father works really hard to provide for the family... and he had done a really good job... i always respect my father and loves him because of that... now that i am already married, we are not rich as well... just enough... my hubby and i are working very hard to fulfill our needs and pay our bills plus mortgage and other loans... we barely have money leftover to save by the end of the month... basically, we live by our paychecks... but we are really thankful to God that our situation are still much better than other people and we never stop giving thanks to Him...

well, im not poor i think we are on the line of middle class and poor, my family was poor growing up, i always had hand me downs and stuff. I will be rich one day though. My fiances boss grow up in a tent with barley anything and is now a millonare, but he still lives in a trailer and his wife says he still keeps his bath water for a few days before he will change it. GROSS, but i guess if you grow up like that then its hard even when you get money to you to change your living patterns

I ran out from my parent and lived at a small house, just 3 room inside. But now I have a great job in a Power Plant. I believe God will help me to face up better future.

As a child growing up I was very lucky, I was an only child and both my parents had extremely good jobs and so I never knew what it was like to go without. That all came when I foolishly left home and got myself pregnant, and then I appreciated everything my parents had done for me. I had nothing, I was on my own with my son and my parents although had not disowned me told me that I had made my bed and had to lie in it. At the worst point in my life I was feeding me and my child on beans on toast, because it is all I could afford for us. I was also working 13 hour shifts full time and I still had nothing. Now things are better, I met a wonderful man when my son was 7 years old and we married and now have 4 children, he works and I look after the children, it was hard at first we still had no money but we have now worked to the point where things are finally beginning to even out and we can afford a few more things in life, so this time is my best time out of all the years since leaving home.

I wasn't raised poor...quite the opposite but my parents did not cater to us. they taught us to be independent. I have been poor. I once lived in a tent with 3 small children....that was a very humbling experience. I learned to appreciate so much running water...a refrigerater ...stove...a dry bed at night. I raised 4 children on my own with child support that was never ever dependable. We learned to get by and budget and be very very creative and appreciative. Mostly we learned independence. No one in this world owes you a living and you can't count on anyone. the most you can do is very much appreciate those that do help you on your way and show them that you appreciate it. I still am considered poverty level but am so far from those days now. I work hard for and appreciate every little thing that I have. I know it does not take much to set one back to those kind of days and I am so grateful that I even have my job each day to go to. Have you considered consolidating your debts? also setting prioritys...like I have this computer now...something I could not ever have imagined back then. I do only have basic tv...17.00 per month and just to occassionally watch. I have 2nd hand furniture and a lousy stereo. I drive a used car that I paid cash for and so no car payments. I took my time picking it out and had help so I knew it would get me by at least a year and hopefully 2. I paid 600.00 for it with my income tax. I live in a 2 bdrm apt. My 2 girls have the bedrooms and I sleep on an air mattress in the living room. I store my clothes in a closet in the hall. It isn't great but it is still more room than I had in the tent and I got thru that nightmare. I t hink the more you go without the more you realize that you really can.

when i was a little kid. i grew in a poor family. i eat rice with salt and water. and now i am a jobless person and im lean on to online job like now. but i was lucky enough to have a loving parents my father support me on my online job adventure hope mylot give me some post bonus here if mylot hears me. but even thought they dont well i dont have any choice but to follow points rule here.