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Working Poor

BlueDog22

(366 posts) Sat Feb 10, 2018, 10:36 AM Feb 2018

Have You Had Experience Being Working Poor? [View all]

I started a business that wasn't making money, and worked at a grocery store for less than 12 dollars an hour. It was one of the hardest things I did in my life. Having to move in with mom and dad was humiliating.

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Have You Had Experience Being Working Poor? [View all] BlueDog22 Feb 2018 OP

Good for you for taking a risk and starting a business. I bet you learned a lot.🙂 MLAA Feb 2018 #1

Fuck yeah man! Glamrock Feb 2018 #2

Even worse if your parents are poor too or their apartment lease doesn't allow lunasun Feb 2018 #3

Expenses BlueDog22 Feb 2018 #5

Exactly -imagine no place or $$ to live and no car . Hard to keep a business going if you are poor lunasun Feb 2018 #7

Agree BlueDog22 Feb 2018 #8

Sort of. Aristus Feb 2018 #4

Been there, done that. Single working mother of four. Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #6

I was a single mom of two young girls working 3 part time jobs AJT Feb 2018 #9

Had the exact same experience. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2018 #10

Sad to say, but we were lucky. Most of the aid is gone, from education to daycare to AJT Feb 2018 #12

Very hard three years Kilgore Feb 2018 #11

Been there left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #13

About 10 years off and on BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #14

No, fortunately for me. Susan Calvin Feb 2018 #15