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The hardest time my wife and I had financially was when we were escaping poverty. We made 2K to much the year my first son was born to qualify for any government assistance. My wife's main memories of when he was first born was of the endless stream of bill collectors calling in to demand payment. We were buying diapers instead of paying them.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm a new father myself. I have a beautiful 6 month old girl, and even without the financial troubles, it's a lot of work, worry, and stress. Having to skrimp and save every dollar for your kid's basic needs on top of that is horrible. And there's no reason for it. No reason someone in your situation shouldn't have been helped. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but you made the right call on how to priorize your money. The kid comes first, right? I hope you guys are in a better situation now.
That was 20 years ago. We have clawed out way out of poverty and held onto it by the skin of our teeth at times. It was not easy and still isn't but we have mostly made it.
However it's always just step away from falling back down. One layoff due to "market conditions" and soon enough they try to shove you down in that hole.
Like the layoff notification I got this morning, yep one of those can we meet e-mails at 7am...
Jokes on them though, I saw this one coming 6 months ago and set myself up to take all of the suppliers and customers for my division. Hopefully by the end of the week I will have everything on-line.
I am currently laying here going holy fuck, I am really going to do it....