who /poorfag/ here?
>tfw 25 and stuck in a dead end job making 40k a year
>married living in a 1 br apartment, want a 2 br house
How do we get out of this rut bros?
40k year sounds amazing. I'm 25 and make 14k a year :/. About to graduate with an art degree and probably make slightly more if I get lucky...
>>28266171
things he is poor with 40k. where do you live?
i makeing less than 12k a year / 35h weak.
24, making 16k eur, so 18k usd not adjusting for the shit prices here? wtf are you complaining about?
>>28266242
>>28266221
>>28266304
I don't know if you guys live in some slavic shithole but 40k here in the states really isn't that much.
>>28266304
I could understand if he lives in New York City or LA or something but jesus, 40k is actually really respectable at 25. Right now I'm hoping I can make half that, and I'm 25 aswell. I have 3 roommates in rural FL and its hard to live
>>28266171
>married
why are you here
/adv/
>>28266334
Living in ireland, 24k per year and this is considered very good, I can afford rent etc and have left over as well.
>>28266334
Minimum wage in the states translates to something like 15-17k each year, and plenty of people live off that. You're doing fine, stop trying to make things sound worse than they are
>>28266372
>>28266304, flat rent is like 5k a year, maybe 12k for a house? murifags, your house prices are crazy cheap, seriously shut up.
>>28266221
>art degree
found your problem.
>40k / year @ 25
That's not bad. Not great, but not bad.
>dead end job
Time to start developing your skills and re-doing your resume. Put in the extra time outside of work to increase your skills.
>How do we get out of this rut bros?
Don't have kids for at least 5 years. Or maybe you should, lot of people seem to be more motivated when they have a kid. Just make sure your wife isn't gonna divorce you and leave you destitute. Put your $$$ in an offshore bank account if she starts getting rowdy.
>>28266171
>who /poorfag/ here?
poorfag feels time?
>tfw the possibility of homelessness is always around the corner
>tfw it's a ketchup and bread night because you don't have enough money for more food
>tfw cold showers because fixing the heating costs too much
>tfw never get birthday or christmas presents. Must buy your own
>tfw not able to afford taking a girl out on a date, so no gf
>tfw your car breaks down and you have to use the bus for six months before you can afford getting it fixed
>tfw sometimes suicide sounds like the ultimate escape from starvation, hopelessness, and apathy (caused by emotional fatigue).
rich people don't know pain.
>>28266334
>I don't know if you guys live in some slavic shithole
Why being rude?
I've worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and traveling took me like 2-3 hours a day, no insurance or health care and I made about 300 USD a month. Such is a life in slavland. No need to bully even more.
>>28266171
>How do we get out of this rut bros?
At this point, I either win at some kind of lottery or it's just going to stay like this.
>>28266605
We actually promised we aren't gonna have kids until we're 30.
The thing is it's a family business and if I wait 20 years or so I'll own the damn thing and make over 100k but I can't wait that long if I want to have a family.
>>28266823
Well if it's a family business then you've got it made. Do whatever you want. If you need more money right now just help them improve the business, or start some small thing on the side. Run a home daycare, that's profitable and easy and will tide you over on having kids for a couple years.
> Student
> Broke as shit, looking for a job but can't find one
> Parents still pay for school but won't help me pay for anything else
> This includes gas, which I use like crazy since I have to drive an hour to get to campus
> But they pay for my sister to live on campus, her gas, her food, and her ticket
> They can pay for a 100+ dollar parking ticket for her but can't even spare five bucks so I can make it to class for one day
Sometimes I wonder why I bother with university instead of just going to a trade school or some shit
>>28266171
>poorfag
>40k
Fuck you, I make 0k a year.
>40k a year
>Poorfag
You either paying too much rent, have expensive taste or lying
40k by yourself is not a bad living one bit.
GET OUT NORMIE
>>28266171
>40k a year
Count your blessings you piece of shit
>>28266334
it is where I live in the midwest
I rent a 4 bed 3 bath for 1k a month (500 a piece) with myself and my friend
>Be me, student. No job, paying for rent with a loan
>decided to move out of this guy's place next weekend because I get the feeling he doesn't respect me (Vietnamese, yells at me for having my window open when he runs the heat even though my room was like 80 degrees because. Threatened to increase my share of the utilities even though I thought I was being cool by saying "It's cool if you guys need the heat, since I don't.)
>Currently pay 540 + 40 for house things + utilities which are around 30-60 given the time of the year
>Went and looked at a place close to where I live preleasing for the next semester
>requires application fee
>690 a month
>1200 deposit
>starting to regret my decision, since I don't know if I'll find somebody I want to live with any better anyways
>wondering if I should just go tell him I don't want to move out anymore and just tough it out until I make some friends just to enjoy stability
fug. Wat do? Rent up here for a 2 bedroom place is like 1800 bucks a month on average. I'm beginning to get nervous as hell because I don't have any income, and wondering if maybe i should just tough it the fuck out. I was halfway moving out to try and save some cash over the next few months, but I don't even think that's a good idea.
I'm stressing the fuck out. Am I making a bad decision here, and letting my emotions get the better of me? Boulder is such a fucking expensive city but the college is good.
>>28267265
>Living in Boulder
>Not living in a loft
>>28267265
Can't you live outside the city and commute? I'm sure you'd end up saving even counting transport.
>>28266334
40k would be poverty tier in LA or SF but there are loads of smaller cities where anything over 30k is breddy cozy living
>>28266699
nigga if you are actually ketchup and breed tier buy a rice cooker and some enriched brown rice and beans and you will be eating more filling shit
>>28266993
is that $100 a month or a semester
>>28267472
I live in south florida so If I want a house I need to pay 1500 plus health insurance and utilities. I don't think 40k could cover that...
>>28267502
>nigga if you are actually ketchup and breed tier
>buy a rice cooker and some enriched brown rice and beans
when you're at ketchup and bread tier it's because you don't have any food left in the house to eat and you only have ketchup and bread left. That means you can't just go out and buy a rice cooker and rice and beans.
>>28267346
W2c lofts then
>>28267430
I suppose I could do that, and I shouldn't be as picky as I am now. A good chunk of it comes from a) me wanting to be in the city to try and promote a good social life and b) Forces me to bike places in the summer to keep in shape.
I suppose I could broaden my search range though and try to not be picky. I just don't have a whole lot going on right now, and don't really have a whole lot of friends here. (If at all) kek
But I suppose beggars can't be choosers
40k a month is not bad in the least if you are living alone, especially if you have roommates. I can see why you feel poor if your wife leeches off of you and won't work and it's 40k between the 2 of you, but if she works, you need to fix your fucking finances senpai
>>28267534
>i live near the beach
>shocked shit is expensive
retard
>>28267502
I meant the ticket cost was something over 100 dollars, I don't remember what exactly. I'm not sure if that's cheap or not since I haven't gotten a ticket before, but she's gotten four over the past two months alone. Per semester they must be spending something like 7k, maybe more. They pay through the nose so she can live by campus in nice accommodations because they're afraid she won't go to class if she doesn't. Jokes on them, she hardly does anyways.
>40k a year
>poor
I live on like 12-14k worthless Canadian dollars a year these days and I have everything I could ever want. And everything here is expensive.
>>28267607
Oh shit, I actually just did the math. Turns out I live on about $8k a year Canadian monopoly money. Literally $8,000. It's cause I'm on welfare.
>>28267563
Look, I don't live in CO, but round here there are some nice towns with decent shops and stuff, rent is cheaper and the commute is short enough to still meet people on weekends if that's what you're into. I wouldn't waste the money on inner-city rentals again, you pay for being near clubs.
>tfw up to 20kGBP per year after tax and NI
>50GBP rent per week which includes everything
>17.50GBP for a bus ticket per week
>Everything is cheap as fuck here (especially food), except for booze and cigs
>>28267694
I suppose I'll look into it. It's just been stupidly nice living next to campus for the past year, that's for damn sure.
Cheers, anon
>>28266171
>40k a year
>poorfag
Fuck off.
>>28266404
That is full time though. Working part time doesn't amount to shit. That is only $1500 a month. that is fucking shit. Especially if you are in California like me.
>>28266993
>Student
>No help from parents
>Have to pay rent
>Fafsa says my parents make too much so I lost my calgrant for two straight years
>Work shitty part time job where I lift boxes at 2 in the morning
Literally the only good thing going for me is that I'm not living in a 3rd world country, but I cannot do shit.
>>28266334
youre either trolling, have massive debt, or you live in LA/NY.
im 26 making 40k a year and can easily pay my mortgage (3bed/2bath 1500sf house). while still putting back a grand a month
>>28268398
Im 25 and make about 35k.
Which wouldnt be TOO bad if the government wasnt taking away fuckin 35% of it all the god damn time.
I would love to have 35k
>>28266171
>married
That's where you fucked up, you goddamned idiot.
You'd be better off making 12k a year single than 40k with some pig wife and potential child.
>>28266171
>40k
>married
you're living the fucking dream you faggot
Dude get a fuckign motorcycle or boat or some shit like that.
>40k at 25
Scrimp for two years and get a fuckign house wiht a fat down payment to keep your mortgage more manageable.
>live in broke ass household
>Mom: I can't pay for your college, do your fafsa and you'll get enough money
>do fafsa
>get to the part where your parent's information is required, or they won't give you most of what you're qualified for
>mom refuses because she's paranoid about hackers stealing her SS number or some shit
>"just apply as an independant"
>doesn't know you need all kinds of paperwork and shit up the yazoo to be accepted as an independant without not getting most of the money
>mfw
I got the number myself but goddamn
