I am a 21 year old woman living with my grandmother in Eastern Kentucky. I had been living in the ghetto in Louisville, $650 a month with a 50 yr old roommate who was an xray tech. Due to groceries, gas, gas bill, electric, etc, me and her both could barely afford the place. I had 2 jobs, one paying $16.65/hr at the zoo and one serving job. That apartment burned down (my luck) so I ended up back with my grandma in rural Kentucky. Back at my hometown sports bar serving. Though some shifts I leave with $7-$20 (mind boggling), it’s still one of the highest paying jobs in my area. A good night is about $200. My boyfriend, who lives in Lou with a roommate, pays $700 a month and makes $17/hr. We are in a position where he has only just enough to afford his rent, and I have only just enough to pay for my car. ($310 insurance, yes that’s the cheapest, I don’t know why, i’ve tried, and $192 car payment). I recently have been fatasizing about us getting a place together, we live 1.5 hours away. Just an apartment, i’d love something with a nice kitchen, maybe a yard… hell i’d love to buy a home. Get married one day, have a daughter. When I think about it I want to cry because it’s near impossible in this economy. Me and him both work so hard, full time if not more. We hardly go out, and buy the cheapest of everything. College is too expensive, trade school is too expensive and so is living right now. I think maybe we should try to get new jobs, hell, maybe even follow our dreams. However, pathetically I don’t think either one of us could even save up one month’s worth of expenses. Im so heartbroken and scared that we will have to live like this forever. Broke and hopeless. I just wanted to rant I guess, maybe if you relate you can tell your story. We’re all in this together…
Edit: Not in a hurry to move in together, our situation isn’t completely fucked. We are lucky to be in our current living situations. Him and I both have a small amount of wiggle room. Perhaps a combined of $800 or so a month.Depends on the month. Im thinking ahead to a year or so from now, I’d really love for us to be happy together with enough to live with low worry. If you know a way we can turn our extra cash into more money somehow, i’m all ears.
Edit: Not in a hurry to move in together, our situation isn’t completely fucked. We are lucky to be in our current living situations. Him and I both have a small amount of wiggle room. Perhaps a combined of $800 or so a month.Depends on the month. Im thinking ahead to a year or so from now, I’d really love for us to be happy together with enough to live with low worry. If you know a way we can turn our extra cash into more money somehow, i’m all ears.