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Living on low income - accepting the "poor" life.
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<blockquote data-quote="black4vcobra" data-source="post: 15945906" data-attributes="member: 82394"><p>Many others have mentioned it but "poor" is a relative term. Some people are just happy with a roof over their heads and food on the table because that's how they have always lived. Since you came from a privileged background, you are now seeing the other side of it.</p><p></p><p>Most of my childhood we were very average for the relatively affluent suburb that we lived in. Then, when I was 13 my dad and uncle started a trucking company. We went from 2 incomes to 1 and we all had to sacrifice. My mom took it the hardest as she had to work to pay all the bills and vacations, new clothes, eating out, new electronics, nice vehicles, etc was out of the question.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward 20 years and pops makes $200k/year working 1 day a week as my uncle sold his portion of the business and the other guy has to work more to pay him back so it was worth it. Life is good for them now as the folks have 2 houses and a lake property, nice vehicles, lots of vacations, 4 wheelers, utvs, 3 boats, etc and we get to enjoy their success.</p><p></p><p>I never wanted to struggle the way we did for a few years so i earned an engineering degree but unfortunately graduated in 2008 when the job market was on the way down. Struggled for a few years but did manage to buy a house. Ended up moving for work buying a house with my fiancee and now at 34 and 32 we are pretty comfortable and talking about kids. She doesn't make a ton of money but she's also pretty frugal so it works out. Even still, with 4 cars, nice house, boat, vacations, etc we are doing better than what our parents were doing at the same point in life so we know we are doing something right.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, don't get hung up on material items because they may bring fun to your life, it's the things you earn (relationship, friends, fitness, job success, etc) that really bring happiness in life. And not only that, if you get hung up on material things you will compare to others and there is ALWAYS someone with more money or more toys and even though they may have more stuff, that doesn't mean they are happier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="black4vcobra, post: 15945906, member: 82394"] Many others have mentioned it but "poor" is a relative term. Some people are just happy with a roof over their heads and food on the table because that's how they have always lived. Since you came from a privileged background, you are now seeing the other side of it. Most of my childhood we were very average for the relatively affluent suburb that we lived in. Then, when I was 13 my dad and uncle started a trucking company. We went from 2 incomes to 1 and we all had to sacrifice. My mom took it the hardest as she had to work to pay all the bills and vacations, new clothes, eating out, new electronics, nice vehicles, etc was out of the question. Fast forward 20 years and pops makes $200k/year working 1 day a week as my uncle sold his portion of the business and the other guy has to work more to pay him back so it was worth it. Life is good for them now as the folks have 2 houses and a lake property, nice vehicles, lots of vacations, 4 wheelers, utvs, 3 boats, etc and we get to enjoy their success. I never wanted to struggle the way we did for a few years so i earned an engineering degree but unfortunately graduated in 2008 when the job market was on the way down. Struggled for a few years but did manage to buy a house. Ended up moving for work buying a house with my fiancee and now at 34 and 32 we are pretty comfortable and talking about kids. She doesn't make a ton of money but she's also pretty frugal so it works out. Even still, with 4 cars, nice house, boat, vacations, etc we are doing better than what our parents were doing at the same point in life so we know we are doing something right. Anyway, don't get hung up on material items because they may bring fun to your life, it's the things you earn (relationship, friends, fitness, job success, etc) that really bring happiness in life. And not only that, if you get hung up on material things you will compare to others and there is ALWAYS someone with more money or more toys and even though they may have more stuff, that doesn't mean they are happier. [/QUOTE]
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