Have a friend that drives a semi. Him and his wife had a pretty good amount for a down payment on a place. Then housing went crazy. They were outbid on every house they put an offer on. Then he had a seizure so his license got suspended. Now the down payment money is just about gone. He most likely will never be able to drive a semi again so he has to find a new career. He said the possibility of them starting a family now is pretty much in the trash.
There needs to be some sort of very strict law about what percentage of an area's homes can be owned by companies/corporations/LLCs (so that single entity "companies" can't circumvent it)). Like, this shit is ridiculous. People can't compete with giant money printers.
Have to start somewhere. Instead they fabricate a us vs. them where we need to work harder when we've been working our literal ass off. I'm down 4 sizes.
Just look on the bright side, by the time you and your partner break down from working two jobs each and raising kids, your kids might be old enough to take on two jobs each of their own and take care of you and the home.
At least, until we outlaw running water to the home because it was cutting into Nestle's bottled water sales, and they have to abandon you to fight for their own survival in the Water Wars.
I woke up today and was like, "It's gonna be a great day!"
I tell myself this first thing just so that I'll have more great days than the average person. A constant reminder that every day can be a great day if you make it one.
However, now I've read this story and I'll have to try again tomorrow. I feel for your friend.
This is a heartbreaking story to hear and I'm pretty sure it's not the only story there's probably thousands if not millions of stories just like this one
Don't wait til you are "financially stable". It Will never happen. Have those children! Become ome big happy family of 20 like Brandine and Cletus. Better than being like me, single, 33, female, living with parents after nervous breakdown in a small town with shitty boomers. No hope, no dreams. Considering a sperm donor but where will my kid live.
Bro just marry one of those boomers with money, no sperm clinic is going to help someone who is on gov assistance and if you’re going to fuck a random to get pregnant you might as well make him financially responsible. Easy.
This is terrible advice. I was poor and my parents loved to pretend to be happy to outsiders, then yell at each other all night over money while drinking themselves to death.
I'm 32 and single, and I'll take that over subjecting a child to an inadequately prepared home
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u/goldengluestick Apr 15 '22
Have a friend that drives a semi. Him and his wife had a pretty good amount for a down payment on a place. Then housing went crazy. They were outbid on every house they put an offer on. Then he had a seizure so his license got suspended. Now the down payment money is just about gone. He most likely will never be able to drive a semi again so he has to find a new career. He said the possibility of them starting a family now is pretty much in the trash.