colowyo0809
Lovin' The Homestead
I don't know if "they" would classify us as working class poor or poverty class rich 
I own my own car because I paid off the loan, SO is paying off his loan. Between the two of us we gross earn roughly $55K a year, but between his car loan, our school loans, and the monthly or (in the case of feed 6weeks) bills we rarely have much if anything left over. It's actually kind of funny, but we don't have credit card debt, we don't have medical debt, but those school loans are killer! Plus, add in the fact that I've been putting 10% of my paycheck each pay period aside in a 401(K) and we definitly don't have alot of money and we generally live check to check. The only "luxuries" we have bills for is the internet and the cell phones and we have the cell phones because if something goes wrong on our commutes we can get call the other person. Plus we have my mother on our calling plan to help her out with her finances (although her being on there only adds around $10 a month ). I wouldn't say we are poor, instead I would say we need to sacrifice more to have the things we need or want to have.
I own my own car because I paid off the loan, SO is paying off his loan. Between the two of us we gross earn roughly $55K a year, but between his car loan, our school loans, and the monthly or (in the case of feed 6weeks) bills we rarely have much if anything left over. It's actually kind of funny, but we don't have credit card debt, we don't have medical debt, but those school loans are killer! Plus, add in the fact that I've been putting 10% of my paycheck each pay period aside in a 401(K) and we definitly don't have alot of money and we generally live check to check. The only "luxuries" we have bills for is the internet and the cell phones and we have the cell phones because if something goes wrong on our commutes we can get call the other person. Plus we have my mother on our calling plan to help her out with her finances (although her being on there only adds around $10 a month ). I wouldn't say we are poor, instead I would say we need to sacrifice more to have the things we need or want to have.
Not many even know our financial situation. I think my cousin meant well but just did not understand how stupid what she said sounded to me in the context of the situation. It was just a remark about getting a "real" job, rather than doing what I do around the home. It was SOoooooooo dumb. I don't care if my house payment was a day or 10 late. It got there, and I didn't have to drop my kids at a sitter, to go to a job I hate, to get it there. This is the SAME cousin who dreams of being a SAHM because I do it 
Some folks are never satisfied...ever, and sometimes I think they don't want those of us who are satisfied to STAY satisfied. Misery loves company. Thankfully, i rarely see this particular cousin because she is ALWAYS busy working 
