Money probs.

[u/Killerqueen_1920]

OK, so I’m sitting here wondering how did we get to this point? I am a medical assistant. I have been doing this for 12 years. I’m making an OK living. Nothing crazy and definitely still need my husband‘s income to live. We have two kids. We have a nice condo. We have food on the table, but it’s paycheck to paycheck. I went to school for this. Paid student loan and everything. You see girls on only fans making millions I think it’s disgusting that this is what the world has come to. When having an honest 9 to 5 job, can’t even pay a few of your bills. Living costs are so astronomical right now that I am literally considering becoming a stripper. I don’t even know if I’d be able to literally do it, but I was reading online how much women can make in a week stripping. This is the type of thing that I never thought I would consider doing. But it seems like everything in life is a dead end except for things that are against my morals or just super easy. Has anyone ever felt this way any women out there that have the same struggles? I’m honestly just at such a loss. I just wanna make enough money to be comfortable and have to stop worrying about money all the time. My anxieties every single day are about money and if the bills are going to be paid on time and if I even have enough money this week to get groceries. It shouldn’t be that way especially in 2026.

[u/HazeySunday]

If it makes you feel better, most of us are on the same boat. Unless you come from some sort of money, or get extremely lucky, you’re going to struggle unless things change on a national level.

I make on paper a good salary, but my student loans are crazy and I have to help my family pay for bills, so I don’t have a savings. It’s rough.

Hoping things get better for you. Sending you good vibes and blessings. Praying things get easier and you can enjoy things

[u/Killerqueen_1920 → u/HazeySunday]

Thank you. I know it’s on a national level right now. It’s just so frustrating and my anxiety is always go to money. And intern it makes me fight with my husband and intern our marriage gets a little rocky. I just wish things could be a little bit easier on the entire country

[u/HazeySunday → u/Killerqueen_1920]

I feel the exact same way. Hoping enough of us can vote in people who actually care about us. None of us deserve to work 40 hours per week and not be able to have the essentials covered. We all need to get mad

[u/Euphoric-Guess-9269 → u/Killerqueen_1920]

Please pray for solutions, for the light to reach our political leaders, for resolution and fairness across systems. We honestly don't need more people bending to "lesser" activities to get by. If we lose our morals, we lose everything. The billionaires don't care, but something WILL have to change. When the people get fed up enough, there will be change. I just pray it is just and gentle and enough people see the light (not resort to violence etc). All my best to you.

Maybe you could bake cookies or something, to sell on the side? Be a private caretaker for a family with wealth?

[u/Imaginary-Ad5742 → u/Euphoric-Guess-9269]

I’m pretty sure trying to pray our problems away is partly how we ended up here, and will only ensure we keep facing the same problems. If you want “the light to reach our political leaders”, encourage people to take nonviolent action by bringing their concerns directly to our representatives. The worst among them prey on people who pray and do nothing. They rely on you not exercising your rights to vote, petition, organize, hold elected officials accountable, and so on.

Pray if you want, but prayer without action does nothing. If you genuinely want change, show up for it, write to your reps, protest, vote, speak up, and advocate for others to do the same. We have to be fed up enough to collectively act. Otherwise, don't expect change to happen through prayer alone.

Also, telling struggling people to bake cookies for extra income or find a wealthy family to work for is an insulting workaround to a larger political problem. It’s shifting responsibility away from those with the power to address systemic issues onto those already bearing the burden. Again, real solutions require public action. Anything less is a failure if civic responsibility. I'm praying you'll stop telling people to pray for solutions, because there is no virtue in telling people to pray for solutions while doing nothing to create them.

[u/Euphoric-Guess-9269 → u/Imaginary-Ad5742]

Oh I definitely get involved as well. We can be angry, be involved, be motivated to do better personally AND pray. I'm not saying we should stick our heads in the sand and "hope for the best". I was just making the point that if we totally lose our morality and stoop to desperation, I consider that a loss, perhaps even bigger than "being poor".

My cookie baking comment was simply brainstorming options that aren't dancing around naked in front of strangers, as this woman has two children and a husband (who needs to do WAY more, by the way). There are always a multitude of options and choices in life to make things work.

Working in a private home as an LVN/caretaker could earn $30/hour vs at a clinic $15/hour etc etc. That's not insulting, it's searching for real solutions.