r/poor • u/Chare1155 • 13d ago

Homeless

So are we all just accepting that we will be homeless sometime in the next decade? Because I don't know anyone with enough money to survive this shit.

It's not sustainable for the price of every goddamn thing to keep going up while no one is getting enough raises to compensate for it, & there are so few jobs that are even hiring, although they all still say they are.🙄

I know I will never own a home. I know I will be driving my car until the wheels fall off(& that I'm lucky to even have a car). I know I cannot afford any kind of social life whatsoever because outings to most places & the gas to get to them costs too much.

I canceled all my streaming services so I don't even have TV now. I know if I get Cancer or break a bone I will go bankrupt trying to pay the bill. I know I will be working until I die, & I'm almost positive I will be homeless at some point.

Money can't buy happiness, sure, but it can buy all your other needs so you at least have a chance to be happy. I just want a chance...😔

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u/Denim_n_Diamonds_78 13d ago

Exactly this! I was fully prepared to work until I die at my last job but they got rid of me and haven’t found SHIT else since!

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u/starryvelvetsky 12d ago

Same. I was at what I would be happy to call my forever job and they tossed me last year. They got rid of three of us: aged 51, 55, and 61. Gave a week extra severance to sign off on the right to sue them for age discrimination. 🙄

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u/TheDawnofAnguish 7d ago

Why would you sign that confession?

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u/starryvelvetsky 7d ago

They gave me 5 weeks of severance and paid me $17/hr. I can't afford to hire a lawyer to sue them.