I Am Poor Stories of Experiences

I am only 17. 17 year olds should be out spending their money they make at their part time jobs and out having fun. Haha nope, not me. I'm the type of person to save their money and i'm almost afraid to ever be completely broke. I think...

I can sit here and say how horrible my life is by not having anything or whatever. . but one thing I never forgot was somebody else always has it worse than me. This little boy is that other person. .

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For the past year, my family been struggling. my sister, who i live with, was unemployed for 8 months and was recieving no welfare. we had our car taken away and the main issue is keeping food in the house. we're are constantly starving...

In my free time I use something called a GPT site to earn some extra money. It's really easy to do and free to start. I started using this site a little over a year ago and I have to say it's payed off. It's put $800 in my pocket that...

Something I like to do in my free time is use a GPT site to earn some extra money. It's put over $800 in my pocket that would otherwise not be there. It's really easy to do and free to start. You don't need to submit any credit card...

I'm a 17 year old high school student that was accepted to the Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership and Sustainability(YELS) summer program at the University of Florida(UF). I was really excited that I got in because after finishing the 5...

I am poor so poor that, I still live at my parents. As soon as I start saving any money, the car breaks down, someone gets sick, something always has to happen.

I try so hard to try and get by, there is barely any work here, but I...

Today I woke up in tears. My mom is four months behind on rent, The eletric is due to be cut off any day, and ontop that we already had our gas cut off. I live off of disability and my moms income is cut in half. Her bills are more than...

..I once poor in college..everything is falling apart at that time..my grade fall..my scholar gone..i use what i have..

right now i dont care about food..my tasty sensor level is gone..i cannot differentiate taste and bad food..i just...

All my life i grew up in the lower class community, my family could barely afford rent, let alone the 3 kids they had to support. I once lived in a shelter because we had no money to live in a house. we were basically homeless. My mom...

So I don't like her cuz she is making the rich richer. The last episode I saw was a family with a dad in the army and a fat mom and little boy. They had nice house and their issue for being sooooooo poor was that they can't afford...

I am poor and I have been for most of my life, and for all of my adult life. I feel like it's a constant uphill battle, and my attempts to lift my family out of poverty are met with waves of setbacks.

My husband and I were both raised...

Through (and this is true) no fault of my own I recently lost my Company and found myself on the job market for the first time in 30 years as an entrepreneur.
At first I thought ‘no problem’, I have started and run 3 very successful...

I was raised in an middle class family sure we weren't wealthy but we could always afford what we needed to buy, we had a nice home and a brand new vehicle enough food in the fridge to get us through the month. Not sure exactly what...

The once I went, I could tell you all lived in a world of possibility, a world of hope...and a world of the sort of affluence I don't have and never will.  It's too painful and awkward to try to fit into your bright shining world...
I...

Today, I feel poor, I over drafted, and i want to go to sea-world with this certain person, they wont take Le Cash, if I put my cash in the account it will suck it up, may as well wait til Friday and have fun with the cash, great...

I grew up in a very wealthy family. My father's a dentist, and my mom was a school teacher. I grew up always getting want I wanted but still being grateful for what I was given. At 20 years old, I decided the go after this desire of...

I hold my pillow, my eyes won’t closeMy ceiling fan turns and my clock ticks awayThough my heart beats slow, I lay here all aloneMy muscles are tense, I am emptyAs I hold my pillow tightly, I cannot get any restMy mind is flowing as...

 I am poor and have to struggle to buy food, and pay the bills. I just dont make enough and am thankful just to have a job but it doesnt pay enough to support my family of three. WIth no child support making it on 1100 a month is...

I have BF who works in Australia, and he has female best friend who lives in Perth, they are friendship had been 20 years.
Anyway...my mum asked him to get fish tablet from Australia for her arthritis, and he told me that he asked his...