[Katana]

heh heh yeah it definitely isn't easy when 90% of the food out there is total shit. eating out though is probly one of the worst things you can do IMO though. I guess I'm "lucky" that I don't make enough money to afford to eat out lol. the poverty diet works people!!

No, no it doesn't. While fast food and most other places to eat out ARE just as bad, true poverty food consists of tons of sodium and carbs == FATTENING. At least some restaurant food is actually plenty good, you just have to be picky, just like at home. You also need money to fucking afford such food.

well yeah I guess it takes a combination of poverty and smart decisions I eat pretty healthy though only spending 50 bucks a week on food.

Wow, that's our budget for 2 weeks...for 2 of us!

[AbiDrew85]

heh heh yeah it definitely isn't easy when 90% of the food out there is total shit. eating out though is probly one of the worst things you can do IMO though. I guess I'm "lucky" that I don't make enough money to afford to eat out lol. the poverty diet works people!!

No, no it doesn't. While fast food and most other places to eat out ARE just as bad, true poverty food consists of tons of sodium and carbs == FATTENING. At least some restaurant food is actually plenty good, you just have to be picky, just like at home. You also need money to fucking afford such food.

well yeah I guess it takes a combination of poverty and smart decisions I eat pretty healthy though only spending 50 bucks a week on food.

Wow, that's our budget for 2 weeks...for 2 of us!

Heck, I think we're trying to survive on even less than that! Not by much compared to you Katana, but... Sorry Goodwill but you don't seem to understand just what broke means. You're poor, sure, maybe even in poverty too, but there's poor and then there's OMG how do you even survive. When you truly live hand to mouth like we do, then there's no way to afford decent food, period. You take the handouts you're given, buy what you CAN and just deal with it. My BF has been at a job the last few months that payed only 10.75/hr, TRYING like hell to get a better one, and only today got accepted in as a temp at a new one at 12/hr to start, with a raise as soon as he's officially hired in. I've been trying unsuccessfully to get a job myself. Katana is obviously in similar straits.

[Katana]

heh heh yeah it definitely isn't easy when 90% of the food out there is total shit. eating out though is probly one of the worst things you can do IMO though. I guess I'm "lucky" that I don't make enough money to afford to eat out lol. the poverty diet works people!!

No, no it doesn't. While fast food and most other places to eat out ARE just as bad, true poverty food consists of tons of sodium and carbs == FATTENING. At least some restaurant food is actually plenty good, you just have to be picky, just like at home. You also need money to fucking afford such food.

well yeah I guess it takes a combination of poverty and smart decisions I eat pretty healthy though only spending 50 bucks a week on food.

Wow, that's our budget for 2 weeks...for 2 of us!

Heck, I think we're trying to survive on even less than that! Not by much compared to you Katana, but... Sorry Goodwill but you don't seem to understand just what broke means. You're poor, sure, maybe even in poverty too, but there's poor and then there's OMG how do you even survive. When you truly live hand to mouth like we do, then there's no way to afford decent food, period. You take the handouts you're given, buy what you CAN and just deal with it. My BF has been at a job the last few months that payed only 10.75/hr, TRYING like hell to get a better one, and only today got accepted in as a temp at a new one at 12/hr to start, with a raise as soon as he's officially hired in. I've been trying unsuccessfully to get a job myself. Katana is obviously in similar straits.

My partner works 10 hrs a week to earn minimum wage (£6.70) and has to pay a whole weeks wages just to afford the bus there and back each day.
And our housing benefit got cut by about 16% for the next year because of some bullshit mistake they made overpaying us while i was working
Our rent is about £120 higher than our housing benefit so somehow out of the £200 my partner has left over after his bus fares and the £200 I get from jobseekers allowance we have to pay our council tax (£60), electric(£40), water(£30), insurance (£20), phone bills (£30), laundry tokens (£20), and our rent (£120)
Leaving us £80 or so for the month

[PinkTable]

40£ for electric bills!? I pay like maybe 20£ or less every 3 months. Damn, that's expensive! I had no income at all like august-january and still had to pay for rent (420£ or so) and other things obviously. I can understand the struggle..

[AbiDrew85]

My partner works 10 hrs a week to earn minimum wage (£6.70) and has to pay a whole weeks wages just to afford the bus there and back each day.
And our housing benefit got cut by about 16% for the next year because of some bullshit mistake they made overpaying us while i was working
Our rent is about £120 higher than our housing benefit so somehow out of the £200 my partner has left over after his bus fares and the £200 I get from jobseekers allowance we have to pay our council tax (£60), electric(£40), water(£30), insurance (£20), phone bills (£30), laundry tokens (£20), and our rent (£120)
Leaving us £80 or so for the month

Sounds like living expenses for us are higher, but your partner makes less than mine. I don't know the exact exchange between British pounds and USD though. Definitely feel your pain.

[Katana]

My partner works 10 hrs a week to earn minimum wage (£6.70) and has to pay a whole weeks wages just to afford the bus there and back each day.
And our housing benefit got cut by about 16% for the next year because of some bullshit mistake they made overpaying us while i was working
Our rent is about £120 higher than our housing benefit so somehow out of the £200 my partner has left over after his bus fares and the £200 I get from jobseekers allowance we have to pay our council tax (£60), electric(£40), water(£30), insurance (£20), phone bills (£30), laundry tokens (£20), and our rent (£120)
Leaving us £80 or so for the month

Sounds like living expenses for us are higher, but your partner makes less than mine. I don't know the exact exchange between British pounds and USD though. Definitely feel your pain.

£1 is $1.40 or so.
We are very careful with electric and water. We don't have our own WiFi or anything.
I'll admit that we are lucky as our area has relatively low living expenses compared to some others. Part of being in the South West makes it cheaper.
What sort of property are you in? We are in a miniscule 1 bed flat lol
I reckon we both have it bad lol

[BillyBoy_Delano]

I sell furnature and mattresses. When you sleep on your side you create a pressure point on the shoulder you sleep on. The downward blood flow and gravity pushing on your body makes it heavier on one side. We sell side sleep pillows for neck allignment. So I believe blood flow and weight is accelerated on your side you sleep on. My right breast is bigger due to sleeping on my right.

[AbiDrew85]

[quote='ArcaneKatana' pid='175518' dateline='1458837635']
My partner works 10 hrs a week to earn minimum wage (£6.70) and has to pay a whole weeks wages just to afford the bus there and back each day.
And our housing benefit got cut by about 16% for the next year because of some bullshit mistake they made overpaying us while i was working
Our rent is about £120 higher than our housing benefit so somehow out of the £200 my partner has left over after his bus fares and the £200 I get from jobseekers allowance we have to pay our council tax (£60), electric(£40), water(£30), insurance (£20), phone bills (£30), laundry tokens (£20), and our rent (£120)
Leaving us £80 or so for the month

£1 is $1.40 or so.
We are very careful with electric and water. We don't have our own WiFi or anything.
I'll admit that we are lucky as our area has relatively low living expenses compared to some others. Part of being in the South West makes it cheaper.
What sort of property are you in? We are in a miniscule 1 bed flat lol
I reckon we both have it bad lol

My partner has a mortgage on a slightly over 1ksqft small house, which is probably much bigger than your flat and also much more expensive. I think he's currently on a ~$600/month there. One thing we have been looking into for saving some is to move somewhere we'd rent. Both similar size and downsize with the added cost of then also needing a storage unit for half our junk or more. So far no luck. What really sucks is he actually inherited the house from his grandmother initially, and owned it outright. But several years of low pay later, a single bad decision to take out a mortgage to pay other bills and several more years down the road this is what we're now faced with. Sadly rent for even tiny flats here is similar to our mortgage.

[Katana]

[quote='ArcaneKatana' pid='175518' dateline='1458837635']
My partner works 10 hrs a week to earn minimum wage (£6.70) and has to pay a whole weeks wages just to afford the bus there and back each day.
And our housing benefit got cut by about 16% for the next year because of some bullshit mistake they made overpaying us while i was working
Our rent is about £120 higher than our housing benefit so somehow out of the £200 my partner has left over after his bus fares and the £200 I get from jobseekers allowance we have to pay our council tax (£60), electric(£40), water(£30), insurance (£20), phone bills (£30), laundry tokens (£20), and our rent (£120)
Leaving us £80 or so for the month

£1 is $1.40 or so.
We are very careful with electric and water. We don't have our own WiFi or anything.
I'll admit that we are lucky as our area has relatively low living expenses compared to some others. Part of being in the South West makes it cheaper.
What sort of property are you in? We are in a miniscule 1 bed flat lol
I reckon we both have it bad lol

My partner has a mortgage on a slightly over 1ksqft small house, which is probably much bigger than your flat and also much more expensive. I think he's currently on a ~$600/month there. One thing we have been looking into for saving some is to move somewhere we'd rent. Both similar size and downsize with the added cost of then also needing a storage unit for half our junk or more. So far no luck. What really sucks is he actually inherited the house from his grandmother initially, and owned it outright. But several years of low pay later, a single bad decision to take out a mortgage to pay other bills and several more years down the road this is what we're now faced with. Sadly rent for even tiny flats here is similar to our mortgage.

That is actually less than our rent (even if it is only £1 lol) Without benefits we'd be paying £424
We applied for a £360 a month council flat but the council says we can't afford it so we are still in this one

[AbiDrew85]

That is actually less than our rent (even if it is only £1 lol) Without benefits we'd be paying £424
We applied for a £360 a month council flat but the council says we can't afford it so we are still in this one

Oh. Well, you do have assistance though. We're paying all of it. The only help we get is that occasionally his mom or my parents will give us some free food. Never very good food, but since we're practically beggars, as I said earlier, you take what you're given.