I knew it was too good to be true...

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Registered: 01-06-2005
I knew it was too good to be true...
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Mon, 09-12-2005 - 11:44pm

After paying off the lawyer bill, and one credit card debt completely....come to find out since I withdrew from school over a year ago, I am not allowed to use financial aid AT ALL this semester of college! Here we have been expecting a $700 REFUND CHECK to arrive in the mail, and now we find out we owe $2,600!!!!

UGH!

I find this out too late to withdraw for a full refund, too. So, I paid them $680 already and will be paying about $650/month from now thru November.

How is it when we start to get ahead, we have to take a huge step back!??? Not fair. DH's job is KILLING him, but there is NO WAY we can afford for him to find a different job right now. I feel so awful for him!!!! :( I'm cutting expenses as best I can right now, but it is hard to come up with $2,600 that I didn't budget for whatsoever!!!

Jennifer

 

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Registered: 05-11-2004
Tue, 09-13-2005 - 8:22am

I'm so sorry, I know exactly what you're going through. The same thing happened to my DH and we had to pay a quarter out of our pocket as well. It seems like just when you think you're on track, you get knocked back down.

I (finally!) paid off the medical expenses from my DS' birth (in Feb '04) in August, and guess whatI got in the mail literally the next week? 2 $400 bills from the SAME DOCTOR and HOSPITAL for a procedure I had done in July (I wasn't expecting it to be so high!).

I'm sorry, this isn't about me. I just want you to know that I do know what you're goi ng through and that, somehow, we always seem to make it on the upside of things.

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Tue, 09-13-2005 - 10:02am
No words of wisdom...just a hug and sorry this happens.
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Wed, 09-21-2005 - 12:52am

OH NO! More bad news now! Turns out (loooooooong story) that DH is now having $97/week taken out of his paychecks for child support. We had no idea this was coming! (Again, long story, but he has no visitation rights, so he hasn't had to pay support for the last 3 years!!!)

So, after being $2,600 down, now we are losing a hundred bucks a week too!!!!!!!!

When will it ever end????????????? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Jennifer

 

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