Um, WOW. This poor family!

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Um, WOW. This poor family!
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Wed, 06-10-2009 - 1:42pm

No pun intended, but dang! DH was on the phone with our auto loan people and the rep told him she just talked to a family that had been making 120k a year. BOTH parents were laid off in the last month and now they're only getting 2k a month in unemployment. They have NINE KIDS! And I'm not criticizing the nine kids - we have five ourselves - but that's one heck of a blow to absorb for this family.

I guess my unexpected expense of 4k isn't so bad by comparison. At least it'll be paid this month. Sure, we'll have some ground to make up, but it's hardly anything to complain about. Wow.

All the more motivation for debt free living, and a nice reminder that things could always be worse. (I'm assuming those folks had a car payment, otherwise they wouldn't have been talking to the same rep DH was talking to.)

Sarah


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Sarah
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Thu, 06-11-2009 - 12:28pm

That would be terrible to have two parents losing their jobs at the same time like that. It would be rough not having any kids but 9? Jeepers, that is terrible. I can't even imagine a grocery bill for 11 people, 7 days a week. I hope their families can help them.


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Registered: 08-04-2008
Thu, 06-11-2009 - 12:45pm

Wow, 9 kids and both working?