Wow, this economic crisis nailed my family

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  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    the wolf wrote:
    dude i cant believe you are saying this. its not a contest to see who is fucked the hardest.


    she and or her husband worked their entier lives probably to have that, you cant say oh well, just because someone down the street was less fortunate.

    i think all the comments about boo hoo, and what about this person are sad.

    thank you

    im not trying to make people feel bad for me or my family i just want to make people aware....most of the money was in a "safe" place but the remaining money thats left isn't going to get my grandma through 3-4 years from now, and now I have to take out a student loan that I wasn't planning on taking at all which is going to be about 500 a month once I graduate...my moms remaining money has to get her through the next few years because my step dad lost his job so shes the main provider...do you have any idea how hard it is to get a job these days?

    for you people saying "boohoo"...try working your WHOLE life, losing your significant other while raising 2 kids, traveling 2 hours each way to the city until your 67...just so you can be comfortable when you retire, and then a year into retirement, all of that was for nothing
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Rygar wrote:
    Sorry to hear, that sucks.
    Do you all drive BMWs?

    What does that have to do with anything? That was pretty rude.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    thank you

    im not trying to make people feel bad for me or my family i just want to make people aware....most of the money was in a "safe" place but the remaining money thats left isn't going to get my grandma through 3-4 years from now, and now I have to take out a student loan that I wasn't planning on taking at all which is going to be about 500 a month once I graduate...my moms remaining money has to get her through the next few years because my step dad lost his job so shes the main provider...do you have any idea how hard it is to get a job these days?

    for you people saying "boohoo"...try working your WHOLE life, losing your significant other while raising 2 kids, traveling 2 hours each way to the city until your 67...just so you can be comfortable when you retire, and then a year into retirement, all of that was for nothing

    which is why i said
    "fuck you u.s. government"

    i really do feel for your grandma
    the exact same thing is happening to many people right now
    frickin horrible, just horrible.
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    What does that have to do with anything? That was pretty rude.
    No, it wasn't pretty rude.
    Did he not say they may have to sell his mother's car? I already know he drives a BMW.
    It was a question, if you find it rude, it wasn't, deal with it.
  • jbalicki10
    jbalicki10 Posts: 517
    the wolf wrote:
    i did read his post. go back and read my response. look i dont know many well off people. and im broke as fuck, but i cant hate on people losing their retirement, just because they had more to lose than others.
    thats just fucking stupid.

    Look, the OP Grandma took a big hit on the stock because she got greedy or recieved very bad advice on 401k. She still is not broke. I don't really sympathize with her because she took a risk. She should have known the risks that were involved before taking the plunge. I took a beating as well as the rest of America. Everything now is hindsight.

    I can sympathize with the OP on his parents trying to pay for his/her college and not being able too because of the market crash. This was probably the only way they would have been able to afford college and had to take the risk. Talk about bad timing. I guess the best they can do is to take a loan out and hopefully the market will recover in 5-10 years to pay off the loans. All is not lost though.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    Rygar wrote:
    No, it wasn't pretty rude.
    Did he not say they may have to sell his mother's car? I already know he drives a BMW.
    It was a question, if you find it rude, it wasn't, deal with it.

    I drive my DADs beamer every once in a while
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  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    Rygar wrote:
    No, it wasn't pretty rude.
    Did he not say they may have to sell his mother's car? I already know he drives a BMW.
    It was a question, if you find it rude, it wasn't, deal with it.


    Rygar good on you! .....you showed more backbone with that comment than any Hab since Roy! ;)
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I drive my DADs beamer every once in a while
    I remember your thread about breaking the land-speed record between DC and NYC or something ;)
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Rygar good on you! .....you showed more backbone with that comment than any Hab since Roy! ;)
    haha, I forgot to mention it I was leaving for another thread
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    you've only lost money if you've cashed out. just wait it out. if you're not old, that is.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    the wolf wrote:
    so what ! a million aint shit anymore. lets not forget, she probably worked all her life to get that.

    what a shitty thing to say.

    thats a shitty thing to say to the many many millions of folk who havent got a fucking bean.. and you think $1,000,000 aint shit?

    perhaps america needs a shock to its system... a million bucks is a lot of money.. if it isnt then you have way too much.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    Rygar wrote:
    I remember your thread about breaking the land-speed record between DC and NYC or something ;)

    from DC to fairfax, hahaha it was epic that car moves
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    dunkman wrote:
    thats a shitty thing to say to the many many millions of folk who havent got a fucking bean.. and you think $1,000,000 aint shit?

    perhaps america needs a shock to its system... a million bucks is a lot of money.. if it isnt then you have way too much.


    im unemployed and broke, my gf and i are living on her income which is under 40k a year.

    im saying, life investement, and maintianing a certain lifestyle , a million dollars wont take you as far. a million isnt what it used to be. would it make MY life better, fuck yeah. but if you have worked your ass off all your life to have a million to live the rest of your life on, while taking care of someone else, thats really not a ton.

    i come from a poor ass family. my dad owned his own buisness and sitll only brought home 500 bucks a week. so im not saying that its not a lot. im just saying if thats your nest egg, and you lose almost half of it, you are semi fucked .

    thats all. dont get you skirt in a uproar.
    Peace, Love.

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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Rygar wrote:
    No, it wasn't pretty rude.
    Did he not say they may have to sell his mother's car? I already know he drives a BMW.
    It was a question, if you find it rude, it wasn't, deal with it.

    I thought you were calling him out by saying he is rich. ok
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    I thought you were calling him out by saying he is rich. ok
    I wasn't, but he is (or I assume close).
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    from DC to fairfax, hahaha it was epic that car moves
    haha, I hope you don't have a habit of driving like that ;)
  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    chadwick wrote:
    their is always a smart ass in the bunch.
    nice work.
    Pot....meet kettle ;)
    Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Pot....meet kettle ;)


    lol :D
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Pot....meet kettle ;)
    or

    fuck meet you ;)

    kinda like chocolate meet nutbutter :D
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    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
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    no more forever."
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