DISCUSSION:HOW HAS THE ECONOMY AFFECTED YOUR HOUSEHOLD AND YOU?

[alainaellington]

I know this will sound strange...but it hasn't really affected me all that much..I mean the prices of everything goes up...which sucks..and my family members are losing their jobs...being laid off...as well as my friends...and my heart as well as my prayers go out to them....We have been blessed beyond our wildest dreams because my husband has a stable steady job....however I know that if the economy isn't fixed sometime soon that could change. For now we rely on God's greatness and His promise of "ask and you shall receive." and continue to pray everyday that we can continue to live the way we do...
I should probably mention that we have always been very frugal with our money...we don't shop often...we buy only what's absolutely necessary...we try to save money by smart grocery shopping...as well as energy efficient everything....so because I was already practicing all of these money saving habits I think that is another reason that we haven't entirely felt the economy drop...because really nothing has changed for us....
I will be praying for all of you that are having hard times....it breaks my heart....I'm sorry to hear of such sadness, anxiety, and worry....
Just remember to have Faith and ask God for everything you need....Trust in His Word!

[turtlelove09]

The economy has effected m family hugely!

[dianeallen99]

I've been out of work for along time and am disabled, so for many years had to cut corners, pinch pennies, and scale back.  I guess you could say I'm use to going without the expensive luxuries and have created new ways and means to make up for it. You adjust to the new way of life.  After awhile it doesn't bother you.

[MysticalMoon]

My family and I have been blessed by the Gods and Goddesses.
 My family so far is doing well. Of course we don't spend crazily either, we never have. Our credit isn't all that grand either but we still have two vechiles that we can still afford to pay for.
 However, the economy has me thinking it's time for me to go back to college and finish my MS. You never know what will happen tomorrow! My hubby may be out of work and we will be depending on my BS degree. Which is not very high degree anymore.
 
 Times are rough for sure, I hope things will look up soon. Specially for others that have little ones in these crazy economy days.

[woodensaint]

The economy has hit me pretty hard. I still have a job, but had to take a 20% wage cut. My brother lost most of his benefits and was downgraded from a full time employee to part time. He and his two kids moved in with me and he has very little to contribute. I went from being single and care free to in debt and support a family of four almost over night. I have given up pretty much all of my entertainment expenses. They have been replaced by those of raising elementary age kids. It is really frustrating. I spend most of my days asking "Why me", but there really isn't anyone else. The upshot is I finally have a legitamite excuse for not dating.

[trop8cana]

I can say that it put it us on a very strict budget.So here I am finding other ways to earn extra money to try and save.The economy really SUCKS!!!!!And there is always something that unexpected to come up that puts us in tighter bind.Crazy life these days.........can only hope for better.

[katcr26]

just trying to save as much money as possible....not eating out and only buying what i really need.

[joesgirl2008]

this month really sucked for us we had a stomach bug which went through all three of us then i got pneumonia and hubby and the baby got bronchitis we had to spend over 400 in medicines one of my antibiotics alone was 327.77 which made our rent late and we had to spend our savings of ones. we save all of our one dollar bills it adds up quick

[klkwid]

I took a huge pay cut and now I'm trying to save as much money as I can by doing the double coupon days at a local supermarket and doing as many online surveys and such as I can.  I hope things will start to look up around here soon!!

[me1me]

The hours at my job have been cut.  This of course has caused a cut in my paycheck.  As a singel parent, tis has caused  me to have to rethink what I spend money on.  I have to cut back on things and give up on the idea of being able to have a happy mother's day or even a happy birthday (which is also this month).  In thinking ahead, I don't even know if my kids with have happy birthdays or Christmas.  Our "gifts" for the year will be having a place to stay, ligts, heat, and as a bonus food.

[nicatnite7777]

im a stay at home mom. im looking for work and cant seem to find anything in my area and this june will be 2 years that i havent worked and its so stressfull because my feance took an 8 dollar an hour pay cut and has been out of work for 3 months now. and we lost our place moved in with family and gave our car back to the bank so we are feeling it bad really bad its causing a lot to stress on our realationship and family.

[bschumacher]

I'm sorry to hear that. At least I still have my teaching job, although my hours have been cut 8%. And I shouldn't complain; some of my colleagues who teach other subjects have had their hours cut by 33% and will lose their benefits as a result. I wish you luck and hope you find work soon.

[vlsm23]

The ruined economy taught me that I hate politicians and rich people.  They ruined it for honest, hard working people so they get make more money for themselves.  As the economy has become worse over the last year I have graduated with an MBA that I cannot use because the job market sucks, got laid off by my company because they were cutting payroll to avoid their billionaire owner from dropping the investment in the company, lost my health insurance and could not afford to pay out of pocket for it on my unemployment check, and just had my husband go into the hospital last weekend for an appendectomy.  I have been unemployed so long that I have spent all my savings, maxed out my credit cards and try everyday to make make money doing surveys online.  If there was one individual to blame for the worldwide economic mess, I would say they deserve to arrested and sentenced to death.  Unfortunately, I just have to "wait until the economy improves."

[katkenn1124]

Not much, I was broke before & I am broke now!! LOL Seriously, jobs are a little harder to find & prices are higher on most things, but at least gas prices are staying down. I live in Missouri & it hasn't affected this area too badly.
If you want someone to blame, thank the former president.