I have 2 packs of noodles left, I have 3½ euros and I'm not getting any money until the 10th of November. *shakes his fist at those rich buggers who live JUST below the poverty line* I'm currently browsing through my book and game collection to see if I have anything I could sell.
Share your experiences of tight financial situations and how you pulled through without starvation.

Hmm.. I have 15 Euros in my wallet that I can't be arsed to go into town and exchange for English pounds.

Sorry, I'm in a tormenting mood.

I just ordered a X1800 XL.

You're such an ***.

Well, if you came to the US, since the exchange rate so bad for US, you could get more for your money.

Isn't 3.5 euros enough for 10 more packs of noodles?

I know $1.44 buys you 12 packs of Ramen here.

Hrm, let's see, right now I'm eating (at best) two meals a day. I don't eat breakfast. At work, my lunch consists of a pack of Cheesits, a Kit-Kat bar, and a Mountain Dew. Total cost: $1.70

At night, sometimes I get a meal, sometimes I get a sandwich, and sometimes I get nothing at all.

Before everyone starts feeling sorry for me, let me explain...

I don't eat breakfast because I don't allow enough time for it. That's all I eat a lunch because I don't like the "pre-ready" foods at work and my wife uses the car during the day (else I'd go to Hardee's and get a combo). We leave the kids with relatives during the day, so all we have to do is worry about feeding ourselves when we get home at night. If we pick the kids up at her grandmothers, then I'm treated to leftovers. We haven't hit bad financial times, we're putting two to three hundred a week in savings. We're preparing for Christmas and saving up to add to what we get back from our tax return in March to purchase a new home (paid off in cash...no stinking intrest earning mortgage). So, we're skimping where ever we can. We're also helping out with her grandparents bills, so that kinda puts a dampening on things.

However, a year ago at this time we were pretty bad off. It was around this time last year that I lost my job. She wasn't working either, so things were tight. We had to borrow money from relatives, I missed several car payments (to my parents), ect. just to have food on the table for her kids and gas in the car for me to look for a job. I paid $11 to get a (good for one month) buisness license to do computer service and repair. I only made a couple of calls, but it was barely enough to get us through until I got the job I have now. Since then, money had been tight, but not as bad. The next pit fall was after we she had our son. We actually abandoned our home and moved in with relatives. She got a job and we both paid off the bills that had accumalated.

We still haven't moved back in. We're in (and have been for almost 2 months) the process of cleaning it up so we can either move back in (temporarily) or rent it out to someone. Up until about a week ago, I had been working 2 jobs. Now I'm starting to get more time to go out there and work on it, so it shouldn't be long now.

So, from the time I moved in with her until now, we are much better off (all things considered). She has grown up more and started to take more responsibility. When it comes to finances, she still has to learn a little more control over her spending (I started dumping money into the savings account to keep her from accessing the checking account and I confiscated all the check books). A year from now, it'll again be a totally different story as we'll be well enough off that we'll be able to take a vacation.

God Sami your situation hasnt changed at all since I was on holiday has it?

Sell all your books....

TO ME!!!!!!


MUAHHAHAHA

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Here we have packs of 20 ramen noodle thingies for $2USD each. I'm pretty sure you'll be okay if you find a lot of cheap food.

Sure it has changed....for the worse :p
And NEVER!!! I'll rather die than sell a single WoD book!!!


And I bought 2 x 500 grams of pasta and I stole a bottle of ketchup, I'll survive, it's just gonna be a REALLY boring diet for a little while.
Ah well, when all this is over I'm gonna get over 500 euros, of which only 200 will go to rent. Then it's partytime!

$6 for a 24 pack of cup-a-soups
yay!

$10 says Morpheus spends that 300 euros on a new sexy velvet jacket and...

wait a minute dude... how can u afford menthols with your lack of money? ZOMG

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I just bought LCS.

I just roll, its 400% cheaper

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I just, you know, don't smoke. It's(lim x->tan(pi/2))% cheaper.

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]I just bought LCS.[/QUOTE]
I just bought LSD.

I just bought your sister.

Well, I haven't smoked ever since my funds went down to 20 euros, that's 2 weeks now.

I just spent $400 on a new monitor, heh.

Get a job at a restraunt. I ate like a king over the summer, and it didn't cost me a penny.

yeah? but u got real FAT, baby! :p

Morpheus, my soul cries for your lack of cancer sticks

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I borrowed $14,000 to get through school and I still owe 13,000 of it. That was 5 years ago or something. When it ran out just short of graduation, I moved out of my apartment and moved in with my brother. Having a nice family really rocks. With 3.5 euro can't you go buy a bunch of top ramen? It's only like 15 cents a pack here.

ramen owns. Once I live on my own, I'll buy like 5 groceries on a regular basis... Ramen, milk, cereal, mountain dew, and beer.

My financial situation has never been so dire, but I have poorly managed my funds. I overbought on hamburgers one week, and ate them for every meal, every day.

Mac'n cheese is always a good cheap short-term solution, if you get sick of the el cheapo noodles. I can get the no name stuff here for about $1.50 a box. It's great for 2 econo meals.