Living paycheck to paycheck

[GLIII]

I've been noticing a strange trend (I think) of people living from paycheck to paycheck. Do any of you live from paycheck to paycheck?

[Anime Daisuki]

It depends on what you mean by that... If you mean, can you last one month if you go out of work immediately? The answer is yes. But I can't last more than 6 months...

[Bad Infinitum]

I don't personally, but when you leave the country and don't any more than a hundred bucks in a whole eight month period, your paychecks start to stack up.

There's nothing wrong with the lifestyle, though. Money doesn't mean anything. Good luck with retirement, though.

[GLIII]

I guess I mean if you lost your job today would you be able to survive the next month (when bills are due and fun stuff like that)

[Christians A Liberty]

Not!

[LondonCity]

Well I'm a student and my dad works for Allen & Overy so I could probably survive a while lol.

[Mommahood]

Living paycheck to paycheck generally means that you have no money left over after needs (bills, gas, groceries). My in-laws live paycheck to paycheck. The one good thing about it, though is that you quickly learn what you really need. Now, if I could just explain to the concept of needs vs. wants to them. -sigh-

[MinnaCaroline]

We didn't until we sent our son to private school last year... for one year. We're still catching up and so sad to say... yeah we probably are living paycheck to paycheck but that's all gonna change because tomorrow I'm going to win the lottery!!! ;D

[Chronopolice]

I have saved a lot of money when I was working. I have invested it in a small business.

[Enigmatic]

Good luck with that small business, Chrono. Our's isn't exactly doing well at the moment. Time's are tough all over.

[Lettgalia]

First of all, I have to say that I am not responsible for myself yet in financial terms of making ends meet, since I'm a student in his last year of grammar school who lives in a suburban house with his parents, a brother and a grandmother.

My father is an official for the State of Hesse, a tax inspector, to be precise. That adds a lot of safety in times of economic crises and instability. The payments for similar work on the free market would be higher, but officials of the federal German states can't get fired (unless they commit a crime) and they and their families have automatical access to private healthcare. This really helps a not to have to live from paycheck to paycheck, however there is not much money to live a somewhat luxurious or extremely comfortable life, but that's not important to me anyway.

[Goat Hill]

My God shall provide all my needs

[Rondlesia]

Personally I don't understand the concept of needs vs. wants to me they're all essentials of life.

And Personally I don't live Paycheck to Paycheck cause I'm 14 and my parents still pay for everything, and no my parents don't live paycheck to paycheck either.


And I feel sorry to every who's businesses aren't doing well, ours are still doing quite well though not quite as well as before.(My parents own investment companies, and invest in small business especially dry cleaners and laundromats)

Though it is kinda hard to live paycheck to paycheck with my parents earnings in a vareity of different things.