I’m in NZ, we are 2 working adults with 2 kids in daycare, living in a tiny 2 bedroom place. We cook everything from scratch, rice/beans/lentils/potatoes/etc. We scrape by, but we’re one accident away from destitute. We can’t downsize any more, it’s a lot harder out there for some than many realise
I’m in a situation now. For a decade I got by on “just a little bit more than the bare minimum” - cue a regime change from social to conservative, and I struggle. That’s all it takes.
Yes, you’re not alone, so many people are experiencing this and it’s awful. But there’s also a large chunk of the population in the first world that doesn’t. Absurd amounts of German parents stay in their large houses once the kids move out, only to just not use a couple of rooms. Stuff like that.
I’m in NZ, we are 2 working adults with 2 kids in daycare, living in a tiny 2 bedroom place. We cook everything from scratch, rice/beans/lentils/potatoes/etc. We scrape by, but we’re one accident away from destitute. We can’t downsize any more, it’s a lot harder out there for some than many realise
I’m in a situation now. For a decade I got by on “just a little bit more than the bare minimum” - cue a regime change from social to conservative, and I struggle. That’s all it takes.
Yes, you’re not alone, so many people are experiencing this and it’s awful. But there’s also a large chunk of the population in the first world that doesn’t. Absurd amounts of German parents stay in their large houses once the kids move out, only to just not use a couple of rooms. Stuff like that.