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Cleo_II posted...

You need to tell your mother to stop enabling your brother or you will no longer support her.

Also see a therapist to discuss codependency.

Brother perhaps has codependency. Mother, no. She is damn strong and it was jarring to see her break down for the first time.
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$50 roughly 8 years ago
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Left my last job with little notice like an idiot, and I only have enough money left for one more month of rent with $100 leftover. sooo now I'm trying to quit smoking WHILE finding a job that will hopefully not need references lol (tbf I havent been asked for references for like 4/5 of my last jobs so there's hope).

It's no going to be fun though.
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You smoke or drink?

3khc posted...

Cleo_II posted...

You need to tell your mother to stop enabling your brother or you will no longer support her.

Also see a therapist to discuss codependency.

Brother perhaps has codependency. Mother, no. She is damn strong and it was jarring to see her break down for the first time.

he's saying you are
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ArtVandelay posted...

Left my last job with little notice like an idiot, and I only have enough money left for one more month of rent with $100 leftover. sooo now I'm trying to quit smoking WHILE finding a job that will hopefully not need references lol (tbf I havent been asked for references for like 4/5 of my last jobs so there's hope).

It's no going to be fun though.

What happens if you fail to make ends meet?

wah_wah_wah posted...

You smoke or drink?

Yes to both, but not often and I don't spend a lot.
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3khc posted...

Cleo_II posted...

You need to tell your mother to stop enabling your brother or you will no longer support her.

Also see a therapist to discuss codependency.

Brother perhaps has codependency. Mother, no. She is damn strong and it was jarring to see her break down for the first time.

You're the one with codepency issues I'm afraid. Not saying that as an insult either. I've dealt with codepency in the past as well. I highly recommend seeing someone about it.

It's one thing to try and help family in need. It's another to be a sucker about it. Don't help people who don't help themselves.

Had to sell my PS2 to Gamestop for money to buy chicken.

And I was getting pay day loans alot.
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My dad cut me off from his money; so I had to get a job and until I had a job I only had $2000 to live off and I thought I like would starve. I got a job fast ish though
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just graduated college, $0 credit card debt, $12k in student loans, hit $12 in the bank. i had a job lined up i had accepted but they kept pushing out the start date and slow rolling me. i had like $800 or so when i graduated but took 3 months to start my job.
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Balrog0 posted...

3khc posted...

Cleo_II posted...

You need to tell your mother to stop enabling your brother or you will no longer support her.

Also see a therapist to discuss codependency.

Brother perhaps has codependency. Mother, no. She is damn strong and it was jarring to see her break down for the first time.

he's saying you are

Oh, well i dont know about that, either. I've told my mother to stop sending him money and I have asked him to come home. Neither is happening. I definitely don't want to spend my money helping them because i have plans of my own. I wanted a house and to finish school and pretty much move on from all this crap.

But my mother's mental state seems so off. She already feels betrayed by family (my father leaving, her father berating her, never getting along with her sisters). If I leave, I dont know what will happen.
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I've never had financial trouble, but I'm only 25. When I finished college I already had a good job lined up, but I also had $6000 of student loan debt. I paid it off very quickly and that was probably the worst I've ever been, financially.
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3khc posted...

Yes to both, but not often and I don't spend a lot.

You can live off of a surprisingly small sum of money not doing either.