my mother just does simple uber rides and makes chump change, my dad just started a job cleaning pools, and im a gift shop attendant at a restaurant. I’m the oldest of 4 kids (19) and apparently soon to be the oldest of 5. My family is struggling immensely to make enough money to even have a decent meal on the table and we just recently started renting a new house which is like 3 times more expensive than our old one.
rent is $2350 a month and we already struggle enough to afford that plus insurance, 2 cars, water, power, and paying off the old home, and what’s my parents’ solution? apparently to have another kid. I don’t think they understand that that’s going to be EVEN MORE expensive now like how does she expect us all to pay for all this??? it’s sad and stressful and I wish I could explain to my mother how poor of a choice this seems to be but she’s already 6 months or so into her pregnancy. :/