Rolling with the economy
Anyone else out there feeling like their love life is rolling with the flow of the economy? I remember years ago when the economy seemed more stable, people were going out spending money, living care free. Now, all we do is sit at home and not by choice. I can't find a job and I have a bach. degree!!! Instead of focusing on each other, having meaningful conversations, all we do is stress about money money money. We make enough money to get our bills paid on time every month and with that said I consider us lucky and very fortunate as there are others much worse than us. However, there is very little left at the end of the month which means constantly staying in on top of each other, we can't catch a break. Anyone else going through this?!
Amber
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Thanks! We have been playing the games a lot at home too usually on the weekends.. We make a pitcher of Kool Aid and sit around and play our childhood favorites like Boggle, Yahtzee, or Connect Four, it is a different kind of fun when you can just sit around and enjoy eachothers company. Our neighbor's are going through the same thing we are, so they invite us over for Rock Band ( the drums are a lot harder than you imagined). Other than that, strategic budgeting and a lot of home cooked meals are keeping things steady. This is a hard time for everyone.
We are going through it to some degree. I got laid off from my FT position and now I do work with Tango (thanks guys!!), but it's PT. And my DH's work keeps going through rounds of lay offs, so it's nerve wrecking. Plus, I'm in a master's program and we don't want to take out more loans than we have to. So, we are on a way tighter budget than before. But gas is cheap! And we've been having tons of fun exploring the weird little 'tourist' sights and attractions around us. Like the world's largest frying pan. We pack a lunch and road trip together. It's a lot of fun.
We've also learned how to play settler's of cattan. A nerd game, but a lot of fun to play together and we've been teaching friends so we can have weekend long extravaganzas. Also, two weeks ago, we threw a recession party for our friends. We didn't spend any money on the party and asked people to bring whatever leftover booze and party food they had around their house and then we played catch phrase. It was so much fun. So, there is a lot you can do.
I guess, growing up, we didn't have a lot of money at all. And I was BROKE in college because I had to pay for it myself. So broke, I lived off of Doritos for a week. So, I'm used to being cheap and staying at home and playing games. But, when I think about my favorite family memories, they are all centered around the times when my dad didn't have a job and we'd just play games and read books together.
Live it up. This time you have together won't last for long.
