Cry Me a River CNN: Mom FORCED To Live In Car
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AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
Didn't think I have to explain but, I have NO sympathy for people who get themselves in the situation like this woman did.
MMDad
Lem Putt
The first thing I saw was "Santa Barbara." It's a ritzy beach town.
I have no sympathy for someone who tries to live above their means and can't afford it.
If she wants to live inside, she should move somewhere that she can get a decent job and rent isn't outrageous.
Stupid entitlement society.
I have no sympathy for someone who tries to live above their means and can't afford it.
If she wants to live inside, she should move somewhere that she can get a decent job and rent isn't outrageous.
Stupid entitlement society.
AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
When 3/4's of your income is going to rent, probably an indication that is time to move to a less expensive neighborhood.
runnerboy1500
New Member
I should have known this being a CNN article would cause it to have a crazed spin.
MOTHER FORCED TO LIVE IN CAR......
The title made me think it would be about
A. A hilarious court ruling shunning a woman to sleep in her car
B. A mother with dependent children being forced to live ina car for unknown circumstances
But I agree it is her own fault. Lets look at the facts
She is a 67 year old mother of three grown children.
-Why couldnt they take her in?
-Why couldnt they help her with rent?
Her rent was 2/3 of her own income.
-Honestly that is stupid
The old cliche is "you made your bed now you get to lie in it"
Well she lost her bed, now she can lie without it.
IMO
MOTHER FORCED TO LIVE IN CAR......
The title made me think it would be about
A. A hilarious court ruling shunning a woman to sleep in her car
B. A mother with dependent children being forced to live ina car for unknown circumstances
But I agree it is her own fault. Lets look at the facts
She is a 67 year old mother of three grown children.
-Why couldnt they take her in?
-Why couldnt they help her with rent?
Her rent was 2/3 of her own income.
-Honestly that is stupid
The old cliche is "you made your bed now you get to lie in it"
Well she lost her bed, now she can lie without it.
IMO
Well, we don't know too much about how and why she ended up in Santa Barbara to begin with. Maybe she's divorced, widowed, moved there to put her kids in better schools, etc. I know I would do the latter, without risking the farm to do so though. Could be that the place was affordable when she first moved in, but increased cost of rent outpaced her income. The latter would be par for the course in California. :shrug:
Now, if it had been me I would have looked into moving somewhere with better cost of living, but I'm also younger so it's easier for me to change jobs or pull up stakes. I'm quite surprised her older children can't help her out, even if they are overseas. Couldn't the 19 year old get a job and help with expenses? And so little savings? Did she overspend on everything or was she supporting her kids with no help? Who knows....
Now, if it had been me I would have looked into moving somewhere with better cost of living, but I'm also younger so it's easier for me to change jobs or pull up stakes. I'm quite surprised her older children can't help her out, even if they are overseas. Couldn't the 19 year old get a job and help with expenses? And so little savings? Did she overspend on everything or was she supporting her kids with no help? Who knows....
MMDad
Lem Putt
Santa Barbara has been expensive for decades. It's nothing new.
I have known too many people who feel they have a right to a certain standard of living, but are unwilling to work for it. This woman reminds me of that. She wants to live in a resort town, but she can't afford it. Boo freakin' hoo.
Fret not. Barack Obama will be President soon and then we will have no homeless and the mortgage crisis will magically right itself.
I just know what it's like to be blindsided by a sudden layoff later in life with a child at home (at least from the kid's POV). I was raised by my grandmother and the company she had worked 20+ years for went under when I was in 11th grade. She could never find a job with the same pay and benefits, and worked at Wal-Mart from then until retirement.
Fortunatly she had both Scottish genes and a childhood in the Great Depression that gave her a higher than average level of frugality, savings, and a paid-in-full mortgage before that ever happened.
Fortunatly she had both Scottish genes and a childhood in the Great Depression that gave her a higher than average level of frugality, savings, and a paid-in-full mortgage before that ever happened.
That's why I say "well, why did she move there in the first place?"
If for the reason you say, yeah, boohoohoo.
If she was living there, husband kicked it with no life insurance and load of bills, kids almost out of school, job she'd put a couple decades in to, yeah, I could see trying to stick it out. Amazing how people who work for financial institutions aren't so great at managing their own finances though.
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
If I was 19, I would not want to have to support my grown mother who was stupid enough to live in a place that took the majority of her income. Damn, couldn't she see that was stupid?
I don't feel badly for people who live outside their means and lose their house.
Well, it said she moved in with friends to "avoid being homeless". So was this kid working? If she's paying rent why not split the rent with her mother rather than friends and let her mother sleep in a car?
On that same token, I wonder why the mom can't find someone looking for a roommate. Maybe the dogs? Let a rescue find them a home then. I've told my daughter we can't have pets while we are still renting because in the event we'd have to move we may not be able to take them with us.
theArtistFormerlyKnownAs
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Wickedwrench
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AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
Stoopid thread, I thought it was going be about Justin Timberlakes mom
tommyjones
New Member
so your mom supports you your entire life but you would put her out in the street when she needs you?
Cowgirl
Well-Known Member
A 19 yr old is most likely struggling also. I'd be pretty irritated if my parent needed financial help from me if I was only 19-ESPECIALLY if she was irresponsible with her finances.
It's one thing to let a parent live with you, but to financially support them?
