I was in an identical situation. I got a promotion a month after we got married

Mar 14, 2018
3:55:26pm

DK- All-American

otherwise we never would have made it. The first time we did our budget she was shocked when we didn't have enough to pay for the stuff you need to live. IE Rent, utilities and food. It was pretty sad.

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What's the poorest you've ever been? Mine was when I was in college and blew my

SandYFan

3/14/18 11:19am

after i sold my yacht to put a down payment on my la jolla beach house

nashty

3/14/18 11:23am

la jolla? You were poor

monkeycowboy

3/14/18 11:23am

tell that to my neighbor mitt romney

nashty

3/14/18 11:45am

I know what i said

monkeycowboy

3/14/18 11:50am

ha ha you had to sell your yacht for a beach house...next time just use mine..

whiteninja

3/14/18 11:25am

I'm embarrased for you that you needed a loan

DK-

3/14/18 2:52pm

That's all I ever eat

Sandy Lyle

3/14/18 11:23am

I ate one meal a day through most of college.

Slim

3/14/18 11:24am

Boardname checks out

BlueBlitzkrieg

3/14/18 12:44pm

Age 0-18

Twin Roots

3/14/18 11:24am

I was married married with 2 kids and had $25 in my account for 5 days.

IceBlueCoug

3/14/18 11:24am

pretty much now. my kids are bleeding me dry.

smokymountainrain

3/14/18 11:25am

Sadly, it was on my mission. We went to pick up our monthly stipend from the

crack

3/14/18 11:27am

I want more detail

gasparin

3/14/18 2:19pm

Yeah - it was extremely frustrating and quite honestly, gave me a pretty

crack

3/14/18 2:32pm

Wow

gasparin

3/14/18 2:37pm

The problem was this was before email. I thought it would be resolved pretty

crack

3/14/18 2:42pm

Started buying groceries on my credit card in college

buffgato

3/14/18 11:27am

On my mission.

Veracruz

3/14/18 11:28am

My first semester at BYU I looked at my bank account on December first and had 37 dollars left

JohnnyComeLately

3/14/18 11:30am

I make more money now than I ever have but I’m busier and

Traveshamockery

3/14/18 11:31am

Finishing up grad school and my sewer backed up. I had just about gone through

fbguru

3/14/18 11:33am

I had $700 to my name when I came home from my mission and then two weeks later

Fdnman

3/14/18 11:34am

Married the high school girlfriend?

SandYFan

3/14/18 11:36am

Nah...the BYU freshman girlfriend. 🙂

Fdnman

3/14/18 11:41am

I used to collect coins from restaurant benches while doing my night janitorial

kotacoug

3/14/18 11:35am

when I was a newlywed college student...

CoachSpeak

3/14/18 11:36am

Graduated almost debt free in college with 2 kids and one on the way, then...

NVACougar

3/14/18 11:40am

While living in SLC and going to BYU my wife gave birth to twins. They had to stay in the hospital for 30 days. We

Real G Man

3/14/18 11:41am

I ate ant infested bread for breakfast and dinner three days straight on

CougarAndMerlin

3/14/18 11:45am

In law school I ordered a sandwich at Jimmy John's and my card got declined because my wife bought diapers.

shimmy

3/14/18 11:49am

That was selfish of her

BIG XII Coug

3/14/18 9:25pm

I remember buying a single flower for my fiancee because it was all I could

runnincoug

3/14/18 12:54pm

My wife and I would walk into a store and I would take a bouquet of flowers and

Fdnman

3/14/18 2:50pm

When my wife and I were first married. We were both full-time students. She didn't work at all and I had a part

Pimpin4Paradise

3/14/18 3:14pm

I was in an identical situation. I got a promotion a month after we got married

DK-

3/14/18 3:55pm

Newly married with 4 kids (came with the wife) selling my plasma so we could bu

LaserCoug

3/15/18 7:47pm

Early in my marriage. Early 90's recession hit So Cal pretty hard. couldn't find a job

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