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'I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.': Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

Emmy Ward

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28-year-old asks her ex-boyfriend to give her a financial settlement for their breakup because she moved internationally to be with him 2 years ago: 'I didn’t ask her to drop out or move, she chose to and I supported her the whole time'

Emmy Ward

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Eldest brother cuts off his ‘struggling’ siblings after he finds out they've been freeloading for years despite a secret stash of money: ‘[I was] paying for their education, food, and other necessities while working to keep myself afloat’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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28-year-old woman refuses to give her younger brother $4500 after he's been begging for money for years, mom insists that it's her duty as his older sister to help him: '

Emmy Ward

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Guy refuses to hang out with leech friends after footing the bill for countless dinners, prioritizes his ‘financial boundaries’ instead of their conditional friendship

Lana DeGaetano

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Stay-at-home girlfriend of 11 years cheats on her boyfriend, tries to sue him when he stops supporting her lifestyle: 'She said I should move out but continue paying the bills to give her and the new guy a chance to get on their feet'

Emmy Ward

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Ex-wife asks dad to use the money he saved for his 12-year-old son on her other kid's cancer treatments, dad refuses: 'I told her I had a duty to my son and not her other children'

Emmy Ward

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30 Money Memes For The Broke And The Landed Gentry Alike

Emmy Ward

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28-year-old sends thousand of dollars a month to his mid-50s parents so they can retire early, puts financial stress on his girlfriend: 'His parents are choosing to watch their child struggle so they can live lavishly'

Emmy Ward

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'This is her own fault': Penny-pinching husband exiles his wife from the family vacation to try to teach her a lesson about money management

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Millennials discuss why boomers are still living in a 1980s economic mindset: 'My dad said "You are earning 6 figures and can't afford $500 for a vacation?"'

Emmy Ward

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Affair partner pressures her husband's 17-year-old son to ask his father to stop paying unofficial spousal support so he can afford her kid's extracurricular activities: 'She told me they need all of dad's money right now'

Emmy Ward

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Family of 5 tries to move into cousin and his pregnant wife's house, despite only meeting her twice and not inviting them to their wedding: 'Rachel says we would rather see three kids end up on the streets because I’M greedy'

Emmy Ward

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Unemployed husband gives his parents over $10K of his wife's money, gets angry when she separates their finances: 'I'm not gonna work 60 hours a week so he can keep giving our money away'

Emmy Ward

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Worker complains about living paycheck to paycheck, despite making $80K per year and paying $1175 a month in rent: 'This is extremely affordable living'

Emmy Ward

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Parents buy 18-year-old daughter a $65K Jeep they can't afford, befuddles adult son who previously offered $5K for car payments: 'The 5k won't even last the summer'

Emmy Ward

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