Tag Archives: make ends meet
- Can I Accept Responsibility and Pay Off My Debts Without My Husband’s Assistance? – Debt
I am 47 years old with credit card debts totally about 15K and Student Loans in excess of 30K. I married my husband 2 years ago in order to provide health insurance for him and his son due to employment changes. Shortly after our marriage, my employer decided to close the doors where I was [...]
- Personal Finance Struggle Universal. Many Dealing With Trying to Make Ends Meet.
When you are struggling to find enough money to get through the month or make ends meet, it an feel as if you are all alone in that effort. Money troubles are internationally universal and experienced by people around the world. Just yesterday I wrote about consumer debt levels increasing in Australia and Canada. The [...]
- My Husband Lost His Job at Age 62 and We Have a Lot of Debt. – Yolanda
“Dear Lewis, My husband lost his job 1 1/2 years ago. Age 62, we have alot of debt. Have been working real hard a keeping our home and car, but we have high credit card debt and unsecured debt. we have retirement income but is not enough to pay everything. What do we do. How [...]
- We Can’t Ever Get Caught Up In This Financial Mess. Should We Consider Debt Settlement? – Nathalie
“Dear Damon, I lost my job 4 years ago, my son graduated at the the time and is still looking for a real job, so we have more expenses (helping my son to survive, rent, food car..) and less income. We are 4 people living on one salary. On top of that we had to [...]
- We Make Good Money But Just Don’t Have Any Extra at the End of the Month. – Shon
“Dear Steve, We make good money but just don’t have any extra at the end of each month. we have about 25,000.00 in credit card debt. some left over for years some we paid off and then recharged fixing up our house. We filed bankruptcy about 7 years ago and never want to do that [...]
- We Can’t Seem to Make Ends Meet and Save. Is Bankruptcy Right For Us? – Matt & Patti
“Dear Steve, My wife and I gross $93K. We owe $38K in credit cards, $1290 mortgage and two kids in private HS @$15K/year. Take home is approx. $3200/mo. We are upsdie down on our house by at least $20K. Our current credit scores are – me 690′s, wife low 700′s. We make all our payments [...]
- What to Do When You Can’t Make Ends Meet or How to Stop Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
It’s unfortunate that at times the monthly financial demand exceeds the money coming in. On an occasional basis and with some money tucked away in a savings account or emergency fund these unexpected events can be less than a blip in our lives. But when continued demand exceeds our financial supply or when we have [...]
- Between The New Baby, Truck Payment, and Credit Card Debt, I’m In Financial Trouble. – Bethany
“Dear Steve, I have a new baby, hospital bills from birth and baby’s special needs, am in danger of getting behind on my truck loan payment, have about 12,000.00 in credit card debt from poor decisions in college. I’m overdrawing my checking account every month to cover expenses and can’t seem to get ahead, plus [...]
- I’m Active Duty Army And Don’t Have Enough to Pay My Bills. – Amy
“Dear Steve, I am currently serving in Korea and I am paying bills at home which is leaving me with only enough money for food. Before I joined the Army I was helping my family pay bills and I joined in order to help a little more but now I am unable to use the [...]
- I Can’t Make the Payments I Owe. – Rich
Rich “Dear Steve, 26,000 in the hole reduced 16,000 to a fixed apr of 12% still not so good but not as bad as the remainder. 11,000 at 21% with $602.00 a month payments I can not afford the forced 602 a month. I have not paid the 602 for 2 months now . What [...]
- My Wife and I Made Mistakes. I Can’t See a Way for the Family to Get Out of Debt. – Gary
Gary “Dear Steve, My wife and I do not use our credit cards any more. We did use them at one time just to survive. We also used them to pay for a vacation or two. One more thing in my job I was traveling for about 5 years and would use my personal credit [...]
- HELP! I am Drowning in Debt. – Barb
“Dear Steve, HELP! I AM DROWNING IN DEBT! I am divorced with a daughter that is a sophmore in college. I was getting $520.00/month child support until this past July. I have 5-credit cards with debt totaling approx $24,000.00. While getting child support, I was making the minimum payments and then turning around and using [...]
- How Can I Get Caught Up on Back Payments When I Don’t Make Enough Money to Get By On? – Kenneth
Kenneth “Dear Steve, I filed chapter 7 bankruptcy a little over 2 years ago. I was laid off last December and could not find work for 6 months. I am back working now but am behind in almost all of my payments, most notable child support and owe income taxes from last year. I had [...]
- My Wife is Sick and I Can Barely Pay The Regular Bills. – Joe
“Dear Steve, I owe credit card companies for about $45.000. My wife is sick(can’t work and can’t get disability). What I make barely enough to pay my regular bills(power, water etc.).I was paying them always on time, but my situation is out of hands now with their interest rates and stuff. Can they garnish my [...]
- My Step-Father Cut My Mom Off and Now We Can’t Pay the Bills. – Alexandra
Alexandra “Dear Steve, My mother and I live together (I support her). Based on an agreement with my step-father, he has paid my mother’s rent for the past 15 years. Unfortunately, due to a family dispute in January, he cut me off and stopped paying the rent, which left me scrambling to cover. Once my [...]