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>>5249395
That's actually what I'm going through right now... minus the ability to save up... I wanted to cosplay Medic from TF2 (my sister's going as Sniper), and with Katsucon around the corner, I'm afraid I'll miss another year of dressing up...

>That feel when you realize that your skill is increasing greatly with each project and prop you make.
>That feel when you think you can make anything without hesitation or questioning your abilities.
>That feel when you actually can.

>finally get a job
>get screwed over by housemate and can't save anything
>okay...
>finally get a paycheck that I can spend
>carefully pick out the wigs that shall be bought and figure out what corset supplies I need to get
>confirm Christmas presents for people
>Suddenly! Car troubles that cost over $400
>tears forever

>work for a year and a half for a minimum wage of 20 dollars
>save up loads of cash and think fuck yeah gonna be rich
>decide to go to america with money saved up so I can go to conventions and such
>have a blast, spend a little too much
>come back home, no job, no more cash other than the DO NOT TOUCH vault which is for school
>be a poorfag
>get into lolita and cosplaying even more
>gdmit i need that cash now

all i need to do is get a new job and i'll be fine but fuck it's hard getting a job

>Want a new pair of skinny jeans
>Don't wanna spend the money

:(

>going out of town to party at friends place
>has to pay for lots of alcohol
>wont have money to spend on new winter boots
>to party or not to party

>>5249418
>20 Dollars
>minimum wage


.. I wish I got $20 p/h :(

>>5249427
How much do the boots cost?

>>5249437
Too much. 70-90 bucks unless they are shitty and/or ugly.

>>5249441
oh, so you don't know exactly what you're getting.

>>5249445
Yeah, I've checked stuff out but at the time I was broke. I get my money tomorrow.

>>5249449
I think you should spend your money on the boots.

>got in to super selective college
>that almost no one ever leaves except breaks.
>That feel when you know that unless you cling to your old life to death, your con friends and con life is going to fade away.

Working on my desperate-and-clingy skills right away.

>only have 2 dream dresses right now
>can't even afford to buy things from bodyline

>work for parents at family business...
>they don't have to pay me at all but do because of old medical bills.
>poor enough to receive food stamps
>poor enough to not pay college unit fees and receive Pell grant- college admin is full retard and denies all grant money.
>clothes are falling apart
>credit card debt climbs because not enough money is made.
>no one is hiring until after christmas

At least I can still live with my parents...

>be a full time college student
>dad out of a job, too old to find a new job
>gonna take only one class next semester so I can work
>jobs are really hard to find right now
>was relying on selling at ALA for some money while I look for a job
>ALA decides to do a lottery system
>don't get in

Welp. Hope my family doesn't get evicted next month.

> That feel when you live in CA
> That feel when your monthly spending for rent, utilities, food for 2 and gas are over 1,300 each month
> That feel when you have to closet cosplay or beg parents for more money
Rock and a hard place.

>some people do not have to choose between hobbies/fashion/fun spending

Aaahhh dammit, this. I work part-time and all my money goes toward tuition, books, and gas. :( I wish I could buy whatever I wanted, but since I go to school full-time I can't take on more hours at work. No financial aid either. Uugghhh.

>>5253153
>no financial aid
Goddamn, I know that feel bro.

I can't get financial aid because I don't have my green card yet. And it frustrates me because some kids at my school get terrible grades but still get financial aid and then spend their money on clothes.

>>5253156
Fffuuuuu-

My parents "make too much money." But they work full-time with a lot of overtime, have house payments, car insurance, my sister's JC, aarrgghhh.

I'm very grateful for everything but sometimes I do wish I could buy all the stuff I wanted. Sometimes I feel jealous of people with a lot of free money. :[

>>5253167
I know that feel... My parents make too much, too. Granted, my family makes a decent amount, but my tuition is about 3,000 for fall/spring semesters and 850 per session of winter and summer for a Cal State. It's fucking ridiculous.

That feel when you realize you live in a country where old white men who don't know the difference between a cellphone and tv remote are making all the decisions.

I need to start learning Hungarian.

>>5253167
Oh, I feel the same. I'm really grateful everything my parents do and having a roof over my head (although we might get evicted soon if I can't find a job, haha). But sometimes I wish I had enough money to hang out with friends and go to cons without having to worry about how much I can/can't spend and then canceling plan last minute because of money.

>that feel when you're the only one working in your family

Sucks ass. Little to no money for myself at the end of the month. Bonuses don't come very often.

>that feel when
>single parent household
>parent makes 80K a year
>spends about 70K of it on school loans/car/siblings
>poor as fuck to the point of not even caring about Lolita or cosplay anymore
>wishing could just go back to school.
>car was sold by parent to pay bills

>>5253347
>that feel when the single parent is lousy with money and don't know how to budget

>>5253175

hahaha fuck it's so true.

>That feel when SOPA will pass because Hollywood, Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo have all dumped money into lobbying for it, even though over a million protesters signed against it.
>That feel when I will give up buying products from these companies when it passes and only buy used because they are dickheads who do not understand the very people they are creating products for.

>>5253348

>that feel when you know it, but don't say anything
>that feel when the money you do have saved for school/car has to be loaned to parent every few months so that family isn't evicted

>those friends who don't work or go to school and somehow have enough money to just sit at home and shop and work on cosplay all day every day.


They get all weird with me when I say I can't afford a cosplay or go out shopping with them. It's like they can't even comprehend the concept of not being loaded.

>>5253358
>that feel when I'm sorry for you
>that feel when coupons will be your lifesaver

>>5253364
Doubling all day erry day

>that feel when all you eat for a week is delicious turkey bacon and grands biscuits because it only cost 5.57 with coups

>>5253354
>That feel when if everything those companies make were 10-20% cheaper I would actually buy them instead of pirating everything.

>>5253388

lol it's true

>that feel when it's just the haves trying to reinforce the class barrier against the have nots

>>5253172
>>my tuition is about 3,000 for fall/spring semesters and 850 per session of winter and summer for a Cal State. It's fucking ridiculous.

It still irks me how Californian students think it's expensive to go to a CSU...

>>be out of state student
>>paying 6-7K per semester at CSU
>>once resident, look at amount UC students pay
>>never bitch about CSU pricing again

That feel when you're a student ... who's bad at budgeting. Fuck I have no money skills.

>>5253403

>that feel when going to a four-year college here is at least $20,000
>that feel when tuition is $36,000 and raising

>That feel when you have both fivehead and PTchin.

>that feel when you just found out that you'll have a good resume boosting job waiting for you when you graduate from college in the summer

>get good degree from good 4 year college, no debt
>but, no experience means no job
>no job, no experience
>stuck subbing high school
>live at home and spend entire check on lolita.

I hate the job, but it pays 130 a day so I can't complain too much.

>that feel when you're still not entirely sure on what to major in
>that feel when drawing is all you're decent at but chances of making a living off of art is relatively slim
>that feel when what the fuck do I do with my life

Goddamn it, I almost feel like going to school is a waste of time because I have no idea what I'm even aiming for.

>that feel when tomorrow is one of two upcoming days that decide whether you still have a job and are terrified
>that feel when you're antibiotics aren't working

>>5253919
I know that feel bro.

>>5253919
I hope you figure out because you don't wanna be like me. Get a degree that basically you can do nothing with. Then afterwards know what you want to do in life, then go back to school and it's even more expensive.

>>5253919
Yep, know that feel.
Started out as a graphic design major but switched to something I thought'd be more practical job-wise. Still have no clue what I'm going to end up doing.

I really wish college advisers actually, like... advised. On important crap. Not my grades and class selection, I can handle that.

>that feel when you're in Math Purgatory because of all the bullshit prerequisites the school has

Bitch, I took that class last year and now you're telling me that I have to take a piss easy class that I can't even take because I haven't taken a placement test in two years just so I can take Trigonometry? hflskajdfkl

Oh, and I guess more poorfag related:
> that feel when you're able to control spending habits for a new laptop since the one you have right now is too old and fragile to carry to and from college

Practicing since the first time I bought my GameBoy Color with my own money as a kid.

>>5253919

>that feel when you're not really good at anything.
>that feel when you've worked doing a couple things you thought you love, but turned out to hate
>that feel when the government pays you to get a degree
>that feel when it turned out there are no jobs in that field.

>get screwed over by housemate and can't save anything
I feel this. It sucks so bad. What sucks even more about this, Is I worked hard to set us up in a great (aka affordable) situation... just to get fucked. Roommates are the fucking shittiest. Wish I made more money not to buy clothes and hobby stuff, but to not have to worry about sharing my living space with people who always end up putting themselves first. /rant

>that feel when coupons will be your lifesaver
So happy I get a decent discount at one of my jobs. Makes the crappy pay almost worth it.

>get good degree from good 4 year college, no debt
>stuck subbing high school

Hey, are you me? What state are you in that pays $130 a day though!?! I only make $80, and that's with a 4 year degree

>that feel when you're a veterinary science major
>and all your friends are arts majors
>and they don't understand why you stress about school or finals
>and get pissy when you don't want to hang out the night before finals

OP, are you me?

>>5253354
You realize all the companies on the other side aren't exactly nobodies either... Any site with user-generated content is against this.

>that feel when you are the only person working in your house
>that feel when you've been working extra hours and overtime for more money even though it is draining
>that feel when no money is left for anything you really want to get but you still feel good knowing you are being an adult and taking care of priorities.

feelsgoodandbadman.jpeg

>complains about money
>no budgeting skills
>complains about school
>no ambition to study
>complain about life
>can't quite complaining long enough to do anything about it
Stay cool /cgl/.

>That feel when finals are around the corner, and felt like shit and just had no motivation to study them
>That feel the day after finals, you find all the subjects so much more interesting and now want to study them and you remember more about the subject than you did during the final exam
It's like my brain just WANTS me to fail the exams. Master trollan is what this shit is.

>>5254249
I'm great at budgeting, I'm just awful at not getting dicked over.

>That feel when you finally have the money to cosplay
>but you don't have the time
>and everything you want to do is out of your skill level
>or at least you think it is
>because you don't have time to try
>so you just look at other people's costumes
>and marinade in jelly

>>5254255
Budget for emergencies/random shit.

>attends law school on grants and scholarships
>state paid parttime job with no chance of making more hours
>Can't get another job or I can't attend law school
>sell older cosplay/wigs to buy cheaper new ones on taobao
well whatever works....I suppose

>that feel when your ash blond wig you ordered from adds wigs arrived in the mail and you immediately style the bangs to wear it out
>that feel when your bf picks you up and takes you out to dinner
>that feel when you're so confident in your wig, and even though your bf says it's a bot different, you still look good.
>that feel when your parents live in a different apartment while you live in their house and your stepdad is away on business so you never see them
>that feel when your stepdad comes home for the weekend
>that feel when you walk inside the door with your bf and your stepdad angrily tells you why he hates your wig because you look like a "hag"
>that feel when awkward silence
>that feel when you finally realize your parents aren't away if b/c of business, they're away b/c of not good enough, ugly you
>that feel.....

>>5254311
I got a job a month and a half ago, and in that time I've racked up over $600 in car repair/towing costs and been screwed out of over $500 by a roommate. I didn't have time to budget for anything.

>fulltime uni student
>father extremely ill and can no longer work
>struggling to pay for tuition
>forgo all cosplay/cons/fashion/animu/etc so that I can stretch money out as long as possible
>stressed and sad and worrying about my pops all the time
>sibling being a little shit around the house which is extra work for my mom who now has to take on the household by herself
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuck

>creditors calling
>brother owes me $300++
>sends reminder to sibling
>sibling disappears

I really need to pay them by monday too :(

Ugh. I'm going to a UC. That's almost 10, 000 per quarter, putting me 30,000 in the hole by the end of just one year. My parents make too much for me to get financial aid, but not enough that both of them don't work extra jobs and overtime. I'm trying to get a part-time job, but most places won't hire you if you don't have a car, and I can't afford to park the damn thing on campus, because it costs about 500 a year. Cosplay? I'm really not going to bust into my savings for funsies.

>that feel when you cant doing anything for someone you love

>>5254951
i know that feel bro, i wish i could afford something for my mom for the holidays... instead of asking for socks because i cant even afford that right now.

>live in a home that took both parents wages to afford
>mother is a huge bitch who claimed spouse abuse and got a divorce to marry a rich old guy not even a year after divorce is finalized
>refuse to live with mother and instead stay in home with step-father of over ten years
>mother and grandmother make anxiety even worse to the point of becoming a hermit
>step-father's money runs out, just barely scraping buy with the house payments and the bills each month
>I can't drive, apply to every business in walking distance
>get one interview and burst into tears during it when manager refuses to give me a stocking position and wants to make me a cashier
>never get called back after that
>increasingly depressed, feel guilty because it's my fault we can't afford things or have any money after bills
>too out of shape to strip at the local clubs, seriously considered webcam or prostitution
>to the point where I want to just walk down the street to the river bridge and jump off it because I can't handle it

>work a 40 hour job every summer all summer since freshman year of high school
>go to a school that gives me a merit based scholarship that pays for most of education
>be a junior in college
>bffs with professors
>get research grants
>read about how people on /cgl/ still run to mommy and daddy for money
:(

>Forced to take an online education due to certain issues
>Its not working out
>Get thrown out of college
>No more student funds
>The state comes to my aid because they want to look like caring individuals who wants nothing more than the best for the mentally ill
>They are going to pay for all psychological help I can get
>Forced to stay at home until I've gotten the help I need - This could take years.
>Meanwhile I get paid $400 a month to not leave my house, as long as I'm living with my parents.
>$200 of those money goes to food and rent.
>Forced to not move out of parents' house, because I'm not allowed to stress myself while all of this is going on.

For the time being, I'm okay with this.

>>5254971
as a taxpayer, i am outraged by this

>>5254975
Don't worry, I'm not from America.

> join the army
> get payed piss poor wages for the amount of crap I deal with
> see the world
> do training
> spend most of my day playing on my i-Phone bored out of my fucking mind
> do training
> take an hour and a half lunch break
> do training
> do an online course to better career
> do training

> dat feel when something last minute comes up
> you have to miss a day of the convention or all of it!

Your tax dollars at work people.

>complaining about money

you do realize that this is practically the definition of bitching and moaning? with no assistance whatsoever one can work hard and pay for a living. literally anyone can do it with half an effort.

Existing comfortably with a room, food, and utils only really requires you work ~15 hours a week, anything past that is cash for luxury. Obviously you have other things that you like more than lolita/cosplay, school is a luxury that will assist you in the future, nice food is a luxury, it's that simple.

just do what competent poor people do and save, don't expect a spare paycheck to fall from the sky and pay for dat' chess chocolate, put money in a jar, set aside a ten in an envelope every paycheck, it's really really easy, it just requires patience and willpower.

TL;DR: 95% of people don't have the means to afford the things they want, you have to work towards it

>that feel when girls poop out they're butts
>ISHYGDDT
>who are you quoting D:<
>okay.jpg
>try to walk to dinasaur
>spaghetti falling out of my pockets
>mfw when i have no pokeface.png
>dinasaur turns into a dragon and flies away
>holy shit im flying to O__O
>spaghetti falling out of my pockets
>flying spaghetti monster.exe
>mfw

>flying on my dinasaur
>see dead baby on the sidewalk
>mvq quand :(
>implying I, as a guy, will ever breast feed a baby
>that feel when males can lactate out they're nipples
>give my dragon bro a high five
.>_>^ ^<_<
>now i poop in my pussy every day because i enjoy yeast infections
>ISHYGDT
>spaghetti falling out of my pockets
>mfw

>>5255449

this isn't true, my rent alone costs me what I make on my part time job. now that school is over I can finally get a second part time job.

Thank god I'm living with my boyfriend or else I'd have been fucked for everything else.

>>5254977

no, that's too "nice" to be America.

America's a "FUCK YOU HERE'S SOME BOOTSTRAPS TO PULL YOURSELF UP BY IT'S ALL I NEEDED BACK IN WWII AND NOW I'M A MILLIONAIRE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU"

>>5255449
Actually, where I live, assuming on minimum wage, my rent would need 23hrs to cover it (that's not including bills, food or council tax, just bare minimum to cover the rent) and that's with a housemate, and it's a pretty low rent for the area.

>>5255449
>with no assistance whatsoever one can work hard and pay for a living. literally anyone can do it with half an effort.

tell that to my friend who has fibro and is in too much pain to hold a job

>Always used to have to save up for months for a single cosplay, forsaking viyda and all other hobbies.
>Had plenty of times but not enough cash
>College, full time job finally, time was nil. But was broke of both time and money since it was all going to school
>Graduate, surprise! Can't find a fucking job. Dad offers me a job.
>Dad fucking HATES me so I'm surprised he even offered one. Roofing job, labor intensive, long hours but at least there's health benefits.
>Motivated to get out of this fucking hole and finally be able to buy fun shit and not live paycheck to paycheck.
>Fast forward 3 years, I have my own roofing company.
>Making sweet sweet bank. My huge desire for cosplay is gone as I now only do one cosplay a year that double as a Halloween costume. But I love me some fucking Gundam.

Moral of the story? It's really hard to justify spending obscene or large amounts of money on a hobby when you busted your ass to earn every cent.

It's much easier to spend money someone gives you (like your parents) on stupid shit instead of bettering your life.

My dad and I still hate each other. More so because we're in direct competition in business

>>5255449
It the oppsite for me, good benfits, but I work long hours. Sometimes well over 70+ hours, and still get payed the same. No over time, nothing.

No overtime, nothing.

>>5255449
So all I do is work hard, and I can pay for the $10,000 monthly treatments I'll eventually need, and without I'll be sick to work.

Where is this great job?

>>5255449
>Existing comfortably with a room, food, and utils only really requires you work ~15 hours a week

Nice bullshit. Where do you live that you can have all those for 15 hours a week?

>>5255449
Your privilege is showing. Have you no idea on the current economic status in america? People with MASTERS are finding it hard to get jobs.

You are painfully uninformed. You're probably like 16.

http://playspent.org/

It's a game based on living on minimum wage. Let's see how well you do.

>>5255481
I know your friend's feel. I need treatment, but neither I nor my parents can afford pills or the doctor, yet somehow we make too much for Medicaid? Shit sucks. All I want to do right now is work so I can help out my family and maybe enjoy a few small things once in a while.

>>5255611

ah, that ever growing "not poor enough, not rich enough" gap that we all fall through.

>been extensively looking for a job since July
>have done countless interviews
>still haven't landed a job

Jesus H. Christ, I've had horrible luck this year. At this rate I probably won't be able to go to Anime Expo next year, which sucks because all of my friends are going.

>>5255634
Yep. It's frustrating as hell. Insurance for me is like $700, too. Our health care system sure is great.

I want to try for SSI/disability, but I'm not sure I can even get that.

>get rebuttles stating vague scenario's where they have somehow been trapped in horrendous scenarios.

>>5255475
you split rent with your boyfriend and you're having trouble? then either a. you aren't working more than a couple nights a week b. you're living beyond your means, get a shittier apartment, eat more rice. That's great that you're finished with school, congrats on making it so far.

>>5255478
that sounds pretty lousy, but maybe you should consider some sort of longer commute? If your rent is ~$1200 for a 2bdrm then you're likely in the thick of some downtown area. To my post's point, having your own bedroom, that's a luxury, bachelor and studio apartments make very cosy living spaces.

>>5255481
that's certainly an issue, I don't believe I mentioned anything to do with disabilities, my apologies if I used any umbrella words that made you think that.

>>5255498
you sound like a really hard worker and a reasonable person, get out of there man, jesus, why would you do that?

>>5255519
what are you trying to say exactly? do you think there should be a system by which you can make $10,000 every month because you need it? I didn't mean to target anyone with disabilities, there are already systems in place to assure these people aren't homeless.

>>5255537
a shitty bachelor apartment in a larger Canadian town

>>5255543
>Your privilege is showing.
this made me lol, you got me, guilty, but that doesn't make me wrong

>People with MASTERS are finding it hard to get jobs.
that they're suited for, sure, unemployment is through the roof. It's dog eat dog world, I wasn't saying anything about unemployment, my point was that we should avoid living beyond our means and put strong thought towards lowering our standards and saving our money for things we like.

>>5255608
I played this a bit ago, when I was still pulling down a decent pay check. I thought "well, I'm pretty poor but I don't have to deal with most of this".

Recently, my hours have gotten cut pretty badly and now I'm having an "oh god everything about this game was right" moment. Best example, I was sick with a pretty bad cold and decided to stay home to rest up and make sure I didn't get any worse. "Well, anon, we're going to put a note in your file and if you bring in a doctor's note the file note will be invalidated, otherwise it will turn into a strike on your record."

I can't afford to go to the doctor for anything less than Ebola, especially after losing a day's pay staying home sick. First strike in almost two years of working there.

>walking down the street
>some homeless guy comes up to me shivering
>keeps looking at me
>finally give him my over coat
>walk around the corner
>see a cop
>tell him this bum stole my coat
>point at the guy
>cop beats the shit out of him
>get coat back
>watch the bum baw his way to jail
>throw the coat in the trash; it had the smell of poor on it

I know what you mean OP. Poorfags are the worst. Cost me a good coat getting that guy someplace warm to sleep for a while.