I'm a 70 year old Vet. Got screwed out of a Teamsters Pension. Hard to live on $1200 SS. Refuse to get Food Stamps. I took a job taking care of a wealthy Pot farmers personal property. (I quit smoking it) Pays me in Cash. Work 6 sometimes 7 days a week. 80 mile commute daily. Single and very lonely. The high light of my week is grocery shopping at 5 am. I am blessed to be in good health. I pray for those who are trying to raise a family and make ends meet. Sorry about whining. It gets at me from time to time. On top of that I have to under the dictatorship of Krazy Kate Brown in Oregon.

If you can find a way to raise a kid with both parents at home (self employed, remote work, etc), it makes all the difference. There is a lot of sacrifice but you will not trade it for anything in the world. Even if you can get by with just one parent at home, it’s infinitely better than letting a stranger and YouTube raise your kid. You are working hard fren, the time goes by fast, don’t waste it working for dollars you don’t need.

You’re a great American, don’t forget it.

America was built and became great by people like you doing tough jobs for their families.

Never forget this is all a temporary stop on the way to a way bigger payoff in Heaven.

I have 3 kids work for myself, have an office vut work from home most of the time. I pretty much dont leave the house. I havent been inaide a grocery store or restaurant since July. My oldest plays soccer, it feels like a win when I go to soccer games outside with no mask. In NC staye finally quit madating masks outside. It is insane. I dont wear a mask ever. My kids have to at school. I am hoping them seeing me never in a mask will help in the long run. My oldest is 16 I talk to him about it, but I dont want to add mroe drama to my 7 year old girls life.

Anyway, I am with you. I feel like we are battling a dialy war of attritiion.

While it feels lonely, we need to remind each other as you did with this post that we are far from alone.

You need to cut your expenses and quit two of those jobs. Vacations aren't required. If you need a break, look around your area and just take day trips. They are extremely cheap, as they only cost you the gas to drive there and back. I haven't had what most people consider a real vacation in over 20 years. Just do it.

I also own rentals, and I truck. Wife rides with me full time. Not much time off, but debts are shrinking. God is good, everything happens for a reason. At least we can look at ourselves in the mirror and see someone fighting the good fight, and not some slacker wanting his own ass wiped for him/her. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of everyone doing what needs to be done. I'm proud of everyone accepting personal responsibility! It's rare. So glad I found this site! It gets me through the day! Thank you all!

You're a good American who is busting his ass to keep a roof over his son's head. I know it's tough right now, but it DOES get better. My boy is 22 now but when he was young, I was a single dad having to work a ton of hours. Felt like the worst dad in the world. But when I did get time with him, I made every minute count. Hopefully you're doing the same, but if not make sure you do. You'll look back and feel a lot better about the situation.

Praying for you, brother. It'll get better.

Praying for the people here and everyone in the world with the same struggles.

You are not alone. This IS a tough time. I sometimes think of the people who had even tougher times. A lot tougher. Every generation has had it's challenges. This is ours. But you know what, we are made of tough stuff and yes, we will make it through this and triumph. Remember how you feel right now, because it won't last. Just make sure your son understands your situation; that you would prefer to have things be different, that you'd prefer to spend more time with him. That will mean a lot to him, just knowing you want to, even if you can't right now. Then do everything you can think of to lighten your load, get out of debt and be as 'free' as you can so you can have that most valuable of things with him - sharing your time. Glad you are on the right side of history, pede. It ain't easy, but it's worth it. All the best to you and your son.

Make sure you're all eating right.

Get your potassium and magnesium and omega 3's.

God (and what you owe to him) > family (what you owe to them) > health (for you and the family)

https://www.youtube.com/c/DrEricBergDC/search?query=kids

You are definitely not alone in incessant working and no break from it in a long time.

Obtain a copy of growing kids gods way. There’s a section about choices and consequences. Once you get that set up in your home, you’ll never have to punish your child ever again. It’ll simply be choices and consequences that you will set up with him in advance. It’s a beautiful way to raise a child.

Also the one minute father, we can probably get that at Amazon or eBay or somewhere else. Put those two tools together and raising your child will be a joy!

Oh and one last thing… The major role in our house was this… Whiners get nothing!

Read Richest Man in Babylon, or similar. Find a way to save 10% of income for investing. Learn from those who are successful at it, and start creating passive income streams. This is the path to freedom (not freedom from work, but freedom to work doing whatever you like).

quit and open your own business. then your son can watch.

Yup. And I just picked up an electric scrubber to reduce the elbow grease and reduce bending and stretching--simple things that cause fatigue. Then I taped a metal piece to my makita multipurpose to scrape paint to elim. elbow grease. Then I planned to buy smaller paint rollers to reduce more timely paint brush strokes...Yup. Now I look to see what tools/people can help reduce job time to shorten the work before my energy wears out for the day. Plan. Plan. Plan.

The tooth fairy is paying out $5, so inflation is definately happening. In the 1950s, that would have been 50 cents.

The apartment I had when I got married 20+ years ago rented for $250/mo. Now they've redone it and put a dishwasher and maybe laundry hookups amd it goes for at least $800/mo if not more. Insurance deductible was $250 eighteen years ago, now it's ten times that. Thank you Obamacare! Hard to save and invest when you start out in life with an almost worthless currency. Looking forward to gold destroying the Fed!

Put your faith in God and don't kill yourself chasing the dollar. He gave us life, man made up the dollar. Always trust God above man. His blessings will come to you once you put Him above everything else.

The longer this draws out, the more I think living a life of leisure will not be for us but rather we are destined for a place in Valhalla after an abrupt end fighting for what we think is right. No compliance. No compromise. No surrender.

Everyone is tired. It’s by design, they want us to give up and give in.

What is this fucking weird ass post? How do the sentences relate to each other?

Yes, worked 80-90 hours a week wasn't even enough for my family of 4, ended up sending and paying for my wife to go through nursing school God bless her, we are doing much better now but I'd be lying if I said it was a fulfilling life. Money does not solve everything.

Buy GME before it hits the moon.

I felt like that in my 20s, in my 30s I got my nose above water just enough to get by, in my early 40s I'm finally starting to feel like I can breathe and swim... With hard work, you will get there, just keep improving your skill set and be willing to take chances for new and more lucrative jobs so you can focus on one and enjoy your personal life. Good luck

I feel ya. Change is coming. Hang in there. ????

I was the same for over eight years. I worked as a Para for a school district for 81/2 years. I also worked as a waitress evenings and weekends during the same time period and picked up every lazy co-workers shift I could during the summer months.. Then on Saturday mornings I worked as a PMR for the post office. I was sleep deprived for all those years, but I never took any form of state aid. I was a single parent of three kids getting $300 a month child support and not any other form of help ie., medical etc. It was a tough time in my life. Yesterday I attended the graduation ceremony of my daughter, who earned a 4 year degree and will now enter the workforce for a year or two before she goes back to earn her Masters. All of my children are fighters. The ex tries to take credit for how well they turned out, but he was many states away and added very little, outside some excellent dna, toward how they turned out.

I hear you, I’m saving up to BUSINESSMAXXX in the next couple years so I’ll basically be in the same boat SRS.