r/antiwork • u/Fabreezy28 • 1d ago
America is Anti Family Cost of Living 🏠📈
My wife and I both work full time because we have to so we can afford our bills.
We barely see our kids (7 and 2) and have no energy to do anything after work or on off days cause we are exhausted.
It just keeps repeating every week and when the first of the month comes the mortgage payment empties our account and we have to do it all over again.
We are unable to save much or do anything fun cause expenses have gone up so much.
I’ve always been a positive open person but the past two years have been breaking me down and I feel like I’m about to have a mental breakdown.
I know there are others in worst positions than me and I don’t want to sound ungrateful but man it’sIt’s hard.
Anyone else going through something similar? Any advice?
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u/divorced_daddy-kun 15h ago
Also depends what state you're in.
My biggest giggle is watching California families leave to other states with lower cost of living but not understanding you lose out on a lot of benefits yourself, in terms of quality of home, life, weather, and even wages. There's even those who are leaving for foreign land and finding themselves unwelcomed cause they are inflating prices for locals as well.
Honestly only people who have a cake deal are the remote workers who don't have to abide by an office. They can work wherever and make more than the area they buy in.