There is a young guy with wife and child at my place of employment, I’ve been trying to quietly coach him into a more stable financial existence. I’ve hit a brick wall with overdraft protection on a checking account. He views it as an emergency loan and I can’t get him off it. This guy is one of the ones who is actuallytrying to better himself, an increasing rarity. The stupid runs deep regarding financial matters among the young, and it’s pretty bad even among those close to my age. Not that bad, but pretty bad.
Yeah, there’s people I work with who complain that they don’t get paid enough to cover their own rent, and in the next breath they brag about their bar-hopping and fancy pedicures.
I’m trying to pay down my medical debts and build a house, and somehow I do so on less than they complain about.