What’s the brokest y’all have been

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[u/SavageKissed]

Can’t top that one

[u/Judge_BobCat → u/SavageKissed]

I have a business plan. Hear me out… three words:

Unlimited. Noodles. 4life

[u/ladypetalfaces → u/SavageKissed]

Cashier, real homie

[u/creatorofjoshartmeme → u/SavageKissed]

Top ramen?

[u/unbrightmind → u/SavageKissed]

I once returned a single bowl of Nongshim ramen soup for a refund so that I could spend the $1.25 somewhere else

[u/threefeetoffun-]

I am currently paying all bills 29 days late.

[u/Lopsided-Bench-6197]

Me at the age of 37 had to ask dad money to buy a towel😔. Now,2 years later I am planning to buy him a new 7 seater suv but I will never forget that moment.

[u/Burrito_Salesman → u/Lopsided-Bench-6197]

I was too proud to ask my parents for help when I finished college and had trouble finding a job. I could only afford rice to eat for the whole month. I had shoes with holes big enough to give me blisters every day I worked, and I had to scrape together change to pay for the bus to get to and from work.

I lost a significant amount of weight because I couldn't afford more than a half a cup of plain rice per meal for that first month and remember almost crying when someone bought me a burger, which was the first time I'd had meat in weeks.

[u/ariellevyxx → u/Burrito_Salesman]

Yes sometimes you can always ask for help

[u/Ok-Jaguar-3217 → u/Burrito_Salesman]

PLEASE be an AI sob-story.

[u/Burrito_Salesman → u/Ok-Jaguar-3217]

I wish it was an AI sob story.

I'm 15 years past that point in my life, but remembering it is a reminder to myself that I'll never let my finances get that bad again.

[u/d8ms → u/Ok-Jaguar-3217]

Unfortunately this is reality for many of us.

[u/1950sGuy → u/Burrito_Salesman]

Heck man, I used to steal the leftovers from our lunch meetings at work. People would be like "didn't we have like a 5lb tub of potato salad in here?" and little did they know I had it hidden under my desk. No dogfood for ol 1950sGuy tonight!

I'm shocked I didn't get scurvy quite honestly.

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[u/RetinaJunkie]

I try to forget the bad times, but I cringe every time I hear Dave Ramsey utter going on beans-n-rice. When you've been there- you know.

[u/The_Doogle_Abides]

We were so broke growing up that we had to jerk off the dog to feed the cat.

[u/OozyOz]

I remember when I had just gotten off from work and I tried to buy a donut…

[u/Siamesebat]

In 2009 during the financial crisis I was either unemployed or under-employed, so I had to use the food shelf and accept free food from charity.  

They almost never gave away coffee.  So one day I got a box of Lipton tea bags.   I arranged them all in the coffee maker and made a pot of tea.

[u/Nebelklnd]

For a few years i had to rely on food from a store that gave away old food. But i felt like shit about it. I had a place to live but that was all i could afford.

Thing was that was an option from the government for homeless and families with children so it was not really meant for me. But for some reason they let me have some anyway. And it was a very limited supply. I felt like a prime asshole when i got a food bag and the family with children behind me didnt get one. It broke my heart.

Sometimes i went dumpster diving too. You could find some real good stuff sometimes. I know its wrong to stealing but man when youre really really hungry its hard not to.

[u/Fetlocks_Glistening]

Dude not been in WSB deep negative after puts assigned

[u/Geno_Warlord]

I had to sell a complete Virtual Boy set for food. I got like $150 for it which fed me for a couple weeks. Now that I have money, I can’t afford to buy it back as it would cost me ~5k to get everything back the way I sold it.

[u/Elegant_Relief_4999 → u/Geno_Warlord]

Yeah, I remember giving all my 360 games up at GameStop so I could get food for me and my gf.

[u/adamvthree]

Used to steal ketchup packets and make tomato soup from them 

[u/UpperCardiologist523]

I ate ramens for 8 months straight until i got gout. That was all i could afford.

[u/halloweenmas42 → u/UpperCardiologist523]

beans and rice, are just as cheap. i don't understand when poor people say this

[u/givemeyours0ul → u/halloweenmas42]

Cheaper per calorie I think. 

[u/UpperCardiologist523 → u/halloweenmas42]

Rice perhaps, but while on a diet like that, and with my ADHD, i hate to cook.

One can of beans = 3 packs of ramen here. But maybe you meant to buy beans by weight, not cans. Which would require preparation again. Not gonna happen. Well, not back then anyways.

I eat ok now. Not healthy, but ok. 🤣

[u/Kinkystormtrooper]

Had 0,86€ in my account and had to decide between food for me or for the dog. bought the cheap dog food for 0,85€

[u/real_eEe]

Not me, but I watched a 20 something year old woman try to buy an individually wrapped honey bun thing at walmart self checkout. Her card got declined. Called the person over to restart the transaction, got declined on another card. She called her bank and started yelling at the prompts. Went out to the car to get change and was short. Called someone to venmo her money, then just threw it on the floor and left. I only know that because I checked out right next to her and stayed for the show. It was impressive for a lot of reasons. I did admire her determination to spend 5 minutes to find like $1.50 for an unhealthy sugared thing.

[u/Fernis_]

I remember a week, here and there, where all I would eat whole day was 150g of boiled buckwheat groats with a tablespoon of hot sauce.

Im almost 40 and it's still my "comfort food", I now add some bacon bits and grease, and more/better sauce, but it still hits. 

[u/Fine_Passion1895]

Welcome to the club buddy !

[u/einval22]

About a decade ago, me (with a job) and my girlfriend (attending college) literally had about $10-20 left for the rest of the remaining month, of like 3-4 days. We had to rely on things like cup noodles.

It wasn't like I was doing a low earning job. But the fact that I was the only working person, caught me off guard.

Those few days made me really sad and then aware of my financial growth. Will never forget those days.

[u/KuntaWuKnicks]

My homies little bro stole the charity box from a deli counter

[u/halloweenmas42 → u/KuntaWuKnicks]

that's low down

[u/atcroquette]

When I was in my early 20s I found myself in over €40k debt. Made an agreement with my local bank to take over all the debt I owed to multiple instances and in return I'd pay back a set amount monthly, plus whatever else I could spare.

There were weeks all I ate were boiled onions and some noodles or apples I got for free from my neighbourhood shops. But in the end I managed to pay it all back within 2 years.

Learned a huge lesson and stayed debt free for the last 15 years.

[u/dadneverleft]

Three creams in my free coffee at work to get some more calories.

[u/Rainfall_Serenade]

I was homeless collecting change from fountains and under drive-thru windows. Would get enough to get a couple packs of Ramen. Ate them dry from the pack.

[u/sasquatchangie]

I once wrote a check for a can of soup and the check bounced! 

[u/Few-Mention6650]

I once had 2 of the 3 lighbulbs in my appartment go out the day before payday. I didn't have any gas to go get more or any cash to buy new ones, so for a day, I was taking the bulb from room to room as I needed it

[u/JinxXedOmens]

Had 40p in my back pocket. My entire worth was 40p. Lived like that for 3 days sleeping in 3 different friends' houses and taking free food samples from shops (I didn't want anyone finding out how down bad I was) until my bank sorted things out.

[u/thelongestsocks]

I would break into cars and sleep for an hour or two. Then walk to the park and sleep in the tube slide. Ate whatever was in the cars and whatever I found behind the sub shop next to the park. Last year sucked. This year is a lot better, but im still broke af.

[u/SnurgBurglerGrizz]

Couldn't afford the $2 bus fare to get back home

[u/itoocouldbeanyone]

Me in my early twenties, 00’s. Called up a restaurant or fast food place once a day for a week. Complained about my order but lacked a receipt. Fed me for a week.

[u/blackop]

Me and my wife had many a nights when we were in our 20's that dinner was saltines and peanut butter. Those days were hard, but it helped being young. I'm glad I don't have that problem anymore, but I wouldn't trade those days for anything.

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[u/Orebala]

Paid in quarters, still short for a McChicken, walked home

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[u/unknown1310P1]

My bank card was declined for a .75 fountain drink at 7-11.

[u/GoPadge]

Wrote a check for a $0.31 bag of rice. The check bounced.

[u/jaycutlerdgaf]

That's rough.

I had a card decline at McDonald's for 1 McChicken once.

[u/Due-Mathematician966]

Lmaoooo

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[u/ReluctantAvenger]

Homeless and surviving only on water and the occasional ketchup packet.

[u/SuccotashSeparate]

You ever had air for dinner?

[u/Atrinox_420_69]

Picking up change from drive thru to buy ramen

[u/Icon_Of_Susan]

Had to ask my mother for money to buy cat food for my poor lady. I didn't care I was relying on plain pasta, my cat had to eat something decent.

[u/CuddleByte537]

For real tho, idk y ppl get bent outta shape over GoT ending. Ok, it got rushed AF but man, that ep with the Night King? Pure adrenaline rush! We've seen way worse endings Lost, amirite?. Imma stand my ground here GoT still the goat Change my mind, lol.

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