Has the economy affected you yet?

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

Yes, just like everyone else has said.

In the last year my pension has halved and my outgoings on food. fuel etc have doubled.

I'm coming more and more around to CorbinKales way of thinking.

Long days and pleasant nights

[staropeace]

Alot of my family has lost their jobs in the oilpatch...more layoffs to follow.
Our medical care is a total screw up....with that,I could be the Poster Child....what a mess.

[brownmouse]

Well, thank-goodness my husband and I decided to forgo the "keeping up with the Jones" house and have a small but manageable house with a small but manageable loan. But , as my husband is in sales our income has been hit pretty hard. We are definitely feeling the burn. No vacation this year, hang on to our old (paid off ) cars, Santa shopped at Goodwill this year for Christmas but I refuse to buy much cheaper food at the grocer-at least just yet. Sophie is on a gluten free diet (for behavior) -and we try to give her organic food- for her health I won't skimp-(her rice noodle mac-n- cheese costs about $2.50 a box compared to, what- .39cents), and plenty of healthy meat and fresh vegies. Why is it that the UN-healthy foods are so much cheaper? I mean look at chicken breast compared to chicken legs? And long grain rice to white rice. Crazy.

My husband is really stressed out about work. The company he works for has had to lay people off and he takes it to heart as he is the sales guy. He thinks it is his fault. I am trying to be there for him but I worry that he is getting himself sick with worry. He works so hard but companies are just not buying. I'm worried about him.

[Haunted]

The only advice that ive heard of late to help with anything is that PRODUCE THE NOTE as far as delaying losing your home.

I think this is a very good one as loans have been sold and re-sold so many times it takes 'em forever to find the people who actually have the note. Meantime you can re-group and be ready for 'em when they come at you again.

[aussiewonder]

Yes, as many others have already stated, I have been looking for a job, but as of yet nothing. My husband works at a steel mill, and his hrs were cut to 36 a week some time before Christmas.
Hanging in though, and thankful, there are so many others who have it far worse.

[Wylde06]

Thankfully no, both since I'm only 18 and in college on a scholarship

The college I go to is going to start cutting some of the scholarship money because of their earnings in the Stock Market. Some of the scholarships as funded this way...and we know how thats been lately...hopefully my scholarship wont be affected (although Im not even sure if I will have it next year based on my grades)


As for me, yes I have been affected. I used to work for a car dealership, and because the main cars just so happen to be Jeep and Chrysler (they sell 6 different car lines, but Jeep and Chrysler are the big sellers)...they had to make some cuts, and I was one of them. Luckily though, my family has been fine.

[Wendybird]

I was laid off at the end of last year due to the recession. Luckily my other half has his own company that has not been affected so I started working for him until I found another job. Now I am working more for him than ever so haven't really looked for anything else. We don't have a huge mortgage, we both have cars (paid off) and because we work away a lot our overheads are relatively low. We are lucky. My friend called me this morning to say that she is being laid off at the end of this week and she has no idea what she is going to do. Her hubby has a low paid job so she was the main income. She is so depressed.

I feel so bad for people in this situation and just wish I could help! But what can you do?

Hopefully my other half's company can carry on the way it has been. We have had only 2 clients go bust on us and neither owed us more than a few hundred pounds so it won't kill us. I guess we are in a minority at the moment but I am aware that things can change so quickly and we may not be so lucky in future. Fingers crossed X

[Haunted]

My thoughts and prayers are with all of us here in this place. We must have faith and hope that things will get better.

[MyLife4YouSK]

Been playing the lottery each week HOPING like hell we'd get lucky... man, it's been tough for the last 2 years here. Living paycheck to paycheck, looking at all the bills that come in, trying to pay the ones that make the most sense, car, mortgage, electricity,....the credit card debt has gotten WAY out of hand, but it's the only way my husband can get gas, course he ''needs coffee and cigarettes(even though I quit) when he gasses up.

Anyway, I am SO thankful we still have a house and jobs. Hope everyone in here hangs in there.

[Sundrop]

It's hitting us pretty hard as well. We've had to cut our employee hours in half and we, as owners, have gone without cutting ourselves a paycheck in order to keep the lights on at the store.