Had to sell my wedding ring today

I will never believe that - EVER.

Some of the most beautiful memories I have were from when we were extremely poor after having been moderately comfortable financially when my Dad had a stroke on Thanksgiving, money really doesn't matter. Family is what counts, that's what we learned and we all stool have and treasure the "crappy" handmade gifts we made for each other that Christmas.

You'll be fine, your heart's in the right place. God bless.

I just picked up my gold earrings out of pawn this afternoon. Many people are just doing what they can. I even have a good job but can't seem to get ahead of the curve, I'm overdrawn every month.

Can you see if there are any food banks that can help you out? If you're not used to using the "social justice" safety nets, it may not occur to you. Also, you may qualify for food stamps, contact your county social services.

Look on craigslist for temporary work under "General Labor" or look in "Gigs". Also remember that hospitals are always hiring, even if you work in the laundry, it would be better than nothing. Also the hospital cafeteria staff has pretty high turnover and they are usually looking for people.

I have a friend whose college age daughter joined with a friend and they started clean houses together. They cleaned an apartment for an apartment manager and he liked their work ethic so he told them any time anyone moved out he would call them to clean the apartments.

Sorry you had to pawn your ring. Don't let it expire....

One more thing - some grocery stores sell leftover frozen turkeys for five dollars the day after thanksgiving...I bought six of them one year and gave them away. This year I will KEEP them, lol.

Sell your gold ring, you don't need it, it is just a symbol. .

and there are more kids since there is child support. they must have been making a lot of money but they didn't save any of it or didn't make a budget. that is how most people live these days.

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I hope your husband wont be angry and that he understands. It sounds really tough in america just to survive. Sorry for what you are going through. Its tough here but its well hidden and the media dont talk about it. They call us the lucky county but its a bunch of bull.

Last Edited by grasptheuniverse on 11/17/2012 11:54 PM

I know he will understand. I sold my engagement ring and my wedding band inorder for us to survive. I did not know that my husband did the same. when we told each other we bought brass rings to replace the rings of gold. One day when things improve we will buy rings of gold, but until then we are happy with our band. we know that our sacrifice fed our family.

Sounds just like my story. There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road, and I my beloved husband and I had to make some huge sacrifices. You see, my husband had lovely shinbones and we had to fund his shinbone fetish website which was our primary source of income. Our second main source of income was my forehead modeling. We spent so much on shinbone polish and forehead wax to keep our careers going that it nearly bankrupted the family. One day I made a difficult and heartbreaking decision to sell my forehead so that we could afford shinbone polish for my husband. It was a long, cold walk home with no forehead, let me tell you. But when I arrived home with the shinbone polish, even more heartbreak ensued, for he had sold his beloved shinbones so that he could buy me forehead wax. Nobody ate that night, needless to say. We abandoned our family shortly afterward and I got a job as a checkout girl.

if this thread is really true I'm going to guess all 4 kids are in some extremely expensive private schools that they shouldn't be in... or OP has issues saying no to the kids which depletes their finances.

well. I think if I found out my wife sold her wedding ring

I would totally bitch slap her for stupidity