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by vailprogrammer 2729 days ago
> sob stories about people who spent half their lives pursuing 3 uneconomical degrees, had 3 more kids than they could afford, in cities with some of the highest costs of living in the world, and now complain that they're living paycheck to paycheck.

So the person who ....

- never attended any sort of college, but did graduate high school

- is single and childless, in fact have no family at all as their parents died poor and young

- is living paycheck to paycheck, whether in a city or rural area

...just doesn't exist? And if they do exist, please enlighten me on what steps they should take to correct their situation?

Just curious, but are your parents college educated?