Is it normal to be this crazy over money

I work full time and live in a nice house with my boyfriend however I'm always broke. I am in school right now and my car keeps breaking down, so that's where most of my money goes. I just moved to a new city to live with my boyfriend and i know noone. I just find i am so stressed over money it's making me sick. I cry almost every day because i can't afford to live pretty much. I never go out, because i can't afford it so i have pretty much no friends. I'm getting more and moredepressed by the day. I don't have extra time for another job so what can i possibly do. At this rate i will need to drop out of school to afford to live,but i know that will make me just as upset. Is it normal to be this upset over money. What can i do to be happy?

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  • Sounds like a bad situation. Money is a big thing in life and often stresses me out too. Look on the bright side, look at the things you have rather than the thing you want to have. Worry about that later.

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  • ZooManOtroy

    Get public assistance and consider public transport. A lot of people pour money into vehicles when its not necessary. Besides that, if your cute strip or porn lol. That'll get your finances on track.

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  • Twixmix345

    Do Amway. Jesus christ stop complaining about life and stop having that employee mentality. Im 23 and my wife and I don't work anymore and I didn't even go to college. Its way overrated. My wife went one year. Enjoy life instead of being caught up in the usual boring routine lives of everyone here. ^^^^^^^^^

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  • Charle44

    It doesn't sound like you're stressed out over money. It sounds like you're stressed out because you're working a full-time job and going to school and you just moved and you've got no social life and your relationship with your boyfriend just went through a big change. Any one of those things can be stressful on its own.

    The good news is everyone's broke at college. Meet someone. Hang out. Go on really cheap dates with your boyfriend. I bet there's a park near you with a bunch of broke college kids who play volleyball and drink generic iced tea because they can't afford Lipton.

    Oh, and get back in touch with your old gang. That's what the internet is for.

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  • Cut down on expenses, finish college, and get into your profession. Sacrifice now so you won't have to later.

    The road to life is easily missed as few ever took it to begin with but the path to death is easy, and paved with marble. If you've chosen the hard road in life you can almost always be sure it was the right road.

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  • Short&2thepoint

    Try growing a garden, no matter how small, it helps! Try eating cheaper, and making things from scratch, you'd be amazed at how much cheaper it is! Everyone nowdays is having trouble money-wise except for the ones that have it ALL, but try not to focus on being poor, and look at the good things in life that you have, that doesnt cost a thing!

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    It's normal. The whole broke college student thing is troubling and it would be next to impossible for me to go to school had it not been for the loans that I have gotten and paid back with financial aid checks.

    I'm going with dinz here. Look at your budget, you may need to make some compromises. It won't be easy but you have to pay attention to money matters before you make financial decisions.

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  • dinz

    Life is all about making compromises, you and your boyfriend will need to look at making a budget and look at limiting debt/expenses to increase your cashflow.

    If you are not saving, you seriously need to have that in your budget equation. With the economy - you need to be prepared for a hard landing.

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  • dirtybirdy

    Maybe you should have saved money before you moved in with your boyfriend. Ya know, been prepared.

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