Today, my car broke down. The good news is I can afford to have it fixed. The bad news is paying for the fix will wipe out my savings, which I need to get certified for a non-minimum-wage job. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I need money to fix my car, I need my car to get to work, and I need work to get money. FML
Today, I finally got my paycheck from working at my minimum wage job for the last three months. I was delighted when I saw it was worth $846. On my way to cash it, I destroyed my car's suspension. It's going to cost almost $800 to fix. FML
Today, I learned that repairing my car will cost more than it's worth. I'm barely making it paycheck to paycheck and I had to sleep in that car several nights this week after getting thrown out of my sister's house. Now I need a room AND a car. FML
Today, my car broke down dead in the middle of the highway. As I was unable to get it out of the road, it was impounded, and my insurance won't help. Now I'm further in debt and struggling to get to work. FML
Today, my boyfriend wrecked our car. Now I can't get to work in order to make the money we need to buy a new one. FML
Today, I got woken up by my parents telling me I had to go buy a car so they could have transportation. Neither of their cars work, so I was letting them use mine, and then they wrecked it. It needs nearly a thousand bucks in repairs to be drivable again, but since it was my car, I have to replace it now to appease them. FML
Today, I was driving to get groceries when my muffler fell off. I need to get it fixed or else I’ll lose my job, and my job is far away from where I live. If I take an Uber or anything, it will be taking most of my paycheck. Man, FML
Today, on Christmas Eve, as I was getting my car loaded for the holiday rounds to the in-laws and parents, my car decided now was the time to break down. I recently put in over $1000 fixing it. FML
Today, my car broke down. My dad insisted he could fix it, but screwed up in the process. After finally getting the car towed to a mechanic, I was told that I'd only needed a new water pump, but thanks to the damage my dad did, fixing it all will cost me a small fortune. FML
Today, I got a text from my dad asking about my car in the shop. I'm trying to show them that I can actually be independent, but now they know that not only will it cost all my savings account to fix it, but also that my boyfriend will be driving me to work for the next month while the shop waits for the parts. FML
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Top comments
berniro 14
If it's possible, get the certification first and then pay to repair your car.
thepeniswrinkler 14
Invest in a bus pass for the time being.
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Comments (50)
SegaTortoise 12
If it was a BMW that would cost at least 10 years pay
LadyIrene 21
If she had a BMW I don't think she'd be working minimum wage..
Birdmad 12
Take the bus.
heyLaddieHey 18
NO ONE KILL ME. Is it possible to get the repairs put on a credit card or paid with a loan until your certification goes through? Then you can quickly pay it off before the interest gets too high.
gracehi 33
That's it. I've had enough of your sass. *Murders you.*
ThrottleJockey 36
Get the certification and take the Sketchers Express.
flamed22 13
Damn it Illinois ever time
biopilot17 9
Take uber for a while then when you have the better job pay for yourcar
r35pect 2
Pray and you'll get through it?
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Wait, what? In the US, you need to prove that you have savings to be offered a decently paid job? How does that make any sense?
soullyfe 33
They need their savings to pay for a certification.
Platinum69 8
Can't you get a settlement with the repair shop to pay them on an extended period?
gear4 29
if you have to dip into your savings, itsnot affordable