Today, I spent my afternoon rummaging through old jeans and other pants, due to being broke and needing cash for ramen. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I'm so broke, I resorted to breaking into my old apartment complex to do my laundry in the basement for free. FML
Today, while I was out shopping, my pants decided that they just didn't have enough holes in them, and ripped a new one in the crotch. FML
Today, I had to buy another pair of "fat jeans", because my old "fat jeans" became my new "skinny jeans." FML
Today, I spent my entire paycheck on a new summer wardrobe. I then left my shopping bags on the train. FML
Today, I grabbed a pair of pants from the dryer in a hurry, trying to make it to the bank. When I rushed in, I felt something fall down my leg. It was a pair of my mom's granny panties that had been stuck inside my jeans. I kicked them aside, hoping no one would notice. They did. FML
Today, I saw a dime on the ground. When I bent down to pick it up, my $80 dollar pants ripped. FML
Today, I'm so poor that I've been scrounging around my house all day trying to find quarters and dimes so that I can buy myself a cup of coffee tomorrow. FML
Today, my grandmother patched up my $300, vintage, limited edition, designer jeans because she thought I'd accidentally ripped them. FML
Today, at work, the seat of my pants ripped open. A coworker lent me a pair of his back-up jeans, and then those ripped in the crotch. FML
Today, I spent £65 on a pair of jeans after scouring Depop & eBay for hours, only for literally my dream jeans to then pop up in "More recommended" after purchasing, and for a cheaper price and faster shipping, after six hours of searching and spending the last of my paycheck on non-refundable jeans. FML
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Top comments
Crofty92 17
Try down the back of the couch.
Rawrshi 25
One might say you were ramen-ging for cash!
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Comments (87)
Bmw_wmB 6
I wonder why you still have that cell phone...
slyde32 12
phone calls? I was broke for ages and still had my phone, you know, to leave a contact number for people to ring me about jobs
nikko0328 9
ahhh ramen. food of the gods
ironroughneck34 5
@Walkernite; breathing causes cancer! Damn hypochondriacs Lmfao!
greentooth 9
But you have a phone and/or laptop with Internet?
Britt125 16
The could be using free wifi somewhere, or even using a library computer (or one at school or work). A phone is a pretty essential expense even if they're on a cell they could have ditched their landline to have a cell because it's more useful. Internet is also a pretty essential expense for a lot of people, I'm looking for a job right now and most places will not accept applications in person, it has to be online. Most won't even advertise anywhere but online. So a lot of people need to be using free wifi somewhere or spending the cost to keep internet.
lvg_fml 10
Unfortunately the way things are these days it's not just college kids living this way. I scrounged up $3 in quarters the other day to put gas in a car I share with my son. I'm 50.
prinncess00 16
@#34 More like FYL ...
more4me 27
I feel your pain .
jyu1 6
just ask random ppl for money
Britt125 16
Sounds similar to what I need to do right now... it sucks.
SwtCherryPie 26
I remember at 19 years old being so broke my SO and I went out in the middle of the night and stole money out of one of those fountains that people toss coins in so we could finally eat. We almost got caught by the police too. They saw us and asked what we were doing, ran our licenses and everything, but ended up sending us on our way. Thank God it was night or he would have noticed my husband's back pocket was soaking wet from all the wet change and my shirt sleeves were wet from digging in the fountain while he kept guard. Not a proud time in our lives. He spent some days on the street playing guitar for money, but that didn't work too well despite his talent. We even ended up sleeping in an empty shop for a night or two when we had nowhere else to go. Thankfully, the doors were unlocked; we didn't have to break in or anything. We slept in what was probably an office so no one walking by would know we were in there.
chukacua 2
Instead of paying for phone internet get food.
slyde32 12
what if he's using free wi-fi? a lot of stores and libraries offer that
jjaanneett 5
The struggle