OT: Can You Live On?

[gregebowman]

With my 2 jobs and my wife's, we barely make double that $1000 a month. Well, maybe a little more than double, it just depends on my wife's income, which can fluctuate depending on how many hours she works a week. Fortunately, I don't have any car payments, or I'd really be screwed. But I do have a mortgage, with built-in insurance. But I don't have insurance on the contents of my home. I barely have enough to afford car insurance, which is mandatory in Florida. Then my electric bill, which runs around $125 (until winter, when it goes up). Then my phone and cell-phone bills, and my satellite bill is around $100. then a couple of credit card payments. And I took out a home equity loan on my house awhile back, and that's around $250 every 2 weeks. And besides all that, I still need money for food, gas, and whatnots. So we squeek by, but barely.