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Things I didn't do/have when I couldn't afford them in real life: children[1], pets, smoking, a car, entertainment[2] [1] ok ok, I know that sometimes this is

Things I didn't do/have when I couldn't afford them in real life: children[1], pets, smoking, a car, entertainment[2] [1] ok ok, I know that sometimes this is unplanned or you already have children before you have no money [2] often had to turn down things I wanted to do because I couldn't afford them

StavrosK 15y ago
Same here. I would also sometimes add "food" to that list, though very briefly. Although, I must add, I was soft-poor.
- dkersten 15y ago
  True, I have often eaten the cheapest food I could find and once or twice went without eating for a day. But, I always had a safety net: while I may have been low on money and even without money on occasion, I could always have borrowed money from family knowing that they would give it to me if I asked. But, I was saving that for if I ever really really needed it.
  - StavrosK 15y ago
    Exactly the same situation as me. That's why I clarified with "soft-poor", which isn't really the same, but not too different either.
    - bkmartin 15y ago
      And that is what really separates the poor from the impoverished most times. When you look at those who are in the worst of the worst situations you realize that these people have little to no support network. If their parents made the same choices they did, or they don't even have parents anymore, or reliable family and friends, what are they to do when it gets tough? I know that if things every got really crazy tough for my family I could go to either me or my wife's parents and we could stay there, we have a social safety net. Lots of people living in these scenarios don't.
allwein 15y ago
Agreed. I was especially pissed off with this game when, after choosing to pay higher rent so I could live within walking distance of work, it still made me keep my car, which hit me with a resultant $500+ in monthly costs between insurance payments and a mechanical breakdown.

StavrosK 15y ago

Same here. I would also sometimes add "food" to that list, though very briefly. Although, I must add, I was soft-poor.

dkersten 15y ago
True, I have often eaten the cheapest food I could find and once or twice went without eating for a day. But, I always had a safety net: while I may have been low on money and even without money on occasion, I could always have borrowed money from family knowing that they would give it to me if I asked. But, I was saving that for if I ever really really needed it.
- StavrosK 15y ago
  Exactly the same situation as me. That's why I clarified with "soft-poor", which isn't really the same, but not too different either.
  - bkmartin 15y ago
    And that is what really separates the poor from the impoverished most times. When you look at those who are in the worst of the worst situations you realize that these people have little to no support network. If their parents made the same choices they did, or they don't even have parents anymore, or reliable family and friends, what are they to do when it gets tough? I know that if things every got really crazy tough for my family I could go to either me or my wife's parents and we could stay there, we have a social safety net. Lots of people living in these scenarios don't.

allwein 15y ago

Agreed. I was especially pissed off with this game when, after choosing to pay higher rent so I could live within walking distance of work, it still made me keep my car, which hit me with a resultant $500+ in monthly costs between insurance payments and a mechanical breakdown.