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damn im going to be in the same shoes as you guys. except im like nate where i HAVE to work. im totally on my own. no one to help me. and i am just starting school this coming up summer or fall semester and i got 6 years ahead of me and im 23. sucks i wont be done till im 30! oh well mech e pays so im not worried. i figure ill have around 50-80k in debt but who knows. maybe it wont be that high. im dreading it though. i hate debt so much.

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Originally posted by RJT Yup, rent is pretty much the one bill that killed me the most. For 2.5 years it was like $550 a month

$550 in Point? 'tha Fuck?

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Originally posted by UWM $550 in Point? 'tha Fuck?

Lived by myself for a couple years, needed to focus (read: stop drinking and doing other things inhibiting my classroom attendance).

Ahh, okay. Even still, I thought Madison was comparatively high-priced for Wisco and I was paying about $600 to live on my own for two years in pretty nice places.

damn $600!?!?!?!?!?! shit i wish it was that cheap here, but then again if it was it would suck here too cause then no good events.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel damn im going to be in the same shoes as you guys. except im like nate where i HAVE to work. im totally on my own. no one to help me. and i am just starting school this coming up summer or fall semester and i got 6 years ahead of me and im 23. sucks i wont be done till im 30! oh well mech e pays so im not worried. i figure ill have around 50-80k in debt but who knows. maybe it wont be that high. im dreading it though. i hate debt so much.

yea but you'll have a nice education under your belt and 30 is still young and TONS of people have school debt. don't sweat it

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Originally posted by Slylee yea but you'll have a nice education under your belt and 30 is still young and TONS of people have school debt. don't sweat it

yeah i know. its hard though. growing up my sperm and egg donor took tons and tons and never gave back. they still do so its REALLY hard for me to borrow money. i will wait till the very last minute to ask and even then im super reluctant.

i do realize though it will be easy to pay off making 60k/year to start out if not more since i currently work at an engineering firm. plus i was already told by one of the higher ups that he wants to move me into an intern position in a year.

my mom helps me out more than my dad and he makes almost 150k a year. haven't seen a dime from him towards my education or even getting my car fixed.

how fucked up is THAT

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel damn $600!?!?!?!?!?! shit i wish it was that cheap here, but then again if it was it would suck here too cause then no good events.

If it makes you feel any better the places I was looking at in Chicago were $12-1400 a month. Fortunately I'll be living with two friends and it will only be $750.

get ur parents to pay for partying and school ....... b0p.


so wierd, here in the us poeple dislike living with their parents, i dunno why


while in latin america is the norm untill you graduate from college. family bonds are very strong in latin america, and its very evident with the whole moving out when im in college thing..

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Originally posted by nchs09 get ur parents to pay for partying and school ....... b0p. so wierd, here in the us poeple dislike living with their parents, i dunno why while in latin america is the norm untill you graduate from college. family bonds are very strong in latin america, and its very evident with the whole moving out when im in college thing..

I love living with my mother. Family is number one on my list of what's important to me. My mom is really unwell...and yeah the bonus of living at home is that I don't pay rent, but I stay more because she needs me around to help take care of her. I don't think it's right to abandon your family when they need your support.

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Originally posted by nchs09 get ur parents to pay for partying and school ....... b0p. so wierd, here in the us poeple dislike living with their parents, i dunno why while in latin america is the norm untill you graduate from college. family bonds are very strong in latin america, and its very evident with the whole moving out when im in college thing..

lol well i HATE my egg donor and havent talked to my immediate family in almost 4yrs. so.....yeah. thats a small window into who i have to help me.

i have 68k in student loans.

all ya'll can suck my dick AND never send your children to a private school for 4 years.

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Originally posted by jennypie I love living with my mother. Family is number one on my list of what's important to me. My mom is really unwell...and yeah the bonus of living at home is that I don't pay rent, but I stay more because she needs me around to help take care of her. I don't think it's right to abandon your family when they need your support.

ya its wierd, like in guatemala noone has heard of a retierment home where you send old people when they cant take care of themselves... those things do not exist there...

well here in california, i think it depends on where you get the loan from for how much they give you. but for any loan for school, they pay your tuition at school first and give you the left over whatever it may be. you are supposed to spend it on school (books, gas to drive to school, food and stuff like that) just remember, whatever you spend it on, you have to pay it back anyways. they don't monitor your spending either.

ive been paying my mom's electric bill, giving her $ towards rent & groceries AND cooking some mean ass meals for us...so yea, i guess i'm technically not "mooching" in the least bit. i'm just living with her.

we hang out a lot too. we spent the whole day together on sunday driving to miami for an art show after i took her to brunch. it was fun. but i still want my own place because she's so goddamn nosey and i can't deal w/ that. but i know all moms are like that.

I pay 380 a month to live in a great area downtown in a building that could definitely use some work.

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Originally posted by RJT I wasn't really trying to be mean either Jamie - hell, my Mom actually SUGGESTED I move back home to save money in the last year of school And yeah, Myra and I are kind of in the same boat as far as Apt. hunting, because she needs to move in August, and I'm hoping to graduate in December, so she needs place she can afford for 6 months or so on her own, and that is big enough for me and her to live in comfortably afterwards. Milwaukee isn't Miami, but it'll still probably be at least $700-$800 a month (I think, Myra's the expert here).

depending on area/amenities/parking/etc, rent in Milwaukee can range anywhere from $500-$1000 for a 1BR, and about $600-$1000+ for a 2BR... and i think it won't be too hard to find a nice 2BR for somewhere between $700-$800, which will be $350-$400 split between the 2 of us. much better than the $645 i'm paying now.

only thing that sucks about moving back downtown is that i'm most likely going to lose my patio, unless i find a flat with a porch or balcony. most apartment buildings with balconies downtown are $$$$.

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Originally posted by nchs09 ya its wierd, like in guatemala noone has heard of a retierment home where you send old people when they cant take care of themselves... those things do not exist there...

i could never do that to either of my parents unless they had an illness which required constant medical attention. but even then, i'd rather hire a 24 hr nurse to be in the house taking care of them. my house to be exact.


isn't it weird how the tables turn in life? your parents spend the first half of your life helping you grow up, wiping your ass, feeding & changing you, etc... and then you end up changing their diapers and feeding them once you're an adult.

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Originally posted by nchs09 ya its wierd, like in guatemala noone has heard of a retierment home where you send old people when they cant take care of themselves... those things do not exist there...

Yep, it's sad...and that's exactly why we have nursing homes. People get old and they have so few social supports that these places have to exist. It's pretty heart-breaking. I've learned a lot about that kind of stuff this year.

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Originally posted by jennypie Yep, it's sad...and that's exactly why we have nursing homes. People get old and they have so few social supports that these places have to exist. It's pretty heart-breaking. I've learned a lot about that kind of stuff this year.

yea i drive by a nursing home on the way home from work/school everyday, there is always someone in a wheel chair waiting at the door, im guessing hoping someone is coming to visit them.

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Originally posted by l�cid depending on area/amenities/parking/etc, rent in Milwaukee can range anywhere from $500-$1000 for a 1BR, and about $600-$1000+ for a 2BR... and i think it won't be too hard to find a nice 2BR for somewhere between $700-$800, which will be $350-$400 split between the 2 of us. much better than the $645 i'm paying now. only thing that sucks about moving back downtown is that i'm most likely going to lose my patio, unless i find a flat with a porch or balcony. most apartment buildings with balconies downtown are $$$$.

haha that's so cute. my mom is like that because she constantly reads, so she has to have her little space on the patio with a nice view.

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Originally posted by Slylee haha that's so cute. my mom is like that because she constantly reads, so she has to have her little space on the patio with a nice view.

my patio is seriously my favorite feature of my apartment. Rob and i have spent countless hours out there grillin/chillin/rollin/drinking/smoking/etc... it's gonna suck if i have to move back into a place with no "outside"!

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Originally posted by hadi ****** yea i drive by a nursing home on the way home from work/school everyday, there is always someone in a wheel chair waiting at the door, im guessing hoping someone is coming to visit them.

Yeah.


It really is depressing...just the whole situation of it all. Most of the people in those situations don't even want to live anymore...but it's not like they're palliative, so they're kept alive in the nursing homes. Same shit everyday...wake up, morning care, meds, eat, toilet, back to bed for a bit, maybe some activity, lunch, more meds, more toilet, more sleep..and so on and so on.

The facility where I do my placement is awesome though. The nurses make all the difference in the quality of care. They're basically these people's surrogate family and they do a damn good job of caring for them.

I liken long term care facilities to purgatory. Not dying, but not really living either. Sucks.

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Originally posted by l�cid my patio is seriously my favorite feature of my apartment. Rob and i have spent countless hours out there grillin/chillin/rollin/drinking/smoking/etc... it's gonna suck if i have to move back into a place with no "outside"!

i love the outdoors and having a nice patio too, but honestly, it's not at the top of my list as far as features goes since i've been apartment hunting. i like to open up the blinds and let the sun in, but a patio isn't crucial for me. i probably wouldn't be out there much. if i want to be outdoors, i go outdoors...to the beach or the park or something. but i see what u mean about chillin out there while f'd up...kinda like at the Fountain Blue

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