how do u react when u suddenly become the sole-bread winner?

• thoreldan

  28 Jan 05, 02:28

  .....felt lost?
  
• bratpig

  28 Jan 05, 02:35

  feel poor
• gerrykoh

  28 Jan 05, 09:00

  Guess more pressurized.
  Need to be careful of how u spend your money & worrying abt retrenchment & saving for kids & old age.
• LilO gIrL

  28 Jan 05, 10:39

  Just have to accept it, be strong and bear with it.
  
  Hopefully someday, someone will share your burden.
  
  All the best!
• choco B

  28 Jan 05, 10:40

  Totally freak out
  
  I can barely keep myself alive
• FireIce

  28 Jan 05, 10:58

  shocked and lost at first
  
  after tt mus collect ur tots, sit down, be calm and do lotsa financial planning......
• blowfish

  28 Jan 05, 11:01

  haiz.. me facing this .. need to take this as a challenge,,
• the Bear

  28 Jan 05, 11:01

  sit down and start cutting out all the excesses...
  
  plan... decide and stick with it...
  
  basically, grin and bear it
• InnoHippo

  28 Jan 05, 11:07

  It's not the end of the world .....
  
  just have to cut back on luxuries loh
• sLeEpWaLkErInG

  28 Jan 05, 11:07

  There are some options available:
  1. Talk to your finanical planner to find out he can help you cope with your situation.
  
  2. Get a downgraded flat, sell your car. Cut down on extravegant expenses like restuarant makan, KTV.
  
  3. Get a part-time - freelance type of jobs, i.e. tuition, maybe web-design if you know, property, or MLM (you can look for me )
  
  4. Take a loan from your parents/siblings to help you tide over for a while if they can help.
  
  Juz my 2 cents.
  
• mistyblue

  28 Jan 05, 11:21

  
  Very tough
  Very tiring and lots of suffering
  Very shocking there are so much to pay for so many bills
  Very unrewarding and unappreciated and worse when people think you are loaded and leech on you.
  Very poor and suddenly every expense need to be counted
  Always think about finances till cannot sleep
  Always think of ways to get more $
  Always knows that one the hands stop working, the mouth also better stop eating.
  Always never go shopping or spend on nonsense things because that means gorceries budget cut!
  Always think of ways to save $$$$$$$ and only go for value for $ stuff. ie $2 rice
  Cannot think of vacation. Cannot think of enjoy too much. Cannot think of buying that nice expensive dress or shoes or bag. Think of recycling all the time. Very Thankful towards people who give me free food or clothes, even if its overnight food or worn clothes.
  
  
• cooleo

  28 Jan 05, 11:24

  Be an MP.
  
  (WHO'S NEXT TO BE AN MP?! )
• mistyblue

  28 Jan 05, 11:29

  Originally posted by cooleo:

  Be an MP.
  
  (WHO'S NEXT TO BE AN MP?! )

  You vote me lah. Then I will call every my children
• wishhunter

  28 Jan 05, 12:19

  life sux but goes on
• icebaby0

  28 Jan 05, 15:25

  agree with wish hunter...
  life sux but it goes on.
  
  So be prepared if u need to!!!!