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Only one time after a layoff did it ever get so bad I had to get a loan for some food. What ended up happening was a family member literally took their extra food from the fridge and brought it over. Of course that only lasted a week. I can't imagine being so bad off that this happens week after week. Just that one time...really has stuck with me and I've done whatever I can to make sure it never happens again. Two jobs, three jobs people. Whatever it takes. Luckily that's the only truly terrible patch I've ever been in and it lasted a week only. Of course after the layoff I did struggle paying the bills but I was lucky enough to have enough for them, albeit by the hairs on my neck! Perhaps I am lucky to have had a way to pay for food and shelter and been in relative comfort etc. Makes me grateful for my job right now and for any opportunities I get, I can tell you right now, after having been in such a bad spot at one point.
I agree with the fellow who said it's never cut and dry. It truly isn't. Sometimes you make good money and then some sort of emergency happens and you have no money. Like did you ever watch "The Pursuit of Happyness" , Will Smith had the IRS come in and take every dime he had left in his account. He was literally broke and had no money for food. Sometimes shit happens, even when you have a little money!
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