“Bankruptcy Isn’t A Moral Failing; It’s A Societal One”: People Who Lost All Their Money Are Sharing What Happened

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“Life changes at the drop of a dime. I went from a nice-paying job to going through my first job loss during a company restructure in COVID to being unable to find work and having to resort to serving at a restaurant and doing delivery apps. The restaurant went bankrupt.”

“I got a temp job, but they cut hours to nothing after the hurricane in my area. With the lack of hours at the temp job and my car having an issue that caused it to be down for over two weeks, trying to troubleshoot, and after spending money on parts and Uber to job interviews, I’m so far behind. I’m doing 14-hour days in a hot car and will still be $200 short on rent, and will end up homeless now. I defaulted on my credit years ago and have to sort that out once I can afford to even file for bankruptcy. I’m not ashamed to need it. I know it doesn’t matter in the end. I am just in utter survival mode until then. Maybe one day life won’t be so cruel to me.”

–u/Patient_Ad_2357