I wouldent see this bonus till sept. 2012 a year from now well I'm deployed. I know I don't make much but we make it work quite well bills are all paid on time and completly and we have money left over. Yeah were not eating gourmet meals and I drive a pos but I wouldebt want a new or nice car anyways. Kids all got good clothes and diapers we make it work and still manage to save for a house. She just is stingy with money and is very uhm money hungry like her parents but yet there work ethic sucks unless ur talking bout some one other then them lol.

Like the inlaws I take it.

Like the inlaws I take it.

Oh I love em unless ur talking bout work,hunting, or fishing hunting my father inlaw crys like a 2 yearold when he doesn't get the buck or one of us kids do maybe he should learn to hunt better. Lurrrrrs don't catch fish worms do. And work well its ok for them to take all the time off but complain if some one else does. But I will say they deserve it I supose dads got 2 retirements 1 from the army 20 years in 3 of witch were in vietnam '68 '9 '70 the other from fisher price when they shut down the medina plant.

What's really sad and sickning is if u look at my gross income from 2008 I was 21 just married and in 2008 made 63k 20 of that was my sign on bonus not shaby for 21 year old though I have nothing to show for exept 1 of my 11 tats all my cars are gone lures are all lost lol. That's what a wife and kids will do to ya though haha.

Oh I love em unless ur talking bout work,hunting, or fishing hunting my father inlaw crys like a 2 yearold when he doesn't get the buck or one of us kids do maybe he should learn to hunt better. Lurrrrrs don't catch fish worms do. And work well its ok for them to take all the time off but complain if some one else does. But I will say they deserve it I supose dads got 2 retirements 1 from the army 20 years in 3 of witch were in vietnam '68 '9 '70 the other from fisher price when they shut down the medina plant.

What's really sad and sickning is if u look at my gross income from 2008 I was 21 just married and in 2008 made 63k 20 of that was my sign on bonus not shaby for 21 year old though I have nothing to show for exept 1 of my 11 tats all my cars are gone lures are all lost lol. That's what a wife and kids will do to ya though haha.

I feel you there brother. My wife is such a skin flint she can squeeze blood from a stone. Woman would as soon have us lose our house and go hungry if it would save her a dime. My inlaws are the laziest people you'd ever wanna meet. I'm not saying it are lazy, by any means. Heaven forbid someone other than my mother unlawful, take off work. The woman gets more "mysterious" illness' and injuries than anyone on Gods green earth. The father in law just spends every dime and then some that they get. The man spent over 15000 on six computers and a twenty foot tall television antenna. Neither of them cleans their house. The place smells like a porta loo, from all the cat and dog urine and skat that's all over it. Yeah four cats, a yorkie, and some kind of miniature rabbit my sister in law HAD to have, live in that house. It's so bad we won't even allow my son to go over there.

I wouldn't sweat being 21 and broke. When I was twenty one I wasn't even making 28g a year. The money will come with time. Just be patient and enjoy life. Which it sounds to me like your doing a good job of. And as for blowing through 20g with nothing to show for it. It happens or has happened to all of us. I'm guilty of it and am willing to bet most everyone on this site is as well. It's all a part of being young. Granted I only gotcha by 6 years, but still.

I feel you there brother. My wife is such a skin flint she can squeeze blood from a stone. Woman would as soon have us lose our house and go hungry if it would save her a dime. My inlaws are the laziest people you'd ever wanna meet. I'm not saying it are lazy, by any means. Heaven forbid someone other than my mother unlawful, take off work. The woman gets more "mysterious" illness' and injuries than anyone on Gods green earth. The father in law just spends every dime and then some that they get. The man spent over 15000 on six computers and a twenty foot tall television antenna. Neither of them cleans their house. The place smells like a porta loo, from all the cat and dog urine and skat that's all over it. Yeah four cats, a yorkie, and some kind of miniature rabbit my sister in law HAD to have, live in that house. It's so bad we won't even allow my son to go over there.

I wouldn't sweat being 21 and broke. When I was twenty one I wasn't even making 28g a year. The money will come with time. Just be patient and enjoy life. Which it sounds to me like your doing a good job of. And as for blowing through 20g with nothing to show for it. It happens or has happened to all of us. I'm guilty of it and am willing to bet most everyone on this site is as well. It's all a part of being young. Granted I only gotcha by 6 years, but still.

No I'm 24 now I made more when I was 21 and single then I do now I used to work in a garage making about 950 after taxes then left there to polish and install granite countertops for 20 an hour befor joining the national guard and getting hitched when I knocked up my now wife

No I'm 24 now I made more when I was 21 and single then I do now I used to work in a garage making about 950 after taxes then left there to polish and install granite countertops for 20 an hour befor joining the national guard and getting hitched when I knocked up my now wife

Ahh. my mistake. Children and wives definately sap the money away. Just outta curiosity, was the national guard the reason for your leaving the granite job? Sounds to me like that would be the ideal place to be be at. Then again a copter mechanic would be some phat bank.

Yes I left the granite job for the guard I also quit the semi pro paintball team to join as well I got bought into all the hype bout a bonus and fighting 3 guys I graduated with are in my unit so I joined because they were in there's 7 of us now from the same town we all hung out and partied that are all in and going to afghanistan together. I tried going back after basic to the granite job but they were slow and didn't need anymore help and when they did the wife said it was to far todrive along with my ofer from gander and BPS all to far and what I would like as opposed to this low paying crap I do now because its close to home and hours are cake (810 to 240 with a hour lunch break) though it leaves lots of time to fish