Story archives - tag: "money"

Johnson

As I gave him the last 35 cents in my pocket, I realized that the homeless man was now wealthier than I was.

tags: money homeless poor [add]

2008-04-21 13:56:50 / Rating: 148.75 /

Sasha

He won $500 on the first scratch ticket he bought on his 18th birthday.

tags: jealous money winner [add]

2008-03-21 17:09:27 / Rating: 79.75 /

Queen of Cupcakes

The young lady who bought my '78 Toyota Celica for three grand paid for it with fives and tens and four jars of linty coins.

tags: cars money [add]

2008-01-11 13:58:27 / Rating: 140.75 /

Theoretical Theory

Because I have an aversion to admitting weakness, I don't have the money to pay for next semester and my parents think it's already paid.

tags: money school tuition parents pride [add]

2007-12-31 11:56:50 / Rating: 127.5 /

wanawachee

The letter from the IRS politely explained that they would like the taxes I haven't paid for over ten years.

tags: money tax trouble [add]

2007-11-27 09:53:24 / Rating: 88.5 /

Hurt

Every time I spend a dollar of the 15 grand indemnification I got after the accident, my knee actually hurts.

tags: accident indemnification hurt money [add]

2007-11-26 12:38:46 / Rating: 104.5 /

yeah i'm a nerd

As x = my bank account approaches zero, y = me being nervous exponentially increases.

tags: math money [add]

2007-10-02 10:29:05 / Rating: 97.5 /

Jenna

He needed that dollar for parking so he smashed the money maze puzzle with a baseball bat.

tags: money need humor men boyfriend poor amusement smashed [add]

2007-09-24 09:31:11 / Rating: 124.25 /

Kiiiile

In the month since I've started my new job I've been paid more then I ever have in my life but have yet to be given anything to work on.

tags: job money boredom irony [add]

2007-09-19 15:03:10 / Rating: 126.25 /

Briar Rose

I'm currently in search of a reasonably priced flight to New York City from the Lower Saxony Region of Germany (as of now they're in the thousands due to things like terror, G8 and Live Earth).

tags: travel home money [add]

2007-07-10 14:20:00 / Rating: 72.25 /

Rabbit of Caerbanog

The day I found a twenty dollar bill on the street when I was 10 was the happiest day of my life.

tags: childhood money [add]

2007-06-14 14:59:31 / Rating: 102.75 /

Michal

The work week seems to be a repeating blip that echoes a nasty scratch on the record of life.

tags: work life depression money time week weekend loneliness lonely sad music scratch skip world economy social crisis freedom [add]

2007-02-12 12:32:42 / Rating: 196 /

GMcC

I have been in Hawaii for four days and I have four dollars left.

tags: Hawaii travel money [add]

2007-01-04 22:04:01 / Rating: 154 /

Sociologist Tina

I fear that people would believe me to be a malingerer, and even my estranged father, upon hearing about the dilemma which my symptoms presented, commented, "I think you're allergic to work."

tags: illness father conversation trust daughter family support belief money failure [add]

2006-12-27 11:55:49 / Rating: 143.5 /

Knick

While I was at work making money for her, she was with some other guy.

tags: cheating money life [add]

2006-12-21 14:51:25 / Rating: 129.25 /

rotten

I am broke and so is everything that I own.

tags: money broke broken [add]

2006-10-19 00:28:18 / Rating: 133.25 /

Alice

His mum was so restrictive with money it made me anorexic.

tags: couple anorexia mum money [add]

2006-10-11 11:24:52 / Rating: 105.75 /

ben777neb

My collie/red-setters front metal legs were a result of 60ft of air, rocks, a sponsored walk and £3000.

tags: dog sponsored walk family survival money walk rocks [add]

2006-09-07 20:14:40 / Rating: 169.75 /