32 with a wife and kid wanted a penny on how I'm doing?
So the last month has been rough, we've had a lot of home repairs that have unfortunately taken a little toll out of the bank. $1,000 for a tooth, $1,000 for the floor thanks to flooding, $400 for a dishwasher and $300 to fix shingles on the roof.
My wife works as a daycare teacher making about $17 an hour but most of her paycheck goes to the following : daycare for my son, her own student alone which is like $200 a month, and our insurance (the daycares at a hospital and has a really good insurance)
I started working a job last December that rakes me 60k a year. My paycheck goes to the rest of the bills and expenses.
Or average overture of bills is about anywhere from 13 to 1700. I bring in about 4k a month to give or take. I am looking at a second side hustle, I got approved for Babel audio which would net me about $17.50 an hour however whatever I make about 30% of it is going to have to go to taxes come that time of year.
We currently have one car that is on a payment plan (it was paid off but there was an auto accident where I had to get a new one) at about $150 a month. A second car (Toyota Camry 2012) with about 100,000 mi on it though I've heard those things can last up to $300,000.
My student loans are on forbearance until 2028 to due to the save act (I know they're going to gain interest but they're asking me to pay about $600 a month and I can't do that. My hope is that something else comes along which is what it sounds like by 2028).
We normally set $300 aside every month for incidentals though it's been bigger the past 2 months.
My roof is going need to be fully repaired in about 2 years I was told. Which could cost me about 8000 if I can figure out how to get insurance to go through it. We live in a town home and we live within our means, really haven't bought anything super frivolous in about 2 years and that was a vacation. We tend to do something fun for dinner about once a week this could be going out for dinner at a local chain or just bringing in something like Moe's. Otherwise we cook.
I live in a lot of fear due to my anxiety disorder that I'm not financially prepared.
Our current amount in our bank is roughly about $24,000.
I deal with a lot of anxiety thinking then I'm not prepared financially in that I'm one bad day away from ruin. Hoping people with more financial sense can tell me otherwise
Posted Mar 4, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC