@emmacrewneck: just bc living paycheck to paycheck is normalized in this economy, doesn’t mean i have to like it #genx #boomer #genz #targetaudience #relatablequotes
my boot straps fell off and i can’t afford another pair
2026-06-23 15:21:37
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Claw :
you guys have boots?
2026-06-29 17:36:54
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Saiyan Szy :
My bootstraps have become bra straps, and they're chafing real bad
2026-06-24 00:22:46
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🔻spencer mordecai ⚞•⚟🏳️⚧️ :
fun fact ! the phrase "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" actually originated as a sarcastic phrase that was used to refer to someone trying to do something that simply cannot be done.
2026-06-16 16:59:58
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Ⓐtom 🏴⚛️ :
Everyone is asking when I'm getting a "real job" but I clean at a hospital. If my job disappeared we would see the affects within the first hour, I dont understand how my job isn't "real" and why I'm not paid enough to comfortably continue doing this.
2026-06-24 03:18:00
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Alistair :
I'm a manager at a dollar store. I only make 50 cents above my state's minimum wage. Our store has had to close these past few weeks because our AC is out. I've been here 2 years and the AC has never worked. A billion dollar company can't even fix our air, but they just installed speakers for music 🤦
2026-06-29 14:26:24
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💮 :
sorry babes, I literally BROKE my bootstraps the other morning. now we're pretending since we cant afford another pair of shoes 😭
2026-06-15 22:45:23
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shaunashipmanfan96☆ :
One original sentence left !!
2026-06-15 20:07:22
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Cigs :
babe i cant even get the boots w the straps
2026-06-27 03:10:32
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Momdontsaythat :
“You just have to pivot” Girl I’m basically just moving in a circle at this point. Can NOTHING just work out!?
2026-06-24 18:56:20
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beancat444 :
Every job is important and they exist because they are needed. Why doesn’t that earn a LIVEABLE WAGE???!!
2026-06-22 22:45:22
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Rachel Terriff :
I used my PTO (I only got after working there for a year) for sick days because we don't get paid sick days
2026-06-24 19:39:57
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Summer S. :
the fun fact about that saying is that people used to say that as an idiom for something impossible because you literally can't pull yourself up by your boot straps
2026-06-24 13:49:14
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Tiana Boozer :
I'm allowed to complain after spending 6 figures on a M.Ed., and it's still not enough to support my family.
2026-06-24 00:32:18
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✨Patricia✨ :
I get the “just move and stop trying live the same lifestyle “ which lifestyle is this?!! It’s expensive everywhere. It’s hard on a single income!
2026-06-23 11:44:46
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Shuga Mama 💕 :
IM ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN! Say it again!
2026-07-02 03:49:34
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katdoor :
We’ve been scammed, bamboozled and led astray - (working 3 jobs to make ends meet) 🥺
2026-06-29 19:29:26
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GardenofBijou :
They’re not even boots anymore!!!!
2026-06-23 16:57:41
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James(but a girl) :
girl, I just got a third job and my FT is in the legal field 😭 NOTHING is paying enough
2026-06-24 02:10:09
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K❤️ :
Am I the only one who had a teacher who told me straight up, social security won’t be there for you when you’re able to actually use it and you might have a good paying job at some point but it’ll never be enough and work/life balance doesn’t exist in the same sentence as being financially secure.
2026-06-24 15:23:38
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ThatpositiveB :
I work full-time, Have a part time job doing deliveries and just got another 30 hour part time job as well. Plus I'm a mom to two, disabled husband and dying MIL in my home. I'M. EXHAUSTED.
2026-06-23 22:43:13
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non.b0ngary :
My dad had his own business so I’ve been pulling up my boot straps since I was 11 and I have $15,000 in student loan debt to show for it 🥰
2026-06-23 15:11:34
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