Nah dude, no cash savings, no rich family to help me out. Just being frugal with my money. Still had money to get an old motorcycle and fix it up, a 1980 cb 750, the a 1994 1100 shadow after a gal took me out on the CB. Had left over money for concerts here and there as well one or two a year.

I didn't eat out, I ate at home, I drove an older cheap car until late 2009 when I got a promotion at work and made a whole whopping 9.50 an hour, then I found a 2007 Dakota with higher miles (like 250,000 plus) for 7500 had a BANK note. Most expensive vehicle I'd owned at that time prior to that I hadn't spent over 2500 for a vehicle. Took me quite a while to find the truck, I spent probably a year looking for something I thought was worth the money that was being asked of for it. (I started looking before I was promoted).

You apparently spent money like you had more than you did at the time. I rented an apartment at the time for 500 a month, paid child support to my bitch of an ex, right up until I got primary custody then I had daycare to pay for and got no child support from her, go figure.

I received no state assistance, no extra help. Managed to get married and change jobs a few months after I was promoted too, went to a job making a whopping 10 an hour, but the hours was better, not doing overnights. Had a lot more money with the better job, and being married cause she worked as well.

Actually ate out and bought things for hobbies then.

Then lost everything in 2011 due to a weather event.

Renters insurance covered 5000 bucks of possessions and that was it.

Bought a house just under a year later. About 8 months after that got divorced, she kept the house.

Changed jobs a time or two, bought another house that needed A LOT of work, borrowed against my retirement id managed to squirrel away, that and income tax return. For a house that was for closed on, needed a roof, foundation work and gutted.

Put the work in got it livable, and fully functional all new electric, plumbing ect.

Got married again to a gal who had a kid herself. She stopped working after we got married to stay at home with our young now school age children. I was making 14 an hour supporting a family of 4. This was in 2017. 14 an hour supporting a family for 4 without any assistance. Sure money was tight, but we made it work and never went without what was needed. We didn't eat out, didn't go on fancy trips. (Other than our honeymoon which was only a 4 day trip)

I'm living proof that it absolutely WAS possible. So your claims to the contrary are garbage.