I am in over my head in debt. Every month I have to "borrow" at least 0 extra dollars just to pay my bills. My husband and I recently separated. He left me to take care of all the bills. Currently I am a 4th grade teacher and make about ,000 a year. Every debt is in my name (including a car that I got in my name for him, that he now refuses to pay for because someone else put another car in their name for him–his sister). He didn’t have a job at the time, so most of the major stuff that we have gotten was in my name when we got married.

I am probably about ,000 in debt with credit cards; ,000 in student loans; 00 in personal loans; ,000 in car payments (2 cars–1 is almost paid for).

I have no extra income other than the child support (5 a month for 2 small babies that I raise alone). I use the child support on them instead of on me or bills because that is what it is for.

Am I an idiot for trying to pay all these bills off monthly and have no money extra to buy groceries and gas???Should I just file bankruptcy?
I would love to open up my own family daycare but don’t know how to do it. I only want to keep 5-6 kids so that I won’t have to hire anyone and so that I can keep afloat.
I used those credit cards to pay bills and buy groceries and necessities because he would always cry "I’m broke!" and had a very good paying job. He never wanted to give money He told me I had to ask for it.

Yes I have two cars. No one will buy the new one ( a malibu maxx) because I am upside down in it and I want to keep the older one because it is a Camry and I will have paid it off in May of next year.

I live in Mississippi so that is all you get for two kids.

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I bought a BMW Z4 2 months ago. I have yet to make my first payment on it after a downpayment of 1500. i don’t have good credit(low 600) and i have a few charge-offs and i applied for more than several cash advances just to pay my bills and i don’t even remember i owe who and who and i never answer the calls from them or from collections. I figure sooner or later i will either file for bankruptcy or let it row for 7 years. I do have a second car(my mom’s car) that’s paid for and in her name that i use. coz my mom got her own camry(also paid for).

I am wondering if i should just keep driving that Z4 for a few months without paying till they eventually repo it. (to make my downpayment 00 worthwhile) and when they sold it and ask for the difference, my payday loans and others will be over 90 days and i will include everything i owe and file for bankruptcy.

or should i keep paying for it even though i might eventually give up the car anyway after one year? my credit is already pretty damaged(low 600).. what should i do?

P.S. if i do decide to just don’t pay.. i can use the money for my horse-riding lessons and other fun stuff..and get my laptop back from my pawn shop which i will do eventually anyway.
For all before you start judging me(and i know you guys will) i owned a biz at the age of 21 and I used to the luxury of things i had money for… and never care much for credit. since i had enough cash. after the biz ran to the ground, i have been trying to figure out my next biz venture. (i hate to work for ppl).

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