The single mother shared the financial struggles of her life.
Living in metropolitan cities often comes with a significantly higher cost of living than in smaller cities. Managing a low salary in a metropolitan city can pose a huge challenge for people facing these financial constraints. Recently, a single mother shared her story on Reddit using her account name, Garima Soul, about how she supports her family on a salary of less than Rs 20,000 per month. She teaches at a small nursery school and tutors a few children, earning a total of Rs 18,500 per month. She lives in a 1BHK apartment in East Delhi and pays a rent of Rs 5,500.
Garima’s son is 4 years old, has mild autism and is non-verbal. She takes him to the school where she teaches and doesn’t have to pay for him, but she can’t afford to put him in therapy. She sometimes sends him to an anganwadi to get free food and nutritious snacks as they cannot afford to buy fruits every time.
Garima says that she normally cannot save anything at the end of the month. She dreams of how much she could save if her income was higher, but she also knows that people with incomes above Rs 1 lakh also struggle to save money.
Anyone in Delhi reddit who runs a family like me on less than 20k per month?
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“I can’t send him to therapy because it is quite expensive. Sometimes I send him to Aanganwadi to get free food or nutritious snacks because sometimes it becomes difficult to even buy fruits. Normally I find that I cannot save anything until the end of the month.” the month. When I read posts here about people paying 30-35k in rent, I just dreamed about how much I would save if that was my income. Then I also read that people with Rs 1-1.5 lakh couldn’t save, so I imagine the more you earn, the demands keep going up,” she wrote on Reddit.
Some users found Garima’s story heartbreaking, but also felt it was a testament to her strength and resilience.
After the post, several users offered to help Garima; some offered her a work-from-home job with better pay, which surprised her, and she edited her post to thank those people.
“I’m completely surprised at how this turned out. I bow to anyone who wants to help me and my child. To be honest, I was only expecting 10-15 responses, but the amount of love and respect I was showered with is completely overwhelming,” she wrote.
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