Navigating Financial Hardship Gifts

"Homeowner please help."

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

'All we can do is hope for identity theft.'

Peter

"Pendleton will stay afloat no matter what!"

Man on a unicycle trying to guard credit from nasty 'Bankruptcy'.

Sales

Eye, ear, nose, throat and loans to pay the bills.

'Oh no! We're in negative equity.'

"Even after all that's happened, I feel no less regal."

In Case of Emergency - Break Glass and take a BIG SWIG!

'I'm going to have to let you go.'

'We may be bankrupt, but we're not broke.'

"Generation X, Y or Z? No idea. My brat is Generation SLSLWMAF - Stinkin' Lazy, Still Living with Mom at Forty."

'Sorry, I don't do bailouts.'

'Our vows didn't say anything about hedge fund mis-management!'

"That's it - we've eaten the last of the energy bills."

'I'm a redundant bank teller.'

"I'm sorry, Ma, but we're forced to sell the art collection."

"Armstrong, you're the cheapest cheapskate on earth." "Not yet, but a man can dream." "This toothache is killing me but I have no money and no insurance. Do you know where I can find a really cheap dentist?" "Of course. I can give you my guy's name. He works for peanuts." "I’ll get a pen." "You’ll also need a passport and lots of penicillin."

'Lost my shirt in the market ! Kept some dignity with hat & tie.'

No Money

'She is waiting to be recovered, but financially.'

Remember you predicted some 'difficulties' with my bank?

Financial life preserver

"Remember, son, what doesn't kill you, makes you poorer."

"The Bank has returned the rent cheque marked 'Insufficient funds', but it doesn't say whether that's them or us!"

"We can't afford to go on holiday, and we can't afford to stay at home either."

'Former stockbroker, took my own advice. Please help!'

"Married a local musician"

"I've decided to move back in with my parents."

"They've been hard times, Al, but they've been fun times, too."