30 days on minimum wage

This week in class we watched the video 30 days on minimum wage. I found it very interesting how at the beginning of the movie the couple was very happy and as the days went by of them living on little money they began to argue more about little things that would have never mattered before, i found out money plays a huge role in relationships. It was also interesting to find out that those who have more money are more likely to stay together then poor couples, probably because they do not have the stress of making it through life day by day. It was weird  to see how the girl flipped out over 1.20 on bread because she felt as if it was unnecessary because she was walking to work in the cold every day just to save a little over 2 dollars. They had all these problems to get by and were working hard physical labor but at the end of the month still ended up in debt and it probably would have only gotten worse from there if these 30 days turned into a year, or even their whole life. It made me realize that those with kids working on minimum age would have it even worse, because child care is so expensive there would be no point for one of the parents to go out and make money that would go straight to a daycare, or a care giver.I could never image trying to feed myself off of a few free pickels a day at a store or eating rice like they did everyday because it was cheap and i could not afford anything else. This movie also made it realize how lucky some of us are and take it for granted day by day to be able to have a roof over our heads and food to eat.