25 years old and deep in debt

[Admiral Yi]

I propose "low income."

[crazy canuck]

I propose "low income."

Meh, my kids are low income.  But they have a standard of living and quality of life within the top percentiles of Canadian society.  Kind of like the way Malthus grew up.

[DGuller]

Obviously this begs for a poll.  Coincidentally, one has just been set up to answer this captivating question once and for all.

[Malthus]

I propose "low income."

Meh, my kids are low income.  But they have a standard of living and quality of life within the top percentiles of Canadian society.  Kind of like the way Malthus grew up.

In short, I can't be "poor" and I can't be "low income".

Any suggestions for what I could use to describe myself when I was in that situation? 

[Jacob]

"Temporarily short of funds"?
"Finding yourself"?

[DGuller]

"Hippie".

[Caliga]

Bohemian?

[Admiral Yi]

Meh, my kids are low income.  But they have a standard of living and quality of life within the top percentiles of Canadian society.  Kind of like the way Malthus grew up.

We're talking specificially about the four years between undergrad and law school, during which Malthus established an independent household and paid all his living expenses.

[Jacob]

"Bourgeois Bohemian"?

[Admiral Yi]

"Bourgeois Bohemian"?

That usually means you're loaded.

[Jacob]

That usually means you're loaded.

I think it get applied more indiscriminately than that. Possibly because the people who like to use the phrase are poor at distinguishing between bohemians from well off backgrounds with money, and bohemians from well off backgrounds without money.

[Malthus]

"Bourgeois Bohemian"?

Heh, someone calling themselves that, I'd imagine they'd have cash and to spare - and be really stylish about it, to boot. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Low income does not make one poor. Spending and a lack of assets does.

[Jacob]

"Bourgeois Bohemian"?

Heh, someone calling themselves that, I'd imagine they'd have cash and to spare - and be really stylish about it, to boot. 

Yeah... though I don't most people call themselves that; I reckon it's more of a disparaging term. Much like hipster.

Also, I have no doubt you were stylish back then.

[Admiral Yi]

I think it get applied more indiscriminately than that. Possibly because the people who like to use the phrase are poor at distinguishing between bohemians from well off backgrounds with money, and bohemians from well off backgrounds without money.

It's a term of the literati, not the gammas.  People very adept at ascertaining income.