“While my friends got to use their stimulus checks for fun stuff, I put all the money toward medical bills from my back surgery in December (herniated disc), which I’m still paying off monthly.” Amanda Turner, 31Norman, OK
“My check was only enough for the deposit on the new apartment I needed to move to since the one I was in skyrocketed $100 per month. :(“ Mark H, 33, Technical/ComputersLaurel, MD
“Unfornately, my story is a little different. I had to file seperate from my husband just to get a stimulus check, but it back fired because now my husband owes the IRS. I took my part and paid some past due bills. Now we cannot even pay our personal property tax to get our tags …
“The Government kept ours because we owed tax money. So, there will be no stimulating the economy happening from this household. :(“ Wendy, 41, TeacherBurlington , NC
“Don’t roll your eyes when you read this, but we put some of the stimulus money towards our property taxes and homeowners insurance and what little was left went into the savings account. It’s so hard to save money now due to high gas prices/high grocery cost/high electric bills, etc……shall I go on?????” Tammy, 40, …