A place on the tree
Having to lose money to get out of an investment
An investment keeps requiring personal money and becomes difficult to sell or close without accepting a loss. The financial cost of maintaining it and the regret of what could have been done with the money make escape feel especially painful.
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes your Ember, and it stays yours.
Nearby on the tree
- Trying to recover trading losses by risking borrowed money1
- Realizing a long-running work project has no future1
- Feeling trapped in exhausting work because of financial pressure2
- Leaving a career because the pay no longer covered living costs1
- Losing a job unexpectedly in company layoffs1
- Going through an unwanted divorce4
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.