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OldBaldy1701E

(5,217 posts)
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 02:12 PM Dec 2023

I don't suppose anyone knows where a person can go for assistance.

Bottom line: We will be facing the loss of this place as our residence at some point in the next year. The owner is getting married and the original plan we made with him is gone. (Because it never existed. He never meant a word of it.) None of this is 'official', as my husband can't be convinced that these things need to be documented six ways to Sunday. He and this person agreed to several things that the homeowner either ignored or reneged on. Now, he is going to screw us over because the next shiny object caught his attention. (No, there was nothing explicit going on here, just someone that my mate thought would be a good person to live with on a permanent basis in kind fa communal arrangement. Again, I was not privy to most of this and by the time I was involved, it was a done deal that we were going to move up here and live with this person in his house. He is my husband. What was I supposed to do?)

There is nothing to do in regards to this situation as there was nothing formal about it. Which means he can just give us 30 days and then toss us out. We know no one else here. In seven years, I have been shut out of every attempt to create a friendship or even an acquaintance. We are over 1300 miles from anyone we know. My husband is in denial I think. To my knowledge, he has not done anything to look into dealing with this situation. He says he is confident that the wedding idea will never happen and things will just go on as they have. This situation we are in is driving me insane, as well as this part of the city. I am scared that my husband will just sit here and let this happen. I suppose the same thing could be said of me, but my inaction is mostly because of my anxieties. This type of thing is exactly the trigger that sets my entire mental health into a spiral that can be impossible to manage. (Which I warned my mate about when he proposed. He has experienced it, so he knows.)

I feel so helpless. I keep reading how everything is supposed to be so great and yet I am looking at being homeless and destitute. Every time I try to seek help, I just get lots of thoughts and prayers, which as we all know are worse than useless in such a situation. I am not familiar with seeking help like this because this is the first time I have ever needed it. I have tried the normal channels to get help or loans or something but they always shake their head pityingly and then close the window. I am facing this Christmas as the last one that will ever be normal.

Are the agencies that will actually help someone instead of tossing a crumb and telling me to keep going? Because the crumbs are gone and there is no going to be kept. Other than selling my goddamned organs, what can I do? I have nothing. My entire material worth (which is all this nation cares about anyway, let's be honest) is like $600, which is no help at all. I will gladly sell off my babies (guitars) to help with this, but as I said, they are not worth much. My physical health means I cannot work because I cannot maintain a schedule with anyone. When my body stops working I cannot work, regardless of the employers schedule. Who would ever hire anyone like that?

(I told him about my luck. I warned him many times. Now he sees. Now he sees that line from Hee Haw was more than a throwaway joke. 'If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.'

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I don't suppose anyone knows where a person can go for assistance. (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Dec 2023 OP
Have you filed for SS disability? Since you are unable to work I suspect walkingman Dec 2023 #1
Yes, did all that twice. With lawyers. Got nothing either time. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2023 #2
Actually, never mind. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2023 #3
I hear your pain but don't give up. If you qualify for SS disability you should be drawing walkingman Dec 2023 #4
Feel free to vent or seek support here XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #5

walkingman

(7,706 posts)
1. Have you filed for SS disability? Since you are unable to work I suspect
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 02:17 PM
Dec 2023

you should qualify. It sometimes takes time, depending on your disability, but is there for folks that are unable to work due to health reasons.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,217 posts)
2. Yes, did all that twice. With lawyers. Got nothing either time.
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 02:49 PM
Dec 2023

I qualify as disabled according to the Federal government. But, I don't qualify for anything like assistance, or SSDI, or SSI, or even a pat on the fucking head. The usual routes are done and useless. I need other suggestions. We have used up our SNAP benefits and cannot apply for more according to the site. There is no help to be had through normal government channels. That is why I am curious if there are any other channels to try. I have no idea. I have never done this before, and I am dumbfounded that we really have no options other than live in a culvert and await getting sick enough to finally die. I am not as mentally able as I once was and this seems to be ignored by everyone. I guess this is the price one pays for being so competent in the past. Everyone thinks you are fucking Superman or something. Well, there is no 'S' on my chest and there never was. Why everyone wants there to be one is another mystery that I cannot understand.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,217 posts)
3. Actually, never mind.
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 02:59 PM
Dec 2023

This is stupid. My situation is known here and no one has offered any ideas before. I cannot see that anything has changed here or anywhere, so me wasting everyone's time with repeating a question that cannot be answered is a dumb idea. I apologize. I just do not know what to do or where to turn. Based on what I am seeing from here and other places where I have tried to ask for help, there is none. (I am not talking about the many times the good people of this site have offered money to assist with one time situations. That is why this is such a decent site. I need suggestions on how to get out of this in a permanent way, not just a one time patch. The government is not going to help. What other options are there? It seems as if there are none. The state helped but their help was finite. Now, it is gone. My husband is about to be drummed out of his job because the fucking corporation does not want to pay an experienced person when they can train a monkey and let him do it for chimp change. We stuck our neck out by coming here and now we are going to pay the price, I guess. I mean, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. The rich get theirs, and the rest just fill the chair until we fill the holes. I just thought one thing would work out in my life, you know? Just one thing...)

walkingman

(7,706 posts)
4. I hear your pain but don't give up. If you qualify for SS disability you should be drawing
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 03:32 PM
Dec 2023

your SS equal to your FRA so there is that and it will also qualify you for things like Sec 8 housing, and various other community based programs. Utility assistance, phone assistance, and I think even more. Also don't forget about food banks for food. This time of year (holidays) they are very generous. I don't have any experience myself but I think what I am saying is correct.

Maybe contact your community based assistance which is usually at the county level.

Has your husband applied for unemployment assistance after losing his last job?

XanaDUer2

(10,857 posts)
5. Feel free to vent or seek support here
Fri Dec 15, 2023, 06:59 PM
Dec 2023

Your DU family cares about you. Every year, I dread non renewal of our lease. Its awful
Hugs

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