That’s how they get you. You give everything up and get on the gov’t dole. Do you have any children in another state? How about your friend who used to drive you around? I remember you mentioning (probably in the first thread..wow almost a year ago) that she had begun to act iffy.
Ha ha, you remembered her! That was Porch Lady, my former neighbor who let me “live” on their back porch (enclosed room, actually) for a month so I could save rent money and have enough for apt deposits and $100 for a mover.
Her iffiness stopped and she just refused to take me to the bank or PO anymore, because of my evil “Big Oil” money. That’s when I had to start taking the expensive taxi once a month - $30-40 out of my $100-150 living budget.
Had already stopped taking the bus because of a Latino gang that accosted me at the bus stop. That’s when I had asked her to take me - but I had taken the bus for my first 2 apt years, much to the detriment of my health.
Didn’t talk to her for months after that last refusal, then she showed up last week with a belated Christmas gift for me. I was just *???* at her, lol. It didn’t make sense. And once again, as always, it was a way-too-small top to wear with jeans.
I know that it’s always something she bought her teenage granddaughters and they rejected. I just thanked her and shut the door. One of my apt years, it was something from JCPenney, so I “made” her take me over there (a mile away) so I could exchange it for some towels on sale.
It made her mad and she said I would regret it forever. LOL. Love the towels and they were badly needed.
No, no children, no family. Had a sister, but she wants nothing to do with me because I’m now so poor. Could’ve let me stay in one of her empty bedrooms, but just laughed when she was told I had begged for help to not have to move into a homesless shelter where I figured I would be killed.
A number of FReepers share this same attitude. If you are broke or poor, you must be 1) stupid; 2) a degenerate; 3) criminal; 4) always having your hand out for money. Thus, I have no family.
More than 30 years as a respected professional in my field, owning my own business, giving, giving, giving ... none of that matters to anyone if you make one misstep.
Mine was just trying to start a little hobby side business and building a website for it, working without income for a year, then having my landlady decide she wanted to double my rent after 10 years; then getting terribly physically ill from packing up amd moving my whole household and two businesses all by myself when no one would help.
Never mind, I’ll get my blood pressure up again, and I’ve been pretty calm today.