I currently live in florida. Im Stuck. I used to live in michigan and used to have a decent job doing something i enjoyed making 10 bucks an hour cash. I lived with my parents in michigan. we used to have a nice big house out in the country area. lot of land, lots of friends, 4 wheelers and dirtbikes. I dont even know how i got to where i am now.. i feel lost, like i dont even know what to do anymore. my parents are highschool sweethearts, been married for 22 years now. have 3 kids all boys… me being the oldest at 21, and 2 youngers brothers ones 18 and the other 15. we used to live in the country, but small town area. the city maybe had a population of 4000 people. well we all used to be so happy. my parents have always loved florida and wanted to live there. they got this idea… this stupid stupid idea which i thought was cool at the time. my parents had some money issues come up, couldnt pay for the stuff they used to. my parents worked full time, my dad worked the overtime when he could. well they ended up losing the house, had to file for bankruptcy, and filed on everything but the truck and their 5th wheel camper. so they decided to save money while they could, and we could all just move to florida. my dad then started getting unemployment which is 700 bucks every 2 weeks, mom is getting nothing. well everything was fun and dandy when we 1st got here, the parents drove the truck and camper with my littlest brother, i drove my car, and my brother drove his car. but now its hell. its gotten so much worse. were living out of a camper, my parents ended up losing the truck, my brother moved back to michigan and took his car, so im stuck here with my car and jobless. ive been looking for monthes and monthes. my parents now rely on my vehicle now for everything including driving my brother to school. my parents cant go back to michigan because if they do, technically because the truck was repoed and auctioned off, and still owe for some of it, like 18,000 dollars, they can garnish there wages. but now because they are in florida they cant. this all came from there bankruptcy lawyer. now when i was in michigan before all this crap happened. i was happy, had a job like i said, making good money, had good friends. i owned a motorcycle. i had my car for in the winter and my bike for in the summer. well when we drove to florida, i couldnt take both, so i put the bike in storage. i was planning on going and getting it later. after my parents lost the truck, i decided to take the rest of my savings and fly to michigan and drive my bike back, had no choice really. im paying for it. i should be able to ride it. well lucky lucky me. on my trip back with my last 600 bucks in my pocket, im driving to florida. i make it almost out of kentucky to tennessee when BLAME i get side swiped by a truck at 85MPH on i75 south. Bike was wrecked, im lucky to be alive, i was in the hospital for 2 monthes, in casts after that for 2 more monthes. couldnt pay my bills for 2 months, so interest rates jacked way up, now im being turned into collections. medical bills are now 80,000 dollars because my bike insurance is a ****** joke and would only pay the medical if the guy who hit me way found. so im like 100,000 in debt now. worst **** experience of my life. so here i am tonight. with absolutly nothing, cant sleep, brain just running 100 miles an hour. ive lost everything. my friends… my job… my bike… my happyness. all because i wanted to go with my parents to florida. why you may ask. because we are a close family… i would miss them. i worry about them. i just dont know what to do anymore. i cant go back cause i would feel bad. not to mention i would either have to give them my car so they have something and go back carless. or take my car and leave them with absolutly nothing. could always stay here, hope to get a job like im tryin to do, use my car to get back and forth to work, and then think, what are they gonna do when they get jobs, we only have 1 **** car… my car. its just a really ****** up situation, im getting more and more depressed by the day. i have no friends here, im 21 now and have no one to go out and have fun with. i would think this is suppose to be a happy and fun time in my life… but its not. i want help, but dont know where to go to ask it. i have no one here to talk to. i dont want to upset my parents by talking to them. they are just getting more and more irritated by the fact to… im just really really worried. and i just keep thinking to myself.. i wouldnt be in this ****** up situation if i would have just stayed. none of this would have happend. i would at least have my bike, at least still have a job, at least still have all my friends….
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Im am gathering a group of people and need loyal people who will keep with me through even hard times. If you become one of them i will pay off your debt and sort your life out and your family will never have to work again. Only problem is ull be working in europe. Ho about it?
hmmm, that does sound like a rubbish situation to be in! Can’t you claim benefits for yourself? You could sell your car, and start paying off the debt. I’m looking for a job too, if the Credit Crunch is hitting Florida as bad as it’s hitting England’s unemployment levels than good luck finding a job! At least we have the NHS (it means we don’t pay for our medical bills, and its technically ‘free’, but they take a little bit of money from your paycheck, which is fair enough!)
but in my opinion, you should just get as much money out of the government as possible! Its their fault your finding it difficult to find a job in the first place! Fooooooools!
Your story is kinda weird and vague. So are you still living with your parents? What the hell is wrong anyway with you? Can’t you put it in one sentence or two.
For what it’s worth, just hang on. Things will get better. If not today, maybe tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow! But at least find comfort and hope that it will still be better. Find a job, renew your faith, socialize more, think positive and love your family more.
I have been through tough times for years myself. My family was seperated and put in foster homes at one point. Even as kids we did anything to get some money. We clean peoples yards, swept out peoples stores, ran errands, baby sat, you name it, we did it just to eat. There were eight kids and two mothers raising all of us. We ate toast every day for breakfast if there was bread. I was scared everyday that we would be taken away from from our mothers because we had a strong sense of love for each other.
The amazing thing that happened is this made me extremely strong and really committed to my family. We are still close today.
Everything gets better with time and taking action. If you stand still, life stands still. Good luck.
Okay, so basically everyone who has replied so far is either, giving bad advice, a jerk, or hasn’t read the post.
I don’t know how it works in America but here, if you are looking for work and can’t get it you can get benefits from the government.
And if you can’t pay medical bills there are certain payments schemes and stuff like that.
If I were you I would probably go back to Michigan.
I understand that that means leaving your family with nothing but they have sort of put you into a situation where you have no other choice.
They should use public transport and not depend on you so much.
Besides, if you move back you will probably have a better chance at a job and then you could consider sending them a little.
I think signmycast you should leave out judging others on this sight. I don’t consider myself ignorant nor a jerk. We merely see things in a different light.
I didn’t say that you were a jerk. I said that everyone who had replied was i> either i/> a jerk or giving bad advice or hadn’t read the post. I based that on my own opinion which is that no one has given any solid help that is relevant.
signmycast wrote: Okay, so basically everyone who has replied so far is either, giving bad advice, a jerk, or hasn’t read the post.
I don’t know how it works in America but here, if you are looking for work and can’t get it you can get benefits from the government.
And if you can’t pay medical bills there are certain payments schemes and stuff like that.
If I were you I would probably go back to Michigan.
I understand that that means leaving your family with nothing but they have sort of put you into a situation where you have no other choice.
They should use public transport and not depend on you so much.
Besides, if you move back you will probably have a better chance at a job and then you could consider sending them a little.
Hey mike
I am sorry for what you are going through right now, but you have to pray to god and ask him for his help and believe in him, things will work out for you if you have faith. you are feeling depress because you are thinking of the life you had and the things you had that is in the past and you have to move forward towards the future or else you will be stuck in the past. stop worrying i know its hard but worrying do not help it just keep you from moving forward. get a job anything its a start,and work towards paying off some of your bills and join a church it helps a lot, they have programs to help people that is in need. talk to your parents and tell them how you are feeling, remember they are worried to and you will hear what they are feeling and they will hear yours. it is better to work together as a family that being by yourself, all you have to remember is god loves you and he will help you but you have to help yourself. think of this as a trial you are going through, maybe you were not thinking of god when you were happy and you had money and he want to to be closer to him so he has to take away your worldly things to allow you to become closer to him, you see when we dont need anything we dont think of god but when we are in need then we think of god and why all those things are happening to us. but god allows us to suffer to bring us closer to him.mike god loves you find the strenght in him and ask him to guide you, believe in him and have faith dont just say it but truely believe and i love you and hope you love god and others and yourself hope you email soon bye for now.
Mike, you don’t know me and what I am about to say will seem like BS. I am much older than you and often find myself starting to think, what if. Fact is, what if does not exist. We are where we are and the only option is to give up or do everything we can to help ourselves. You can get foodstamps, apply for a menial job if there are any near you and save every dime you can. If you returned to Michigan, would you have a place to stay and food to eat until you found work and earned enough money to recover? Might you later think, “I should have tried harder to make it in Florida?” As cliche-ish as it sounds, everything happens for a reason. This is a chance to throw caution to the wind and commit to making it here or where ever you wind up! As tough as it is, never give up, you cannot fail until you quit. For what its worth, you will do what is needed to recover from the situation you have found yourself. Hang in there, I have been in similar circumstances. Wishing you the best! D
Thank you Everyone. I appreciate everyones guidence and help. I have made up my mind and i have decided to talk to my family about the situation. we have all decided to go back to michigan. After we made this decision, my dad called a couple friends and told them we were going to come back. My dad got an excellent job offer at his friends shop making 19 an hour and minimum 56 hours a week. Full benefits after 90 days. This helps me because now they will have money to rent a house, and save up for a car. I will go back to work at my old job, and have my own car back. I think things are starting to turn around.
Thank you all for listening and letting me just let go.
Thank you so much for getting back to us. This is wonderful news and I wish you and your family the best of everything in these hard economic times.
Sometimes there are down turns in life and with communication of the whole family working together as you have initiated, turn up surprising results.
No matter how gloomy things get in life the only option we have is to keep going. Taking a direction forward by going back to where we started can be a new beginning for everyone to go forward with their lifes.
Have a safe trip back, good luck to you and your family.
Hey mike i am happy that things is better for you and your family. i wish you all well for the future in everything you all do, i prayed for you and your family and i thank god that you are ok.
signmycast wrote: Okay, so basically everyone who has replied so far is either, giving bad advice, a jerk, or hasn’t read the post.
I don’t know how it works in America but here, if you are looking for work and can’t get it you can get benefits from the government.
And if you can’t pay medical bills there are certain payments schemes and stuff like that.
If I were you I would probably go back to Michigan.
I understand that that means leaving your family with nothing but they have sort of put you into a situation where you have no other choice.
They should use public transport and not depend on you so much.
Besides, if you move back you will probably have a better chance at a job and then you could consider sending them a little.