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I am a 19yr old single mother with a 13month old son and one on the way.
I have always put my son first, as he is the light of my life, but unfortunately his father did not seem to see it that way. He told me he had paid the Electric bill and the rent the past few months until one night, after we had broken up and he had moved out, my power shut off suddenly…that was about 2 weeks ago…since then, I have seriously attempted EVERY resource everyone and anyone has given me, from The Anti-Poverty Network, Income Assistance, Family SOS, etc…pretty much everyone I have talked to, has given me the numbers for the people who sent me to them in the first place…it’s a never ending circle of NO Help for me because apparently I dont qualify for any type of immediate emergengy or even long term financial assistance…I have been looking for a job for over 6 months, with no luck…I am getting very frustrated and am at the end of my rope because my family keeps telling me I need to Help MYSELF and use my resources, someone is bound to help me….unfortunately to all the people on the other end of the line, what they do is pretty much just a job…THEY get paid…THEY are not in my situation therefore, I am really nobody of any certain importance to them…I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions or SURE-FIRE ways of getting money to pay my bills so I dont have to watch my son suffer anymore…I am ok with the bare-minimum…I dont mind myself being underweight at my current 75lbs because I cant afford my own groceries and the food bank can only supply so much food (most of which has to be heated…hello, no electricity!) but my son cannot live like this…I am sick of calling and talking to EVERYONE I know of and they just keep sending me to the next person….will anyone ever stop and say, you can finally stop searching?….We WIll help you…I owe rougly $2500-3000 and my ex refuses to pay any of it…I cant work if I cant pay to get my son into daycare…I cant go back to school….I cant support this future child, which although I could never rid myself of, and it would break my heart to give up for adoption…I feel I might have to….Help…somebody Please…it is november…snowing here in Nova scotia…I dont know how much longer we can survive without power, (my son will always have food & milk & water, no matter what, but I cant take care of him and provide the love & smiles he deserves as a child if I cannot look after myself and everyone keeps looking through me because I am not directly their problem….I am sick of all the gaps in the system and everyone telling me it’s my fault I have recieved no help! I have honestly tried EVERYBODY!!! hence I have turned to the internet :( If you cant help me…please, help my son and future child…
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