I am a 19yr old single mother with a 13month old son and one on the way. - Help.com



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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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Anonymous #
1 month ago (2 minutes after post)

Can i ask if you have no electricity how you have access to a computer and the internet….just out of interest?

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Barbyman offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month ago (55 minutes after post)

Adoption is the best Way for your Son and the other one what is on the way.Get rid of all the Loosers you having Affairs with and start a new Way of Life…

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littlenick offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 150 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 month ago (1 hour, 18 minutes after post)

While we at help.com are really sorry about your situation, I’m not sure anybody here is able to help you.

The only thing I can send you is lots of blessings and good wishes.

If you came here looking for money, sorry there is no money. As far as donations of any kind, I don’t think you’re going to find that here either. However, I might be wrong. I hope someone who can help you sees your plea. Sorry.

We at help.com are so broke we cannot pay attention.

Click these websites, you might find something there:

http://cyberbegging.com/

http://www.modestneeds.org/

http://www.hbaone.com/

And for a job if you want one:

http://jobs.com/

And who knows, with the law of averages if you go to enough websites, you’re bound to find a benefactor who will be willing to part with his money and give it to you.

Good luck to you!

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1 month ago (1 hour, 24 minutes after post)

As someone that has had the good fortune of living under a bridge more than once in my life I can give you some useful advice, if your situation is really as you articulate. STOP LOOKING FOR HELP OVER THE PHONE OR INTERNET. People that are in immediate need seek immediate aid, immediate aid NEVER comes through a telecommunications medium. Go to your local welfare office (or social security, or health and human services, or a womens shelter, or whatever they call it in your region) in person, with your kid. Get immediate assistance. If you aren’t scamming, they will provide crisis aversion (yes, they will.) Stop the delusion that financial assistance is what you’re going to receive, cash is the least likely for of assistance. Most food pantries are also soup kitchens, most of them are associated with shelters, if they receive any sort of government subsidy it is criminal for them to deny aid to anyone, regardless of income (there is no such thing as proof of lack of income).

If you’re scamming (which is almost certain considering you are asking for immediate assistance over telecommunications media), bravo for loading your message with sympathy icons.

If you aren’t, federal laws prevent utility companies from cutting heat or electricity during winter months in cold climates, AND utility companies are reimbursed with taxpayer money to keep homes with small children heated and powered. Food that needs to be HEATED can be eaten cold, food that needs to be COOKED can be cooked on an engine block, a mirror in the sun (wrap it in tinfoil) or over a garbage fire. If all you’ve done is call the national agencies, you haven’t even started to try.

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Dragon_Lady offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 month ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

Well…no one here can give you money. But, I would NEVER tell someone to give up a child they love. If every parent waited ’till they could afford babies before they had them, no one would ever have them.

The child is here; and the other is coming. So we need to find ways to make it work so they can be loved and wanted and not burdens.

You have computer access. I assume you’re at a library or a friend’s house? If you can use one at least once a week, you can use eBay or Etsy to sell stuff. That’s a great resource! I’d start by rounding up all the cash I could find -even if that’s only a few dollars- and hitting yard sales, junk shops and the like for stuff that could be resold. List it on eBay if you’re able. If not, have a yard sale of your own and make sure you make a profit on each item.

Is there any way you can start growing some of your own food? Seeds are cheap -you can even buy some of them with food stamps. Vegetables grow pretty easily -just add water and sunshine and they will keep you alive and healthy. If you’re breastfeeding you need them for good health for both of you.

Winter is coming. A good way to make some very fast cash is to collect up newspapers and make them into fireplace logs. Roll them tight and sell them in bundles for kindling. People will pay a dollar or two for a bundle, and if you can get the papers out of the trash you can make a tiny bit of money that way.

Can you make things? Can you search through junk shops and such for nifty stuff that you can turn into jewelry or altered art? Steampunk is big right now, and you can find the “ingredients” for next-to-nothing if you try.

Can you sew? Putting on buttons, fixing rips, replacing zippers and the like can keep you alive if you work at it.

In the meantime, you should qualify for food stammps and such. I’d call the Salvation Army and talk to them. And talk to your parents. Tell them their grandbabies need them. Not you need them -they might not be willing to hear that. Tell them the grandbabies do; and they will be more willing to listen.

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