This is my fifth night on the street.
I lost my home in September. Lived out of my car for a while and picked up house-sitting jobs or available couches where I could. But then I got into a car accident and lost my car. And then I finished my last house-sitting job. And that’s it… nowhere to go after that.
I am very tired, very cold, and unbearably empty.
What part of the world are you in? What is the weather like?
How are you keeping yourself fed? Do you have some money (even if not enough to rent an apartment)? Do you have access to any kind of benefits (unemployment? disability? SSI or whatever?)
ETA: Do you have some money to rent a self-storage place? What becomes of all your belongings?
Call your county assistance office, find out who of what they have to offer or refer you to. Some counties have temporary shelters, some churches, community action groups have shelters as well. Help is out there please use it!
If you can post some more information, especially your location it will make it easier for people to offer relevant advice and help.
I’m really sorry to hear that Dorothy, I remember the start of this from the mini-rants thread.
I’m on the wrong side of the pond to help, but as **Imasquare **says, other local Dopers might be able to help if you feel comfortable sharing where you are.
Stay strong.
Will you tell us where you’re at? I don’t doubt that there’s a Doper within 25-50 miles of you who’s willing to lend a hand.
If the ‘Dorothy’ part of your nick means your anywhere near Kansas, let me know via PM. I’ve a futon, lots of space, and plenty of blankets.
Be well, however that may look.
I don’t have any good advice but I’m thinking about you - people want to help; I think you should say where you are.
pulling for you!
Wait. Let me get this straight. You lost everything, but yet you have the money, resources and time to go on this forum and plead your plight! I’ve been in this situation before and last year my daughter was part of the Irene fiasco. Neither I nor her had time or money or resources to use the Internet or even consider going on a forum such as this to waste time.
Let me guess, you voted for Obama. You want everything given to you but you don’t want to work for it. Am I close? I bet you have one of those government issued cell phones. Am I a cynic? You betcha.
Or maybe she stopped by a library to get warm and used the computer…
What money? You can post for free as a guest.
Free phones from the govt have been around since the '90s to help with land lines and evolved to cell phones. It’s hard to get a job when no one can call you back!
Cynicism is not the same as critical thought.
Bet that election thing stings, donit?
I was going to say something about your post, but on second thought, I think you’ve been punished enough 
**Dorothy **-- unfortunately I’m in no place to help (unless you happen to be anywhere near Tel Aviv, Israel. No, I didn’t think so…), but I know that if I was in your area and knew it I would find a way to help. So while I can fully understand your reluctance to advertise your location, maybe you should consider it? As mentioned above, there’s almost guaranteed to be a Doper in your area.
Sorry I can’t offer you any sage advice or more help. But I hope that knowing that there’s another internet stranger aware and caring about your plight means something…
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You lost everything
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Where did you get that from? She lost her home and now her car - not her common sense.
**SurrenderDorothy ** Keep your chin up, keep looking for help, you will find it. I’m too far away to offer more than encouragement. You are a strong person and it will get better.
You’re right and unemployment hasn’t gone down. Most “free users” just talk to their friends. And when you are in dire circumstances you don’t go on line to complain. Most people will do something about it. I did and so did my daughter. Besides who the hell has time to screw with the Internet when food and shelter are at stake?
Yes, yes it does. And as for critical thinking, see my response above. And here’s a sample below. Chew on it for awhile.
Side note:
With the re-election of Obama, you will see a temporary upturn in the economy, then a major depression will follow. The bottom is falling out. There is just enough wealth left to take and spread it around for a short term. But what happens when it’s all gone? What happens when the rich decide enough is enough and they decide to leave the US? The next election will inevitably elect a Republican president. But you know what? He will be blamed for the entire fiasco of the past 8 years.
Hey, I’m past the point that it will make a major difference to me, so I don’t give a crap. But I feel for the up and coming generation to cope. Have fun in the future.
Let’s hear what "Dorthy " has to say for herself.
Why do we need to wait for her?
You seem to know everything about her, what she’s done to help herself and what she hasn’t done, her politics and what govt handouts she’s taken.
STFU bot3. You of all people should know how difficult of a situation she’s in now, and yet you’d rather blame and take out on her your political frustrations. That’s low, treading on despicable.
SurrenderDorothy, I’ll echo the sentiment that there’s probably someone that’ll read this that’s near enough to be able to provide you with some form of assistance if you’re willing to share your location. If nothing else though, you can count on some good advice from a lot of people that want to see your situation improve.
I see what you mean there.
Yes, lets.
By the way for all those inquiring, I remember Dorothy mentioned she is in the St. Louis area in a thread a couple of months ago.
She didn’t say she lost everything, she said she lost her dwelling and her car. It doesn’t cost anything to use this forum. I don’t know what other resources you are talking about, and I don’t think one post of eight sentences was such a huge time drain that it will interfere with her efforts to fix her situation. She doesn’t appear to want anything given to her, and she has been working for pay and is between jobs that provided her shelter. So no, it doesn’t appear that you are close. And I can think of many words for what you are, and cynic is not on the list.
ETA: lieu, despicable was definitely on my list.
Thank you for a ray of sanity.
in order to stop the hijack and allow us, possibly, to get back to helping **Dorothy **out: bot3, your own, personal Pit thread
You need a lot of those rays of sanity. You seem to be running a deficit.