Hi. I went from having a very stable, secure life one minute to having the rug completely ripped out from underneath me the next, when I realized with shock and horror that my then-husband was sexually abusing our then-preschool-age daughter. I fought like hell to get her and I out of that awful situation, but due to her age and the wealthy parents my now-ex has, he got away with it and made me and our daughter homeless. I luckily have a college degree, and found employment as soon as I could. However, I am underwater and cannot afford living expenses because I am paying off exorbitant legal fees (I started with over $120K in debt when everything was done! Plus lost my house and most of my belongings, he somehow got all three cars, too). He doesn’t pay child support, that was his offer to let me go back to my home state and not stay trapped in the state I was in with him. I am struggling. I work very hard, and this is year 8 of working my butt off only for most of my paycheck to go towards paying down legal fees. I was living with my grandma and taking care of her in addition to working full time so we had a place to live, but she recently passed away and we are about to be homeless again. She didn’t have any money to leave me. I don’t have other family to help. I make too much for any government assistance, plus I can’t declare bankruptcy because legal debt is exempt. But I don’t make that much and besides, most of it goes towards debt. I am so tired. I am doing my best. Any and all help, even just $5, is very much appreciated. What happened wasn’t fair and I still can’t believe he gets to live like nothing happened and not support the child he abused, he got away with no child support obligations whatsoever. This was not at all how life was supposed to go. We are safe now, and that is huge, but I am getting more depressed by the day trying to figure out our impending housing situation. I have $26K left to pay off, so I’m doing good and not trying to be a victim about it, but I was able to do that because I had no housing costs, housing was covered (exchanged for elderly care). Now it isn’t and we have nowhere to go, my credit is still sucky from all the debt and I simply can’t afford anywhere with most of my paycheck going to pay off legal debt, even all these years later. Thank you for your consideration and help!! Funds will go towards a safe place to live for me & my kid and to paying off the rest of that stupid debt, debt I got into to keep my kid safe. No, I don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs. I can make a dollar stretch further than you would believe, because I have to. I hate that I even know this site exists, as my family raised me to be a giver and not a taker. This is humbling. Thanks again, from the bottom of my weary heart.
Venmo is: @Hannah-Elizabeth-57