Hello I’m 32 and in need of help to pay my bills for this month. Exactly 6 months ago today my fiancé who I have been with for 7 years passed. He was t-boned by a drunk driver in a pickup truck without their lights on on his drivers side. He was in a coma for two days before he was officially announced brain dead and we decided to take him off life support because we knew it’s not how he would’ve wanted to live. We have been living together for 6 engaged for 5 of those years and we have a 2 year old daughter together. We hadn’t gotten married in the previous years because we didn’t want to seal our marriage until we could afford the wedding we thought we deserved. Now that I’m here I realize that was a big mistake because he had a will that I did not know about and he left everything to his mother. I’ve never had any distaste or dislike for her and have always tried to be the person she wanted me to be for her son but sadly she’s never liked me I think because she wanted him to marry an ex girlfriend that she lived very much. Because of this she’s trying to take as many of my possessions she can and is refusing me any of the life insurance or saved money in his savings account. I’m not a materialistic person and I’d gladly give her all of my possessions if she’d help but she’s refusing. I know it’s because she hopes to fight for custody of my daughter. My fiancé was the breadwinner because we were both content with him working and me staying at home and taking care of our daughter and future children and himself full time. I’ve gotten a job since he passed but because I haven’t worked in five years I don’t make enough to pay my rent or other necessary bills. I’ve canceled any unnecessary subscriptions such as Netflix, magazines, any premium account subscriptions, ect. I’ve even sold anything I have worth value which wasn’t worth much unfortunately. This month I have a little over $2,000 in bills I don’t think I can pay without setting myself in credit debt which I’ve desperately been trying to avoid. I don’t think I could pick myself up again if I fell that far. If anyone has the money to spare please I would really appreciate the help. I’ve never liked asking for money and have had to do so a lot in the last couple months and I feel so guilty for it but I’m at a total loss at this point. I’m so sorry to be asking at all I’ve just tried everything I can think of and don’t know what to do I can’t cut back any more costs if I want my daughter to live the life she deserves and I don’t want my MIL to have any reason to be able to take her from me. I’ve never done drugs I don’t even drink I don’t like the way it makes me feel. I’m only working one job 6 days a week but I can’t afford to leave my daughter with other people longer than I already do. I’m afraid that’ll be a good enough reason for my MIL to take her. Even if you only have $0.10 to spare I promise I’ll be forever grateful. Thank you for taking the time to read this and God bless you. <3