The last few months have been harder in more ways than just financially. A couple of years ago, I was blinded by love and decided to make the move 10 hours south to follow my (ex) boyfriend. I guess the first red flag should’ve been the fact that he was able to convince me to do such a rash thing by threatening our relationship if I didn’t comply. Things really only went downhill from there. To keep the story short, I learned I had dutifully signed up as this boys full time caretaker and verbal punching bag. I had known for a few months that I didn’t want to be a part of a such a cruel, and unfair relationship but I wasn’t sure how to find the courage to walk away.

After too many fights, bruises, a black eye, a distraught puppy, and two accounts from girls that he had bedded while I kept more than just a roof over our head, I finally was done. He had fully committed to a life where only drugs, getting high, and making a quick buck to get another fix was more important than spending my 25th birthday with me or even writing a card, and so many other things that you would think are just common courtesy to offer to the woman whom you say you love so much. I, as well as the dog left to stay with my closest friend one day while he was at work. After three days of threatening texts and a million phone calls, he even went so far as to slander my work place and make multiple public (via facebook, yelp, and tripadvisor) accusations about my friends, coworkers, boss, and myself, he FINALLY moved himself and his things out of the apartment we had been staying in that was entirely under my name and I had been the one paying for everything. When I returned, I walked inside to all of my belongings either destroyed, covered in dirt, vinegar and cigarette ashes, thrown all over the place, or stolen. He took my area rugs outside in the mud, and then brought them back inside and threw the rugs on top of all my belongings. He continued to show up at my house after I was home to threaten me or just sit and stare at me from his car. In the first week following my return, I had 5 different interactions with him and the police.

South Carolina has squatter protection laws, so legally I had to jump thru hoops to prove that he didn’t pay rent, wasn’t on the lease, never had a piece of mail delivered here, EVEN THAT THE DOG WAS MINE AND NOT HIS. The dog is MY registered Service Animal!!!! Every day I realized more and more things that he had stolen, bottles of shampoo and soap, makeup, coffee and creamer, food, and so much more had been emptied but returned to their proper shelf spaces to make me believe I still had these things. I literally had to spend the last of the money I had worked extremely hard for on Thanksgiving to pay my rent and my bills and then on top of that, slowly replace my belongings by working every day for 3 weeks straight just to have some normalcy back. The icing on the cake though, my work in Myrtle Beach, gave us a two week heads up that starting January 2nd of this year, we would be closing until further notice for rebuilding and upgrading.

Not only did I lose a job for the time being, but I had to keep myself and my dog safe and fed all the while dealing with feelings of hatred and heartbreak from ending a relationship that was abusive in more ways than one but I still confusingly had feelings involved, all intertwined with having no money left because I had to pick up all of my pieces with virtually no help, in a place that I’m not very familiar with and haven’t spent much time in without Jay’s company. At this point, I’m a month behind on a few of my bills, I don’t have my rent for next month, I have all of my college loans on hold, I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to do and where I am going to go with no money when my lease is up in March… I feel as though I’m drowning and I’m not even sure where to go from here, hence why I have turned to this site. I’m only praying that things work out.

Thank you so much for your time in reading and maybe offering a hand.

paypal.me/mcesch

Hello,

My name is Tracy and I live in a 2 story house with 4 other young women as roommates. I’ve been having some financial trouble for a long time now, and I’ve finally gotten a new job this past week (Jan 14-18) and I fell behind on my share of the rent because I had lost my other job previously the week before.
I now owe $770 (2 months rent: $320 each and $130 Late Fee) and I must pay that ASAP or else me and roommates are all in danger of being evicted. If you can help me out at this time, I sure would be grateful to you all and will definitely pay it forward to somebody else way more less fortunate than I am. Thank you.

Tracy

Hi everyone

I want to start of by saying thank you for taking the time to read my story. I am a 26 year old going through an economic hardship, which is affecting my education  and my work life. I am trying to go back to school , so I can obtain a professional career that will get me out of this financial distress. How ever, it’s hard when I have rent, bills, and school loans to pay for. Unfortunately I don’t live in a household with two parents who help me financially. My mother who has been a single mother my whole life, has tried her best to help me the first two years in college,, but i noticed that it wasn’t something she couldn’t do. She went from living in own her apartment to renting a room so that she can help me. So I stopped receiving money from her.

I graduated with an undergrad, but I want to go back to school and obtain and Master degree. The professional career I want to obtain requires I have a Masters degree. How ever, every time I want to go back to school, I can’t work full time. It is very important that I have enough time to even study. While being in undergrad i was barely passing my classes because I had to work so much. If I don’t work it will hard for me to pay loans back, my bills, and rent. Due to this I have maxed out the only credit card I had to help me, which is now taking me for ever to pay back. I currently have a job, which I am grateful for, but I am not paid enough. Regardless if I have a bachelors, they wont give me a higher raise. Also. depending on the census of the company. I sometimes don’t even get enough hours. Which really stresses me out

I am so tired of this, I wish I had the opportunity like most of my friends do. I currently feel so alone and feel like I am never going to make it. There are times where I only enough to pay for rent, and Im with no money for two week until I get paid again. I am not asking for something specific amount because I already feel bad enough asking for money. But anything would help. Even if its $5, $10, or $20. I am the first child from my entire family who is at least trying to go school. I pushed myself hard for so many years. But when you barely have enough money for to pay for rent and bills. How will I be able to pay for gas, food, and school supplies. Please help me, so I can fulfill my dreams, and help the next generation in my family also have this great opportunity. Thank you once again, and God Bless you.

Here is my Paypal account for those who would love to help

paypal.me/kayydree

Hello. I’ll try to be simple. I really don’t like people feeling sorry for me but this site seems like a bunch of really nice people just looking to help out. I can see how scammers and people would try to take advantage here. Thats not my goal

I, like many other American millennial, I grew up under a big screen. I used the media to run away from my problems. From that perspective, it seems sad. But I truly believe that’s how some of the greatest artists of all time are made.

The problem and at the same time beautiful fact is that EVERYONE wants to pursue this life. Due to the dream being so public on shows like American idol, the pursuit for fame fueled me.

I wanted to do it all. Which I did. I wrote music in high school and won state awards for it. When I ventured into acting I brought my school its first state speech championship. I always had trouble finding balance between my band and writing music for it and my new found love for the arts. I was VERY good at both! I found some success in LA making my way onto Glee for a very small part. It was a taste of a life I knew I wanted, but could not emotionally or financially at such a young age.

10 years later, here I am. I fell in love with a girl and we currently live together. I want to marry her.

This past year has been the most productive I’ve ever had. I was severely depressed and diagnosed with extreme adhd. It was hard for me to do but I got healthcare because I was more depressed than I had ever been. The doctor explained that this is what could make me creative but this is also why I’ve had a hard time with follow through. Since seeking help I opened up my own business singing at parties and events. I got TREMENDOUS feedback and things were going so well and for the first time! I was bringing home the bills WHILE doing what I love. I even played at the prestigious London house downtown Chicago on Wacker Drive. I also launched my own podcast on Apple to reach out to others like me who have depression and love to play games instead of drinking or doing drugs. I want to spread a positive message to people and show them theres always another way.

In December I lined up a reoccurring gig at a very nice restaurant i my area. A week in I got a whooping cough and it gave me the WORST laringiits I have EVER had. My voice hasn’t been the same and I missed out on thousands if not more and buried my relationship with the owner. One day I went to see spiderman with a free movie pass I had with next to no gas, and my bank as it looked in the picture. I got to the counter and the girl asked if I had the dollar for tax. I went back to the car for change and thats when I broke down. Im SO done being in this position,

I know that I’m special. I have follow through I’m extremely talented and I can say this because Ive gotten bad feedback when I started. I know a fake compliment and 20 dollar tips have become A LOT more frequent.

I will never give up on my dream as long as I have my talent. While living with this mentality alone is ok, I need to give my girlfriend financial security. She’s the best thing I’ve ever had. Which is why im looking for an hourly job to hold us over.

Every support system in my life believes in me and I couldn’t be more thankful. I am drowning in debt and my rent is past due. I know I can get myself out of this with a push. Right now its hard to leave the house or record an episode because of the weight of these problems. Im an emotional person who bears a lot of feeling. Im hurting because I cant work right now the way I know how. If you can help, thanks. I appreciate you reading and if all you can spare is a prayer, that will do just fine. Have a nice day and thank you.

https://paypal.me/EricSequeira

I am a stay at home mother to my three boys, ages 10, 7 and 2 and my two step children, ages 9 and 8, in all we are a family of seven. We live in a tiny town with barely 300 people and a serious lack of employment opportunities. My husband typically works 12 to 14 hour days for 5 to 6 days a week but during the month of December his hours were drastically cut back to practically in half of what he usually works. His check when it came in, was nowhere even close enough to cover rent let alone barely cover a couple smaller bills we had for the month plus food. Now we have till the 15th of January to come up with rent and also money to cover a couple more bills, food and gas. We are just looking for assistance for this month as I am starting back to college this month and will have financial aid coming in next month and then taxes to help us get back ahead with rent and bills.

We really cannot afford to lose the house that we are in. The living situation we had before was seriously not the best and if we lose this house, which will happen if we are not able to come up with rent by the 15^th, we will have to go back to that. We had to move to our current town at the end of 2017 and move in with my mother and stepdad. My step dad is an alcoholic and not someone that children should be raised around. My mother is bipolar and un-medicated. Neither of them wanted or was willing to work and expected up to pay all their bills plus our own and buy all the food for the entire household. There was constantly fights within the house between my mother and stepdad and it was to the point that all the children were scared to be in the house, and eventually scared that they would come over and do the same things after we moved, but it was the only place we had to go unless we wanted to have seven people living on the street. We literally jumped at the opportunity to move into the house when it came open because it was the best thing to do for the children and now we are on the verge of losing it. Please if you can donate it would mean the world to my family and me.

Hi, my name is Robin. I’m 20 and have been making it on my own since 18. I worked for 3 years with a restaurant chain. Midway through, I had to change the store I was working at. I went from having a family at work to the atmosphere entirely changing. I coped with being a loner at this place for a year and a half until one of my coworkers began to harrass me in some unsavory ways. They weren’t going to fire him no matter how many other girls I had worked with complained about his behavior. I kept on trucking, making ends meet as I slowly leaked the motivation to create art and partake in the hobbies I love. I felt empty.

A friend had offered me to come live with him so I didn’t have to deal with the stress. We were very close, so I obliged. I put in my two weeks and began looking to jobs and interviews in the area. I packed up my things and moved them to his house. One day, he started getting weird and paranoid when I had misplaced my phone at a grocery store. When customer service had found my phone and I got it back, I had 33 texts stating my property had been set on his porch and that I wasn’t allowed to move in with him any longer. He said we were no longer friends.

I’ve since been looking into jobs in my area, unpacking my boxes once again. Honestly, I’ve been a happier, less stressed person without my old job. I have had free time to dip into my hobbies and found joy & improvement. I’ve started sculpting and traditional artwork too! I’ve been making digital art as my only medium up until now.

I should have stable income once again here soon, but in the mean time, I’m concerned about my rent. I need about $700 to make it to next month without stress. Anything would be a huge help. I thank you for your time reading my little tale of troubles. I wish you all the best and I thank you for your consideration. Feel free to contact me to chat further.

Paypal: paypal.me/ArtApex